Lionel School

National Tests - 3 year average [ individual years ]

 

Average for
Lionel School

93%
91%
92%

87%
74%
77%

Average for Western Isles

84%
75%
84%

73%
67%
70%

Average for Scotland

81%
73%
80%

62%
50%
57%

Lionel School Primary roll up again
 

Proshare UK-  Student Investor 2006 Challenge
 

League table for Scotland, Northern Ireland and North England
 

Lionel School win inter-school Badminton Competition
 

Congratulations to the Lionel School badminton team of Deborah Acton, Isabella Blakey, Stephen Boyd, Justin Cupit, Kathryn Offer, Allan Macdonald, Mary Anne Macleod, Eilidh Maciver, Neil Morrison and John Ross Murray for a clean sweep at the inter-school badminton competition held on Tuesday 28th February in the Sports Centre.  The Lionel School team has now won this competition for the sixth successive year.

Parent Teacher Association and Pupil Council Valentine's Disco
 

This disco was run by the Pupil Council and the PTA jointly on Friday 17 February, raising just over £140.  Thank you all very much.

Scottish Schools Football Association - Coca Cola sevens
 

A boys' team and a girls' team attended this competition at Ross County, Dingwall on 30,31 January 2006.  While the girls' team lost some of their games, the boys' team were unbeaten in their tournament - unfortunately, the boys drew all their games 0-0, and so also narrowly failed to get into the second round of the Coca Cola 7s.  We would like to thank the adults who accompanied the teams to Dingwall.

Auction - school enterprise project
 

This fund-raising auction enterprise activity was run as part of winter term Homework Club activities by Mr K Smith and secondary pupils, raising the sum of over £2400.  This money was divided between Bethesda, a local hospice charity, and the planned school trip to France in May 2006.  We would like to thank everyone who contributed towards this magnificent effort, as organisers, donors of prizes, or as bidders. 

Christmas Concert
 

Our annual show attracted a (very) full house for the entertainment of our local community, and beyond.  Thank you all very much for the hard work by the pupils and staff of the school, and for the support by parents and friends of the school.  It is hoped to produce a DVD of the concert in aid of school funds.

SSBU Highland Badminton Championship
 

Make a Difference Day!
 

Make a Difference Day aims to showcase the work carried out in communities by those who enjoy working on behalf of others on a voluntary basis, and to give pupils experience of doing such activities for part of a day.  Ms A Macdonald, together with other volunteer staff, organised activities by Secondary pupils, such as tree planting beside Loch Stiapabhat, and entertainment and tea at Taigh Dhonnchaidh.  Ms Joan Morrison of the Volunteer Centre concluded a rewarding afternoon, together with Isles FM volunteers Joyce Murray and Kenny Macleod.

North of Scotland School Swimming Championship
 

Gold (200m Individual Medley)        Kathryn Offer
Gold (100m Backcrawl)                  Kathryn Offer
Silver (100m Breaststroke)             Angela Maciver
Silver (100m Breaststroke)             Eilidh Maciver
Silver (Relay Team)                       Erin Offer, Eilidh Maciver, Isabella Blakey,        
                                                   Kathryn Offer

Fire Brigade Competition
 

Congratulations to Lyndsay Macdonald and Martin Nicolson for winning first prizes in this art competition run by the Ness Fire Brigade.

Assisted Self Evaluation by CNES
 

The Education Department conducted an Assisted Self Evaluation of Lionel School during the week 5-9 September.  The draft report published in November shows that the school attained scores of Excellent, Very Good or Good in the various categories - no Adequate, Weak or Unsatisfactory levels were recorded.

Broadbay 5-a-side Football Tournament - Secondary
 

Two Lionel School S1 5-a-side boys' teams, two Lionel School S2 5-a-side boys' teams and a girls' 5-a-side team participated in this Lewis and Harris competition.  The teams enjoyed various levels of success, with the best performance coming from the S1 Lionel A team, who were narrowly beaten in the final by penalties.  Congratulations to all the Lionel School teams for having played so well in the tournament.

Broadbay 5-a-side Football Tournament - Primary
 

Two Lionel School 5-a-side boys' team participated in this Lewis and Harris competition.  The best performance came from the Lionel A team, who narrowly lost in the semi-final to the eventual winners.  Congratulations to Carloway, and well done to the Lionel teams for having played so well in the tournament.

Lionel School Board Sale of Work
 

We would like to thank everyone involved in making our sale of work such a success on Saturday 29 October.  Home baking, a fancy dress competition, local produce, various raffles and the sale of videos and DVDs all contributed to the total.  £1005 was raised for school funds.

Lionel Choir wins at National Mod
 

1st prize                          Lionel School Primary Choir
2nd prize                         Fiona Rennie - Recitation
2nd prize                         Fiona Rennie - Conversation
3rd prize                          Sandra Corbett - Recitation

Lionel School sweeps the board in SNH Art competition
 

Pupils from Lionel School gained all the top three places in the Scottish Natural Heritage Art competition, taught by Mrs M Smith.  Prizes were as follows:

Isabella Blakey
Amanda Mitchell
Olivia Johnson

Pupil Council Election
 

Rebecca Blakey, Sam Macsween as Primary representatives.
Fiona Rennie, Stephen Boyd as Secondary representatives.

Assisted Self Evaluation by CNES
 

The Education Department conducted an Assisted Self Evaluation of Lionel School during the week 5-9 September.

Raising money for school funds
 

The PTA organised bag packing in the Coop store in Stornoway on Friday 2 September.  Thank you very much to all who were able to help with the fund-raising, when £431 was raised to help with school funds.  We would also like to thank the Coop for their cooperation and support.

Sponsored Walk
 

The annual Sponsored Walk to raise money for school funds took place this year on Tuesday 31 August.  There is a prize for the pupil who collects the most sponsorship money every session, to be presented at the annual School Prizegiving.

Primary teaching appointment
 

We would like to wish Mrs Chrissie Graham well as she begins teaching at Lionel School as the new mainstream Primary 3-4 teacher for 5 half days a week.