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HEAD TEACHER'S NEWSLETTER
What a brilliant way to end the term! Last night’s ‘Mussy does Strictly’ was full of laughter, sparkle and entertainment. A huge thankyou to everyone who helped make it happen, from front of house staff and pupils to all those on backstage operations. Congratulations to our teacher couples and S6 dancers for a fabulous show- another night that celebrated the strength and joy of our school community.
Whatever you are doing over the February holidays, I hope all pupils, families and staff have a lovely break.
We teachers will be switching off alarm clocks and laptops after a very busy few weeks since we returned from the Christmas holiday, and I would like to publicly thank all my colleagues for their unstinting hard work for our young people this term.
With best wishes.
Jodie Hannan
Key Dates
Monday 13- Friday 17 February: Holiday week
Monday 20 February: Inservice Day for staff only
Tuesday 21 February: All pupils and staff return
Wednesday 22 February: Scottish Army Band visit 1-3pm
Friday 24-Sunday 26 February: S6 residential weekend to Dalguise
Staffing
I am delighted to let you know that I have appointed a Teacher of CDT who will take up post with us on Monday 17 April. We hope to be able to allocate some periods of CDT to S1 and S2 once Senior Phase classes go on study leave from 24 April and I will keep you informed of these plans.
Another national advert for a full time permanent CDT teacher to commence at Easter goes live next week.
Most unfortunately, I have not been able to recruit a full time Teacher of Mathematics so from Tuesday 21 February we will be covering a number of classes internally with Maths work but without a specialist Maths teacher. This post is being re-advertised.
Kayla and Rory's Weekly Rundown
Hi and welcome back to Kayla and Rory's Weekly Rundown. We hope everyone has enjoyed their last week of school before the holidays!
It was great to see so many people at MGS Strictly on Thursday night. A massive congratulations to Mr Lee and Ms Scott, featuring choreography by Hannah Bonthron, and, our very own, Orla Thomson!
It's also been an exciting week for our S6s who received their leavers hoodies ahead of Dalguise, which will be the weekend after the February break.
We hope everyone enjoys their February break, and if you are a senior who is using the time to revise, remember to take some time to do something fun!
House Points
Strictly Come Dancing
Last night saw the highly anticipated return of Strictly MGS! After fierce competition Miss Scott and Mr Lee won the vote to be your 2023 Strictly MGS Champions!
The total money raised for the 3 House charities (Brain Tumour Charity, MS Society, Cancer Research UK) was £1191.41.
Thank you so much to everyone who bought tickets and donated on the night. Thank you again to all our staff and pupils who made this event possible.
And remember: “Keeeeep dancing!”
S2 Dynamic Earth Trip
As part of their Geography course, ALL S2 pupils have the opportunity to visit Dynamic Earth in Edinburgh on Thursday 2nd March (2M2, 2C3, 2G1, 2G3) and Tuesday 28th March (2M3, 2C1, 2C2, 2M1 and 2G2).
This is an exciting attraction, which explores the history of the earth, its formation and its many amazing landscapes. S2 are currently studying ‘The Restless Earth’ and this field trip will give them a chance to learn more about the powerful process of plate tectonics. We will also be taking part in a ‘Natural Disasters’ workshop, led by Dynamic Earth Education Officers.
Pupils have been given a letter and permission form in class which they need to return by Friday 24th February.
If you have any questions please speak to or email Mrs Orsi.
Sports News
We have another Scottish Cup Champion.
Sophie Davidson and her team, Watsonians U15s Girls were one of four teams who qualified to compete in last weekend's Scottish Hockey U15 Indoor Cup Finals.
Watsonians and the three other teams played in a round-robin tournament where Watsonians U15s Girls were crowned Scottish Cup Champions after securing a 3-0 against Edinburgh Hockey Club in the final!
A huge well done to Sophie and her team! What a fantastic couple of weeks it has been for our hockey players!
Sophie Davidson front row, fourth in.
Daniel and Tom Barrett qualified for the 2nd rounds of East Districts Championships at the Royal Commonwealth Pool last weekend with Musselburgh Amauteur Swim Club. The East Districts is a major event in the swimming calendar with swimmers competing against the top swimmers from Lothians, Borders and Fife.
As well as qualifying, the brothers secured new PB's in the 50m breaststroke event! What an achievement, well done boys!
East Lothian Schools Competition
This week 35 S1-S6 pupils competed in the annual East Lothian Schools Cross Country at Vogrie Country Park. With weather on our side this year, all pupils embarked on a tough 3.35km (2.1 mile) run consisting of both uphill and downhill sections, where they also had to endure some steps to climb. We could not be any more proud of our pupils for all making it to the finish line! Our teams/ individual entries were as follows:
S1 Male Entries
1. Hamish Delaney
2. Tom Barrett
3. Yuva Gnanamurugan
4. Uvee Chouhan
5. Ben Russell
6. Jamie Notman
S1 Female Entries
1. Poppy Jones
2. Lauren Davidson
3. Erin Munro
4. Lois Cunningham
5. Thea Cook
6. Madeleine Ritchie
S2 Male Entries
1. Seth Faber
S2 Female Entries
1. Ellie Petrie
2. Alyx Ghori
S3 Male Entries
1. Caleb Robertson
2. Kishan Singh
3. Jacob NG
4. Robbie Rutherford
S3 Female Entries
1. Hannah Scott
2. Summer Gargaro
3. Grace Ryan
4. Sophie Davidson
5. Rachel Knox
6. Isla Dowdeswell
S4 - S6 Male Entries
1. Alfie Curran
2. Jake Nicol
3. Archie Sangster
4. Sami Hyvonen
5. Karim Zidonis
S4 - S6 Female Entries
1. Mia Robertson
2. Madeleine Lewis
3. Linda Statovi
4. Julie Armstrong
Our podium winners were:
Hamish Delaney - 2nd place (S1 Boys Individual)
Hannah Scott - 2nd place (S3 Girls Individual)
S3 Girls Team (Hannah Scott, Summer Gargaro, Grace Ryan, Sophie Davidson, Rachel Knox, Isla Dowdeswell) - 3rd place (S3 Girls Team)
If any of these superstars have inspired you to try out long distance, please come and see Miss Hall, A45 as we are looking to add a Cross Country club to our Active Schools programme very soon.
A huge well done to all, we hope you manage to get some time to rest those legs during the February break!
Chemistry and Physics Pupils of the Month
Mr Watt - Caelan Cameron & Yuva Gnanamurugan
Miss Scott - Taylor Mason
Mrs Shaw - Ellis Anderson
Miss Rankin - Nicholas Tejada
Mr Jarvie - Ben Duff
Schools College Partnership
Click on the link below to view the Schools College Partnership brochure.
SQA Professional Development Award: Scottish FA Refereeing
Musselburgh Grammar School pupils who are enrolled on the SQA PDA: Scottish FA Refereeing have all recently sat and successfully passed their Unit 1 Laws of The Game exam. Well done to all of them and hopefully this is the start of an exciting career in refereeing for these fantastic young people.
Mr Lee
Medical
Polio Dip Vaccine
Please hand back the forms for the Polio/Dip Meningitis ACWY vaccine as soon as possible. Vaccination day is Thursday 23 February 2023. Timetable is now up around school. Please check your class time.
HPV Vaccine
Pink HPV forms need to be returned to school after the February break. All S1s will be vaccinated on Thursday 23rd March 2023. If you have received a form in S2-6 you will be vaccinated too. See Ms Harvey if you have any questions.
Lost Property
There are lots of jackets, jumpers, etc. Also, one airpod in a case has been handed in. Please come and see if these belong to you. Thank you, Ms Harvey
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