NEWS Autumn , 10 - Strathallan School

NEWS Autumn , 10‘The Odd Couple’The sound of laughter echoed round the School during the performancesof “The Odd Couple”. We chose to do the female version of this sparklingcomedy, which is probably Neil Simon’s best known play, and which headapted for a predominantly female cast, 20 years after writing the original,which had achieved international fame following the film and the sit-com.Neil Simon’s hilarious script, set in New York, about two women, Olive andFlorence, who share an apartment after Florence’s husband “kicks herout”, is fast-paced, requiring skilful timing and vocal dexterity and this wasprovided admirably by the cast, particularly by the “odd couple”, played byMillie Galashan and Sophie Arnot. Their group of female friends (played byOlivia Quick, Becky Vallot, Hannah Cox and Rosie Beech), who meet everyFriday to play Trivial Pursuit, made an excellent “chorus”. Some of the lineswhich the audience found funniest, occur when Florence and Olive areentertaining two Spanish men from upstairs. Manolo and Jesus who wereplayed superbly by Jonny Keddie and Jamie Dinsmore. Much of the humouris a result of the inevitable confusion of misunderstandings which come fromincorrect translations. Neil Simon made great use of that, and our youngactors handled it confidently, to the delight of the audiences.Stage manager, Molly Barnes, ran, very efficiently, a stage crew who are allnew to the job this year. Wardrobe and make-up were in the experiencedsafe hands of Mrs. Streatfeild-James and Ashlee Barnett. Mr. GerryKennedy worked with the accents. New to the team this year was Mr. JohnMacLean, who helped to prepare the two leading ladies for their roles. Theplay’s Director was Mrs Irene McFarlane.We are indebted to three recent Strathallians, who gave generously oftheir time to help with the production. Ishbel McFarlane, who graduated inNovember with a post-graduate in acting from the RSAMD, worked with theactors in the early stagesof the process and in thefinal rehearsal weekend.Ollie Beetchen and AndrewGlover, now at Edinburghand Oxford Universities,battled through the snowstorms to organise and runour lighting and sound for“The Odd Couple”.USA SwimmingScholarshipSwimming star Joe Lipworth has been awarded afull scholarship at one of America’s top universities.Having decided that he wanted to study andtrain in the USA, Joe wrote to various universitiesexpressing his interest and informing them ofhis swimming successes. Joe received offersfrom eight universities and decided on GeorgeWashington University in the capital city.Edinburgh TattooOlivia Quick, Rob Bussey, Ben Giles and HannahStewart represented the UK CCF Corps at its150th celebration which was part of the 60thcelebration Edinburgh Tattoo this year. The pupilstook part in the parade at the end of the Tattoowith the particular highlight in taking the salute fromthe King of Jordan who was the chief guest on thisoccasion.

2www.strathallan.co.ukSport...Rugby SeasonThe 2010 rugby season has been the best in recent years. All ofthe teams have enjoyed considerable success throughout the term.The 1st XV reached half term unbeaten with notable victories,among others, over local rivals Glenalmond and The High School ofDundee and this year saw them enter the Brewin Dolphin ScottishSchools Cup winning through to the pool stages.The Junior teams have also enjoyed a successful term. Ofparticular note is the U14B team for its unbeaten record, and theRiley U13 and U12 teams which lost only one game each.Finally, congratulations go to Jamie Ritchie who was presented withthe John Hall Cup for most promising Junior Rugby Player.DOUBLE GOLD FOR GIRLSThe Scottish Schools Dry Ski Slope Championships atHillend this year saw Strathallan’s Senior Girls Team ofLucy Garvie, Charlie Guest, Hope Whitelaw and KatieGuest winning Gold ahead of the thirteen competingschools. Charlie also won a Bronze medal in the SeniorGirls Individual.In the U14 Girls Individual competition Kirsty Guest skiedan impressive race winning Gold in a field of sixty fourracers.The victorious team was presented with their prizes byBritish Alpine SkierJan-Michael Kochalski.TennisTennis at Strathallan is a year-round sport. With the Academyplayers training throughout the year we enter local and Nationaltournaments with the players match ready.The players have progressed through the group stages of theNational Senior Schools Team Tennis Competition with the MixedDoubles and the Boys Teams making it to the knock out stages.Both the boys and girls are successfully through the first round ofthe Scottish Schools Championships. There has been success inthe Perth and District Singles Championships. Ruairidh Watson wonthe U18 section, Justus-Henri Vier won the U16 section with WilliamLyburn runner up, and Neele Grandt won the Girls U16 section.The teams are aiming to qualify for the Mixed and Boys Finals at theBolton Arena in March 2011. One team has made it to the Finalseach of the last three years and the aim this year is to make it two!

Autumn 2010 3SRU National Coaches’Performance SessionFollowing a successful day for club coaches, the National Coaching Team ofAndy Robinson, Gregor Townsend, Graeme Steadman, Duncan Hodge andStevie Scott ran the first National Coaches Performance session for schoolcoaches here at Strathallan this term.All schools in Scotland were invited and they were given specialist coachingdemonstrations covering all aspects of the game. Players from Strathallan,Edinburgh Academy and a selection of National Age Grade playersparticipated in the sessions which also gave them the opportunity to developtheir skills with input from the national team.The combination of presentations and the opportunity to watch the coachingteam responsible for Scotland’s recent success on the international stage weremuch appreciated.National and CaledoniaSelection for Rugby PlayersAlex Henderson and Keith Buchan have been selectedas members of the Scotland U18 Squad this year. TomWilson’s selection for the Irish Exiles U18 team saw himplay against Munster and Connacht in the summer. Allthree boys are also involved with the Caledonia U18team.There is strong representation in other Caledonia agegroups with Conor Coleman, Ruairidh Hunter, DavidJohn Innes, Chris King and Jack Somerville all selectedfor the U17 Squad, with George Horne and CraigRintoul in the U16 squad.

4www.strathallan.co.ukNational Selection for KayakingEilidh and Angus Gibson have been invited to join the Canoe SlalomScottish Development Squad for promising Juniors competing at thehighest level in their age group in the UK.Following their latest session both are now ranked in the top twenty inBritain in the U16 category. The aim of the NDS is to develop childrento the GB Junior Team standards with the end goal of selection for theJunior World Championships.Jim Telfer MBE Coaches 1st XVJim Telfer MBE, one of Scotland’s most successful rugbycoaches, was invited by Director of Rugby, Andy Henderson,who worked with Jim during his time at the SRU, to run asession for the 1st XV squad and also host a Q&A session forall Sixth Form pupils.Jim’s attention to detail and high standards led to a demandingsession from which the boys gained a great deal.A wide range of topics was discussed in the question andanswer session and Mr Telfer answered everything in ahonest, humorous and illuminating way.School Canoe CourseDuring the summer holidays the School Pond underwentsome dramatic changes. Having been completely drainedand dredged it now plays host to the School Canoe Club;training sessions take place every Monday and Thursdayevening for the more experienced paddlers.The Scottish Canoe Association’s Performance Director,Kevin McHugh, is also making use of the fantastic facilityand runs regular sessions for five Strathallan paddlers, EilidhGibson, Alex Robertson, Oscar Mansfield, Fraser Glasgowand Angus Gibson in addition to members of the PerthSquad. Fraser Glasgow has also been selected for theCentral Region Training Squad.The increasingly popular beginners group still enjoy thesessions in the swimming pool which are run each Thursday.

Autumn 2010 5Jordan Sails his Way into theNational Training SquadFifth Form pupil Jordan Black has been selected for the RYA Scotland National LaserRadial Squad. The squad has been selected on the basis of participants’ potential to befuture Olympians.In November Jordan attended his first national event at Grafham water near Peterboroughand will continue to compete in all national events as well as the World Championships inFrance next summer.Swimmers Stand Out from the CrowdThe School Swim Team won an outstanding thirty eight medals at the annual Tayside Schools Swimming Championships.Joe Lipworth, Duncan Scott, Abigail Evans, Eilidh Gibson, Sandie Smillie and James Pak were all gold medal winners intheir individual events and lead the team to an impressive twenty two Gold medals in total.The Team is currently the most successful school team in Scotland. This is the result of hard work and dedication from thepupils and also an extremely effective coaching programme run by the School Coach and former Commonwealth GamesSwimmer, Elaine Johnston.

6www.strathallan.co.ukScottish SchoolsEquestrian ChampionshipsThe School has recently joined the National SchoolsEquestrian Association which is organising an increasingnumber of events in Scotland.Strathallan’s Equestrian teams are going from strengthto strength and the Intermediate Show Jumping Team ofCorrie Stewart, Annabel Wilson, Emma Cheape and HannaCheape won their event which qualifies them for the nationalfinals. Gareth Watt was also placed second in the DressageChampionships following a confident performance.Jenny wins the Scottish NationalBSJA Show Jumping LeagueFor the past year Jenny Summersgill has beencompeting in events run by the British Show JumpingAssociation throughout Scotland. In September shewas delighted to hear that she had come both first andsecond in the league which involves over 70 other riders.Jenny received her sash and trophy at the British ShowJumping Association’s Ball in October.Horse of the Year ShowDebut for HeatherIt has been an exciting few months for Sixth Form pupil HeatherLarson. Not only has she won a Gold medal in the WorkingHunter Pony International Championships in Ireland in Augustbut Heather also qualified for the Horse of the Year Showand travelled to Birmingham in October to compete in theWorking Hunter Pony Championships where she achieved anencouraging third place.

Autumn 2010 7U13 Girls TriumphThe U13 Girls Hockey Team triumphed at the Fettes U13 Hockey Tournament in November beating the hosts in the final.The girls finished top of their pool beating Ardreck and Edinburgh Academy. The semi final against George Waston’s was played at a muchfaster pace and proved a tough match resulting in a final score of 1-1. Captain Isla Gordon, Nina Mearns and Isla Patterson were chosento take the penalty strokes and the girls certainly rose to the challenge securing a place in the final against Fettes, a team which they haddefeated the week before.The final was a closely fought game but the Riley girls worked well as a team and Nina Mearns scored the winning goal.National Selection for HockeyNicky Cochrane was selected to play for the Scotland U18 teamagainst a South Africa Schools Select this December. Nickyhas been training with the Scotland U18 Training Squad. LauraGlasgow has also been selected for the Scotland U16 TrainingSquad.In the boys squads Alistair Wood and Michael McKenzie have beeninvited to join the Boys U18 Training Squad. Murdo Elwis has beenselected for the Scotland U16 Squad while Daniel Adams and RoryWood also caught the selectors’ eyes and have been selected forthe U16 Scotland Development Squad.A total of nineteen boys and girls were selected to play for MidlandDistrict with eight at U18 level and eleven at U16 level.Girls HockeyThe 1st XI Girls Hockey team is enjoying a good season and arethrough to the Midland Knockout Final following a convincingvictory against Glenalmond 4-1.

8www.strathallan.co.ukMusical ShowcaseThis year proved again the depth of talent in the School as we returned to Perth Concert Hall for our annual Musical Showcase.Over 100 pupils ranging in age from nine to eighteen performed with remarkable confidence to a full house. The show opened tothe Pipe Band’s moving interpretation of The Bloody Fields of Flanders by J. MacLellan under the guidance of the School’s newpiping instructor Cameron Drummond. It was followed by a variety of string and wind ensembles, folk groups, choirs and soloistsperforming a diverse range of music from Shostakovitch to the musical favourite, Les Misérables. Riley choir once again entertainedthe audience with Frank’s Panis Angelicus and an energetic version of Life is a Wonderful Thing.As has become customary the Big Band, featuring vocalist Hannah Johnstone, closed the show performing a superb rendition ofIrving Berlin’s Blue Skies.Music...

Autumn 2010 9Lunchtime ConcertsA series of concerts have been held in the Music Room on Friday lunchtimes divided by instrumental families, Strings, Wind & Brass,Vocal and Keyboard & Percussion. Audience, comprising of pupils, staff and members of the local community, have been treated tosolo recitals and chamber music.Riley InformalsThis term’s Riley Informal concerts provide the opportunity for all pupils to show their peers and parents their talent,enthusiasm and dedication .Riley Choir is to be commended for producing another number from memory, only one week after their performancein Perth Concert Hall. Form 1J were the envy of other music classes in their rendition of Under Pressure/Ice Ice Baby.Choreographed by Mr Maclean and inspired by his history lessons this was a showcase of cross curricular learning and awarning of weather to come! The Form I rock band did indeed rock Breakfast at Tiffany’s and has provided the model foran up and coming 1J band – look out for them at the next Informal. The concert opened and closed with the whole housesinging together.

Autumn 2010 11Five SchoolsFrench ConferenceOn Wednesday, 17 November, a group ofLower Sixth French pupils, accompanied byDr Flanagan and Mr Dunn, went to Stewart’sMelville College for the inaugural Five SchoolsFrench Conference (a consortium of Fettes,Glenalmond, Merchiston, Stewart’s Melvilleand Strathallan). Pupils attended workshopscovering French poetry, current affairs and filmand even speed dating. The morning endedwith a talk from GCHQ on the importance oflanguages to national security and on careersusing languages within GCHQ.Georgian PupilSpends Day inScottish ParliamentOn 26th of November I was privileged tovisit the Scottish Parliament, probably, themost modern, original and costly buildingin Scotland. With the help of Mr. and Mrs.McFarlane, I had the opportunity to attenda parliamentary debate, First Minister’sQuestion Time and at the end of our visit,meet with MSP Rosanna Cunningham, TheMinister for the Environment of Scotland.Our conversation was very interestingtouching on different problematic issues,Scottish politics, Government decisionsabout university fees and the potential ofrenewable energy usage in Scotland. Inthe foyer we saw the exhibition about thehistorical Jacobite Rebellion.Otto KakhidzeGap Year in AfricaStrathallian Lizzie Sinclair, Thornbank , 09 has embarked upon a Gap Yearas a volunteer with African Ventures as an assistant teacher at KasokwePrimary School. Lizzie has settled well into African Life and in her spare timeshe is helping in the local community.Poet Laureate, Carol Ann Duffy’s VisitOn the 4th October, the Poet Laureate, Carol Ann Duffy came to Strathallan to dosome workshops and talks about her poems. My year, Fifth Form, had a workshopwith her which was fascinating. First Ms Duffy read some of her poems from‘Rapture’, a collection of modern love sonnets one of which, ‘Hour’, we had beenstudying in class. She also gave some readings from her book ‘The World’s Wife’with witty accounts of the life of Mrs Midas and Mrs Aesop. She explained thethoughts and ideas behind these poems- how the story of Rapunzel had inspiredparts of ‘Hour’ and how another poem in ‘Rapture’ had echoed a cowboy film butwith phones instead of guns.We also asked Ms Duffy some questions about her poems; how long she tookto write them, whether her style of writing had changed over the years, whetherbecoming Poet Laureate had changed her poetry in any way. In answer to thislast question she read us two poems on topical issues which she had felt that,as Poet Laureate, she should write. The first was about the abolition of countiesin addresses and using references to counties in literature, and the second wasabout the destruction of ancient trees known as English Elms, in which sheshowed us how she had used words that echoed the sound of ‘elm’ to keepdrawing the listener’s attention back to that topic. The workshop was absorbingfor those of us who had studied her poems and who had even tried to write someof our own in English.Frances Myatt

Autumn 2010 13Global Entrepreneurship WeekOn a chilly Monday morning in November, pupilsstudying Business Education left school at 5.00 am tocatch the “red eye” from Edinburgh to London to takepart in the Entrepreneur! Live student enrichment eventwhich was held in the Vue Cinema, Westfield Centre,Europe’s most extensive retail area, as part of GlobalEntrepreneurship Week.Pupils enjoyed the opportunity to meet and speak withJunior Apprentice finalist Emma Walker, Dragon’s Denwinner Neil Westwood and Adam King, co-founderof King and Allen who was named as “Young Gun”2010 by Growing Business Magazine. Rachel Bridge,Enterprise Editor of The Sunday Times, also spentsome time spelling out the commitment needed tostart up a business. Delegates were able to questionentrepreneurs on their successes and failures. Inaddition they received practical advice on how todevelope their understanding on start-ups and growthfrom Shaa Wasmund, a graduate of LSE, promoter ofWorld Boxing Champion Chris Eubank and founder ofsocial media advice centre, Smarta.Our “teen-preneurs” Lynne Howie and Calvin Cameronwere one group of only five selected to give a 90second pitch on a business idea for a new concept infast food. Their business idea was called “Hands On”and facing an audience of 650 in the auditorium theynot only delivered a punchy presentation but alsowithstood some harsh grilling from the judge, Jim Riley,himself a successful entrepreneur as co-founder oftutor2u.net, and the student audience.The general consensus was that the trip was well worththe sacrifice of an extra 3-4 hours in bed! Hopefully itwill provide the impetus for some successful enterprisesnot too far down the line and also become a regular“fixture” in the Business Education calendar.Ullapool TripPupils and staff travelled to the far North West for five days of climbingand hill walking. After an eventful evening involving a puncture, a hi-tecrepair kit and a midge infested camp next to Loch Assynt, we managedto re-group at an increasingly windy Ullapool campsite. We then spenta short day climbing at Reiff before driven inland by the rain. Next daywe walked up to Stac Pollaidh in unpromising weather, but we wererewarded by the cloud clearing on the summit, and enjoyed playing onthe pinnacles. Our final day dawned bright, but the gales continued tohowl in from the sea. We headed down to investigate Gruinard cliffs:the cliffs were excellent, but it was almost impossible to stand up at thebottom, let alone climb to the top. Instead we spent some time playingon the beach, bouldering above the sea and finding some shade from thepainful sand blast.This was an extraordinary trip, with some of the strongest continuouswinds ever experienced in the area. Credit must go to the pupils for theirenthusiasm and cheerfulness in adversity, which made for a successfuland enjoyable trip.YoungEnterpriseTaysideMasterclassBudding YoungEntrepreneurs onceagain featured in theMasterclass session heldat the Invercarse Hotel inDundee in September. Aninspiring architect spoketo the group about hisachievements and howhe overcame his dyslexiato build a successfulbusiness.The pupils were invited totake part in various roleplay scenarios. It was avaluable session for allconcerned.

14www.strathallan.co.ukGuardian Young CriticsCompetitionDuring the holidays Frances Myatt entered a review forthe Guardian’s Young Critics Competition. She was oneof ten winners and received a copy of the eight long-listedbooks in this year’s Guardian’s Children’s Fiction Prize. TheSchool also received a complete set.Frances, pictured here with this year’s winning author,Michelle Paver, was presented with her young criticswinners scroll by the Guardian’s children’s books editor,Julia Eccleshare, at an awards evening in London.In a different discipline, Frances also won the CarolineNewland Award for musicality and performance qualities atthe Royal Academy of Dance Summer School.Prestigious ScholarshipsAwardedTwo Lower Sixth pupils, Mhairi Bannerman and Conor McCarthyhave been awarded prestigious Arkwright Scholarships inrecognition of their ability and potential in Design Technology.Mhairi and Conor were selected from applicants nationwide,after successfully passing the Arkwright Aptitude Paper,demonstrating their flair and originality in solving EngineeringDesign problems. The selection process culminated in aninterview for shortlisted candidates at one of six UK universities.Mhairi and Conor presented their GCSE DT Resistant Materialscoursework, as well as evidence of their own design work, to aninterview panel.The Arkwright Scholarship scheme is dedicated to encouragingthe most talented of our young people to consider a career inthe field of design and engineering and lead ultimately to theirbecoming the much needed young engineers of the future.Scholars must study Maths and DT in the sixth form and Mhairiand Conor will also carry the status of ‘Arkwright Scholar’ intouniversity.Scholarships are sponsored by Industry partners and CharitableTrusts and were presented in October at a ceremony hostedby The Institution of Engineering and Technology in SavoyPlace, London. During the awards day the Scholars had theopportunity to meet their individual sponsors.Piping for Spanish RoyaltyKing Juan Carlos of Spain received a traditionalScottish welcome during his private visit to AberuchillEstate this November when Fourth Form pupil AnnabelWilson and Strathallan’s new piping instructor CameronDrummond played a medley of traditional tunes for hisMajesty.

Autumn 2010 15Strathallan Pupils Help Edinburgh PublisherA small group of Strathallan pupils helped Edinburgh publisher, Barrington Stoke, ensure that their books haveteenager appeal. Barrington Stoke run an editorial consultancy scheme and send out manuscripts to teenagersfor comment and to edit. Logan Macgregor, Connie Snowie and Harry Thomson worked with librarian Miss McKayon the manuscript of “Hero” by Pete Johnson which has now been published. The pupils were awarded EditorialConsultant certificates by the publisher, and their names are included in the book.Speech and Drama SuccessesThe Annual Perth Burns Club Schools Festival in November broughttrophies to Strathallan in the verse speaking classes. Rosie Beech wonthe Under 15 class, reciting “The Tarbollon Lassies”. Otto Kadhidzewon the Over 15 class, reciting “Willie Wasle”. For that performance,Otto, a pupil from Georgia, won the President’s Prize for the best overallperformance of Burns in the whole Festival. Also, Rosie Beech won thesecondary age singing trophy, with “Ye Banks and Braes”.LAMDA candidates have also been outstandingly successful, Ottoachieved distinction for Gold Medal Public Speaking. A number ofour pupils received marks over 90%, Lucy Crabb for Reading forPerformance, Frances Myatt for Reading and the Speaking of Verseand Prose, Rosie Beech for Devising and Katharine Griffiths andPhilippa Kemp for Acting. Also achieving extremely high distinctionmarks were Caitlin Donald, Elliot Clements, Lucy Orr, Amber Garvie,Pasha Konkina, Gaydelia Talipova, Sophie Arnot and Chris Thomson.Distinction results, included last year’s 1J and 1JJ for Choral Speakingand Group Acting respectively.Gold acting medals were awarded to Jonny Keddie and Alice Inglis,Flora Hay and Lucy Garvie received Silver and Millie Galashan andSophie Arnot, Bronze. Christina Stephen achieved Silver for theSpeaking of Verse and Prose and Frances Myatt a Bronze for Readingfor Performance.Perth Young ArtistCompetitionRobyn Somerville and Anna Olafsson won the juniorand senior categories respectively in the Perth YoungArtist Competition.The winning entries were hung in the Perth ArtAssociation Annual Exhibition held at the PerthMuseum and Art Gallery in November.CCF Army DinnerOn Saturday 13th November, the Army Section ofthe School’s CCF held its annual dinner with theCommanding Officer, Black Watch, the 3rd BattalionThe Royal Regiment of Scotland (3 Scots), Lt Col EdFenton as guest of honour.A super evening was enjoyed by the cadets, staffand honoured guests and the customary toasts andspeeches were well received. Lt Col Fenton gave afascinating account of the history of The Red Hackleand what it means to those who wear it. SergeantOlivia Quick then provided an entertaining account ofthe section’s performance so far this year.

16www.strathallan.co.ukStrathallianBenno RawlinsonIn April I will be on thestart line of “The World’sToughest Footrace” knownas the “Marathon desSables”, where I will berunning 151 miles in 6days, the equivalent of 5.5marathons! It takes placein the middle of the SaharaDesert where temperaturesoften surpass 50°C andthe race meanders throughrocky outcrops and sanddunes, some as high as Ben Nevis. It is an unsupportedfootrace where I will be carrying a 10kg backpack with allmy supplies and equipment for the race, 9 litres of water isrationed out over each day. The race takes a huge amountof physical and mental stamina as the heat, distance andminimal calories (2000 per day) take effect. It will be aculmination of over a year’s preparation and planning toachieve my aim of finishing in the top 200.Before signing up for this challenge the most I had run was10 miles. Since then I have completed the UK 3 peakschallenge, cycling the 450 miles between the peaks in 4.5days, completed ultra marathons and in the coming monthsI have several other events planned as part of my training.I am raising money for a charity called “Facing Africa” whichsends teams of surgeons out to Ethiopia to perform lifechangingsurgery mainly on children suffering the effects ofthe disease NOMA. This disease kills 90% of those infectedand the survivors are left scarred physically and mentallyfor life often unable to perform simple functions such asbreathing, eating or speaking normally. Every penny raisedcan help towards providing life changing surgery enablingsufferers to rejoin society and have a more normal life.For more information or to donate to the charity pleasecontact me by email: benno_r@hotmail.comDates for the DiarySimpson House ReunionSunday 6th MarchStrathallianFormer Simpson boys are invited to join us in Simpson Houseat 1.15pm, with lunch served in the School Dining Room. Thisis a relaxed and informal afternoon where the emphasis is oncatching up with old friends. There is no charge for this eventand partners are most welcome.London DinnerThursday 28th AprilThe Caledonian Club is again the venue of choice for theLondon Dinner this year. The date will be convenient for thosewho are attending the wedding in Westminster the next day!Flights and accommodation are (at time of going to press) stillplentiful and have not yet been inflated, so please act quickly ifyou would like to join us. Some rooms have been reserved inthe Caledonian Club.Strathallian Angling DaySunday 22nd MayThe School currently has a 2 – 0 lead over the Strathallian Clubso the challenge is on! Frandie Reservoir is the venue for theannual clash. Please get in touch if you would like to reserveyour place in a boat.Strathallian DaySunday 5th JuneJoin us with friends and family for the annual fun familyday. With School v Strathallian matches in cricket, rugby,football and hockey and family fun on Riley Paddock, there issomething for everyone to enjoy. Proceedings commence at11.30am with lunch in the Music Room from 12.30pm. A HogRoast will also be available at 5pm.Scottish DinnerSaturday 1st OctoberThe Scottish Dinner is back at The Royal George Hotel.For information on any of the above events please contactAileen Wilson T (0)1738 815082 E alumni@strathallan.co.ukForgandenny Perth PH2 9EG Scotland UKT +44 (0)1738 815003 F +44 (0)1738 812549Scottish Charity No: SC008903