WWW.HUTCHESONS.ORG The Hutchie Herald OCTOBER 2014 This Issue • Top Marks - Results overview • Prizegiving 2014 • The future’s bright, the future’s Hutchie! Commonwealth • P1 and S1 First day at School Special Edition • Summer Art, Drama and Music pull out inside 03 04 Welcome from the Rector Anyone who was in or around Glasgow during the summer of 2014 will surely remember for a long time the feelings of excitement and pride that engulfed the city as it hosted the Commonwealth Games. Success Secondary During last summer term Hutchie pupils Stories School News were involved in a remarkable number of special events which explored the nature of the Games in a wide range of ways, 07 08 from talks by athletes and organisers to competitions at school and national level. half of the Hall which has had the biggest Many staff, and pupils past and present, impact, although the large modern windows, volunteered to help during the Games and proper heating and air-conditioning and we were honoured to have pupils chosen a new audio visual system also make a for the official baton relay as well as for the huge difference. A full house has now Kingarth Street version. On their return to increased to 530 pupils and staff and yet the school for this session I asked pupils in senior space somehow feels more intimate and assemblies for a show of hands – how many connected to the stage. I’m sure not only Art Show Sports Update of them had actually attended at least one assemblies, but musicals, plays and concerts Games event in person? The result was will benefit greatly from the changes. FPs astonishing - I estimate that well over three- who remember standing in assemblies, or 10 12 quarters of them had. All of this shows the freezing or sweltering when sitting exams depth of engagement that occurred within in winter or summer respectively will surely the Hutchie and wider West of Scotland look on enviously at the facilities current community, and such commitment and pupils now enjoy. Once again I would like enjoyment of the Games as an international to express my sincere thanks to Helen and sporting spectacle no doubt contributed Walter Ross, after whom the Hall is now hugely to its obvious success. named, but also our other major donors It seems only fitting therefore that we Kevin Sneader, the Stone Foundation and the Primary celebrate that success with a special pull- 57 Group, without whom this project would Too Darn Hot! School News out section of this magazine, dedicated to not have been possible. reporting some of the activities and some of I am pleased to report that our summer the people in our community that made it exam results continue to reflect our position 14 16 all so special. I hope you enjoy seeing some at the forefront of teaching and learning in of what went on, and I would like to thank Scotland, with 60% A grades achieved at again all our staff and parents who helped to Higher in S5. A special mention goes to Dewi make the Games a school event as well as a Gould, our new Head Boy, whose result of national one. seven As, all at band 1, surely places him in This summer also saw the refurbishment the number one spot in the whole country Former Former of the Assembly Hall at Beaton Road, and this year. Pupil News Pupil Reunions I’m sure visitors to the school will be very With best wishes for the term & Events & Events impressed by the new facilities and the and the session, modern, stylish look. It is the introduction 18 20 of retractable tiered seating in the back Former Pupil News Bright Futures & Events 22 24 Joining the Hutchie family! The newest members of our School had exciting first days at both Kingarth Street and Beaton Road this August. There were a few tears and nervous moments but eventually all the mums and dads were okay! The children all settled in very well and were soon getting to know their classmates and teachers. New parents may like to join us on Facebook, Twitter and the Hutchesons’ Flickr, for the latest Dates for photographs and news. In Memoriam your Diary Links are available on the top left of www.hutchesons.org Double win at Scottish Championship Bridge The Scottish Schools’ Championship took Success Stories Success place in the Carlton Club, Edinburgh on Friday June 13th and once again, Hutchesons’ Grammar’s Senior Bridge Stories! Team lifted the trophy. The team consisted of Calum Stout, David Lunardi, David MacCallum and Tom Browning, below The numbers are adding up! right with Ronald Gaffin, their coach. This was a “double” for the School since Team The Junior Mathematical Challenge Hutchie, above right, also won the Scottish (JMC) is an introductory challenge for Schools’ Mini-Bridge Championship! One pupils aged 13 or below. This takes the of our junior players was asked if he was form of twenty-five multiple choice enjoying Bridge to which he seriously questions sat in exam conditions, to replied: “I’m loving it, I just wish I’d take it be completed within one hour. We 03 up when I was younger!” are delighted to report that our pupils By John Di Mambro obtained an amazing 97 merits in total. There is only space to show a few of our winners, but the School would like Biology Olympiad Gold, silver and bronze to congratulate each and every one - Well done all! Pupils shone in in this year’s British Biology Last year’s Primary 7 pupils achieved Olympiad scooping 16 awards which include great success in The Scottish 1 silver medal, 6 bronze medals, 5 highly Mathematical Council’s Primary commended and 4 commendations. This Mathematical Challenge which has 2500 is a very prestigious competition which entrants from across Scotland. Shreyas Gupta, Saketh Jampana, David Tobias and rewards the best all round young biologists Sean Wong, attained Gold Awards; there in the country. The competition challenges were also Silver Awards for Omar Arfan, and stimulates enthusiastic biologists to Stephanie Armour, Pragna Challapalli demonstrate their knowledge and problem and Adithya Mohan while Bronze Awards solving skills, encouraging them to take their were won by Craig Dunipace, Katya interest beyond school. Each of our winners Johnson, Anna McKenzie, Anna Rae and is a well deserving, talented student and a Arun Uttumchandani. The Gold and Silver role model for our younger pupils. winners attended an awards ceremony at the University of Strathclyde on 6th June. A winning performance from Carys Carys McMonagle (then S3) took part in the annual Bridgeton Burns Club Competition in December, where she won the S3-6 Girls Solo Singing class. Carys was invited by Charlie Newlands, President of the Glasgow & District Burns Association, to perform at the reception in the Merchants Hall following Mathematics Olympiad the wreath laying ceremony at Robert These three Mathematics Olympiad winners Burns’ statue in George Square. Carys Multi award winning also performed at the Prizewinners’ are amongst the best young mathematicians pupil business Concert in Woodside Halls in February, in the country. The Olympiad is an where she was presented with the John Young Enterprise company VIA swept the invitational competition and only the top Stewart trophy, an engraved silver medal, board as they won 4 awards at the Young 80 pupils from across the UK are awarded certificate and a £50 gift voucher. Enterprise Finals on the 31st of March. All medals. The Mathematics department are 3 of our companies presented very well justifiably proud of David Lunardi, (then S6) on the evening but VIA stood out as an Vikram Rana (then S5) and James Zhang incredibly strong group, congratulations to (then S3) pictured below. James has now them on their success. been a winner for two years running. Well done to everyone, it is great to see such outstanding success across all years! News Secondary School Secondary Secondary School Trinidad & Tobago train at Hutchie! Hutchesons’ was delighted to host the Trinidad and Tobago Athletics Team recently News as they trained at the Alix Jamieson Stadium at Beaton Rd during the Commonwealth Games. The medal winners returned triumphantly and gifts and congratulations were exchanged - we were touched to receive a commemorative Commonwealth medal for our archives. They were friendly and inspiring guests and all at Hutchie hope they 04 Made in Scotland from bottle tops! enjoyed their time with us - we certainly enjoyed having them! Anna Heywood (then S5) took up a Higher art challenge to design ‘A dress to wear to the opening ceremony of Glasgow 2014’. Irn Bru, one of the official game sponsors, supplied bottle tops for the design and 41 pupils go Coast to Coast the Scotland flag An Italian Adventure After two intensive training weekends and asked that Last term 42 excited pupils and 5 the Gold Award participants made she send them teachers enjoyed an educational trip their final preparations on the stunning some photos of to Italy. The highlights included the her finished design. Colosseum, the Forum, the Pantheon, Loch Laggan. On the 28 June boats were loaded up and the final Gold 4 Lisa Cummings Vatican City and the buried cities day assessed expedition began. The (then S4) stepped Herculaneum and Pompeii. Join us challenge was to paddle from the West in to model Anna’s online to read a full report, with coast to the East coast of Scotland - The creation and we hope pictures, from Christina Quinn, Keziah Abbotts and Cara Addison-Smyth (then Great Glen. The 12 kayakers began at you will agree that S3) at www.hutchesons.org/news Neptune’s Staircase near Fort William it is certainly an eye journeying to Gairlochy where the 29 catching number.