The week started with a veritable Twitter and media storm concerning one of our PE teachers – Mr MacKinnon, after his exploits on the football field (namely his majestic goal for Spartans against Berwick). He has been characteristically modest about it but we are all very proud of him.

In further sporting news, we have our fingers crossed for Amanda Martin who is competing as part of the Lothian Badminton Team in the Celtic Challenge Under-13 Team Event today. Amanda has been playing for a relatively short time and is showing great promise, so we are sending her all our good wishes.

Today pupils are dressing down to raise funds for our partner school in Rwanda. Given that some senior pupils have had their English and Maths prelims in the Hall this week; it is good to end on a slightly more informal note, and raise money for a great cause at the same time.

Tomorrow, a very excited group of senior pupils will be heading off (with some staff, of course) to New York. Hopefully they will have missed the worst of the February weather in the States, and will have a wonderful time. I look forward to hearing all their news when they return.

School shuts for the holiday today at 12.05pm and we re-open at the usual time on Monday 23rd February.

Have a great week.

S Ingham