Come and join us at the KA Olympics on Friday 25th May from 1pm at Balgray.
Pupils from Nursery to Senior Prep will be involved in sporting challenges, invitational races and an opening ceremony with torch relay. This exciting afternoon will culminate with a balloon launch!
A team of Junior 6 and Senior Prep pupils, captained by Hardie Brown, competed at the recent Glasgow Schools' Athletics Competition at Scotstoun. There were many outstanding performances. These were:
Senior Prep Boys
Angus Stuart 2nd 600m
Hardie Brown 2nd Standing Long Jump
Boys Relay Team 2nd (Angus Stuart, Alexander Geddes, Luke Morris, Harry Gillies, Hardie Brown)
Andrew Matheson 2nd Standing Long Jump
Jack Goodhew 5th 80m
Andy Lin 5th Cricket Ball Throw
Boys Relay Team 5th (Jack Goodhew, Stan Murray, Zac Stringfellow, Lewis Pocock, Andrew Matheson)
All of our athletes performed well but special congratulations have to go to our medal winners and the boys’ team who were narrowly piped for the overall prize.
Matthew Corry (S3) recently returned a champion from The Brits Snowboarding Championships in Laxx, Switzerland. He placed in three separate categories.
1st under 16 - Brits Laxx half pipe
1st under 16 – Brits Laxx big air
3rd under 16 – Brits Laxx slope style.
The Junior 4 pupils thought it would be a good idea to plant a tree to commemorate the 2012 Olympic Games. They wrote to Dobbies in Milngavie to ask if they could help. They kindly agreed to supply us with a tree of our choice. One child from each class in the Junior School and Senior Prep were chosen to help select the tree. We had a good look around at the trees and got some expert advice. We finally selected a Rowan tree as we felt it would be interesting to watch all year round. Look out for it being planted in our new eco-garden in the corner of the school grounds closest to the Nursery.
Kelvinside Academy’s Young Enterprise company won ‘Best Brand’ out of all the teams in Glasgow at the recent Young Enterprise award presentation evening. The company specialise in creating their own hand-made wish bracelets and they were commended on their design, innovation and being able to produce a theme that was carried out from beginning to end. The team also placed second for their stand at the Young Enterprise Trade Fair in December.
The Kelvinside Academy War Memorial Trust (a Company limited by Guarantee, with Charitable Status, and registered in Scotland No. SCO 03962) Registered Office: 33 Kirklee Road, Glasgow G12 0SW, T: 0141 357 3376
