Olympic Torch Relay comes to Musselburgh

Olympic Torch Relay comes to Musselburgh –

Singers wanted!!

Fancy representing DGS at the above

event? Please see Mrs Farquhar for more

details by the end of the week!!

FIDDLESTICKS ORCHESTRA!! – Rehearsals started for ALL!!

Thanks to those you turned up for last week’s rehearsal. The

names below expressed an interest in Fiddlesticks Orchestra but did not manage last week.

Rehearsals have now begun and are every Wednesday 4pm – 5pm in the Assembly Hall. Please speak to Mrs Farquhar for more information or if you are unable to attend and she can pass on a

message to Ms Wilson Woodwind - Rowanne Miller, Rebecca Ramage, Abigail McLoughlin, Annabel McAuley Strings - Katie Laughlin, Lucy Hall, Mary Legge Guitar - Rosie Forrest, Sally Pritchett, Jessica Miller, Caitlin Ramsay Drums - Carrie Wright, Andrew Bennett

Final payments are now overdue, cheques should be made to East Lothian Council.

White PC1 forms and the peach student contract form should be completed and handed into the office.

Carnegie Award Shortlist 2012


Drop in to the school library at Friday morning break between now and 14th June to take part in choosing the winning book.

www.ckg.org.uk

Three friends, Raphael, Gardo and Rat live on a heap of trash and spend their days sifting through other people's rubbish. One day they find something extraordinary – a deadly secret. From that moment onwards, they are hunted without mercy, and their lives will never be the same again.

Andy Mulligan TRASH


David Almond MY NAME IS MINA

Mina writes and writes in an empty notebook, and through her stories, thoughts, lessons and dreams, her journal grows into something extraordinary. A prequel to the author's CILIP Carnegie Medal-winning novel, "Skellig".


Lissa Evans SMALL CHANGE FOR STUART

Ten years old and small for his age, Stuart Horten moves to the dreary town of Beeton, away from all his friends. But before long he is swept up in a quest to find his great-uncle's lost workshop, a place stuffed with trickery, magic – and danger.


Sonya Hartnett THE MIDNIGHT ZOO

Under cover of darkness, two brothers cross a war-ravaged country carrying a secret bundle. One night they stumble across a town that has been reduced to smouldering ruins. Amidst the wreckage is a zoo, filled with animals in need of hope.


Ali Lewis EVERYBODY JAM

Danny lives in middle of the outback. His older brother Jonny was killed in an accident last year, but no-one ever talks about it. Meanwhile his sister is pregnant, the rains haven't come and it's time for the annual cattle muster, during which Danny is determined to prove he can fill his brother's shoes.


Patrick Ness A MONSTER CALLS

The monster shows up after midnight. It isn't the one Conor has been expecting; the one from his nightmare; the one he has had nearly every night since his mother started her treatment. But this new monster is ancient, and wild, and it wants something just as dangerous from Conor: the truth.


Annabel Pitcher MY SISTER LIVES ON THE MANTELPIECE

Ten year old Jamie hasn't cried since his sister's death five years before. Though everyone kept saying they would get better with time; things are now worse than ever. Dad drinks, Mum's gone and Jamie still has a whole heap of unanswered questions.


Ruta Sepetys BETWEEN SHADES OF GREY

One night, fifteen-year old Lina, her mother and brother are hauled from their home by Soviet guards, thrown into cattle cars and sent away. They are being deported to Siberia. An unimaginable and harrowing journey has begun, but Lina refuses to give up hope of seeing home and loved ones again.


Senior Study Support available in the English Department:

Day

From To Location

Tuesdays

1.30 pm 2 pm G18/G22

Wednesdays

4 pm 5 pm G21/G23

Thursdays

1.30 pm 2 pm G20

Thursdays

4 pm 5 pm G19

TYNE & ESK WRITERS Young Writer of the Year 2012

RULES

• Entrants must live in East Lothian or Midlothian and/or be in P4-P7 in primary school or in S1-S4 in secondary school in the two local authority areas.

• Entries can be in either prose or poetry. Each entrant is entitled to submit one entry.

• The following information must be put on the back of each entry: Name Age Class Title of entry Name of school and class teacher

• Entries are free.

• Primary schools should hand in or post their entries to any library in East Lothian or Midlothian. Secondary schools should hand their entries into the school librarian.

• Entries must be original work. They should be hand written or printed on only one side of A4 paper. An electronic copy will be required if the work is a winning entry.

• Where more than one page is submitted, pages should be numbered and clipped together securely (not stapled).

• Prose must not be longer than 1000 words for primary school pupils and 1500 words for secondary school pupils. Poems for both primary school and secondary school pupils must be no longer than 40 lines.

• The title of the piece should be on each page and each prose entry should be marked with its number of words.

• The closing date for entries is Friday 15 June 2012.

Grahame Place

The school has received a number of complaints from residents of Grahame Place. Students should not use this as a short cut or be climbing over fences and

damaging residents’ gardens.

Any students identified causing damage run the risk of being reported to the police.

Awards Evening 2011

If you received a cup or a shield at the Awards Ceremony last September it is

now time to return it to school.

Please hand it to the school office as soon as possible. Thank you.

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