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Superb results
for S3 in

British Biology

Challenge
Competition

Joe McDermott and Luc Steel were the
stand out Heriot’s pupils in the British
Biology Challenge Competition, with
both achieving Gold awards. More than
23,000 students from 367 schools
worldwide entered. Silver awards were
also attained by the following: Amelia
Fergusson, Leo Monaco, Euan Richards,
Amelia Cole (P7)
Samantha Ross (P7) Lucy Anderson, Janica Chan, Joseph
Linguists find Sibley, Zoe Zanetta, Heather Monaghan,
Bridget Samson and Elliot McColgan.
animal

inspiration French film
wins plaudits

P7 French pupils were asked to devise a Every year, the Institut Français d’Ecosse
poem about a family member or pet. It is launches le Concours de la Francophonie,
perhaps clear where their affections lie – a national school competition for young
as most chose a pet. learners of French and their teachers
across Scotland to celebrate the
Ms Antonia Bruce Fin Nichol (P7) international day of Francophonie. A class
of Heriot’s pupils in S3 have taken part
in the competition with their teacher,
Catherine Boscher, and Chloé Melliez, the
French Language Assistant. Their work
received the First Prize in its category
(S1-S3).
For this project, the pupils had to create
a five-minute video. In groups of three
to five, they studied then acted out or
animated a selection of French poems by
Paul Eluard, Maurice Carême and Jacques
Prévert. The pupils staged and filmed the
Clara Nash (Nursery) poems as they wished, in an original and
Nursery independent way. The poème mélangé is
made by selected verses from the three
children find different studied poems put together in
a clever way by a group. They class of 23
inspiration in James Carslaw (Nursery) Olivia McGill showed a lot of motivation and creativity
(Nursery)
and Lucy Carslaw (P4)
spring for the whole activity.

As part of their learning about spring, Pupils excel in
pupils in the Nursery were encouraged cyber challenge
to look out for the signs of the new
season in their gardens and while A trio of Heriot’s pupils qualified for
outside. They also made some beautiful the National UK finals of the Matrix
spring pictures using natural resources Challenge. Rachel Rose (S1), Charlie
gathered on their walks. Pain (S3) and Callum Murison (S6) were
ranked amongst the best 72 competitors,
Mrs Heather Evans James Duncan (Nursery) out of some 65,000 11 to 17-year-old
applicants throughout the UK.

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