The uninitiated amongst you might think that with only six more “sleeps” left until the Christmas Holidays that things might have slowed up here – well, you’d be very wrong. 

I spent some of Monday visiting PE classes and joining in with the Social Dancing lessons.  It was great to see pupils working together and enjoying themselves.  Not only is a great physical activity it provides the youngsters with a skill that they will use long into their adult lives.  I suspect that there will be much ceilidh-ing to be had on the last day of term, and I look forward to seeing as many as possible of the pupils smiling and pas-de-bas-ing for all they’re worth.

I spent an enjoyable couple of hours looking through some of the S3 e-portfolios as well this week.  Some have more information on them than others, but they are well worth a look.  If you are an S3 parent, do ask you child to get onto GLOW so that you can have a look.  They should be uploading bits of work that they are particularly proud of and writing a bit of a commentary about them.  I have been leaving the odd comment on pupils’ work and look forward to seeing how they are getting on as the year progresses.

The big event this week was the School Production of “The Nightmare Before Christmas”.  It was closely based on an original story by Tim Burton, much-loved by the cast and crew. The show featured Jack Skellington’s journey of discovery, creepy choral singing, demonic dancing and some unrequited love.  The talent on show was amazing and every cast member had an opportunity to shine.  The Junior Drama Club did their own presentation – The Tale of Cinders.  We were treated to a new twist on the tale that involved the Seven Deadly Sins and their contribution to this tale of love overcoming all.  It was a magical night and huge thanks must go to the creative team of Ms Orr, Ms Whitfield, Ms Mackinnon (and her sister who helped put the Junior script in the form of rhyme) and Ms Brown.

Yesterday evening a group of pupils made the trek into Edinburgh to go and see the Lyceum’s Christmas Show: Cinderella.  Ms Whitfield was a little apprehensive as it hadn’t got the usual 5-star  reviews, but Mr Young informed me this morning that he chuckled his way through it – as glowing an endorsement as you’d want, really!

Not content with a show this week, we have the Christmas Concerts on Tuesday of next week, followed by the S6 Panto that will be performed to the whole school on Thursday.  Ross Prentice (of Prentice Coaches fame) will be coming in on Tuesday morning to judge the Christmas Boxes and Ms Duff and myself will be touring classrooms to judge the best decorated.  Phew!
School will close at 4pm on Thursday and will re-open on Tuesday 8th January 2013.
 

Have a good week!