Lothian News

Our Common Room gets a new look!

The Annual Steeplechase

University offers

Huge congratulations to all the Upper Sixth who have been rewarded with so many UCAS offers. It has been an intense few weeks with girls heading off to the four corners of the country for interviews or auditions and it has certainly paid off. Particular congratulations go to Wisha who has been offered a place at Cambridge! We are just waiting frantically for the last few to come in and then it is just a matter of those A2 results!

Glenalmond's Got Musical Talent

Just before half term began, we all enjoyed a wonderful night of musical talent, showing off just what each house can do. Lothian's entry was superb with an instrumental of Yesterday by The Beatles followed by the incredibly talented Meta singing Turning Tables by Adele. The backing group consisted of Heather on violin, who also arranged the piece, Tori on Harp, Olivia on Cello, Jess & Cat on oboe, Rosie on flute and Beatrice & Bella on violin. We were rewarded with an impressive 3^rd place, which was great given the incredible variety and talent on show.

September 14th, 2011

A superb start to the year!

It was wonderful to see all the new faces arriving at the house, excited but nervous too! They have made an impressive start, making friends and getting to grips with the new routine.

After getting new timetables and subject choices sorted, it was down to business and the year certainly started with a bang. It was great news all round as Emma Sanderson was voted in as Captain of Hockey with Alice Onslow as Vice-Captain. Then Charlotte Houldsworth was chosen as one of the players of the match following the hockey fixture against a visiting team from St John's School, Concepcion, Chile.

The first weekend of the year is always very busy with matches away, the first Moncrieff Night and the House Outings. The Sixth Form had a great time preparing their outfits for the fancy dress on Saturday evening and it was lovely to see everyone working together under the theme of Pairs. The 2^nd and 3^rd form took part in an X Factor-style evening of singing and dancing. They too got into the swing of things with some rather outrageous outfits as well as impressive dance steps.

The highlight so far has to be the House Outing, this year to EICA at Ratho. The Aerial Assault course was a real hit and almost everyone braved flying through the air on a harness before tackling the tricky course right above the climbing arena. Everyone then either abseiled down the building, waving at the people in the Cafe or they tried to scale the climbing walls. It was at times scary but everyone came away feeling very proud of themselves for tackling their fears. Now the term begins in earnest and after a wonderful weekend of making new friends and growing in confidence, it promises to be a really exciting time!