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May 2009 - News Stories | |
A blast from the past brings some Joy to the WorldPicture: Flora Ogilvy and Laurie Johnston small A blast from the past has helped two St Leonards Schoolgirls raise a groovy sum for a good cause. Year 10 pupils Flora Ogilvy and Laurie Johnston made £2000 for local charity “Joy to the World” by staging a retro fashion bazaar featuring funky stalls selling clothes, jewellery and accessories from the 60s, 70s and 80s. Around 250 people flocked to Holy Trinity Church Hall for the “Oh So Retro!” extravaganza which also featured a fashion show, games, a raffle, a DJ and tasty snacks. 14 year-old Flora, from Upper Largo, described the inspiration for the event which was organised by the girls as part of their Duke of Edinburgh Bronze awards work. She said, “The inspiration for the retro theme was the whole hippie trend which I love! “Myself and Laurie organised the whole thing but our families and friends have been really helpful and quite a few pupils helped with the stalls and acted as models. “There was a buzzing atmosphere in the Hall and everyone seemed to have a good time.” Joy to the World was set up by St Andrews University student Gillian Ferguson in order to provide a home and education for Orphans in India and the girls were delighted to have raised such a fabulous total for such a worthy cause. “We were overjoyed that we raised so much,” said Flora. “It is a small charity so we knew that the money would go a long way. “It was also great to prove that two 14 year olds could do something like this which will make a real difference.” Picture: Fashion show small Picture: Techno Challenge winners and runners up The winners and runners up from the 2009 Challenge. The St Leonards School Techno Challenge 2009Youngsters from across Fife and the Lothians came together at a St Andrews school with the aim of using their wits to have fun! Teams of P7 pupils from 20 schools were invited by St Leonards to take part in its annual Techno Challenge, where they completed a series of maths, IT, literary and science related tasks. Andrew Lang, Head of the Senior School at St Leonards, helped to organise the event. He said, “The key thing about the Techno Challenge was to encourage children to use their intellects to have fun and to demonstrate that thinking can be fun!” The teams were tasked with constructing a rocket from basic materials, building a model house out of newspaper whilst relying on teammates to relay the design plans, solving maths puzzles, creating a birthday invitation slideshow and testing their knowledge of books and words in a library based quiz. In a frantic finale, all 20 teams raced to solve further maths based problems in a ‘Maths Relay’. “The pupils all had a great time and were really enthusiastic about solving the challenges they faced,” Andrew said. “This is the 13th year of the event and, as always, it’s been really wonderful to welcome pupils from all the different schools and to meet the teachers as well. “All the schools are so quick to get back to us to confirm their participation and there is actually a waiting list. “It has been a great day and we look forward to having everyone back next year.” The winner of the small schools’ category was Dairsie with Kingsbarns taking the runners up spot. The winner of the large schools’ category was George Heriot’s in Edinburgh and the runner-up was Mary Erskine and Stewart’s Melville Junior School, also in Edinburgh. Picture: Techno Challenge SLNP St Leonards-New Park pupils get to grips with the library challenge. Picture: rocket building Pupils from Mary Erskine's construct their rocket. Picture: house building challenge Guradbridge students build their model house. Picture: maths challenge Dunbog pupils look to overcome the maths challenge. Picture: ICT challenge The ICT challenge. Picture: maths relay Pupils race to complete the maths relay. | |