NOTICECould pupils, staff and reporters send any articles or information for the November

edition by Thursday 10 October.

Oscar Owl Says:

Enjoy this month’s edition & pass the

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Young Sports Ambassadors Katie McLaren and Cara MacKenzie (both of 4 th year) attended the Grampian and Highland Regional Young Sports Ambassadors conference at Pittodrie stadium on Friday 13 th

September. The ambassadors’ aims are to: Raise awareness of opportunities to participate in sport in

schools, clubs and community sports hubs Promote an active lifestyle Raise awareness and using the excitement of all major

sporting events The young ambassadors were lucky enough to hear David Smith, Paralympics Rowing Gold medallist, and Eilish McColgan, Scottish 3000m steeplechase champion, who spoke at the opening ceremonies. They then attended workshops held by sporting champions and experienced ambassadors to develop the skills they will need to carry out their ambassador role. Both girls enjoyed the event and came away with plenty of ideas to share with the rest of Kemnay Academy Young Sports Ambassadors.

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OUR NEWSPAPER IS YOUR NEWSPAPER

In this edition…Music Chart hits

Quick FactsBuilding Update School Garden

Geography Matters

October Edition 2013Issue 4Academy

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From the library From the office GLOW Academy

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Message from the Editor

In this edition look out for an update on the building works and an interview with site manager Ron Wells. Also, have a look at ‘Past to present’ and at what’s on! at the back.

Editor – Lee Aitken

If you would like to contribute to the newspaper or be part of the team then get in touch.

Editor – Lee AitkenDept. Editor – Samuel Payne

Writer – Ewan GuildReporter – Jessica WilsonReporter – Scott SmithReporter – Leanne Sim

Photographer – Ben MacKay

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Geography Matters with Mr RobinsonThe builders working on our school’s extension have coined, at least to my ears, a

new phrase for the main building – ‘the hex block’. Not sure I like it. I’m glad it survived the bulldozer because I think it is a special building. Our school was built in the early 80s, but oddly shaped buildings weren’t a particular fashion of that time. Of course we aren’t alone with a hexagon in Aberdeenshire as Mintlaw Academy has an identical one. When trying to maximise space inside a given perimeter, a circle is the best shape but not easy to live or work in. The hexagon is the best compromise. Educated bees know it and in Geography some of us were tortured with it in a thing called Central Place Theory. To be sure, a lot of hexagonal buildings have traditionally been forts or prisons. At a social level, the hex brings us together and encourages us all to say ‘hello’ as we mill and spiral around (and around and around in some cases). Not for us those long, uniform corridors. The hexagon is the ‘signature’ of Kemnay Academy and the heart of the school. So many memories are tied up in there and it would have been a shame to flatten them as so often happens. It’s pretty shabby inside and out just now, but I’m sure the refurbishment will help to make it ‘hexy’ again.

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Past to the Present

Mintlaw Academy

Aberdeen’s Castlegate

Did you know?Buckingham Palace has over

600 hundred rooms.

What is the Pond Doing?By Diana Hendry

Wobbling like a wobbly jellyBeing a bucket for the rain

Sending flash-backs to the sunCheeking the sky

Giving the moon a bathLetting swans, ducks and winter leaves ride on its back

Licking lollipop reedsPretending to be soup for the wind to stir

Growing stinky skunk cabbagesDrawing wheels and circles then rubbing them out

Plopping slopping slurping spinningTurning the weeping willows happily upside down

Dreaming of running away to seaHiding under a starry blanket of dark

What is the pond doing?Ponding. Responding.

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After school on Tuesday 17 October some members of the Writers’ Group headed up to the Point of Origin to seek inspiration. The group met after school before heading up to the viewpoint to find things that might inspire each individual. Miss Hall and Mrs Black accompanied the small group up to the site where it was quite windy. However a great time was had by all and some good pieces of writing produced.

Writers’ World

NATIONAL POETRY DAY IN SCOTLANDThursday 3rd October 2013

Over the course of the weekend, the builders have been in removing the ceiling boards around the corridors of the middle and upper floor. Eventually there will be new lighting and ceiling. This is all part of the phase which will eventually revamp the whole of the main building (hexagon block).

Missing the ceiling?

Did you know?The Hawaiian alphabet

has only 12 letters.

Building Works UpdateBy Lee Aitken

Over the course of the last three months, there have been major changes to Kemnay Academy. The entrance was demolished and a new music department was created at the back of the maths huts. However, everything is on schedule and now the builders are concentrating on the main extension. A steel structure for the new gym is due onsite on the 30 September and the structure for the new teaching block arriving on the 14 October. Hopefully, both frames will be up and complete by early November and pupils will be able to see the shape of the new school. Then in April of next year, refurbishment work will begin on existing classrooms in the main building, including two new science labs in 209 and 210.Ron Wells who has worked with Morrison Construction for nearly seven years is site manager. He told me the kind of things Morrison’s due which include, office blocks, working with the NHS, oil companies and school projects but are mainly based in Perth.Ron also said that Morrison Construction take on pupils for work experience and apprentices and has already taken on three new apprentices this year.

OscarOwl

Says:

It is not expected that human nature will change in a day.

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Looking from the field towards the Gym Hall.

The foundations of the new Gym Hall.

Did you know?The average woman is 5 inches shorter than the average man.

Music Charts 22/09/13

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Before the building work began, a school garden was built behind the maths huts. It was created in 2009 by Mr Bayliss and Mr Clail to show pupils where their food came from. The garden was organic and used no chemicals to grow things like potatoes, strawberries and cabbages. However, builders came to dig up the old garden to find a sewer, which would help with the new extension. Instead of just digging the ground over, Morrison Construction gifted the garden with three large raised beds, which now makes the garden wheel chair friendly.The garden has also helped the community get involved. Greener Kemnay and the local brownies have all helped with the garden in the past. Now though, the Prefects are getting involved by collecting food waste from the canteen to help make ‘homemade compost’ with the help of an accelerated composter. Next spring, the garden will hopefully be up and running again. Hopefully with the next few years, the garden will be providing H.E with resources. Mr Clail commented on the new garden by saying, “We are really excited about the new garden and what opportunities it will bring. It is now accessible to people with disabilities and we are looking forward to work next spring.”

New School Garden

1. Talk Dirty - JASON DERULO FT 2 CHAINZ2. Roar- KATY PERRY

3. Counting Stars- ONEREPUBLIC4. Hold On We’re Going Home – DRAKE FT MAJID JORDAN

5. You Make Me - AVICII6. Same Love - MACKLEMORE/LEWIS/LAMBERT

7. What I Might Do – BEN PEARCE8. Wake Me Up – AVICII

9. It’s My Party – JESSIE J 10. Burn - ELLIE GOULDING

Annual Firework DisplayThe annual display will take place on Tuesday 5 Nov at around 19.30. Burgers will be available from 18.30 and the ‘bonfire’ braziers will be lit around 19.00. The display will take place as usual, in Bogbeth Park but parking restrictions will be in place along Victoria Terrace and Bogbeth Road.

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News from the Village

Quick Facts on - NEW ZEALAND

CAPITAL – Wellington

POPULATION – 4.43 million

CONTINENT – Oceania/Australia

LANGUAGES – EnglishMāori

WELLINGTON

Monymusk Arts TrustSummer Craft Sales and Art Exhibition, ‘By Invitation’ are on display throughout the month of September. The trust is open from 10.00-16.00 except Mondays.

Fetternear Dig People from Kemnay and Fetternear have been making their way to the Blairs Museum to see the exhibition finds from the Fetternear Dig. The exhibition called ‘Light Divine: Church and Chapel Windows and will continue until 27 October. The museum’s website is: www.blairsmuseum.com/index.htm

St Anne’s Episcopal Church

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What’s on!‘Drop in Club’

Break and Lunchtimes

Room 1

Greener Kemnay

Meets the 2nd Tuesday of the month.

Burnett Arms

Concert Band

Wednesdays 3.15

S2 – S6Meet at the Canteen

Homework ClubThursday

1.15 – 1.45Room 212

Writers Group

TuesdayLunchtim

eRoom 102

New Movie SeasonCommences

Fri 25th October Doors open at 7pmKemnay Village Hall

LibraryCommittee

4th MondayOf the month

Kemnay Market Saturday 5th October

Kemnay Village Hall (10.00-14.00)

NEAT Autumn Show‘The idiot at the wall’Saturday 5 OctoberKemnay Village Hall