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Community Committee Raise Money for 'Archie'!

On Thursday 14th March the school's Coimmunity Committee held a fund-raising event for the 'Archie Foundation'. A MUSICATHON was held where each class had to sing songs or play music continuously for 10 minutes. All the classes in the school took part, including our Nursery pupils, and so far we have raised over Ł3000.

A cheque for over Ł3100 was handed over to a representative of the Archie Foundation who attended the Pr6-7 Easter Assembly on Thursday 21st March. She was delighted by our efforts and explained what the money would be used for when the new hospital is built.

The Community Committee wanted to raise the money for the Archie Foundation as it is a local charity and they wanted to do something for a good cause!

The Chairperson, Tanya, said 'It was a great day and we would like to thank everyone who took part. The music and the singing was all very good. Some of the pupils played instruments as part of the event. We had piano players, chanter players, violin players, keyboard players, cello players, an accordion player and recorders. Mr Morton came along especially to play the piano for classes to sing along to. Some of the classes sang along to CD's pretending to be their favourite pop stars!

We hope that the money raised will be very useful to the 'Archie Foundation' and that they will be pleased with our efforts.

A big thanks goes to Miss Macfarlane and the Community Committee for all their hard work.

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School Awarded Special Certificate of Appreciation by the Lord Lieutenant of Aberdeenshire

The pupils of Markethill School attended St Ninian’s & Forglen Church on Tuesday 19^th December for their end of term Christmas Service. This was a very special service this year as the school was presented with a special certificate of achievement on behalf of the ‘Save the Children Fund’ by the Lord Lieutenant of Aberdeenshire, Mr Angus Farquharson, Esq., OBE.

The Lord Lieutenant Mr Angus Farquaharson, Esq. OBE hands over the signed certificate to 3 pupils form Primary 6 & 7.

The special certificate was presented to the school for the fund raising it has done over the years for the ‘Save the Children Fund’. The church collection from our end of term services is donated to the fund and over the last 7 or 8 years we have donated around Ł2500.

We had a number of important guests attending the service who were there as part of the presentation group.

Mr Farquharson, Esq., OBE and his wife, Mrs Farquharson, were accompanied by the Lord Lieutenant’s Chaplain, The Rev. John Forbes, Mrs Foad, Chairperson of the Deveron & District Branch of ‘Save the Children’, Mrs Russell, Treasurer of the Deveron & District Branch and Mrs McLennon, Area Manager for the North of Scotland Save the Children Fund.

The Rev. Randall and The Rev. Miss Dyer conducted the service.

The presentation party along with pupils and staff of the school
pose for the 'official' photograph!

Mrs Morton thanked the visitors for coming and said that it was very exciting to receive the certificate – especially as it was signed by The Princess Royal herself! She thanked all the pupils, parents and staff who over the years had donated to the church collections and that the money raised went to a very good cause. Mrs Morton reminded the pupils that is important to think of others and to show awareness and concern for the needs of groups in society through involvement in fund-raising or practical work for charities, especially at this time of year when so many people round the world are suffering.

The school choir entertain the congregation
with their lovely singing.

Mrs Foad spoke to the pupils and told them about how their money was used to help children and families all over the world. The money is needed to help children who live in countries where there are wars or where a natural disaster has made their lives very difficult. She said that the money raised could have bought 10000 Mars bars – but that by doing without these sweets we had been able to help feed almost 100 people for a whole year! A very worthwhile thing to do.
Mr Farquharson, Esq., OBE then spoke to the pupils. He told us all about a recent trip he had had to Bosnia where he met and saw many families and children who had suffered terribly during the fighting. He thanked us for our fund-raising efforts and then handed over the signed certificate to four of our P6 & P7 pupils.

Mr Farquharson, Esq., OBE, read out a letter he received from The Princess Royal’s Private Secretary, Colonel Timothy Earl, OBE.

                ‘Her Royal Highness The Princes Royal would like me
                 to convey her thanks and appreciation to all those at the
                who participated in the fund-raising efforts
                which raised the impressive sum of Ł2500 for the
                 Save the Children Fund.’

The choir also entertained the congregation by singing two of their carols from the musical they put on for parents called ‘Who?’.

The collection, along with a donation from Deveron Stroke Club, came to Ł174. This will be sent to the ‘Save the Children Fund’ very soon.

We would like to thank our visitors for coming to our service and especially to the Lord Lieutenant for passing on the message he received from The Princess Royal.