Extracurricular Activities: Learning Skills for Life - St Columba's School

16 | JunIoR sCHooL THE COLUMBAn ISSUE 31 THE COLUMBAn ISSUE 31 FoRMeR PuPILs | 17
Junior 6
In March, J6 visited Burns Cottage; a trip which had been
postponed because of the snow in January. This is the first
time we have visited the site since Historic Scotland took
it over and opened the new Burns Birthplace Museum.
The children had the opportunity to take part in some drama
and dress up in clothes of Burns period. They had already
completed their study of Robert Burns with a Burns Supper in
the hall at Junior School by the time of their visit. This Supper
is an annual event for the children but this year parents were
invited for the first time. The children served their guests with
the traditional haggis, neeps and tatties, along with our ‘other’
national drink – Irn Bru. The parents were then entertained
with poems, speeches and songs.
In April J6 enjoyed the Glasgow Science Centre ‘roadshow’
as part of their topic on the Human Body. The class learned
about the science of sport and the benefits of leading a healthy
lifestyle. The show facilitators also brought lots of exhibits
to demonstrate the power of the body, ranging from testing
reaction times to using the power of brain waves to move
a ball!
Country Dancing Club
The J5/6 Country Dance Club meets every Thursday after
school. This term the children have been learning a range of
country dances from around the UK. The children have also
had the opportunity to create their own dances and teach
them to the rest of the group.
Transitus
Rowan MacKillop, Emily Kellock and Laura Stark held a
cake sale to celebrate Red nose Day. The Transitus pupils
thoroughly enjoyed the cup cakes, cookies and chocolate
krispies which the girls had baked. £150 was raised for
Comic Relief. This was followed a week later by a cake and
jewellery sale organised by Isla Lawrie, Iona Miller, Teresa
Melling, Catriona Allan, Emily Kellock, Eilidh Simpson and
Kirsty Robertson. The jewellery designed by Isla and Kirsty
was in great demand by both pupils and staff and the mouthwatering
baking sold out in no time. The £178.86 raised will go
towards helping the victims of the recent earthquake in Japan.
Hello from the FP Committee
Welcome to the FP section of The Columban. We hope you
all had a wonderful easter break and are looking forward
to the summer.
FPs have had a busy time since the last Columban. February
saw a lovely evening of ‘drinkies in the west end’. It was a
great chance for a few of us to catch up in a more accessible
place (for some!) – we had great fun and a lot of laughs! Watch
out for our next ‘drinks in town or west end’ date on Facebook
and in The Columban.
In March we had the Former Pupils’ AGM in Senior School and
then the FP rugby and hockey matches in April. Unfortunately
the rugby had to be cancelled due to the pitch conditions, but
the hockey went ahead and was very well attended. Alongside
FP and School Matches
Rugby
Due to the terrible weather leading up to the FP matches,
Inverclyde Council deemed Birkmyre Park to be unplayable
which meant that the rugby was postponed. Both matches
– one between two School teams, the Captain’s XV versus
the Vice Captain’s XV, and the second between two former
pupil teams – have now been rescheduled to the afternoon of
Sunday 19th June with a 2pm kick-off.
Hopefully we’ll have a glorious sunny day to help make it a
special afternoon, with the pipe band on show and possibly
a barbeque in place of sausage rolls. Please do come along to
support the teams – everybody is very welcome.
the rugby and hockey matches we had an FP coffee morning in
Junior School. The FP rugby match has been postponed until
Sunday 19th June – hope to see you there!
Thank you to everyone who has sent in updates for this issue,
it’s great to hear from you. We always welcome news, so
please keep sending in anything of interest – post to the FP
Association at Senior School, email fps@st-columbas.org
or post a message on the ‘St Columba’s School, Kilmacolm’
Facebook page.
Keep in touch and keep us updated.
Kind regards
The FP Committee
Hockey
Luckily all was not lost on match day and the girls still
managed to play hockey at the Astroturf. After a hard-fought
battle the School team, captained by Stephanie Kirkland,
was victorious in a 3-1 defeat against Hannah Simpson’s FPs.
Stephanie was also presented with the Player of the Match
award; FPs Hannah Simpson and Becky Marshall were close
contenders.