House Reports

This year we are the Airlie Devils because we are fiery and powerful in our game plan, and we hold our House spirit through to the end.

We will bring passion and intimidation to the coming competitions in conjunction with our strong school Core Values, ready to shake up our competitors and take what’s ours. The Airlie pupils of this year are not only talented in many ways but are a fiery bunch too, who will only bring us pride in the months to come. Thankfully, as Covid restrictions are eased more than last year, we are excited to take part in all the usual competitions as well as some fresh events that will soon be revealed.

We are confident that we will win the House Shield, especially given the results we have had so far. In the first hockey fixtures, we came a very close second with the F2/3 girls who gave us an amazing turnout and team spirit. On another weekend, we enjoyed spending time with the Junior Years in the L6/7 Hockey Competition in which we came joint third, but nonetheless we enjoyed engaging in the lively spirit with the future of our House. Our rugby fixtures are soon approaching, and we have high hopes for our outcomes.

With our more creative competitions, we came a disappointing fourth place in House Choir but we are still proud of our strong performance, all things considered. Additionally, in the House Board Competition we came an amazing second place with our impressive and bold 3D dragonhead created by a fellow F6 pupil.

We cannot wait to shake up the other Houses in the many upcoming events. There are the remainder of the Senior Years’ House Hockey and Rugby which we are hoping will have just as good a turnout as the previous competitions. There is also a House Competition starting soon that will encourage pupils to collect soft plastics and bring them into school to become part of an art installation that will be displayed through the COP26 Conference. The Swimming Gala is also approaching, and we have high hopes that we will have lots of Airlie participants. Airlie consists of pupils who will not only fight for what we believe in but also pupils who bring value and character to the school such as their representing mascot, a fiery and friendly dragon. As previously said, the coming year is shaping up to be much closer to normal, in terms of House Events, but the safety and comfort of our Airlie pupils is at the forefront of every event.

In terms of our chances of winning the Shield, we would be over the moon to win this year and we are all confident that by next summer Airlie will be victorious.

Airlie House Captains: Rose Ryan & Fiona Sharp Airlie House Vice-Captains: Sarah Elliott & Fraser Smith

Aystree have always been a strong House, and we are sure this year will be no different. As House Captains, we’ve been given a great foundation to continue building from and feel very lucky to have the opportunity to help lead our House to success this school year. As this year will be more ‘normal’ than the previous year, we are excited to have the opportunity to come together as a House and compete in even more House Events!

We’ve already started the year very strongly, with first place finishes in both Junior School House Hockey and Rugby and F2 House Hockey. It has been great to see so many people using their talents for our House. After hearing the news that the Swimming Gala was going ahead this year, we were delighted as Aystree always do well in this event. House Events are such a huge part of the year and there is nothing better than seeing everyone come together and support Aystree.

This year we have chosen to be known as The Aystree Astronauts because astronauts are always looking to make new discoveries, testing all the limits on what is believed to be possible. In Aystree, we always reach for the stars and always encourage those around us to reach their maximum potential. We are confident that these characteristics perfectly sum up how we will approach this year individually and collectively. Our goal for this year is to maximise every opportunity we have to work together for our House and create a strong House spirit which will be clear in all that we do. We are really looking forward to seeing Aystree be as successful as we always are in the coming year!

Aystree House Captains: Rory Grant & Elizabeth Lang Aystree House Vice-Captains: Claire Joss & Colette Wiewiorka

This year, Lindores are carrying on our proud naming tradition as the Lindores Lions, with the slogan “Do it for the Pride”. We hope this will encourage pupils in our House to not only engage with all of the events we hold throughout the year, but to do so whilst lifting one another up and coming together across the different year groups.

There are many more opportunities available for a wider selection of events this session, which we are all excited about. We have really enjoyed participating in the House Choir Competition where we performed our very own rendition of Uptown Girl. The House Board Competition was also great fun and saw a fellow Lindores pupil design a brilliant new digital poster. More recently, we have had success in the House Hockey matches and came second overall in the Junior School event.

Throughout this academic year, we hope to host more inventive competitions with a view to engaging with a wider variety of pupils through various art and music challenges, as well as the popular sporting events. As a House team, we are particularly enthusiastic about using our roles to promote mental health and anti-bullying support within the School. Our House Assembly, which took place during the national Anti-Bullying Week in November focused on these themes.

We are very excited to be leading Lindores House this year and hope to build upon last year’s fantastic House Shield win!

Lindores House Captains: Eve Campbell & Maya Donald Lindores House Vice-Captains: Hope Barrie & Victoria Scott

Losing the House Shield by one point last session has only made Wallace come back stronger. We have started this year with so much confidence and ambition to succeed.

Wallace are known for their participation as well as our House spirit and our efforts this term have only continued to show this, with record breaking numbers participating in House events already.

Following the successes from last year, it is clear to see we are closing the gap with the other Houses. Our numbers have been through the roof and we must thank each and every Wallace pupil for giving their time to contribute to the House Competitions. Although it has been a quiet term for competitions so far, 90 pupils attended the House Music Competition this year, an amazing feat! For Wallace these numbers show a big win for us, as we know morale from the House has carried from last year and we still have high levels of commitment from the Wallace pupils.

Miss Stewart in the Geography Department has also planned a House Event in which pupils brought in soft plastics to become part of an art installation that was displayed throughout the COP26 Conference. The more plastic we collected as a House, the more points we gained. We hope that our amazing participation continues to help us gain as many points as we can. This year we have decided that our mascot will be Wallace Warriors and visitors to the School will see our fantastic warrior themed House Board designed by Maddie in F5. As well as House Music we have also had Junior and F2/3 House Hockey, where we finished 4th and 3rd respectively. As House Captains we are extremely proud of the efforts of the House in these events, even if results didn’t go our way.

After a successful introduction by last year’s House Captains, we have continued to use our Instagram page to gauge House feelings as well as conveying information to fellow Wallace Warriors. We also used it to poll our ideas for our House music song with Wake Me Up Before You Go-Go by Wham! coming out as the winner. A new idea we have this session is to keep pupils up-to-date with a running total of House points through emails and Instagram so Wallace pupils can see how we are doing and feel inspired by seeing the difference that their efforts are making. We truly believe that coming so close to the House Shield last year means that this year will be our year. As Captains we cannot wait for the challenges ahead and we are certain that the House will meet anything that comes our way!

Wallace House Captains: Rhona Byers & Heather Clark Wallace House Vice-Captains: Holly Farquharson & Graham Pritchard