Blogs and News - St George's School, Edinburgh
Fifteen girls from Primary 6 were introduced to the sport of curling on Saturday 26 March, on the occasion of Isla's birthday celebrations. Taking place at Curl Edinburgh, four coaches from Gogar Park Young Curlers (GPYC) took the girls through the basics of the game, including strategy and sweeping, through a series of games (or 'ends' as they are called). The session finished off with the girls perfecting their sliding technique on the ice, one of the most tricky aspects involving both core strength and balance. Everyone thoroughly enjoyed themselves and were ready for their lunch and cakes afterwards!
The event came on the back of Isla's continuing progress in the sport, having secured successes in the Mhairi McAughtrie Trophy which is held every year at the Stirling Curling Academy. The yearly event is specifically for under-12s and is held in memory of a long-serving curling coach. The boys and girls from GPYC beat a number of teams to finish in first place and Isla also won a prize for the best shot of the competition, a well-timed drawing shot around wide 'guards' (which are blocking stones).
The next weekend saw Isla compete in the Perth Fun Spiel organised by Scottish Curling. For the first time, Isla formed part of a mixed-rink team of four in the under-13 category, including girls from Kinross and Forfar. The team was triumphant and went on unbeaten all day to clinch the under-13 trophy after overcoming Hamilton in the final.
You can also watch more about Curling and see Isla in action in this BBC Newsround programme, 8 April: https://bbc.in/3vv2dZa
January
Careers Newsletter January 2022
Fencing medal for Alexia (Upper 4)
Rosie on Tour in Florida for Lacrosse World Cup Training
February
Primary 6 Project on Space Tourism
Spring Revision @ St George’s Online
Chinese New Year at Houldsworth 2022
Lunar New Year Celebrations in Primary 4
House Event in Junior School: PHOTO GALLERY
March
Connected Culture: Lower School Conference
Love and Kindness for Valentine's Day
Crafty outings with the Boarders
P6 Author Visit: Elle McNicoll
Deepti wins the National SSBU Secondary Junior U13 title
An Evening with Allistair McCaw
UKMT Intermediate Maths Challenge
International Women's Day - Junior School
Summer Sports Camps: 15-18 August 2022
Success for U11 Hockey at the Compass School Tournament
Young Enterprise Best Company Award Winners 2022
Success in Hockey and Lacrosse
April
May
National Representation in the Scotland Lacrosse Team
Sport Scotland event with Judy Murray and Allistair McCaw
Staff Fundraising Walk for Ukraine
Primary 3 Travel Back in Time to Stone Age Times
National Representation for Deepti at Badminton
Bea Competes at the National Schools Equestrian Association Event
Rosie Hazell Selected for the World Cup Lacrosse Squad
Target Ovarian Cancer Walk/Run
Rights Respecting Schools Bronze award
Primary 4 Visit The Birds of America
Scottish Mathematical Challenge Awards
Celebration for Upper 6 Boarders
Equestrian Club at Floors Castle
Inter-District Hockey Tournament
Miss Campbell selected for Wales Match
P6 Netball club had a ‘ball’ at EPSSA netball festival
Scottish Fencing Youth Development Series 2
u17 Edinburgh District Netball
A.F. Steadman visits the Junior School
Butterflies for Chelsea in Bloom
Emma-Louise Beeson visits Nursery
U4 Digital International Exchange Week
Primary 4 Learn about Electricity
June
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