MORE PHOTOGRAPHS ON OUR P7 at LAGGANLIA BLOG
What a wonderful week at Lagganlia with a top notch team of pupils
and staff, in glorious sunshine! As well as being very determined to take on every challenge, our pupils were also exceptionally responsible and terrific company. It was great to watch friendships develop and grow between the
children and we really feel our P7 team
has been firmly established.
We
are indebted to Ian Ross, Andy Toop and all the staff at Lagganlia who go out of
their way to
make our stay with them as comfortable as it can possibly be, always
going the extra mile to accommodate our needs, and for the great skill,
expertise and dedication of the instructors. Certificates with hand
written comments from each instructor will
be carefully stored at school for pupils' JASS folders. All pupils who
took part this week will also receive the 'Adventure' certificate; one
quarter of the way towards full Silver award accreditation.
The Sciennes staff
sustained the 24/5 duty by working very closely as a team. The P7
teachers are a strong and talented
unit who prepared the pupils extremely well for their adventurous
residential course. Mr Forrest Howie is
an accomplished camp leader who inspired all the pupils to try their
very best and took many stunning photographs. Mrs Fiona Barker is also a highly experienced camp leader, well accustomed to making everything run smoothly and efficiently. We really struggled with very
slow - frequently non-existent - connection speeds and extremely limited mobile signal yet Mrs Barker was particularly relentless in her efforts to post to our blog. Seasoned top camper, Ms Fiona Sellar, was also high profile with all nine groups
day and night, ensuring everyone had a memorable experience. It was wonderful to have Ms Anstruther accompany the group and she made sure that any pupils missing home were reassured and happy, busily engaged in evening activities. It was particularly special for her to work with her former P1 class again. We were delighted to be
accompanied by Pupil Support Assistant Miss Rachel Inglis (a former
Outdoor Education Instructor
herself) and Mrs Brenda Ellis (our Office Receptionist) who both thoroughly enjoyed supporting the pupils day and night. We were fortunate to have Mr Iain Kearton drop in to visit
us on Wednesday evening and were pleased to hear how well he and his family have settled in their new home, not far from Lagganlia. Mr Jonathan Wallace, Active Sports Co-ordinator for JGHS
Cluster, thoroughly enjoyed getting to know all the children better, which
will benefit all those who continue to work with him next year at James
Gillespie's High School. All staff gave exceptionally high levels of care and
attention to the pupils.
Thank you also to Mrs Noble and Ms Christie who had an even busier week than usual! And to Mrs Nowell who ensured
that the pupils who remained at school also had an enjoyable and
interesting week.
Thank you most sincerely to all the families who support us, not least
of all financially, in providing what we believe to be an invaluable
educational opportunity for our children.
We look forward to building on
the success of this week throughout the final year at Sciennes. Well
done, Primary Seven! All Lagganlia Champions!
Ms Gallagher
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| Group One - Andy |
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| Group Two - Rafa |
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| Group Three - Martin |
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| Group Four - Annie |
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| Group Five - Jess |
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| Group Six - Jude |
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| Group Seven- Gordon |
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| Group Eight - Huw |
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| Group Nine - Simon |
