Lionel School

National Tests - 2004
 

Lionel School


85%
80%
86%

96%
85%
82%

Average for
CNES schools

86%
75%
86%

75%
70%
73%

Average for Scotland

81%
74%
82%

65%
52%
60%

Lionel School Primary roll up again
 

Lionel School in Gaelic Quiz Final
 

The Gaelic Quiz team of Claire Macdonald, David Murray, Fiona Rennie and Leslie Spence managed to get through the various rounds of the Gaelic Quiz, but were beaten by Shawbost School in the Final held in the Nicolson Institute on 23 March 2005.  In the previous round, Lionel had narrowly beaten Paible School from North Uist.

Lewis Mod Competition
 

Scottish Badminton Competition
 

Very well done to Isabella Blakey, Claire Macdonald, Stephen Boyd and David Murray for successfully competing in the Scottish Badminton Championship on 18 March.  The feat by Isabella Blakey and Claire Macdonald of reaching the semi-final stage was particularly noteworthy.

Lionel School win inter-school Badminton Competition
 

Congratulations to the Lionel School badminton team of Deborah Acton, Philip Acton, Isabella Blakey, Stephen Boyd, Calvin Cupit, Joanna Gillies, Catherine Offer, Claire Macdonald, Eilidh Maciver, Donald Scott Macleod and David Murray for a clean sweep at the inter-school badminton competition held on Wednesday 2nd March 2005 in the Back Centre.  Having won all their games, the Lionel School team has now won this competition for the sixth successive year.

Lionel School Badminton Competition
 

Well done to Isabella Blakey and to Calvin Cupit for winning their respective Lionel School badminton competitions on Friday 18 February 2005.

PTA/Pupil Council fund-raising disco
 

The second PTA fund-raising event for the new session was a Valentines disco on 11 February 2005, jointly organised by the PTA and the Pupil Council.  The P1-P6 event was from 7.00-8.30pm, while P7-S2 was from 8.30-10.00pm, raising £150.

Proshare UK- Fashion Freaks reach quarter finals
 

Congratulations to Katy Hebditch, Chloe Johnson, Kirsty Maclean, and Donald Scott Macleod of the Fashion Freaks who have qualified for this stage of the Proshare UK competition.  With over 20,000 students from UK schools and colleges in the initial stages in the competition, the Lionel School team were recently in 8th place in all of Scotland, Northern England and Northern Ireland, and 33rd overall in the UK.

SSFA Coca-Cola Football Championship - Dingwall
 

Lionel girls entered this prestigious tournament for the first time, and, although they did not manage to win any games, they did not suffer any heavy defeats.  A 0-1 loss against the very good Nicolson girls was possibly their best result.

Scottish Swimming Championship
 

Congratulations to Eilidh Maciver for a magnificent 4th place in the Scottish Swimming Championships, following her Gold medal in the Breast Stroke in the North of Scotland competition.

Pupil Council fundraising for Tsunami Appeal
 

A non-uniform day held by the Pupil Council raised £127 for the Asian Tsunami Appeal, raising money for the Blythswood Field Hospital to be located in the region of  Indonesia devastated by the Boxing Day tsunami.

Hurricane force storm
 

The Western Isles endured hurricane force winds over the night of Tuesday 11 January, and through to early Wednesday 12 January, reaching force 12, with 124 mph recorded in North Rona.  Lionel School escaped relatively lightly, with a number of slates lost.  However, electric power was only restored by noon on Friday, due to a broken power line adjacent to the school grounds, meaning that the school was closed for three days.

Secondary teaching appointment
 

We would like to welcome Mrs Helen McCafferty as the new itinerant Science teacher for Lionel and Shawbost schools, as she began work from January 2005.

Lionel School Janitor made an MBE
 

We congratulate Mr D R Morrison, the Lionel School janitor, for winning the MBE for his services to education.  Successes over many years in mainly badminton and swimming by teams coached by D R contributed to being nominated for this well-deserved award.

CNES Best Value Review
 

A 'Best Value Review' of S1/S2 provision commissioned by CNES has recommended that Lionel Secondary be closed from 2008.  Lionel School Board convened an emergency public meeting on 17 December 2004, decided to form a sub-committee to survey public opinion, and present various options regarding the future of the school for consideration in a questionnaire.   The findings will be explored at a future School Board meeting.

North of Scotland School Swimming Championship
 

Pupils from Lionel School enjoyed a successful championship in Inverness, winning the following prizes, with Eilidh Maciver ultimately qualifying for the Scottish Finals:
 

SSBU Highland Badminton Championsip
 

Pupils from Lionel School enjoyed a successful tournament in Inverness, winning the following prizes:
 

Broadbay 5-a-side Football Tournament
 

The Lionel School 5-a-side boys' team participated in this Lewis and Harris competition, along with a Lionel all-girls team called Lionel Fire.  The Lionel Fire team did not get through the group stage into the knock-out stages, but the boys' team came top of their section, winning all their games.  In the Quarter-final stage, the boys beat Airidhantium 3-2, and then beat Lochs 3-0 in the Semi-final.  In the Final between Knock and Lionel, the game ended 1-1 at full time, and Knock were the team to score the winning goal in the two minutes of extra time.  Well done to Knock, and congratulations to Lionel for having played so well in the tournament.

PTA/Pupil Council fund-raising disco
 

The first PTA fund-raising event for the new session was a disco on 12 November 2004, jointly organised by the PTA and the Pupil Council.  The P1-P6 event was from 7.00-8.30pm, while P7-S2 was from 8.30-10.00pm.  Thank you very much to all the pupils, the Pupil Council and to all the parents who turned out to support the school.

Lionel School Board Sale of Work
 

The Sale of Work organised by Lionel School Board on Saturday 30 October was very successful, raising just over £1100 for school funds.  Home baking, a fancy dress competition, local produce, various raffles and the sale of videos and DVDs all contributed to the total.  The school would like to thank the School Board, and everyone in the local community for their support.

Secondary teaching appointment
 

We would like to congratulate Mrs Helen McCafferty on her successful appointment as the new itinerant Science teacher for Lionel and Shawbost schools on 26 October 2004.  Mrs McCafferty will take up her post in January 2005.

Pupil Council Elections
 

Elections to the Lionel School Pupil Council were held on 1st October 2004, where all the candidates addressed their fellow pupils at the election.  We would like to congratulate Jamie Gilroy and James Corbett for being elected as Primary members of the Pupil Council, and also Katy Hebditch and Cailean Mackenzie for being elected as the representatives of the Secondary pupils.

Secondary teaching appointment
 

We would like to wish Mrs Mairi Martin well for the future, as she left Lionel School on 1 September 2004 to begin a new post at the Nicolson Institute, working as a Learning Support teacher.

Sponsored Walk
 

The annual Sponsored Walk to raise money for school funds took place this year  on 31 August on a beautiful afternoon.  The event was enjoyed by all who took part, and a priority is to gather the sponsor money in to the school as soon as possible.  There is a prize for the pupil who collects the most sponsorship money every session, to be presented at the School Prizegiving.

Primary teaching appointment
 

We would like to wish Ms Janey Maclean well as she begins her teaching career at Lionel School as the new mainstream Primary 2-4 teacher.  We would also like to welcome Ms Annette Campbell from the Nicolson Institute as our new itinerant PE teacher.