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get to know other pupils throughout house events had to be cancelled, like again at Ardentinny in P6; and the public
different school years. Being a House cross country, drama and Sports Day, as speaking competition in P7.
Captain is all about making sure well as the trip to Holland. Nevertheless, I enjoy debating, all forms of art, and
everyone feels happy within school and my time in the Junior School was a blast writing (even if my friends don’t always
respects the Heriot’s ethos. I’m sure and I have enjoyed every minute of it (well enjoy hearing, seeing, or reading the
that others would agree that toilet almost!) and it was certainly topped off by results). I have made my way down to
and bin duty are not the grandest, but the privilege of having a red shiny badge Concert Choir for the past two years and
afterwards, you feel super because you as House Captain. have been learning guitar. And even if,
have been helpful. Milly Scannell like me, you aren’t the best sports person
I started Heriot’s aged three, in the From the day I joined (well sport in school, anyway), I urge you
perfect pre-school, and have adored Heriot’s in P3, I always to try. I like rock climbing, which is to me
every minute of being here. It feels looked up to the Junior a kind of vertical problem solving. I now
like my second home. It is a place School House Captains. manage to scrape my way up climbs of 6b
where I feel safe and nurtured, yet I hoped that one day and harder (for any climbers reading). I am
also stretched and challenged. To be I might be one too. also part of the ‘C’ hockey team. We may
a Raeburn House Captain has been an When I was selected not be the best of the best, but we had
honour. It has taught me to put myself to be a Raeburn House the most fun. My favourite book series?
forward, even when the prospect Captain I was overjoyed. While it is sad It’s the Dark Materials trilogy by Philip
may seem a little overwhelming. This that our Junior School journey came to Pullman. Classic!
is when success can be even more such an abrupt end, I have lots of great Being a House Captain was an utterly
rewarding. Being a Raeburn house memories: the way I was made to feel amazing experience to end my time in
captain has been the perfect way to welcome when I arrived at a new school the Junior School. I thank all my fellow
round off my Heriot’s Junior School in a new city; being away from home with members of Raeburn for ‘distributing
my friends on the P4 trip to York; outdoor
adventure.
adventures at Lendrick Muir in P5 and chearfullie’.
January 2020 – June 2020
The honour of their subtlety.
Dillon McLellan The honour of prefecting, while easy
I was thrilled to be ‘prefecting’ – a new to overestimate, is still great. The tie is
elected by my fellow tie, free food and the easier to tie than the regular sixth year
‘Raeburners’ as the new tie, which is great to console yourself
Raeburn boys’ House art of queue when sitting in sub-zero temperatures
Captain. I thoroughly management on late duty, and we are all grateful to
enjoyed my role, with the staff who help us out, especially to
all its challenges and Upon receiving a letter informing me the refectory staff who give us lovely
responsibilities, despite of becoming a prefect, my mum had food when we’re on duty there.
not quite managing to finish the second bought the tie so quickly I hadn’t had the Fraser Innes (S6)
term and having to be home-schooled in opportunity to return the slip.
Term 3. By the time the start of term rolled
My twin brother and I joined Heriot’s in around, we were armed with a training
P5, and I have looked forward to each session and a tour of the locations
day of school since. Being told I was to before being left to fend for ourselves.
be a House Captain though, was the Positioned across the school, we were
best day of them all! Due to the election to remind pupils of the rules which
being delayed, our first challenge was to range from the archaic and seemingly
prepare a speech to perform to the entire useless to reinforcing basic human
Junior School in just three days! Thankfully manners. Our duties were distributed
everybody managed it well and we among the prefects by Captain Bruno
PREFECTS
received our badges. Steel and his pseudo-random spreadsheet PL Donaldson, A McCall, MD Livingstone, MB Berry,
Some highlights of my time in the Junior which always gave whoever you were TR Brownsort, JK Nicol, LE Macpherson, RP Tait
FJ Innes, BJ Watson-Massey, JJ Saville, KP Wilson,
School have been our P7 boys’ hockey talking to the worst pick of the duties. M Blaikie, AR Alonzi, OT McAllister, DD Blood, JS Mander
season, with the team winning most of Personally, I managed to obtain quite EKR Hean, EG Powell, KA Martin, M O’Hagan, MJ Zwart,
N Blaikie, TJ Macleod, KJ Berry, K Zou, JJC Mitchell,
our games, and robotics in P6 when our the reputation as the queuing tsar, LE McQueenie, J Morrow, OJ Brindle, MI McClellan,
team of three built a clawbot the fastest. making sure everyone went to the back AW Htet-Marshall, R Henderson, TFM Verden-Anderson,
CS Murison, JK Blair, PL Nelson, NEF Hammerson,
Throughout the year we competed in of the queue: right to the back. This MS Rao, RM Smith, WHS Ringham (Vice-Captain),
lots of house events to be awarded insistence made me much loved outside F Groves (Captain), Mrs LM Franklin (Principal), Mr PA
house points, such as the swimming gala, the refectory, especially with those who Fairclough (Head of Senior School), BA Steel (Captain),
RE Fairley (Vice-Captain), BJ Douglas, H Shamaz, AR
hockey, rugby and the Fashion Show. desperately need to work on Notman (in absentia)
Sadly though, some of the other fun

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