The Columban Issue 32 - St Columba's School

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Science
biology
SIII display their cell models made from anything from cardboard to cakes. Graham Allan (right) used a pizza to demonstrate the structures present.
Cheese=vacuole, tomatoes=chloroplasts, ham=nucleus, pastry=cell wall
and membrane and tomato sauce=cytoplasm. Very creative!
Music and Drama
silver tablet
an audience of staff, pupils and guests enjoyed an afternoon
of musical excellence. This year two pupils competed for the
Silver Tablet, which celebrates the best of musical talent from
the Senior School. Kirsty Rarity was commended for a varied
vocal programme, including Widmung (Robert Schumann) and
Think of Me (andrew Lloyd Webber). The winner, Meaghan
Lau, particularly impressed the adjudicator, Mr Ian McCrorie,
with a mesmerising Clair de Lune (Claude Debussy). Director of
Music, Ms Yvonne Carey, said, “We’re delighted at the standard
of performance by both Kirsty and Meaghan. Today we also
heard from two of our younger pupils, Matthew Chan (SI) on
piano and archie Morris (SII) on flute.”
The afternoon was brought to a close by Scott Dickson, a
former pupil and previous winner of the Silver Tablet.
uK theatre school
Ciara Ewing (SII) has successfully auditioned for the uK
Theatre School in Glasgow.
All-britain Fleadh cheoil
Niamh Moran (SV) has again achieved success in traditional
Irish ballad singing. In early May she won gold at the all-
Scotland under 18 Ladies’ Singing in both English and Irish.
She qualified for the all-Britain in Preston at the end of June.
There she was unplaced in the English singing, but won Gold
at national level for singing in Irish. This, in turn, qualified her
for the all-Ireland (world championship) in Cavan in august
of this year, where she competed in a group of world-class
competitors, some coming from as far away as Georgia, uSa.
Note Perfect
Matthew Chan (SII)
has successfully
auditioned for the
Junior Department of
the Royal Conservatoire
of Scotland (formerly
the RSaMD), where he
will study piano. Pupils,
staff and guests had
an opportunity to hear
Matthew play recently at
the Silver Tablet Concert,
which celebrates musical
talent from the Senior
School.
We are also happy to find new owners for unwanted
instruments in good condition, so if you have any
used instruments please contact the Director of Music,
Ms Yvonne Carey: ycarey@st-columbas.org
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Senior XV v Livingstone
First match of the season.
Scotland u-18 hockey
Congratulations to Laurie Kirkland (SV) who played for
Scotland u-18 in the uK School Games and was named Player
of the Match in the game versus ulster.
‘Training for u-18 Scotland Girls was a massive challenge
with school and other commitments; however it was all worth
the training, when I was recently selected for the uK School
Games. The uK School Games is a multi-sport event for the
uK’s elite young athletes and enables players to experience a
four-day multi-sport environment designed to replicate the
feel of major events such as the Olympic, Paralympic and
Commonwealth Games. The event took place at the start of
September in Sheffield, at a range of venues.
Scotland narrowly missed out on the bronze medal, drawing
3-3 with ulster (defending champions), losing 3-0 to England
and 3-2 to Wales. Playing at national level has been a valuable
experience that I can certainly build on in years to come. I also
enjoy playing hockey at school and I am currently a member of
the first eleven. I find that it is easy to get along with the girls
in the teams, which makes it all the more enjoyable. hopefully
this bond will help us on the tour to Ireland in October.’
(Laurie Kirkland)
South-west District hockey
Olivia Finch, Ellen halliday, Chloe hardie, hayley Skimming,
(SIII) Morven MacEwan and abi Robb (SIV) were selected for
to play for the south-west u-15 district team at Peffermill,
Edinburgh.
Scottish Schools’
Relay Championships
Five Teams from St Columba’s competed in the Scottish
Schools’ Relay Championships.
transitus boys transitus Girls
James Smith Laura Stark
alistair Lee Imogen Davies
Rory Davidson Connie Dodds
Jack Smillie Emma Devine
sI boys sI Girls
Owen Bannatyne Emily Jane Stewart
Jonny Murray Olivia Cain
Sam Muirhead Olivia Gemmell
Campbell Gibson Iona Grant
sII Girls
Lisa Mcalpine
Saskia Cooper
Megan McClements
Chloe hardie
unfortunately after their first heat and after two very strong
runs the SI teams just missed out in progressing to their final.
The Transitus boys were 2nd in heat 1, 3rd in heat 2 and
finished in a very credible 6th place in the final (60.7 sec).
The Transitus girls were also 2nd in heat 1 and 3rd in heat 2,
and in the final, after an excellent final leg by Emma Devine,
secured third place and a SSaa Bronze Medal (59.4 sec).
however, the performance of the day goes to the SII girls’
team. Qualifying for the final with the fastest time from all
heats (at 54.3 sec, just missing out by 0.9 seconds on the
Scottish Schools’ badge standard) they were drawn in lane 4.
after a nervous beginning and a recall due to a false start the
race finally got under way. a flawless run by everyone resulted
in Chloe bringing home the baton in a time of 54.7 seconds and
first place earning the girls a SSaa Gold Medal.