P3 joined the upper school today to meet their new form teacher and also to meet lots of other teachers who they will meet in September. They spent some time in the DT room making their own wooden robot and learning new skills like designing, sanding, gluing and drilling.

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P3 joined the upper school today to meet their new form teacher and also to meet lots of other teachers who they will meet in September. They spent some time in the DT room making their own wooden robot and learning new skills like designing, sanding, gluing and drilling.

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What a super senior concert we enjoyed this afternoon! We heard some marvellous ensembles and individuals all based around an American theme, and the Chapel Choir gave a beautiful rendition of Hallelujah by Leonard Cohen to bring proceedings to an end. Well done to all those who took part, to the parents who came to watch and to all the peripatetic music staff who prepared the children so well!

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What a super senior concert we enjoyed this afternoon! We heard some marvellous ensembles and individuals all based around an American theme, and the Chapel Choir gave a beautiful rendition of Hallelujah by Leonard Cohen to bring proceedings to an end. Well done to all those who took part, to the parents who came to watch and to all the peripatetic music staff who prepared the children so well!

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It has been a strange season in many ways! Firstly, we have had almost unbroken sunshine for the whole of the term which has made for hard and fast outfields, and pitches with a good carry and bounce – most unusual in Scotland, it must be said; secondly, as a batting unit, we have scored over 150 on numerous occasions which is rare in 25 over cricket; and thirdly, our bowling attack, which promised so much throughout the winter nets, did not quite function and too many loose balls relieved the pressure on the batsmen and runs came too easily considering the potential quality of our attack. All that said, it has, once again, been a hugely enjoyable summer of cricket, with a keen and hard working group of boys who have worked well together as a team, with no stand out individuals, but everyone working hard together. Good to see.

It is always nice to end the season in style, and what a game we had this afternoon played in very hot sunshine and very kindly hosted by Glenalmond College. It was a real treat to play on their 1stXI square and on a hard true surface, we would have hoped to have scored plenty of runs after winning the toss and choosing to bat. However, this did not materialise! Firstly, we were without the captain, Harry, who was playing for the Eastern Knights U14 representative side, and secondly, Ardvreck possessed a very useful bowling attack, led by a very tall and fast opening bowler who had destroyed a number of teams this season. We lost wickets at regular intervals, although kept the scoreboard ticking along through some excellent running between the wickets: Charlie and Findlay batted well before playing poor shots, and all we needed was the lower order to hang around with Todd, who batted superbly given the conditions. Unfortunately, despite being given lots of advice by Todd, the lower middle order threw their wickets away, and we limped to 71 all out in only the 16th over. Not a great batting performance if truth be told, and we have shown on numerous occasions this year that we are better than that. Picking up singles, rotating the strike and occupying the crease means runs will be scored, and in a low scoring match, every run is crucial.

In reply, we took a wicket second ball, as their opener edged an excellent ball from VJ and Todd did the rest behind the stumps. Interesting, but that brought their giant opening bowler in to bat who proceeded to crack his first ball to the boundary. Oh dear, the omens did not look good. Then the moment that changed the game. Marcus in to bowl, the other opener hit the ball hard but in the air straight at cover; VJ dropped the catch and the batsmen went for the run; VJ picked up and threw the ball to Todd who whipped off the bails and their captain, giant and star cricketer was run out. 7 for 2 and game on! Defending a low score, it is so important that the fielding is top drawer and today it was; everyone supported the bowlers and Ardvreck found run scoring very difficult indeed. Findlay, bowling his leg spin, bamboozled the batsmen, and when Marcus took a great catch close in at cover, it left them 46 for 6. 25 to win, and 4 wickets for us to get. The score crept up, balls fell agonisingly short of the fielders who were in close looking for the catch, and then William came on and bowled a superb 5 over spell of accurate left arm over seam bowlingl, taking two wickets and only conceding a handful of runs; it was a match winning performance if ever there was one! It was left to Rory to take the final wicket, with just five runs required by Ardvreck, and cue the celebrations! A richly deserved win, and one that showed the value of teamwork, determination and the effect of good, accurate bowling on nervous batsmen trying to reach a low target.

Huge congratulations to the whole team on what was an excellent fielding and bowling effort today. To win the final game of the season, without the skipper, says a lot about this group of boys. They have worked so hard all year with their rugby, hockey and cricket, and although results have not always gone their way, they have kept going and this ‘never say die’ attitude paid dividends today. Well played everyone!

It has been a strange season in many ways! Firstly, we have had almost unbroken sunshine for the whole of the term which has made for hard and fast outfields, and pitches with a good carry and bounce – most unusual in Scotland, it must be said; secondly, as a batting unit, we have scored over 150 on numerous occasions which is rare in 25 over cricket; and thirdly, our bowling attack, which promised so much throughout the winter nets, did not quite function and too many loose balls relieved the pressure on the batsmen and runs came too easily considering the potential quality of our attack. All that said, it has, once again, been a hugely enjoyable summer of cricket, with a keen and hard working group of boys who have worked well together as a team, with no stand out individuals, but everyone working hard together. Good to see.

It is always nice to end the season in style, and what a game we had this afternoon played in very hot sunshine and very kindly hosted by Glenalmond College. It was a real treat to play on their 1stXI square and on a hard true surface, we would have hoped to have scored plenty of runs after winning the toss and choosing to bat. However, this did not materialise! Firstly, we were without the captain, Harry, who was playing for the Eastern Knights U14 representative side, and secondly, Ardvreck possessed a very useful bowling attack, led by a very tall and fast opening bowler who had destroyed a number of teams this season. We lost wickets at regular intervals, although kept the scoreboard ticking along through some excellent running between the wickets: Charlie and Findlay batted well before playing poor shots, and all we needed was the lower order to hang around with Todd, who batted superbly given the conditions. Unfortunately, despite being given lots of advice by Todd, the lower middle order threw their wickets away, and we limped to 71 all out in only the 16th over. Not a great batting performance if truth be told, and we have shown on numerous occasions this year that we are better than that. Picking up singles, rotating the strike and occupying the crease means runs will be scored, and in a low scoring match, every run is crucial.

In reply, we took a wicket second ball, as their opener edged an excellent ball from VJ and Todd did the rest behind the stumps. Interesting, but that brought their giant opening bowler in to bat who proceeded to crack his first ball to the boundary. Oh dear, the omens did not look good. Then the moment that changed the game. Marcus in to bowl, the other opener hit the ball hard but in the air straight at cover; VJ dropped the catch and the batsmen went for the run; VJ picked up and threw the ball to Todd who whipped off the bails and their captain, giant and star cricketer was run out. 7 for 2 and game on! Defending a low score, it is so important that the fielding is top drawer and today it was; everyone supported the bowlers and Ardvreck found run scoring very difficult indeed. Findlay, bowling his leg spin, bamboozled the batsmen, and when Marcus took a great catch close in at cover, it left them 46 for 6. 25 to win, and 4 wickets for us to get. The score crept up, balls fell agonisingly short of the fielders who were in close looking for the catch, and then William came on and bowled a superb 5 over spell of accurate left arm over seam bowlingl, taking two wickets and only conceding a handful of runs; it was a match winning performance if ever there was one! It was left to Rory to take the final wicket, with just five runs required by Ardvreck, and cue the celebrations! A richly deserved win, and one that showed the value of teamwork, determination and the effect of good, accurate bowling on nervous batsmen trying to reach a low target.

Huge congratulations to the whole team on what was an excellent fielding and bowling effort today. To win the final game of the season, without the skipper, says a lot about this group of boys. They have worked so hard all year with their rugby, hockey and cricket, and although results have not always gone their way, they have kept going and this ‘never say die’ attitude paid dividends today. Well played everyone!

Win 26-9
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t was a beautiful day at home for our last match of the season. The girls got lots of sun cream on and they were very excited for their last game. Their contact with the ball was outstanding and everyone scored at least one full rounder! Some quick and accurate decisions were made which stopped Ardvreck scoring many rounders and also stumped a few girls out quickly. I was really impressed by the girl’s great team spirit and outstanding sportsmanship. They did well to play against older girls and took it in their stride. You have had a great season girls. You are such a great team and I have really enjoyed coaching you.

Win 26-9
I
t was a beautiful day at home for our last match of the season. The girls got lots of sun cream on and they were very excited for their last game. Their contact with the ball was outstanding and everyone scored at least one full rounder! Some quick and accurate decisions were made which stopped Ardvreck scoring many rounders and also stumped a few girls out quickly. I was really impressed by the girl’s great team spirit and outstanding sportsmanship. They did well to play against older girls and took it in their stride. You have had a great season girls. You are such a great team and I have really enjoyed coaching you.

Lost 3 to 8.5

The girls played under a glorious sun in Musselburgh today. They won their first inning 3 to 2.5 by managing to get many of their opponent out. Unfortunately they did not score anything in their second inning and list it 0-6. They must remember to look up when running as many of them got out by running to the next base without checking where the ball was. Lola balled well and the girls must remember to send to the baller to stop the ball. Amelia ran well from backstop to 2nd base but again sometimes just a pass would have worked. The girls played well and cheered on each other. Good example of sportsmanship!

Lost 3 to 8.5

The girls played under a glorious sun in Musselburgh today. They won their first inning 3 to 2.5 by managing to get many of their opponent out. Unfortunately they did not score anything in their second inning and list it 0-6. They must remember to look up when running as many of them got out by running to the next base without checking where the ball was. Lola balled well and the girls must remember to send to the baller to stop the ball. Amelia ran well from backstop to 2nd base but again sometimes just a pass would have worked. The girls played well and cheered on each other. Good example of sportsmanship!

This was an absolute scorcher of a day to be playing our final fixtures. When we reached Melrose it was 32 degrees and it is fair to say that the red heads amongst us were definitely wilting. However in our first match against Loretto we put up a good fight. Our batting was tremendous and much more consistent than it has been for most of the season. Issy was our top scorer with 3 1/2 and Amy, Flora and Sophia all playing well. Flora took a brilliant catch off the first ball to put out a powerful Loretto batter but I think after that the heat was a little bit much for us. Our fielding was not too great around second which allowed the opposition to pick up lots of half rounders.

Cargilfield 6, Loretto 9

St Mary’s had some really good batters who again managed to exploit our weakness around 2nd base despite some amazing fielding from Issy in the Deep and Flora on first. They ended their batting with an impressive 13 rounders. We pulled it back a bit and again our batting was very good. Issy was excellent again as was Martha, Amy S and Clemmie.

Cargilfield 9, St Mary’s 13

This was an absolute scorcher of a day to be playing our final fixtures. When we reached Melrose it was 32 degrees and it is fair to say that the red heads amongst us were definitely wilting. However in our first match against Loretto we put up a good fight. Our batting was tremendous and much more consistent than it has been for most of the season. Issy was our top scorer with 3 1/2 and Amy, Flora and Sophia all playing well. Flora took a brilliant catch off the first ball to put out a powerful Loretto batter but I think after that the heat was a little bit much for us. Our fielding was not too great around second which allowed the opposition to pick up lots of half rounders.

Cargilfield 6, Loretto 9

St Mary’s had some really good batters who again managed to exploit our weakness around 2nd base despite some amazing fielding from Issy in the Deep and Flora on first. They ended their batting with an impressive 13 rounders. We pulled it back a bit and again our batting was very good. Issy was excellent again as was Martha, Amy S and Clemmie.

Cargilfield 9, St Mary’s 13

Well done to the 1st Girls who finished off their season in style today against Ardvreck. Ardvreck batted first and steadily scored half rounder after half rounder. Amelia dismissed their first player at post 1 on ball 4 followed not long after by Sophie who caught out Hortence on ball 13. Sophie had a busy fielding innings with many of the balls coming her way and she pitched them well back in to the posts. We had a bit of a sleepy spell from balls 20-28, and we misfielded or simply just missed some balls that were coming our way. Let’s put it down to too much sun!!
We stepped in to bat and looked comfortable from the start. We lost Esme early on however we stuck at it and the rounders came in. Sophie and Suzanne were our top scorers in this innings with 3 ½ and 2, and scoring from Amelia, Ellie, Fiona, Rosie and Calliope saw us score a total of 9 ½ .

We had a very strong fielding innings after half time, and Ardvreck found it extremely hard to score. Amelia and Ellie came out in to the deep field and worked particularly well together. This let Rosie and Iris play on posts 2 and 1 which also worked well. Sophie’s catching hands were on today and she caught out 2 players on balls 8 and 10. Iris then put out a player at post 1 followed quickly by Sophie making another catch on ball 16. Katie fielded well off posts one and 2 and pitched in some lovely balls back to Fiona. Rosie put out another player on ball 24 at post 2 and we kept Ardvreck down to a total of 1.
Having won the match already, the girls stepped in to bat and understandably looked more relaxed. There was consistent scoring from all the girls with rounders from Suzanne, Sophie, Fiona, Iris and Katie as well as a few halves from Amelia and Rosie. Rosie made a brave dash round only to be put out at 4 for not touching the post however she still scored her half from her no balls. The innings finished at 13 ½ to us and 1 to Ardvreck.

Final Score: Cargilfield 23 ½ Ardvreck 8

Well done to the 1st Girls who finished off their season in style today against Ardvreck. Ardvreck batted first and steadily scored half rounder after half rounder. Amelia dismissed their first player at post 1 on ball 4 followed not long after by Sophie who caught out Hortence on ball 13. Sophie had a busy fielding innings with many of the balls coming her way and she pitched them well back in to the posts. We had a bit of a sleepy spell from balls 20-28, and we misfielded or simply just missed some balls that were coming our way. Let’s put it down to too much sun!!
We stepped in to bat and looked comfortable from the start. We lost Esme early on however we stuck at it and the rounders came in. Sophie and Suzanne were our top scorers in this innings with 3 ½ and 2, and scoring from Amelia, Ellie, Fiona, Rosie and Calliope saw us score a total of 9 ½ .

We had a very strong fielding innings after half time, and Ardvreck found it extremely hard to score. Amelia and Ellie came out in to the deep field and worked particularly well together. This let Rosie and Iris play on posts 2 and 1 which also worked well. Sophie’s catching hands were on today and she caught out 2 players on balls 8 and 10. Iris then put out a player at post 1 followed quickly by Sophie making another catch on ball 16. Katie fielded well off posts one and 2 and pitched in some lovely balls back to Fiona. Rosie put out another player on ball 24 at post 2 and we kept Ardvreck down to a total of 1.
Having won the match already, the girls stepped in to bat and understandably looked more relaxed. There was consistent scoring from all the girls with rounders from Suzanne, Sophie, Fiona, Iris and Katie as well as a few halves from Amelia and Rosie. Rosie made a brave dash round only to be put out at 4 for not touching the post however she still scored her half from her no balls. The innings finished at 13 ½ to us and 1 to Ardvreck.

Final Score: Cargilfield 23 ½ Ardvreck 8

As part of our health and wellbeing curriculum, Nadia’s Mum came in to talk to the P3 all about babies. Isaac joined in with loud squeals and yells much to the entertainment of the P3s. He has healthy lungs!

As part of our health and wellbeing curriculum, Nadia’s Mum came in to talk to the P3 all about babies. Isaac joined in with loud squeals and yells much to the entertainment of the P3s. He has healthy lungs!

The boarders had great fun at Foxlake Adventures on their final boarders’ night of the year. The weather was sunny and there was lots of splashing around in the water!

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The boarders had great fun at Foxlake Adventures on their final boarders’ night of the year. The weather was sunny and there was lots of splashing around in the water!

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P3 children had a tour and information session with Form 4 this morning ahead of their move up day on Friday. How exciting!

P3 children had a tour and information session with Form 4 this morning ahead of their move up day on Friday. How exciting!