Summer 2020
Strathallan News
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Featured Strath Worldwide’s Online Learning Programme Since launching as Strathallan’s online school for Summer Term, Strath Worldwide has delivered 700 live online lessons per week to pupils from Year 5 to Upper Sixth. Following the formal closure of schools in the UK in March, Strathallan staff worked hard over the Easter break to reimagine teaching and learning and overcome the challenges presented by delivering education remotely to pupils in different time zones around the world. The resulting programme has proved a success for pupils from the youngest year groups to the school leavers in Upper Sixth. By the end of the Summer Term, Strath Worldwide will have delivered 7000 live lessons, plus weekly one-to-one tutor consultations, sports activities and training sessions, music lessons, ensemble rehearsals, social activities and House challenges.
resources as simply as possible is an important balance. Teaching is primarily delivered on Teams and associated Microsoft apps, as well as Firefly, with the recent introduction of Zoom webinars for sport sessions, social gatherings and parent meetings. These latter have proved hugely popular, and Strathallan has seen its best attendance at Parents Evenings hosted online compared with an on-campus event, with both local families and in particular those overseas appreciating the facility to meet with teachers remotely. The same has been seen for music concerts hosted on Zoom, which have now become available for families to enjoy wherever they are in the world.
Health & Wellbeing Pupil health and wellbeing has been a central concern in the design of Strath Worldwide, and the programme this term has been designed to prioritise wellbeing over exam results during what is a difficult time for everyone. With the cancellation of internal exams alleviating pressure in the classroom, the Pastoral team has been focused on supporting pupils and their families around the world through the COVID-19 pandemic and the transition to online learning. There has also been special care taken to ensure that the amount of screen time is appropriate for pupils at different levels, and teaching staff have responded to feedback about screen hours and prep time with some truly innovative ideas for off-screen activities and learning experiences.
Living through COVID-19 in the Kibera Slum Live Lessons/Timetable From the outset, Strathallan set out to deliver a programme that replicates the Strath experience as closely as possible. This has meant a commitment to delivering live lessons and maintaining high staff to pupil ratios throughout. The timetable was rewritten and the working day and week reconfigured from eight 40-minute lessons and a six-day week to six 50-minute lessons (with ten minute breaks between) over a five-day week. Yet the reduction in lesson hours has actually equated to more and better-utilised teaching time as the online format has allowed for more focused lessons.
Academic Results With attendance at lessons between 95 and 100% (the shortfall being accounted for by music lessons and other external tuition and programmes), academic performance has been maintained and in many cases improved for some pupils. The school’s Academic Scholarship programme continues to run, as are the established extension activities designed to promote learning beyond the curriculum.
Platforms This has been an exciting time to exploit new technology and discover new tools that are having a transformational effect on learning. On the other hand, keeping our communication methods consistent and ensuring all pupils can access teaching 2
Located on the outskirts of Nairobi, the Kibera slum is the biggest in Africa and one of the biggest in the world, housing 250 000 men, women and children. Dalmas Bukasu Atsowa has lived in the slum his entire life, and his education has been sponsored through Strathallan School’s Kenya Project since primary school. On Wednesday 10th June, Dalmas took over the school’s Instagram account to answer questions about his life in Kibera and how the area is coping with the COVID-19 outbreak. As well as answering questions live, he also took viewers on a tour of his neighbourhood and gave an inspiring insight into the deprivation faced by people living there. Dalmas visited Strathallan in Perthshire in November 2019, and made a huge impact on the school and local community. Many pupils took the chance to reconnect with Dalmas during his broadcast, asking questions about his schooling, his love of football, and what’s happening in Kenya as a result of COVID-19. Around 50 viewers tuned in for the live broadcast, and the video has subsequently been viewed over 1000 times on the school’s Instagram page. Strathallan School’s Kenya Project has been working in the Kibera slum for ten years, including sponsoring local children through their schooling, books, uniform, food and medical expenses. The project has raised over £100 000 for causes in Kibera and elsewhere in Kenya, and has sponsored more than forty children who simply would not have had access to education without the school’s support. The focus of the project is empowering young people to rise up and enabling them to help themselves and others within their own community through education and entrepreneurship.
Featured When asked about his experience of Strathallan, Dalmas replied: “When talking about Strathallan, the best thing I will talk of is the love, the values that make up Strathallan and the friendship of all the community. How [people are] socially – that really built my heart and I was just blessed with how you treated me and the love you showed me.” Dalmas’ takeover was part of an ongoing programme of Instagram takeovers Strathallan has been running for pupils and the community to stay connected and get insight into how lockdown is affecting alumni and friends around the world. With appearances so far from George Horne and Nicki Cochrane, as well as broadcaster JJ Chalmers, the takeovers have proved hugely popular, with pupils enjoying the opportunity to gain insight from people experiencing lockdown in different circumstances. The full broadcast is available on the school’s Instagram page: @strathallanschoolofficial
Perthshire teacher designs and produces PPE for hundreds of key workers in one weekend Strathallan School’s Head of Design & Technology also made his pioneering laser-cut design publicly available for others to join the cause. After hearing of the difficulties faced by key workers across the country in accessing and using face masks and other PPE, Craig Wiles, Head of Design & Technology at Strathallan School, decided to take matters into his own hands. He and a team of dedicated (and socially-distanced) volunteers, over the course of one weekend early in lockdown, designed and manufactured equipment for over a hundred key workers across Tayside. The making of full face masks is a project that has been taken up by many schools and education providers with the equipment and resources to run their own production lines, but Craig took things a step further when he heard of the pain medical staff are experiencing from wearing over-ear fabric masks for up to 12 hours a day. He said: “It’s been so great to see schools and businesses joining the cause to produce these full-face masks that are proving to be in such short supply, so when I heard from a friend about the doctors and nurses who are suffering pain and blistering from wearing fabric masks for extended periods, I knew there must be something we could do to help. Having found designs for 3D printed Ear Guards, I realised there must be a simpler and more accessible way to produce these for even those without a 3D printer, which is when I came up with the idea for a laser-cut design. These can be produced at home – you don’t need a laser to cut them out, and you can use any sort of flexible plastic, like a thoroughly-washed milk carton, to cut out your own to support key workers where you are.” Craig’s team used Strathallan’s equipment to produce over 100 full face masks in the first weekend, followed by 100 Ear Guards, which were then distributed by school volunteers to nurses, doctors and emergency service workers across Tayside.
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Featured Mark raises thousands running in Strathallan signs former Scotland memory of friend rugby star as Director of Sport Strathallian Mark McGuire is putting rubber to the road every day this month in an attempt to raise money for charity in memory of his best friend. Former pupil Mark had raised thousands of pounds for charity less than a week into his month-long marathon challenge After his best friend Ben passed away from a sudden cardiac event in 2018, Mark decided to put himself to the test and run a marathon every day in June: 30 marathons in 30 days. He said, “Ben was an inspiration to us all and my best mate. I think about Ben every day and will certainly have him on my mind throughout this challenge. I very much want to raise awareness for Cardiac Risk in the Young (CRY).”
Once the top try scorer in the Scotland Leg of the World Rugby Seven Series, Jim Thompson has returned to Scotland to take up the position as Director of Sport at Strathallan School in Perthshire. Boasting a formidable career on the pitch for Scotland, Edinburgh Rugby and London Scottish, the former fullback has big shoes to fill as Miss Audrey Sime, former Director of Sport for 18 years takes up a new role at the school as Assistant Head for Co-Curricular. Moving from King’s Ely School in Cambridgeshire, Jim who grew up in Edinburgh, said it was the right time to move back to Scotland.
Those interested can help Mark raise money for CRY by donating here: https://uk.virginmoneygiving.com/ MarkMcGuire9
He said, “I’ve been running and coaching the Strathallan Rugby camps for the last four years and they were a huge reason for moving up here to be Director of Sport. It’s a great school in a beautiful part of Scotland and I’m excited to put my all into raising the already outstanding calibre of sport Strathallan has to offer.”
Interhouse Extension Challenge Senior houses fielded teams of five quizzers to compete in individual and collaborative rounds in an Extension Challenge hosted via Zoom, Teams and Microsoft Forms. All teams impressed with their knowledge, commitment to house, competitive spirit and mastery of technology - well done to all involved! Very hotly contested rounds - including Science and Nature; People and Places (past and present); Food and Drink; The Written and Spoken Word; Sport, Leisure and Culture amongst others - produced the following results: 1st: Woodlands House (99 points) 2nd: Thornbank House (97 points) 3rd: Ruthven House (95 points) 4
Academic Muna draws in top art school offers
The 17-year-old from Strathallan School has landed over eight offers at top art schools in the USA, Canada and the UK, including the Rhode Island School of Art and the Ringling College of Art and Design. He said, “These are some of the best art schools in the world and I never thought I’d be able to say that I have been offered these opportunities. I am so thankful for everyone who has helped guide me these last few years.” Muna, who first started drawing when he was 5 years-old, arrived at Strathallan in 2014. He said, “The last six years have been the best years of my life at Strathallan, I’ve spent a third of my life here, I’ve made friends for life, learned skills that will help me in later life. I can’t put into words how beneficial it has been.” Muna whose art is heavily inspired by political events, such as Brexit, said he enjoyed adding a creative touch to some of life’s more dramatic debates. “I’ve always enjoyed putting my own creative style on real events,” he said. “Especially since the 2016 USA election, I’ve been following Donald Trump and the impeachment process, the war of words and ideas has been a strong source of inspiration for my art so far.” Frank Glancy, Head of Art at Strathallan added, “Muna’s unique style and the depth of his work makes it easy to see why he has already been offered a place to study at the prestigious Rhode Island School of Art, one of the world’s leading art schools. “He was also recently awarded a highly commended prize in the senior category at this year’s RSA Schools Art Award 2020. This is Scotland’s premier schools art prize and a serious achievement in its own right. We are incredibly proud of Muna.”
Art: Strath Worldwide Mr Glancy’s video lessons and Art Club have proved a big hit with pupils. You can join in with the Art and DT Departments’ combined challenge by coming up with your own face mask design celebrating our real superheroes in the NHS. You can interpret the brief however you like as long as your design follows a superhero theme and thanks the NHS in some way for their amazing work during the COVID-19 crisis.
Email your designs to challenges@strathallan.co.uk before 5pm on Friday 3rd July 2020 for your chance to win!
The challenge is open to anyone in Years 5 to 8 (age 9-13), and the top designs will win a pack of art materials for your own projects at home. The winner will have the chance for their design to be manufactured in a short run by our DT department, as well as an exclusive art and design workshop at the school as soon as it is safe to do so.
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Academic Practical Biology Work under Lockdown Being in Lockdown hasn’t stopped practical work in Biology. From heart dissections over videocall to using quadrants to count daisies in the grass, Biology pupils have been kept busy through Strath Worldwide this term!
Owen and Oliver in the 4th form calculating daisy populations as part of their GCSE required practicals. Owen is using a quadrant he made himself for the experiment.
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Academic Lockdown Pals in Chemistry
Dr Blackie’s classes have had the assistance of her ‘Lockdown Pal’ who was helping with chemistry ‘lab work’ from her kitchen. Each week saw a new adventure . . .
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Academic Chemistry Olympiad Results
Drama Online
Urbanum Funcum
A number of our speech and drama pupils have taken part in an online competition festival where they had to perform a short monologue, either written by themselves or a published piece. Isabella D C T, for example, devised her own scene on the theme of Isolation, in which she reflected on her lockdown experience.
For the past two years, Form I Latin have performed a modern song translated into Latin at the Riley Informal Concert in the first half of the Summer term. This year it wasn’t possible, but Dr Sapsford didn’t want the students to miss out on the fun(!) of singing a known song in an unknown language. This year they chose to sing ‘urbanum funcum’ which will be better known as Mark Ronson’s ‘Uptown Funk’. It’s a tricky song which needs a fair bit of practice to pronounce the Latin at the proper speed to the proper tune on a Zoom call. However, the students of first form have managed brilliantly, practicing away ready for the final performance at the end of term. It’s nice to have a bit of fun, singing a tongue-twister while wearing hats!
Dr Sapsford, Freya C., Olivia D., Jacob H., and Caitlin M. having a practice session
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Academic EPQ Presentations Go Global Strath Worldwide has opened up a world of teaching and learning opportunities, and for students completing their Extended Project Qualifications has allowed progress to continue despite lockdown ahead of their November deadlines. The presentation is an essentail part of the process and provides significant evidence for the overall assessment, and this term we saw presentations from as close to home as the David Pighills Room and as far afield as Romania and Doha. Saoirse O’C-B., who lives onsite, gave her EPQ presentation at an appropriately managed social distance to the EPQ Coordinator and Project Supervisor. Her project took the form of an artefact and she produced a ‘Stand-in’ for the school’s planned performance of the Addams Family. James MacD. presented his report-based project that explores, “Are there underlying attributes in humans that cause them to become Serial Killers?” from Doha to Mr Newham and Mr Vallot over Microsoft Teams. Adina S.’s artefact-based project titled, “Turning common types of addiction into characters” came to us live from Romania to Mr Newham and Mr Miles.
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Academic Creative Writing and More Poseidon hunting for the ocean on TikTok, Olympic Gods in animated Lego, Lockdown Diaries and Haunted Dolls: the English department has been especially creative since Easter.
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Academic The Doll
Corona-cation
By Caitlin M
By Alasdair M
My best friend had always been afraid of dolls. Sometimes the other kids made fun of her for it. She claimed they whispered to her, of course, no one believed her. Sometimes I wonder, if I had listened to her, would it have stopped her disappearing?
My best friend had always been afraid of dolls. Sometimes the When Covid-19 became a thing I was skiing in Italy for the season with the British Ski Academy we weren’t worried about it because it was so far away, we kept going about our day to day life as normal. It was only when we went to compete in the English alpine championships (near the end of febuary) that it became an issue. Never the less we competed at the competition and then I went home for a week to have a bit of R&R. So we left Bormio and drove the long drive to Milan.
Her name was Jessica Davis. We had been best friends ever since elementary school, ever since middle school she had started acting strange. It was just after summer, before summer she was one of the most popular girls in school, tanned, pretty and extremely kind. However, once summer was over, she was almost unrecognizable. She hardly ever talked, and when she did it was in a whisper. She started to get bullied a lot, people would whisper about her as she walked past and call her weird. This went on for a while, the longer it went on the more I thought something was wrong. I tried my best to stand up for her, however, I was used to being the quiet one, stuck in her huge shadow. No one listened to me when I told them to stop. This went on for a term. On the last day of the term Jessica whispered in my ear, “They are always watching, listening.” I was confused and went off for my holiday. The next term she never came back, people started searching, her parents weeping. The next day I came home from school and went to my room. Everything was normal except there was an odd feeling about it. The next day, I got up and noticed this strange figure in the corner. It was a doll. It looked almost identical to Jessica except she had dark button eyes and was clutching a doll, smaller then itself. The smaller doll had dark long hair, button eyes and a whiter dress on. The dolls looked similar but had different expressions sewn onto them. The smaller one almost looked evil with its gruesome smile, whereas the bigger one had a more scared expression. I moved them out almost immediately as I had no idea how or why they were in my room, but the same chill followed me around all day. When I finally got back home after a tiring day, I noticed something odd. The closer I got to my house the more of a chill I felt, I also heard faint whispers getting closer and closer. When I went back into my room I felt like I was being watched. The dolls were back, but something had changed about them. The doll that looked like Jessica’s replica had an even more scared and anxious look. The doll looked almost alive. The smaller doll looked even more like a maniac. Later that night I had moved the dolls out of my house again. I was about to go to sleep when I heard a whisper. The whispers kept coming, it was almost like a chant. My parents were out of the house and no one else would be able to get it. I heard a creak on the stairs. I opened the door and there was the doll, standing at my door…
Stopping in Como for some ice cream and some views of course. We then checked into our hotel for the night. Ferdi and I realised that the hotel had a swimming pool so we went down to have a swim, it was our first swim of 2020! We got back from the pool and went to bed. In the morning we got up and had breakfast we then took the airport shuttle to the terminal where we checked in cleared security and boarded the aircraft (only to realise we has a 2 hour delay) so we sat back and got comfy while the plane went nowhere. Eventually we got the all clear from air traffic control and we took of homeward bound. It was only when we arrived in Edinburgh that we got the news of the outbreak in Northern Italy but we didn’t wory much because we hadn’t been in an effected area (at the time) so I spent the week chilling, nit a care in my mind. I went out for lunch with my grandparents and even went shopping there was a point where my parents were humming an hawing on weather to send me back but I assured them I was in safe hands and if needs be a coach could drive me home. And at the end of the week I was of to my second home we boarded a very quiet plane to Milan, and when I mean quiet I mean Ferdi, Me and another Italian couple. Lucky for us we got moves to extra legroom seats to balance the plane out more. We touched down in a very ghostly Milan. We were picked up and drove to our apartments where we had a good nights sleep and skied the next 10 days BSA was quiet but a lot of my close friend were there so it was good we took a day trip to the motor museum of Martingy (Switzerland) and eat a lot of pizza, we went into town a lot and we didn’t notice any big changes until the Friday when we went into town it was mobbed with kids because all Italian schools had been shut down. That night after school we were told all Itallian ski resorts were going to shut down as of Monday so we decided that on Monday we were going to leave so we had a normal Saturday just chilling and sleeping because Saturdays are our day off and we then decided as a fairwell to Italy for the season we would go cross country skiing and then go for pizza.
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So the next day we did that the cross country skiing was great fun and the pizzas were worth the wait. We were told that evening at dinner we were going to have a chilled start so we could pack our bags in the morning. At 10 o’clock I was in the shower when our very calm housemum came in and told us to pack our bags and take them to the garage “just in case” so we started packing our bags . at this point we were still in our pyjamas I packed my bags fairly quickly and as I walked into the garage there was abselout chaos I was talking to some people and they told me that one of the athlete parents friends works in the high court of the milaneese government and she said the whole country was going on lockdown as of 6 am the next morning. Of course we were in Italy and our phones were connected to itallian networks so we couldn’t see the news all our parents were sending us. I was sent an article from my Mum saying the country would be on full lockdown as of midnight so I told my coaches and we started packing up the vans with over 200 pairs of skis and 100 suitcases because everyone out there had to pack 4 moths of clothes in 15 mins. At this point I realised we were leaving asap so I ran back to my room and put the clothes I was planning on wearing the next day on and shoved all of Ferdis clothes into his bags . And took it downstairs I made sure all my skis and bags were in the kit van before I go in a minibus. I was lucky to get in a bus with all my closest friends we sat in the bus waiting for our housemum to drive us off it was almost an hour before we heard anything more. During this hour we were watching our phone clocks ticking ever nearer to midnight. At 11:44 exactly our housemum came out and we started racing to the border which was 40 mins away with the music blasting and us racing up windy bends it felt like a bind film. Bit in a bind film there is usually diolouge but we were all shell shocked and no one said a word. We made it to the border at 00:20 and at the crossing it was all red X it was like a bad act on the xfactor the girls in my van all started crying as my coaches tried to bribe the border patrol into letting us all through. We were siting there for half an hour, when behind us we see the Italian national ski team pulling up. The head of the club agreed to pay them some money if they took us through with them. They agreed and we were out of the country. We stayed the night in one of my friends hotels in Verbier. We woke up at 9.00 that morning and had breakfast when the owner of the club comes into the room and says were leaving again because the swiss government had put a statement that everyone who had left Italy in the past 24 hours was required to turn themselves in so they could be put in quarantine facilities, so we left but the border we were intending to cross into France was too snowy so we had to go the long way round.
we set off from a very snowy verbier with no idea where we were going. We drove round lake Geneva and managed to get into France we then stopped for a cheeky Mcdonald before driving to saint Gervais where we were going to stay for the rest of the season. We got the hotel and saw the conditions. They were horrible with concrete beds and horrible food but we stuck it through and went skiing the next day in a place called Condonbleu we skied in the very warm and slushy conditions for the morning and went for pizzas after. When we were eating pizza my friend go a ping on his phone that said the British championships later on in April had been cancelled. We were then taken back down the mountain to the hotel car park where we were told we were all going home the next day. So we packed again in 15 mins got in the vans and were off with some of our skis going to a lockup facility in Paris. We got in the vans and set our course for French Geneva. A small town on the French side of Geneva where we would stay for the night. We got a bit stuck on the way though there was a traffic diversion through a muddy field that we ended up getting stuck in and we had to push ourselfs out of. Anyway we arrived at the rathe nice hotel and messed about a bit we went out for dinner go home and ‘went to bed’. We woke up bright and breezy the next morning drove to the French ide of Geneva airport avoiding Switzerland at all costs. We needed to cross security in the French side of the airport because we would be stopped if we went through the swiss side. We got on the plane and landed. When we landed back in Edinbugh there were no temperature checks like the ones we got upon arrival in Milan. My Mum picked me and Ferdi up where we were planning to go and isolate in our holiday home up north in inverness because it had more land and we have dune buggys there so we could keep ourselfs entertained but then we caught wind of the uk going into lockdown so we decided to stay at home where I would quarantine in my room for 14 days but I was in quarantine for much longer than that for the day after I got out of quarantine the whole country went into lockdown and now were at the present day. I’m doing just fine right now although living with 2 sisters is quite tough. Weve been making meals for those in need and those sheltering who don’t have the supplies which occupies quite a bit of my time which is good and school takes up a lot of time too. Ive been doing some HIIT workouts and am being sent a workout every week via my ski club so im feeling much healthier and fitter that ever because ive not got as much time on my hands. Its also been a really good opportunity for reflection and realising that you don’t need distractions and big days out to have fun but I have realised that I need a holiday and some sun! Published in their original text courtesy of the English Department
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Strathallan Prep School Strathallan launches Strathallan Prep School for September 2020 The School was excited to annonce the expansion of Riley House to Strathallan Prep School at the end of this session. From September 2020, Strathallan’s Junior House Riley will become Strathallan Prep School. With a focus on delivering an outstanding foundation education in the classroom and beyond, Strathallan Prep’s small class sizes and access to exceptional facilities will offer an extensive primary education for both local and boarding pupils. Strathallan Prep’s new Head Emma Lalani said: “We are so excited to be able to extend our welcome to new pupils at the start of this new chapter at Strathallan. We have invested heavily in the whole school facilities in recent years and it will be a pleasure to make our educational, sport and recreational facilities available to more pupils as Strathallan Prep School grows. Strathallan Prep offers a perfect balance: small classes and big resources. Our pupils enjoy the expertise of dedicated primary trained teachers and the input specialist subject teachers from the senior school. They have an idyllic place they can call their own while taking full advantage of the incredible resources right here on their doorstep. I look forward to meeting and nurturing the next generation of Strathallan pupils in September.”
Headmaster Mark Lauder said: “I am pleased as Headmaster that the Governors have continued to invest in our Junior provision in the current climate and that they are committed to and ambitious for our junior pupils through the desire to continuously improve the education we offer at Strathallan. And to be founding Strathallan Prep School in the Centenary Year of the school’s move to Forgandenny seems especially appropriate.”
Riley Project Competition Riley students were invited to devise a question based on a current social issue, to research it and present their findings in the form of a project or essay. This produced a strong field of entries; congratulations to all participants, those awarded certificates and prize-winners.
Senior: 1st and 2nd Form Fergus Thomson (II) - 1st place Reuben LaVallee (II) - 2nd place Zac Mickel (II) - 3rd place Murdo Harrier (II) - Highly Commended, with particular mention for structure and presentation Connie Dover (II) - Highly Commended
Junior: Years 5, 6 Thomas Newell (6) - 1st place, Riley Project Competition ( Junior)
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Sports Strathallan declared Joint Winners of both the Girls’ Cup and Boys’ Bowl Excitement as both the Boys’ and Girls’ teams declared Joint Winners of the 2020 season in ‘unprecedented’ decision by Scottish Hockey Strathallan hockey teams celebrated this term after both the Boys’ and Girls’ teams were declared joint winners of the 2020 Schools’ Cup by the Scottish Hockey Union. Following cancellation of games under increasing concerns about the COVID-19 pandemic at the end of the season, the sport’s governing body in Scotland declared joint winners for each of the competitions “due to the current unprecedented and unique circumstances”. Strathallan School were awarded the Senior Schools’ Girls Cup alongside Mary Erskine’s School, and the Senior Schools’ Boys’ Bowl along with Hutchesons’ Grammar School. Players and coaches for both teams have expressed their disappointment not to have been able to play the final games, as well as their admiration for all the teams and players throughout the tournament. All are pleased with the unprecedented final decision that will have been a difficult one for the Scottish Hockey Union to have come to.
end of the season. I’m proud of the team and how they adapted to a new coach, to new information, to different playing styles and to being pushed outside of their comfort zones. “I think overall Strathallan Hockey has had a hugely successful season. The Girls first team being crowned back to back indoor champions and joint winners of the Scottish cup outdoor competition is a huge achievement. The girls and the coaching staff ought to be extremely proud of what they have managed to achieve this season. “I think it’s safe to say that Strathallan Hockey is in a good place at the moment and my sincerest thanks must go out to the coaches, the players and the supporting parents for all their efforts throughout this season. We have a plethora of talent lying around at this school and I’m really looking forward to working with the next generation of First Team Hockey Players.” Stephen Dick, Strathallan’s Head of PE, coached the Girls’ team to this year’s victory. He said: “To have coached the Girls to the indoor and outdoor seasons this year, and to have gained the kind of success that they’ve gained winning the indoor and now the outdoor Scottish titles is an absolutely immense feeling; almost no words to describe it, and I know that the girls will be feeling as excited now that it’s been announced. To win both the indoor and outdoor [competitions] is just an amazing achievement for them. Anyone will tell you that to win at national titles, it actually takes years of commitment and effort from the coaching staff and of course the players, and this group have moved a long way, some for a considerable time period and others over a much shorter time period.”
Most Promising Junior Award for Sport Congratulations to Chloe McM (Netball) and Hamish N (Boys Hockey), who received their Most Promising Junior Awards from Miss Sime via a first-ever online presentation this term. Strathallan’s Head of Hockey, Olympian Rhett Halkett, took the opportunity to congratulate both teams on their development throughout the season: “I think in the season overall there will be a sense of disappointment from the boys, especially considering how competitive we were in the majority of our fixtures; however, the team showed tremendous growth and progression in both their individual skills and their understanding of various playing systems. I think this growth is evident in the team’s attitude, performance, and their drive to compete towards the
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Sports Sport Achievements June 2019 to June 2020 Air Pistol Shooting Elspeth Wardman • Bronze medal at Scottish qualifier in Intermediate section of British Schools Competition • Reached Final at the British Schools Championships Steph Craig • British Schools Championships, 4th place
Athletics Sophie Wallwork • Scotland U17 selection for International School Match v England, Ireland and Wales • Silver Medal at Scottish Schools Indoor Championships in 60m • Bronze Medal at Scottish Schools Indoor Championships in 200m
Badminton Perth & Kinross Championships • Senior Winner: Rachel Sun • Senior Runner Up: Jemima Forrest-Smith • Senior Doubles Winners: Jemima Forrest-Smith & Melissa Forrest-Smith
Qualified for British Championships: • Jacob Hedley (U12) • Jamie Langley (U14) • Elise Cosens (U15) • Blake Hedley (U16) • Christopher Aitken (U17) • Oboe Chu (U19) Jamie Langley: 1st in Run at British Championships
Clay Pigeon Angus Turnbull • World Championships selection shoot: top Junior & in pole position after 3 rounds • Won Junior Super final at the Game Fair, 2nd in adult section • Best U18 shot at Amulree Shoot
Cross Country Strathallan Championships • Winner A Boys: Alex White • Winner D Boys: Jacob Hedley Team 1st Place • A Boys: Alex White, Shay Finnamore-Crorkin, Demeter Kosa • B Boys: Blake Hedley, James Lauder, Connor Campbell
Basketball
• C Boys: Jamie Langley, Fionn Tod, Alexander English
Eva Morrison: Scotland U16 Team
• B Girls: Orla Folan, Eva Morrison, Georgia Spark
Anya Morrison: Scotland U14 National Academy Squad
• C Girls: Anya Morrison, Elise Cosens, Louisa Buchan
Blair Mackenzie: Scotland U18 Training Squad
• D Girls: Layla Morrison, Francesca Wright, Freya Cooper
Boys 1st V, Scottish Schools Plate Finalists
Biathlon Scottish Schools Championships: Individual Scottish Champions • U14 Boys: Jamie Langley • U16 Boys: Blake Hedley • U17 Boys: Christopher Aitken Scottish Team Champions • U15 Girls: Elise Cosens, Rosie Milligan, Caitlin McMeekin • U16 Boy: Blake Hedley, Hamish Norval, Carlos Karlsson • U17 Boy: Christopher Aitken, Oliver Spalding, Alex White
Scottish Schools Championships • Bronze Medal: Group C Boys, Fionn Tod, Jamie Langley, Alex English, Ivan Martinez • Anya Morrison, Group C 9/147 and Scotland consideration selection
Equestrian Amelia England: Scotland selection Working Hunter team at Horse of the Year Show. Won the prestigious “Desert Orchid Working Hunter Pony of the year” involving 24 jumps at 115cm. Millie Wilson - qualified for the Horse of the Year Show and competed in Scotland Mounted Games team in Ireland Steph Craig - 2nd at Pony Club Area 19 Eventing at Hopetoun House and member of the Scottish Open International Tetrathlon Team Brook Walker represented Scotland in the British Show jumping Inter-Academy National Championships. Won the 3 star horse competition at Stoneleigh and was also the runner 15
Sports up “Leading Rider” in 2 different classes at Blair Castle Horse Trials Pebbles Walker represented Scotland in the British Show jumping Inter-Academy National Championships. Her team won the Gold Medal (75cm fence height) Eliza England represented Scotland in the Working Hunter Pony team Rowan Laird won the U18 Eventing 100cm class at Glamis Castle Strathallan Championships Winners
Scottish Indoor Champions Scottish Cup Outdoor Champions ( Joint) Midland District U18 Indoor Champions Midland District Senior Outdoor Champions Scottish Independent Boarding Schools Champions District Indoor Champions at both Senior and Junior level District Representation
• Class 3 Amelia England
• U16: Orla Folan, Charlotte Gilmour, Rachel Fagerson
• Class 4 Brook Walker
• U18: Steph Craig, Flora Hamill, Georgia Glen
• Class 4 Team Brook Walker, Rowan Laird, Pebbles Walker, Amelia England
• U18 Indoor: Rachel Fagerson
Fife Pony Club Show Jumping Championships • 90cm Class Team 1st: Maia Fleming, Blake Hedley, Amelia England, Topaz Walker • 90cm Class 1st place: Blake Hedley • 1m Class Team 1st: Blake Hedley, Elize England, Millie Wilson, Topaz Walker • 1m Class 1st place: Blake Hedley • 1.10m Class 1st place: Brook Walker Scottish Schools Championships • Class 6 Team Winners: Emily Sinclair, Elspeth Wivell, Francesca Wright, Pebbles Walker • Class 8 Winner: Pebbles Walker • Class 9 Team Winners: Blake Hedley, Maia Fleming, Amelia England, Brook Walker • Class 9 Winner: Brook Walker for 2nd year in row • Class 10 Winner: Rowan Laird Scottish Horse of the Year Show • Pebbles Walker won 2 classes & won the Junior Trophy and the Sir Hugh Fraser Memorial Trophy with Strathearn Pony Club. • Millie Wilson, Amelia England and Eliza England competed at the Horse of the Year Show. Millie competed for Strathearn in the Mounted Games where her team reached the final and finished overall in 3rd place. Amelia & Eliza competed in the Working Hunter. Ameilia finished in a very impressive 6th place.
Fencing Artem Malyuchenko: U15 Epee Gold at Youth Development Series
Golf Alexander Ewen: Solheim Cup Diversity Event & selection for Gleneagles Academy 16
Girls Hockey
Boys Hockey Hamish Norval: Scotland U16 Squad Fin Donnelly: Scottish Hockey Academy Series & Gold Medal at Scottish U18 Indoor Finals with Perthshire Club Ross Telfer: Gold Medal at Scottish U18 Indoor Finals with Perthshire Club Scottish Junior Finalists 1st XI Scottish Bowl Champions ( Joint) U12 Boys, unbeaten season District Representation U16: Adam Anderson, Hamish Norval & Ross Telfer (Silver Medals) U18 Indoor: Daniel Begemann & Fin Donnelly (Gold Medals)
Lacrosse Cassie Davidson-McQueen: Scotland Team
Netball 1st VII, Scottish Schools Silver Section Finalists 1st VII Independent Schools Champions Chloe McMichael & Rachel Fagerson District U15 Team Imogen McMichael selected to train with Scottish Thistles Ladies
Pentathlon/Tetrathlon Blake Hedley • GB selection for European Championships in Germany (2nd individual & 1st in team event) and World Championships in Hungary in the Laser/Run event • Junior sports personality of the Year Award at the Clubsport Ettrick & Lauderdale Regional Sports Awards
Sports • 2nd U16 at British Schools Championships, Flaine
Jacob Hedley • GB selection for European Championships in Germany and World Championships in Hungary in the Laser/Run event Elliot Hedley • Scotland Tetrathlon Team for National Championships at Royal Windsor Horse Show
• Winner at Scottish Schools Alpine Final, Fastest on the day Robyn Leslie • Individual Champion at Scottish Schools Qualifying Event • Winner at Scottish Schools Alpine Final
Rugby
Thomas Rampton: GB Alpine FIS Squad
National Selection
Swimming
• Charlotte Gilmour, Scotland U18 Futures Team
32 medals at Tayside Schools Championships
• Andrew Stirrat, Scotland U18 Development team
Gold Medals
• Callum Beckett, Scotland U18 Development team
• Owen Carroll 200 Back
• Joe Halliday, Scotland U18 Development team
• Bailey Wilkes 200 Back
• Charles Wall, Scotland U18 Training Squad
• Christopher Aitken 100 Free
• Callum Norrie,
Scotland U16
• Jonny Morris , Scotland U16 District Selection • Caledonia U17: Alex Clark, Callum Norrie, Duncan Webb, Callum Beckett, Harris McLeod • Borders U17: Jay Coltman Glasgow Warriors v Edinburgh 1872 Cup • Callum Beckett, Joe Halliday (U18s), Johnny Morris & Callum Norrie (U16s Team Success
Relay • Oboe Chu, Christopher Aitken Donald Queen & Oliver Spalding Christopher Aitken: Scottish Junior Relay Champion with Perth City Club Elise Cosens: Scotland Youth Development Squad & Bronze at Scottish Schools Finals in 100 Free National Finals: Elise Cosens, Owen Carroll, Christopher Aitken, Oboe Chu, Katelyn Tang, Bailey Wilkes District Championship Gold Medal Winners: • Katelyn Tang (1),
• U13A Reached the Final at Ardvreck Sevens Tournament
• Christopher Aitken (2),
• U13A won 9/13 matches in the season
• Owen Carroll (4),
• U14A won 8/10 matches in the season
• Elise Cosens (4 & Best young swimmer award)
Ski-ing
Tennis
Team Gold at the Scottish Schools Dual Slalom regional qualifier.
LTA Year 9 & 10 Regional Division 1 Champions
• Maisie Morgan, Iona Ross, Luka Hughes-Tosh and Alasdair Macdonald Team Silver at Scottish Schools Alpine Finals • Maisie Morgan, Robyn Leslie, Roli Smith, Jamie Still, Iona Ross Team Silver in Giant Slalom at British Schools Championships, Flaine • Iona Ross, Maisie Morgan and Luka Hughes Tosh Murdo Harrier: won the U14 boys BISS National Schools Open Indoor Ski Championships in Hemel Hempstead Maisie Morgan
• Katie Bradley, Eliza Krause, Cameron Wright and Julia Pergrin Lawson LTA Year 7 & 8 Regional Champions • Naomi Henderson, Annie Webster, Silvia Carrascosa, Adriana Fabregat Kirchin British Senior Students Competition, 1st VI Girls Regional Winners Individual Success Katie Bradley • Won U16 Singles at Giffnock Junior Open • Won U18 consolation event at Ilkley Open
• Scottish Alpine U16 Squad
• Tayside District Selection
• Individual Gold at the Ski-cross championships
• North of Scotland County Selection 17
Sports Lucas Bradley • Won U9 boys singles at the Grade 3 Nuffield TC Winter Regional tour • North of Scotland U9 County team – winners at County Cup Nicholas Bradley • North of Scotland County team • Winner of Road to Wimbledon County Final Ben Cooper
• Tayside District Selection • North of Scotland County Selection Jed McMillan • Scotland Junior Team & South of Scotland County Tennis team • Won U12 Singles at Scottish Junior Closed Championships • Semi-final at Tennis Europe event in Ireland and reached the final in doubles • Won U12 Singles at the Gannochy Winter County Tour
• Won U14 consolation event at Ilkley Open
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• Won U14 Singles North East Scotland Championships & won doubles
• Won Road to Wimbledon event therefore played on the grass courts of Wimbledon where he reached the quarter finals
• Won U14 singles RogyTour Forth Open • Won U14 Winter County Tour • Tayside District Selection Freya Cooper • Won U14 Winter County Tour
Won East Lothian Open U12
• Tayside District Selection • Tennis Scotland Team of the Year, U12 North of Scotland Team
Volleyball Oren Wilson: U17 East of Scotland & Scotland U17 selection
• Tayside District Selection Thomas Dixon • Won 10 & under Scottish closed Tennis Championships • Runner-up in East of Scotland open and Ayrshire Open 10 & under • North of Scotland Team in the County Cup. • Won the ROGY Tour U12 boys singles in Edinburgh • Tayside District Selection Alexander English • Won the U18 North Summer County Tour Event in Holcombe Brook • Won the Wigan U14 Grade 3 singles & doubles • Winner Grade 3 U14 singles and doubles in Sunderland. • Won Nuffield Hull Winter Country tour U16 Singles • Won U18 Boys singles at North Winter County Tour • Qualified for a GB national tournament
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