Celebrating Success

Hazlehead School


	Celebrating Success We are very proud of all the achievements of our pupils, and staff, no matter how small or large they are and in whatever field they may be. We want to share these successes with you here.
	2009 - 2010
	Congratulations to the Top Goal Scorer for the P.5 football team who shows us his award.
		These P.5 boys were truly proud of the Awards they won on their football team presentation night. Parent's Player and Manager's Player on left and Player's Player, on right. Well Done.
	Each year the Peter Broom High Jump competition is held. Congratulations to this year's winner.
		Many Congratulations to this P.5. Years of hard work have resulted in his being awarded his Black Belt in Sooyang Do.
	Congratulations to this P.4 Dancer who displays the medals and certificates she was awarded having achieved a Commended in her Bronze Highland and her pre-Bronze National exams.
		No wonder this P.4 Gymnast is looking so proud. She competed in the age 8/9 Beginners Woman's Artistic 2 Piece competition, this consists of a vault and floor routine. She did really well and was awarded Silver for her floor routine, Gold for her vault and the Gold Medal and Trophy for the highest overall score in her section. Along with three other Club members they won the team gold for the highest combined score. Many Congratulations!
	This young gymnast, a member of the Beacon Gymnastics Club, displays an impressive array of trophies gained at the City of Aberdeen Gymnastics competition, competing at Intermediate level. She won Silver for her Floor work, Gold for her Vault, Gold and the trophy for 1st overall and her team also won Gold. Fantastic! Very Well Done
		Congratulations to this P.4 who displays the medals she won swimming in a 'mini-meet' at Elgin. She was placed in the 25m Front Crawl, 50m Freestyle, 50m Butterfly and 25m Medley relay. This is a great achievement, well done!
	Congratulations to the P.4 girls team who won the team award at this year's Big Run. We were very well represented at The Big Run and pictures of all the Hazlehead runners can be seen on the Active schools page. Well done to all of you for your commitment and success.
		Well Done to this P.5 who gained two gold medals in a Karate competition at the Sports Village, Well Done!
	This P.4 is very proud to be football training with Dundee. He trains once a week at Kaimhill in Aberdeen and really enjoys it.
		Very Well Done to the whole P.6 Class who entered a competition to write a poem about an animal they find interesting. They were represented by this group at the Natural History Museum, in the Zoology building at Aberdeen University, where they were awarded first prize. On the 8th June 'The Wild Bus' from Edinburgh Zoo will visit school for the whole class to enjoy.
	This former pupil, now at Hazlehead Academy was presented with a Special Achievement award by Albion Boys Club. He played for Hazlehead Primary whilst a pupil here, with Albion for many years and has now signed for Dundee.
		Former pupil Callum Wemyss won first place in the Ishoka Young Musician of the Year competition. He was selected to be one of 6 finalists, from 17 performances. He first began playing the saxophone with Mrs. Mann in the Primary. Having just finished his 6th year at Hazlehead Academy Callum is also believed to be the first Aberdeen pupil to complete the Scottish Baccalaureate Interdisciplinary Programme.
	Of seven S4 Academy pupils to receive certificates in the UK Intermediate Maths Challenge four were former Hazlehead Primary pupils. Ashleigh Newlands gained a Bronze, Mairi Bell, Stuart Morrison and Paul Barron got the only Gold Awards, with Paul achieving the best in School.
		Well Done to this P.1 who was awarded a Medal for competing in a rugby competition, at Mackie Academy, with the Aberdeen Wanderers (Hazlehead) Micro Rugby team.
	This P.7 did extremely well in the Cults Otter's swimming gala. She displays the collection of medals which she gained by coming 6th in Back-crawl, 5th in Butterfly, 4th in Front-crawl and a silver in a Medley relay race with three other people.
		Congratulations to this P.7 who competed in a competition at Hayfield Stables on 17th April. There were 15 people in it and only six of them got through. She ended in 3rd place in the novice class, on a pony called Samson
	We are very proud of these boys and girls who ran the 1.5k at the Balmoral Run Sunday 25th April. This is a great event attracting people of all ages from throughout the country. The pupil on the right was accompanied by 3 generations of his family! It is tremendous that so many people with links to Hazlehead took part and as you can see below there were many proud medal holders in school. Mrs. Jones and Sue ran the 10k as did Parent Council chair Anita Martin.

	Very well done to this P.7 who went to Strathallan School in Perthshire, in the holidays, to play in a tennis competition called the Scottish Inter-District Championship. She was away for three days and her team came third.
		Congratulations to this P.5 who was awarded this trophy in February for performing the best in her dancing school in the 'musical theatre' exams.
	This lucky P.1 took to the slopes in France at Easter, did well to achieve his 'Flocan', and is now tackling 'blue' runs.
		Having gained her Level 1 award for rock climbing, at R.G.U ,this P.5 is now working towards her Level 2. Well Done!
	This P.5 showed her class the plaque she was awarded for Highland dancing. Congratulations
		Congratulations to this P.5 who was runner-up in Dobbies' 'Eggy Cress Men' competition, held as part of the launch of their new premises. He won a painting set as his prize.
	Well Done to his P.1 who proudly displays the medal she received for taking part in the Sport Relief Mile at the Duthie Park.
		This P.7 is doing really well in the field of Squash. He is ranked 11th in Scotland in his age group. He has been playing squash for three years and has three coaching sessions a week at Aberdeen Squash Racquets club, as well as training himself other days. Well Done for you commitment and success.
	P.6 and P.3 classes were awarded the Excellence Trophy for being so good at tidying the Dinner Hall after their lunch. The Catering ladies commented on what a huge difference it made to them.
	Click to enlarge	This P.6 boy shows the fischynews leaflet in which his drawing of fischy Leaders Jed and Sandy was published. This was drawn following their visit to the school.
	P.4, P.5 Mrs. Baillie's class and the Nursery were the first to be Awarded the Excellence Trophy, as the joint winners in the Healthy Play Piece Spot check. Here are P.4 proudly displaying it.
		P.6 received certificates from Scottish power, Friends of the Earth Scotland and the Edinburgh International Book Festival as a thank them for having participated in the 2009 'Story Swap shop'
	Prize winners of the competition to design posters for opening doors safely.
		Certificates were presented to those P.4 children who took part in the 'Ready Steady Bike' Cycling scheme.
	These P.6 and P.7 girls were photographed by the media group having achieved great success in a National Trampolining Competition.
		Congratulations to our P.4 footballer who proudly displays the trophies he won playing with Westdyke football team.
	Congratulations to this P.7 tennis player who gained a silver medal after coming 2nd in the Cults Tennis Club Championships.
		This P.7 recently earned her Grade 3 in ballet after putting on an impressive performance at His Majesty's Theatre.
	The honour of 'Best Boy' in the annual Boys Brigade Awards went to this P.7 who proudly then received the Taylor Trophy and his Gold Badge. Very Well Done!
		After years of commitment this P.7 was awarded his Black-Belt in his chosen Martial art.
	Click here to see a photographic record of the 2009, end of year, Awards Ceremony.

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