TCSoA School Newsletter November 2018 Newsletter | Page 7

The Law Society of Scotland Donald Dewar Debating Competition
On Tuesday 20 November, The Community School of Auchterarder hosted the first round
of the National Donald Dewar Debating Competition.
Two teams from TCSoA were proposing the motion ‘This house believes Google does more
harm than good’.
Ross Geddes, S6, partnered Lucas Snellgrove, S6, while Georgia McCarthy, S4, partnered
Elsa Quigley, S4.
The opposition teams came from Perth Academy and Perth High School and the debate
was attended by pupils, staff, parents and three judges.
Congratulations went to Elsa and Georgia who were the winners on the night and will
compete again in the second round in January 2019.
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V&A Dundee S4 Art and Design Trip
All of our S4 Art & Design students are being given the opportunity to go to the newly
opened V & A Dundee on Thursday 10 January 2019. This visit will take in the Scottish
Design Galleries, the architecture of the V&A and a guided tour of “Ocean Liners” - one of
their highly rated temporary exhibitions which includes examples of Art Deco Design. This
trip is to enhance their design studies and help with the critical content of the course.
Parent Consent forms have been sent out and we ask parents and carers to pay £7 on
ParentPay as a contribution for the bus, by Friday 14 December.
Looking forward to 2019!
2018 Royal British Legion Scottish Poppy Appeal
The local organisers of the 2018 Poppy Appeal would like to thank the parents and pupils
of TCSoA for their generous contribution to this year’s Poppy Appeal. A total of £290.60
was received from the school - £102.49 from the Secondary collection and £188.11 from
the Primary collection.
Art Students in School
The Art & Design Department is looking forward to welcoming Cindy Huntley and Kelly
Burgess - two students from the University of the Highlands and Islands, who are studying
for a degree in Contemporary & Contextualized Art. They will be with us for a 10 week block
in January and hope to engage with a wide range of pupils, staff and parents/carers through
interesting projects that aim to benefit the community. Initially, they are planning to
develop our ongoing poppy project which is being funded by a grant from the Living
Communities Fund.
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