Celebrating Success
Lisa Anthony from BP, joined the Eco Committee yesterday. BP have partnered with The Green Tweed Eco and Serica Energy to provide bird boxes for every primary school in Aberdeen City and Aberdeensire. The group got a talk about the birds and creatures who may use the boxes.
Anna and her Aberdeen Academy of Performing Arts friends took part in the Starpower International Dance Competition in P&J Live on Sunday, 10th of September 2024.
She performed in three junior dance routines and one solo routine.
Junior groups took:
Group Wonderland Lyrical 1st place
Group Le Freak Jazz 1st place
Group Oliver 1st Place and they got invited to battle of the seas competition.
Her solo took:
Character Alice in Wonderland 2nd Place.
Well done to Anna and Team AAPA!
MVC under 12 Football Tournament.
Congratulations to Leo Forbes who recently competed with Aberdeen football club in Holland. The boys played really well and made the parents and coaches very proud. Aberdeen finished their group in second place and made it through to the semi finals where they beat Chelsea 2-1. They played AZ Alkmaar in the final but weren't able to overcome the very strong Dutch team. Leo managed to score three goals during the tournament too! Well done Leo!
Bonnie played the drums on the side lines, cheering the team on!
British Ice Dance Champion 2024 - Congratulations Emma Duthie on achieving first place over the summer holidays! This competition was run by British ice skating and she competed against other skaters of similar age so a major achievement for her. Emma had 3 skates to do over the course of 2 days.
Congratulations Nadia P5. Nadia achieved third place in Aberdeen City's Pea Education Resource competition and has won a pea cookery session for the class.
Emma Duthie - National Ice Skating Success!
Emma won gold at the British Ice Skating Open. This is a national competition held in Sheffield so she has done incredibly well to get 1st place!
Mile End School Girls' Football Tournament
We had 28 girls from the school playing and they were all great. Cornhill and Scotstown also brought teams over to play.
Our girls did brilliantly to compete against other schools. Mile End won ea
Recognising Sporting Achievement - All in a Week’s Work
P7 Mile End Pupil Matthew Tomkins has had a very commendable week in sport representing Mile End Primary School, gaining 6 medals across 3 sporting disciplines.
Achievement -Scottish Hockey U14 Inter-District Competition - Silver Medallist
Sunday 19th June saw Matthew compete in the Under 14’s Scottish Hockey tournament at Peffermill Playing Fields (the home of Edinburgh University Sport). The tournament consisted of district teams from across Scotland (Aberdeen competes in North District).
North District, after topping their group, went through to the final against East District. In a close match North District did themselves proud with an historic silver medal place.
Matthew currently trains with Gordonians Hockey Club listed as Gordonians (Mile End PS).
Achievement - NESLTA U12 Schools Tournament – 2nd Place, Silver Medallist
During the week commencing 20th June Matthew competed in a series of tennis matches through the knockout stages of the NESLTA (North-East Scotland Lawn Tennis Association) U12 Schools Tennis competition. He completed both the semi-final and final matches on the evening of Friday 24th June, narrowly losing in the final.
Achievement - Aberdeen Primary Schools Athletics Competition – 1 x Gold, 1 x Silver and 2 x Bronze medals
Matthew participated as part of the fantastic team (pupils from P4-P7) from Mile End Primary School, at Aberdeen Sports Village Athletics Ground on Saturday 25th June, supported by parent and athletics coach Mrs Julie Hendry.
Matthew achieved 4 medals, a gold medal in shot put, a silver in the 4x100m along with P7s Alasdair Tulloch, Sophie Shand and P6 Leo Forbes, and two bronze medals in the long jump and 100m sprint.
Well done to Matthew and all the Mile End Pupils representing our School through 2024, you have done us all proud.
Well Done Leo! Football Success!
Leo had recent success in AFC tournament. The tournament was fantastic. The boys did really well. They narrowly missed out on a place in the final after losing the semi final on penalties. They finished 4th overall out of 12 teams (and received a trophy) after beating teams like Feyenoord and AZ Alkmaar.
Leo scored 3 goals and was voted player of the tournament by AFC players!
Congratulations Emma!
Emma competed in the Aberdeen Ice Dance competition today and achieved first place for both of the skating categories. This has allowed her to qualify for the British Championships in July.
Disneyland Paris - Aberdeen Academy of Performing Arts
Two Mile End pupils - Jack and Anna took part in the international Festival of Dance and Performing Arts in Paris. The troupe performed 24 routines and placed in 16, competing from dance schools all round the world!
Mile End School Cross Country Success!
P6 boys 1st place: Leo
P5 girls 2nd place: Jemimah
P7 girls 3rd place: Eilish
P5 boys team 1st place (Benjamin, Daniel, Cameron)
P7 girls 2nd place (Eilish, Sophie, Anna)
P6 boys 3rd place (Leo, Mathew, Jaxon
Mile End were nominated for the School Innovation Award sponsored by Active Schools Aberdeen.
It is awarded to the Aberdeen city school that has used physical activity and sport in innovative and positive ways to best support the mental and physical health of their pupils.
Mile End had the honour of being one of three finalists.
Children, staff and parents worked very hard for us to even be in the running for this prestigious award. Our Sports Ambassadors loved being part of the Award Ceremony
A number of Mile End children participated in this on Saturday - they played ‘The Northern Lights of Aberdeen’ at Pittodrie for the Aberdeen vs Hibs match. Congratulations to our P6 pupils - Athol, Serge, Euan, Lachie, Cameron O and Samuel.
Congratulations to Emma in P6 - She finished 3rd place in Blackburn - this was her first time in a new level so did really well
Congratulations to Dandy who was selected to attend 'This Girl Can' Ice Hockey Event! This Girl Can hosted forty-eight girls in total from each country in the UK (Dandy was the only Scot who attended). They spent a full day at
Sheffield Steelers’ stadium, training, playing and learning. They were on the ice for about four and a half hours; the delayed onset muscle soreness was real!
The girls also had classroom time, learning about future career opportunities for women in ice hockey. Dandy loved every minute and made some new friends.
Emma achieved 2nd place for her age category at a British Ice skating competition held in Aberdeen.
After a couple of years of very hard work the school have secured their Gold School Sport Award. Our Sports Ambassadors who are in P6 & 7 have worked alongside a lead from Active Schools, Sarah Fraser, and Mrs Sykes, one our Principal teachers to ensure we showed excellent practice in all the core areas of the award. The commitment and hard work of parent and staff volunteers to facilitate clubs and activities during the school day and outwith and the willingness to attend CPD events has contributed greatly to us receiving the award. We give a big thank you to all those involved in making this award a reality.
The Gold School Sport Award is recognition of our school’s achievements in putting sport at the heart of our school’s planning, practice and ethos.
The Gold Award also highlights that our school has shown excellent practice across the core areas of the Award and demonstrated an on-going commitment to increase young people’s opportunities and engagement in physical education, school sport and leadership and provide clear pathways to life-long participation in sport.
R22 and Mrs Greyson has been working with SCILT on a national project to encourage the development of modern languages through art. The work they have undertaken is being used as an example of national good practice on the SCILT website. Click on the link below to see the wonderful work from Mile End School!
Digital Schools Award Achievement - congratulations to the whole school and particularly the digital leaders!

