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US escapade

enthrals art and

drama cohort

At the start of October midterm, a group
of 30 very excited pupils and teachers
met at Edinburgh airport to start their
rather long journey to Washington DC,
via Amsterdam. The Art and Design to the Newseum, an interactive museum allocated. There are too many places to
Department has been going to New set over seven floors, alongside the mention but we felt there was a good
York in October for many years now
unforgettable and sobering experience enough mix of art, drama, sightseeing
and added Washington into the mix on of the Holocaust Memorial museum, and and shopping to keep everyone happy.
the last trip in 2017. This was a great also the drama students’ tour of the Ford Visits to the Top of the Rock, Statue of
success, so this year the trip evolved Theatre, were considered highlights by Liberty and the 9/11 memorial site were
further, with Art and Design joining forces many of us. After three days of cultural some of the sightseeing highlights, while
with the Drama Department to offer a immersion, aided by a dining experience pupils also managed to fit in visits to the
cultural experience of the two cities. at Ben’s Chilli Bowl (famous for being MoMa and the Met.
Washington was a cultural overload the first place Barack Obama ate after Despite a few dramas along the way,
with a wealth of museums and galleries being elected), we bid a fond farewell to involving lost passports, missed subway
to visit. We very much enjoyed the Washington and set off for New York by stations and ferry rides, we had a
opportunity and freedom of choice on coach. fantastic time and arrived back safely,
offer as we walked the length of the Mall These are two very different cities and with many already planning their return
from Capitol Hill to Lincoln’s Memorial we were split at the end of the trip in the near future. The bright lights
via the Washington monument. A visit about which we preferred. New York was of New York and the historic beauty
amazing and we of Washington left us starstruck, and
took the saying overall made the trip an unforgettable
‘city that never experience. Some of the suitcases didn’t
sleeps’ at its word arrive back on time, however, but that is
and crammed as another story…
much as we could Lachlan Rowley, Sofia Macchi Watts
into the time and Eilidh Drugan (S5)

London stage show

cements Salesman learning

Conference experience Two Higher English classes travelled to London to see
the acclaimed production of Arthur Miller’s Death of a
for economists Salesman, the play we have been studying in class this
term. The Young Vic production had just transferred
Some of the Higher Economics class climbed aboard Mr to the Piccadilly Theatre in the West End and starred
Payne’s ‘fun bus’ for a trip to Perth to attend the Scottish Wendell Pierce and Sharon D Clarke; it was a fascinating
Economic Society annual pupil conference. The focus of interpretation of the play and by the end there was not
the day was behavioural economics, which is something a dry eye in the house. An exciting day was had by all as
we don’t really touch on in our Higher course (it’s more we enjoyed nine hours of train travel together and some
university level), so it was good to gain an awareness of of us were especially delighted to discover the Muji store
this aspect of economics. There were talks from leading in Carnaby Street. The train journey back involved much
academics as well as a session on exam tips given to us reflection and discussion as we related the production to
from a lead examiner at the SQA. We really enjoyed our day our own study of the play, and the day culminated in Mrs
at the conference and it broadened our knowledge of the Hay’s dreams coming true when Wendell Pierce retweeted
economic world in general. @englishGHS1!
Hannah Stein (S6) Sofia Macchi Watts (S5)

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