1st November 2007

Congratulations to Alistair Paton in S1 and Connor McCallum in S2 who have won the Accelerated Reader of the Month for October for their respective year groups. Last months winners were Shannon Rodger 1B and Chelsea McLarty 2D. Keep up the good work!
Sci-Fun took place in the week beginning Monday 29 October. All the pupils who took part had great fun and cannot wait for next year’s event.
Preparation is underway for the Art department’s Silent Auction, which is due to take place on November 29th. Staff and students are busy creating their artwork for the auction.
The Ayrshire Schools Cross Country Championships took place on October 31st. Doon Academy pupils performed well in the races.
Doon Academy’s 1st year Boys football team played Cumnock Academy. The team lost narrowly in the first game of the season. The School Girls football team also played Cumnock.
To celebrate the European Day of Languages 2007, lots of events were organised at Doon Academy. S1 students took part in a Europe Quiz, devised by Mrs Bax, the School Librarian. They had to work together in teams to do research on one of the countries of Europe. They searched for information in books and online. Afterwards, they were given the task of compiling a Quiz about their chosen country for the other students to do. The results were collated and prizes were awarded to the Best Quiz Questions and the Best Quiz Answers. In the afternoon, S3 students took part in a fun European language quiz, and prizes were given to the winning teams.
Mrs Lake and Mrs Brotherwood from the Maths Department are busy organising the Shoebox Appeal. The boxes are ready for shipping next week. Well Done to all the staff and pupils who contributed to this worthwhile appeal.
The UCAS group had a very interesting and informative talk, from Strathclyde University’ s Imelda Devlin, on their personal statement for their UCAS application.