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.

Clixk here for more photos.

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!

On Friday we had the first Cargilfield Book Festival, a day focused around books and reading for the whole school. Everyone dressed up as a character from a favourite book and we had a whole host of visiting authors, book illustrators and poets who gave lots of interesting workshops to different age groups; we had the Form 8 children reading to the youngest children throughout the day; there was a book fair for children to browse and buy some books and there was a also a drama workshop from Peter Jenkins of Fettes_College. The day was brought to a close with staff reading to children in strange places around the school and then with the Final of the school reading competition in Chapel. What a brilliant day and a big thank you to Mr Parker for all his hard work in organising such a Book Fest!

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On Friday we had the first Cargilfield Book Festival, a day focused around books and reading for the whole school. Everyone dressed up as a character from a favourite book and we had a whole host of visiting authors, book illustrators and poets who gave lots of interesting workshops to different age groups; we had the Form 8 children reading to the youngest children throughout the day; there was a book fair for children to browse and buy some books and there was a also a drama workshop from Peter Jenkins of Fettes_College. The day was brought to a close with staff reading to children in strange places around the school and then with the Final of the school reading competition in Chapel. What a brilliant day and a big thank you to Mr Parker for all his hard work in organising such a Book Fest!

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I started my teacher training in the Autumn of 1991 and, at that point, there was a significant focus for teachers of English on bringing Shakespeare into the classroom for younger children. There had been some interesting research projects completed – most of which led into the Cambridge Schools Project led by Rex Gibson. Being based in Cambridge, I was able to attend courses run by Dr Gibson and learn from his techniques.
He proposed breaking Shakespeare’s plays down to individual speeches or scenes and approaching the text through drama exercises. I remember having to create freeze-frame tableaux as he read out certain phrases or organising characters into lines: in order of how old I thought they were, or sympathetic, or wise.

The Cambridge schools editions of Shakespeare’s plays are full of photographs from particular productions but, in the age of You Tube, I wonder how Gibson would now encourage us to teach the plays. It is so easy to stop a scene and look at two different ways in which professional casts have acted out that moment. Again, when I first started teaching, you had to wheel the TV and video trolley into your classroom; now you can bring a two minute clip immediately on to an interactive whiteboard.

I love teaching Shakespeare’s plays and the Summer Term at Cargilfield gives me a real treat because, with exams already complete for 8D, we can take our time over a play. Because the plays are written in verse, there are so many possibilities as to meaning or inference and 13 year old children are generally ready to debate or challenge – suggesting how they would stage that moment or what a word means.

This year we’ve been focusing on A Midsummer Night’s Dream which has all sorts of possibilities for exploring the nature of love: is it anything more than an imagined fancy which can change by applying magic potion, for Bottom tells us “Reason and Love keep little company nowadays”. Then there’s the way that women are treated in Athens (how ready were they for the #MeToo campaign?) with Hippolyta made captive by her future husband and the parallels in the fairy kingdom where Titania is tricked into a ridiculous love affair. Who do we laugh at finally – the innocent mechanicals performing the play or the smug young lovers as their audience?

The culmination of our studies is a trip to the Globe in early June. This year we watched Two Noble Kinsmen (a prize for any parent who has read that play!) and enjoyed how the company at the Globe brought a relatively obscure text to life. The Globe is itself a remarkable concept: the brain-child of actor Sam Wannamaker who came to Britain as a refugee of Senator McCarthy’s America and wondered why, when he visited the South Bank, there was no evidence of where Shakespeare’s plays were first performed.

If you are planning a trip south then I can only recommend taking your teenage (and younger) children to watch a Globe production on a summer’s evening – as a groundling from the yard just as the ordinary folk would have done (and for just £5 per ticket!) – and where you are ever more likely to become part of the production yourself.

RT

I started my teacher training in the Autumn of 1991 and, at that point, there was a significant focus for teachers of English on bringing Shakespeare into the classroom for younger children. There had been some interesting research projects completed – most of which led into the Cambridge Schools Project led by Rex Gibson. Being based in Cambridge, I was able to attend courses run by Dr Gibson and learn from his techniques.
He proposed breaking Shakespeare’s plays down to individual speeches or scenes and approaching the text through drama exercises. I remember having to create freeze-frame tableaux as he read out certain phrases or organising characters into lines: in order of how old I thought they were, or sympathetic, or wise.

The Cambridge schools editions of Shakespeare’s plays are full of photographs from particular productions but, in the age of You Tube, I wonder how Gibson would now encourage us to teach the plays. It is so easy to stop a scene and look at two different ways in which professional casts have acted out that moment. Again, when I first started teaching, you had to wheel the TV and video trolley into your classroom; now you can bring a two minute clip immediately on to an interactive whiteboard.

I love teaching Shakespeare’s plays and the Summer Term at Cargilfield gives me a real treat because, with exams already complete for 8D, we can take our time over a play. Because the plays are written in verse, there are so many possibilities as to meaning or inference and 13 year old children are generally ready to debate or challenge – suggesting how they would stage that moment or what a word means.

This year we’ve been focusing on A Midsummer Night’s Dream which has all sorts of possibilities for exploring the nature of love: is it anything more than an imagined fancy which can change by applying magic potion, for Bottom tells us “Reason and Love keep little company nowadays”. Then there’s the way that women are treated in Athens (how ready were they for the #MeToo campaign?) with Hippolyta made captive by her future husband and the parallels in the fairy kingdom where Titania is tricked into a ridiculous love affair. Who do we laugh at finally – the innocent mechanicals performing the play or the smug young lovers as their audience?

The culmination of our studies is a trip to the Globe in early June. This year we watched Two Noble Kinsmen (a prize for any parent who has read that play!) and enjoyed how the company at the Globe brought a relatively obscure text to life. The Globe is itself a remarkable concept: the brain-child of actor Sam Wannamaker who came to Britain as a refugee of Senator McCarthy’s America and wondered why, when he visited the South Bank, there was no evidence of where Shakespeare’s plays were first performed.

If you are planning a trip south then I can only recommend taking your teenage (and younger) children to watch a Globe production on a summer’s evening – as a groundling from the yard just as the ordinary folk would have done (and for just £5 per ticket!) – and where you are ever more likely to become part of the production yourself.

RT

The sun shone brightly for this year’s Summer Fair at Cargilfield and once again, great fun was had on what is always a hugely enjoyable day! There was a highly competitive cricket match between the Pre Prep and Upper School Dads, the Pipe Band performed superbly and there were lots of stalls organised by the children. In addition, a BBQ, bar and French Cafe kept everyone fed and watered before the Divisional Singing competition brought proceedings to a close. Lots of fun and a lovely day!

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The sun shone brightly for this year’s Summer Fair at Cargilfield and once again, great fun was had on what is always a hugely enjoyable day! There was a highly competitive cricket match between the Pre Prep and Upper School Dads, the Pipe Band performed superbly and there were lots of stalls organised by the children. In addition, a BBQ, bar and French Cafe kept everyone fed and watered before the Divisional Singing competition brought proceedings to a close. Lots of fun and a lovely day!

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The traditional finale to the Summer Fair is the Divisional Singing competition and this year’s theme was Queen. We heard some old classic songs from the 70s which had the audience joining in and tapping their feet, but the after great deliberation, the unanimous choice of the judges was that Bruce were this year’s well deserved winners!

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The traditional finale to the Summer Fair is the Divisional Singing competition and this year’s theme was Queen. We heard some old classic songs from the 70s which had the audience joining in and tapping their feet, but the after great deliberation, the unanimous choice of the judges was that Bruce were this year’s well deserved winners!

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Today, 21st June 2018, is Clean Air Day. Mrs Oxley came in to speak with the children in P1 about Clean Air Day 2018. She spoke about the fact that pollution is a huge problem which the world faces in 2018 but that there are lots of little things which we can all do, which when added together make a HUGE difference. We heard about all sorts of things which we can try to do that will help; buying local produce, cycling to school, growing food in our gardens and walking to the park! All simple things which make a big difference if everyone does them. A huge thank you to Dr Oxley for coming to speak to us today! A very important message for us all

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Today, 21st June 2018, is Clean Air Day. Mrs Oxley came in to speak with the children in P1 about Clean Air Day 2018. She spoke about the fact that pollution is a huge problem which the world faces in 2018 but that there are lots of little things which we can all do, which when added together make a HUGE difference. We heard about all sorts of things which we can try to do that will help; buying local produce, cycling to school, growing food in our gardens and walking to the park! All simple things which make a big difference if everyone does them. A huge thank you to Dr Oxley for coming to speak to us today! A very important message for us all

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After losing the past two years, the Upper School managed to beat the Pre Prep Dads in a very competitive game of cricket at the Summer Fair. Under glorious sunshine, there was some excellent batting and bowling on both sides but it was the Upper School dads who sneaked home in the end. Well done everybody!

After losing the past two years, the Upper School managed to beat the Pre Prep Dads in a very competitive game of cricket at the Summer Fair. Under glorious sunshine, there was some excellent batting and bowling on both sides but it was the Upper School dads who sneaked home in the end. Well done everybody!

To round off what has been a wonderful first Book Festival at Cargilfield, with a whole day full of book related activities for all the children, we welcomed Peter Jenkins, a Housemaster at Fettes_College, to adjudicate our Reading Competition Final.

Each form in the Upper School chose a finalist and we heard some super readings from a wide variety of books. Mr Jenkins offered some words of advice in his feedback and then announced Cecily and Hannah as the winners. Very well done indeed!

To round off what has been a wonderful first Book Festival at Cargilfield, with a whole day full of book related activities for all the children, we welcomed Peter Jenkins, a Housemaster at Fettes_College, to adjudicate our Reading Competition Final.

Each form in the Upper School chose a finalist and we heard some super readings from a wide variety of books. Mr Jenkins offered some words of advice in his feedback and then announced Cecily and Hannah as the winners. Very well done indeed!

Morag Hood, an author and illustrator, came into Nursery to read some of her exciting books and teach us how to draw some of her characters. We learnt how to draw bats and created our own puffin character. She even signed her books for us to take home.

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Morag Hood, an author and illustrator, came into Nursery to read some of her exciting books and teach us how to draw some of her characters. We learnt how to draw bats and created our own puffin character. She even signed her books for us to take home.

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Next ywar’s prospective art scholars enjoyed a visit to the Kelvingrove Gallery in glasgow today. After looking round some of the exhibits and doing some drawing, they had an art workshop with some of the museum staff!

Next ywar’s prospective art scholars enjoyed a visit to the Kelvingrove Gallery in glasgow today. After looking round some of the exhibits and doing some drawing, they had an art workshop with some of the museum staff!

We have been starting to learn about subtraction in Primary 1 this week. The children have been practicing ‘taking away’ from numbers up to 10 and learning some of the language we use when talking about subtraction. We’ve also been playing all sorts of practical subtraction games to help us with our learning.

We have been starting to learn about subtraction in Primary 1 this week. The children have been practicing ‘taking away’ from numbers up to 10 and learning some of the language we use when talking about subtraction. We’ve also been playing all sorts of practical subtraction games to help us with our learning.

Our caterpillars arrived on the first day of this half term. They have grown so so fast and then at the start of this week we can in to find them hanging from the top of their pot, forming their cocoons! It has been so amazing to watch the process of them making their cocoons. We are now closely monitoring the cocoons and the children in P1H are waiting with bated breath for the first butterfly to emerge! Fingers crossed it will be before the end of term on 6th July.

Our caterpillars arrived on the first day of this half term. They have grown so so fast and then at the start of this week we can in to find them hanging from the top of their pot, forming their cocoons! It has been so amazing to watch the process of them making their cocoons. We are now closely monitoring the cocoons and the children in P1H are waiting with bated breath for the first butterfly to emerge! Fingers crossed it will be before the end of term on 6th July.

P3 celebrated Clean Air Day this morning. Isabella’s mum gave a fascinating presentation to inspire us for our morning’s activities. We found out what pollution is, the different types of pollution, how pollution can affect our bodies and what we can do as individuals to help reduce pollution.

After learning a little about lichen and how different species can help to indicate how clean our air is, we went out into the school grounds on a grand lichen hunt!

We were amazed at the number of different types of lichen we found.

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P3 celebrated Clean Air Day this morning. Isabella’s mum gave a fascinating presentation to inspire us for our morning’s activities. We found out what pollution is, the different types of pollution, how pollution can affect our bodies and what we can do as individuals to help reduce pollution.

After learning a little about lichen and how different species can help to indicate how clean our air is, we went out into the school grounds on a grand lichen hunt!

We were amazed at the number of different types of lichen we found.

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This was our first match of the season against Craigclowan which was unfortunately delayed as Craigclowan went to Cargilfield by mistake! We were able to watch the under 10s play when waiting for them to come back. We fielded first and Mariella did particularly well stumping girls out at first and then getting two girls out at third! We held them easily to three rounders. We went into bat and starting scoring quickly with Lottie, Anna and Mariella all scoring full rounders and most of the others scoring half rounders. Craigclowan made several fielding errors and their bowler also gave away some half rounders on no balls.

Amalia forgot to look and ran herself out! We had scored nine and a half rounders! Craigclowan only managed one rounder on their second innings. Anna caught someone out at backstop and Mariella again got two girls out! Amalia got Frankie out at second with some great fielding. We decided to bat only ten balls for Cargilfield’s second innings as we were tight on time and we had already won the game. We still managed to score a further six with Judith and Saskia being the star batters. Despite receiving ten balls less we had scored 15 ½ rounders to Craigclowan’s four. A victory worth waiting for!

This was our first match of the season against Craigclowan which was unfortunately delayed as Craigclowan went to Cargilfield by mistake! We were able to watch the under 10s play when waiting for them to come back. We fielded first and Mariella did particularly well stumping girls out at first and then getting two girls out at third! We held them easily to three rounders. We went into bat and starting scoring quickly with Lottie, Anna and Mariella all scoring full rounders and most of the others scoring half rounders. Craigclowan made several fielding errors and their bowler also gave away some half rounders on no balls.

Amalia forgot to look and ran herself out! We had scored nine and a half rounders! Craigclowan only managed one rounder on their second innings. Anna caught someone out at backstop and Mariella again got two girls out! Amalia got Frankie out at second with some great fielding. We decided to bat only ten balls for Cargilfield’s second innings as we were tight on time and we had already won the game. We still managed to score a further six with Judith and Saskia being the star batters. Despite receiving ten balls less we had scored 15 ½ rounders to Craigclowan’s four. A victory worth waiting for!

We were excited to be playing in a tournament this afternoon. Our first match was against the Fettes B team. We lost the toss and batted first. Sophie got us off to a flying start with a rounder off the first ball. Ellie followed quickly with a half rounder. Clemmie was unfortunately caught out with a backwards ball on ball 7 and Calia and Amy H both scored half rounders by getting to 2nd base. The girls then continued to slowly clock up rounders with a stellar performance by Sophie with 4 and Amelia with 3. Our fielding was a little hit and miss to start with and we made a number of errors around first and second base. However, we tightened up our fielding fairly quickly and did well to limit the opposition team’s fielding. Final score Cargilfield 12 1/52, Fettes U12B 5 ½

Our second match was a much closer affair. There are some very good all round players in the Fettes U12 A team and we knew we had to be really on this if we were to pull off a victory. Again, we were fielding first and this time it took us a while to get into our stride, particularly as the Fettes bowler was extremely fast and accurate.

However, yet again Sophie led from the front scoring a total of 6 ½ rounders in this innings. Ellie and Issy also did well with 1½ and 2 rounders respectively. When it was our turn to field we were lucky to be able to stump out one of Fettes key players and their first batter at 2nd base. We were much more focused this time around and more careful to throw to 2nd or 4th base. Nevertheless it was neck and neck and the final count up revealed a draw. Cargilifled and Fettes U12 A 10 ½ rounders each.

Our final match was against Loretto. Again we were batting first. Sophie was excellent again scoring 5 rounders with Ellie on 4. Again like our first match our fielding a little bit scrappy at the beginning. However, we soon got into our stride and all the girls played well as a team. Clemmie made a super catch off base 3 and was excellent fielding around that post working well with Amelia on 4. Flora did well at base 1 and also managed to stump a key player out. Cargilfield 12 ½ and Loretto 7.

Final Tournament Placings: Cargilfield 8 points; Fettes A 6 points; Loretto and Fettes B 5 points each

We were excited to be playing in a tournament this afternoon. Our first match was against the Fettes B team. We lost the toss and batted first. Sophie got us off to a flying start with a rounder off the first ball. Ellie followed quickly with a half rounder. Clemmie was unfortunately caught out with a backwards ball on ball 7 and Calia and Amy H both scored half rounders by getting to 2nd base. The girls then continued to slowly clock up rounders with a stellar performance by Sophie with 4 and Amelia with 3. Our fielding was a little hit and miss to start with and we made a number of errors around first and second base. However, we tightened up our fielding fairly quickly and did well to limit the opposition team’s fielding. Final score Cargilfield 12 1/52, Fettes U12B 5 ½

Our second match was a much closer affair. There are some very good all round players in the Fettes U12 A team and we knew we had to be really on this if we were to pull off a victory. Again, we were fielding first and this time it took us a while to get into our stride, particularly as the Fettes bowler was extremely fast and accurate.

However, yet again Sophie led from the front scoring a total of 6 ½ rounders in this innings. Ellie and Issy also did well with 1½ and 2 rounders respectively. When it was our turn to field we were lucky to be able to stump out one of Fettes key players and their first batter at 2nd base. We were much more focused this time around and more careful to throw to 2nd or 4th base. Nevertheless it was neck and neck and the final count up revealed a draw. Cargilifled and Fettes U12 A 10 ½ rounders each.

Our final match was against Loretto. Again we were batting first. Sophie was excellent again scoring 5 rounders with Ellie on 4. Again like our first match our fielding a little bit scrappy at the beginning. However, we soon got into our stride and all the girls played well as a team. Clemmie made a super catch off base 3 and was excellent fielding around that post working well with Amelia on 4. Flora did well at base 1 and also managed to stump a key player out. Cargilfield 12 ½ and Loretto 7.

Final Tournament Placings: Cargilfield 8 points; Fettes A 6 points; Loretto and Fettes B 5 points each

Lost: 5.5 to 10

Under a better weather than expected, the girls played but unfortunately lost against Craiglowan by 4.5 rounders. They played two innings. They started fielding and on both innings they got many players out but gave rounders trying to hit posts instead of letting the baller stop the ball. Unfortunately their batting was not as good as their fielding due to being distracted and for some of them not being ready when it was their turn. In the future they will need to keep their eye on the game and stay with their team!! Still, well done girls and especially to Heidi Stirling and Cicely Watson for showing their skills.