Form finally made it to France after many postponements due to Covid regulations. The children were very excited about this trip and their expectations were met as we enjoyed a sunny week in Normandy. So many activities and interesting visits such as the Mont St Michel and its quick sand, the bread making workshop, the visit of the WW2 D-day beaches and so much more. Hopefully, we will see more trips to France in the coming months…watch this place!

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Form finally made it to France after many postponements due to Covid regulations. The children were very excited about this trip and their expectations were met as we enjoyed a sunny week in Normandy. So many activities and interesting visits such as the Mont St Michel and its quick sand, the bread making workshop, the visit of the WW2 D-day beaches and so much more. Hopefully, we will see more trips to France in the coming months…watch this place!

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Welcome to our second mini concert of the term! It has been lovely to have our Form 8 girls and boys back from France and three of our most talented musicians at the top of the school who are in the final stages of their musical careers here at Cargilfield, have recorded performances for this week's concert; alongside these, we have some lovely recordings from children in the pre prep who are just starting out. Fantastic to see! We hope you enjoy this week's concert and a big thank you to our team of talented music teachers who continue to work so hard to inspire all our musicians throughout the school. If you would like to play in next week's concert, please get in touch with Dr Allsop.

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Welcome to our second mini concert of the term! It has been lovely to have our Form 8 girls and boys back from France and three of our most talented musicians at the top of the school who are in the final stages of their musical careers here at Cargilfield, have recorded performances for this week's concert; alongside these, we have some lovely recordings from children in the pre prep who are just starting out. Fantastic to see! We hope you enjoy this week's concert and a big thank you to our team of talented music teachers who continue to work so hard to inspire all our musicians throughout the school. If you would like to play in next week's concert, please get in touch with Dr Allsop.

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A big thank you to Mr Henderson and Mr Halkett from Strathallan School, who came down to Cargilfield on Tuesday afternoon to run some rugby and hockey sessions with our boys and girls. It was a great afternoon, with lots of learning taking place and a lot of fun too!

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A big thank you to Mr Henderson and Mr Halkett from Strathallan School, who came down to Cargilfield on Tuesday afternoon to run some rugby and hockey sessions with our boys and girls. It was a great afternoon, with lots of learning taking place and a lot of fun too!

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We scored 8 converted tries and conceded just one in the last play of the game and fully deserved the win this afternoon against what was, in fact, a plucky and strong running Belhaven side who competed hard at the breakdown but who found our tight and aggressive defensive line very hard to break down this afternoon.  It was a really encouraging and impressive team performance today with every single player doing their job and our shape in both attack and defence was really good and promises much for the rest of the season, so very well played indeed, boys!  Charles, Conrad and Zak led the side really well today and I was so pleased with they way they encouraged everyone and the sense of team spirit was really evident and will be key when we get in to the tough games against Sedbergh later this term.

With Form 8 having been away in France for the past week, the start of the season has been a little disjointed but we had two really good sessions this week to get back in to things, working hard on our defensive alignment at the breakdown on Monday followed by an excellent session from Andy Henderson from Strathallan on Tuesday where we focused on our alignment in attack.  Both of these sessions bore fruit this afternoon as right from the whistle, we hit Belhaven hard when we had the ball, with our speed at the ruck outstanding and we moved the ball quickly out in to the wide channels: Sylvan was excellent at 9 today, making really good decisions whether to snipe down the side of the ruck, or else pass the ball away quickly to Charles who played really flat which made life really difficult for the Belhaven defence.  Conrad controlled the midfield, stepping well off both feet, putting in some thunderous tackles and then releasing James at 13.  He had an excellent debut today, scoring a terrific solo try with his quick feet whilst also putting Rafa away in to space which proved a really tough proposition for Belhaven with his very direct and very aggressive running with ball in hand. Ewan at full back was terrific, tidying up loose ball, proving almost impossible to get hold of with his quick feet and then being really strong at the breakdown securing a number of turnovers.  Kit did well out on the wing too, cutting inside to look for the support of his forwards so he did not get isolated and Jamie deservedly came up from the 2s at half time and had a couple of excellent runs.  A really good effort from the three quarter line who used our possession pretty well overall, with only a bit of white line fever creeping in towards the end of the game.

Up front, we made big inroads with Zak, Thabo, Freddie and Xander leading the way with powerful, bullocking running, off loading really well to keep moving forwards and our ruck speed was outstanding, allowing our three quarters to attack chaotic and unprepared defence which is how we are trying to play; Monty, Harry and Edward all had good games and I was pleased Harry scored an excellent close range try and Monty got his hands on the ball a lot and showed just how more comfortable he is in the team since the start of term.

The scoreline was pretty irrelevant to be honest.  What pleased me most was the way we looked to play, the way we moved the ball quickly and the speed at the ruck: this is the key to future success as the season progresses, and we are back in action on Saturday morning with a game against Heriots at Goldenacre.  Things are beginning to build nicely, and seeing the team gel so well and play in the style we did makes me excited for the weeks ahead.  Well done, chaps!

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We scored 8 converted tries and conceded just one in the last play of the game and fully deserved the win this afternoon against what was, in fact, a plucky and strong running Belhaven side who competed hard at the breakdown but who found our tight and aggressive defensive line very hard to break down this afternoon.  It was a really encouraging and impressive team performance today with every single player doing their job and our shape in both attack and defence was really good and promises much for the rest of the season, so very well played indeed, boys!  Charles, Conrad and Zak led the side really well today and I was so pleased with they way they encouraged everyone and the sense of team spirit was really evident and will be key when we get in to the tough games against Sedbergh later this term.

With Form 8 having been away in France for the past week, the start of the season has been a little disjointed but we had two really good sessions this week to get back in to things, working hard on our defensive alignment at the breakdown on Monday followed by an excellent session from Andy Henderson from Strathallan on Tuesday where we focused on our alignment in attack.  Both of these sessions bore fruit this afternoon as right from the whistle, we hit Belhaven hard when we had the ball, with our speed at the ruck outstanding and we moved the ball quickly out in to the wide channels: Sylvan was excellent at 9 today, making really good decisions whether to snipe down the side of the ruck, or else pass the ball away quickly to Charles who played really flat which made life really difficult for the Belhaven defence.  Conrad controlled the midfield, stepping well off both feet, putting in some thunderous tackles and then releasing James at 13.  He had an excellent debut today, scoring a terrific solo try with his quick feet whilst also putting Rafa away in to space which proved a really tough proposition for Belhaven with his very direct and very aggressive running with ball in hand. Ewan at full back was terrific, tidying up loose ball, proving almost impossible to get hold of with his quick feet and then being really strong at the breakdown securing a number of turnovers.  Kit did well out on the wing too, cutting inside to look for the support of his forwards so he did not get isolated and Jamie deservedly came up from the 2s at half time and had a couple of excellent runs.  A really good effort from the three quarter line who used our possession pretty well overall, with only a bit of white line fever creeping in towards the end of the game.

Up front, we made big inroads with Zak, Thabo, Freddie and Xander leading the way with powerful, bullocking running, off loading really well to keep moving forwards and our ruck speed was outstanding, allowing our three quarters to attack chaotic and unprepared defence which is how we are trying to play; Monty, Harry and Edward all had good games and I was pleased Harry scored an excellent close range try and Monty got his hands on the ball a lot and showed just how more comfortable he is in the team since the start of term.

The scoreline was pretty irrelevant to be honest.  What pleased me most was the way we looked to play, the way we moved the ball quickly and the speed at the ruck: this is the key to future success as the season progresses, and we are back in action on Saturday morning with a game against Heriots at Goldenacre.  Things are beginning to build nicely, and seeing the team gel so well and play in the style we did makes me excited for the weeks ahead.  Well done, chaps!

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A brilliant and even battle was fought in the miserable rain this afternoon but spirits remained high and some brilliant hockey was played. Eleora had a fabulous game, she was in lovely space and being very good at communicating that. We had great skills from both Minty and Thandie driving forward with determination. Emilie and Esme were doing some great clearances in the D and often getting the ball to Polly, Isabelle and Isobel in the free space up the pitch.

At the end of the first 3^rd, we decided to work on spacing out to the sides of the pitch because that’s where the space was. The team responded very well and clearly tried hard to work on this, and it showed in their performance. By the end of the match the girls were resilient through the driving rain and had a particularly amazing hit out finding a player at the top of the pitch and getting a shot on goal.

Thanks to Belhaven for a fun match and delicious match tea - well done girls!

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A brilliant and even battle was fought in the miserable rain this afternoon but spirits remained high and some brilliant hockey was played. Eleora had a fabulous game, she was in lovely space and being very good at communicating that. We had great skills from both Minty and Thandie driving forward with determination. Emilie and Esme were doing some great clearances in the D and often getting the ball to Polly, Isabelle and Isobel in the free space up the pitch.

At the end of the first 3^rd, we decided to work on spacing out to the sides of the pitch because that’s where the space was. The team responded very well and clearly tried hard to work on this, and it showed in their performance. By the end of the match the girls were resilient through the driving rain and had a particularly amazing hit out finding a player at the top of the pitch and getting a shot on goal.

Thanks to Belhaven for a fun match and delicious match tea - well done girls!

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In heavy rain, the U11A team enjoyed a fiercely contested and highly skilled game of rugby today. There were some exciting passages of play with both teams throwing everything into the match and playing some excellent rugby.

Belhaven started stronger and we seemed a little taken aback by the ferocity of their tackling and counter-rucking, having not come across that in any previous games. We turned the ball over in our first attack of the game, and Belhaven kept possession well to score a well-worked try. We began building our way back into the match and there were some evenly contested passages of play. At half-time, the score was 3-2 in Belhaven’s favour.

During the second half, we tackled with more intent and tried to stop the ball being turned over quite in the rucks. We also added more aggression to our running lines and challenges their defensive set a lot more. This put us on the front foot more, and we were able to score 2 unanswered tries.

Caspian and Wilf were instrumental in the middle of the pitch, controlling distribution and putting in strong, dominant tackles. They also led the way with our attack, putting dynamic and powerful forward runs in. Jamie and Hamish were busy throughout, and it was great to see Arthur back with some trademark, massive hits! Miguel and Leonardo did well to keep up in a physical game. Our wingers, Oliver and Theo controlled the wings expertly, not allowing any tries in down their channels. They also attacked willingly with one glorious break from Theo that almost saw him score from one end to the next.

Altogether, I was really proud of the way the boys stuck with a strong Belhaven side and grew with belief and aggression as the game went on. We showed good fitness and desire. Well played boys.

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In heavy rain, the U11A team enjoyed a fiercely contested and highly skilled game of rugby today. There were some exciting passages of play with both teams throwing everything into the match and playing some excellent rugby.

Belhaven started stronger and we seemed a little taken aback by the ferocity of their tackling and counter-rucking, having not come across that in any previous games. We turned the ball over in our first attack of the game, and Belhaven kept possession well to score a well-worked try. We began building our way back into the match and there were some evenly contested passages of play. At half-time, the score was 3-2 in Belhaven’s favour.

During the second half, we tackled with more intent and tried to stop the ball being turned over quite in the rucks. We also added more aggression to our running lines and challenges their defensive set a lot more. This put us on the front foot more, and we were able to score 2 unanswered tries.

Caspian and Wilf were instrumental in the middle of the pitch, controlling distribution and putting in strong, dominant tackles. They also led the way with our attack, putting dynamic and powerful forward runs in. Jamie and Hamish were busy throughout, and it was great to see Arthur back with some trademark, massive hits! Miguel and Leonardo did well to keep up in a physical game. Our wingers, Oliver and Theo controlled the wings expertly, not allowing any tries in down their channels. They also attacked willingly with one glorious break from Theo that almost saw him score from one end to the next.

Altogether, I was really proud of the way the boys stuck with a strong Belhaven side and grew with belief and aggression as the game went on. We showed good fitness and desire. Well played boys.

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Won 10-7

In rather damp conditions, our Under-11B boys faced their Belhaven hosts for half an hour of 8-a-side contact rugby on Wednesday. Belhaven scored seconds after the whistle sounded as Cargilfield were a bit slow switching up to match intensity. This was followed up with a second try for the hosts after an unfortunate knock-on ended our first attack. Nerves all settled, the boys began to get stuck in a little more and a wonderful rampaging run by Johnny (the first of many) put the first points on the board. In the first half, the tackling was a little below par, which resulted in numerous tries for both teams. After the break, Cargilfield made a greater effort to close down the space in defence, which resulted in more turnovers as the pressure on the opposition was more intense; excellently led by Oliver, who hassled his opponents almost as soon as they had caught the ball. Jamie’s tackling was marvellous and Arlo and Monty’s pace in attack kept the hosts on their back foot.

The boys strong showing in the second half tipped the game in their favour and they ended with a 10-7 win. Well done to the whole team.

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Won 10-7

In rather damp conditions, our Under-11B boys faced their Belhaven hosts for half an hour of 8-a-side contact rugby on Wednesday. Belhaven scored seconds after the whistle sounded as Cargilfield were a bit slow switching up to match intensity. This was followed up with a second try for the hosts after an unfortunate knock-on ended our first attack. Nerves all settled, the boys began to get stuck in a little more and a wonderful rampaging run by Johnny (the first of many) put the first points on the board. In the first half, the tackling was a little below par, which resulted in numerous tries for both teams. After the break, Cargilfield made a greater effort to close down the space in defence, which resulted in more turnovers as the pressure on the opposition was more intense; excellently led by Oliver, who hassled his opponents almost as soon as they had caught the ball. Jamie’s tackling was marvellous and Arlo and Monty’s pace in attack kept the hosts on their back foot.

The boys strong showing in the second half tipped the game in their favour and they ended with a 10-7 win. Well done to the whole team.

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The U11A squad of Scalett, Rosanna, Emily M, Freya, Helena, Clara and Jemima headed to Belhaven to Halhill Astro today for the third game of the season. The rain started and it didn’t stop from start the finish however the girls got on with the task at hand and although the girls had not played as a team before we started with Scarlett as GK, Helena and Rosanna in defence, Emily the birthday girl and Freya in midfield and Clara and Jemima in attack.

Belhaven started off strong and challenged our defence with Scarlett making a number of fantastic saves keeping the score line level. Our girls in midfield and attack were a force and would not let Belhaven get away without a solid challenge this resulted in Emily running into the shooting circle and scoring our first goal. Belhaven came back at us and equalised however Helena single handily put up a challenge every time the Belhaven attack moved into out shooting circle. The girls also attempted their first defending short corner. They performed this well however Belhaven scored their second goal and the girls now have a better understanding of this set play.

The girls then needed a replacement and we called upon Florence to step up and help out in defence. Jemima and Clara never gave up attacking from every angle and making may long runs in attack.

In wet, heavy sports clothes the girls battled on through the horizontal rain and were awarded our first attacking short corner. This was executed well with Emily passing the ball to Freya at the top of the circle and then taking it in for Jemima to score the next goal, Jemima was delighted and we forgot there was rain falling by this point. The final goal came from Freya that went on the attack with Emily in Midfield and finished off with a goal. Fantastic effort by all the girls in difficult conditions. The final score was 4-3 win.

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The U11A squad of Scalett, Rosanna, Emily M, Freya, Helena, Clara and Jemima headed to Belhaven to Halhill Astro today for the third game of the season. The rain started and it didn’t stop from start the finish however the girls got on with the task at hand and although the girls had not played as a team before we started with Scarlett as GK, Helena and Rosanna in defence, Emily the birthday girl and Freya in midfield and Clara and Jemima in attack.

Belhaven started off strong and challenged our defence with Scarlett making a number of fantastic saves keeping the score line level. Our girls in midfield and attack were a force and would not let Belhaven get away without a solid challenge this resulted in Emily running into the shooting circle and scoring our first goal. Belhaven came back at us and equalised however Helena single handily put up a challenge every time the Belhaven attack moved into out shooting circle. The girls also attempted their first defending short corner. They performed this well however Belhaven scored their second goal and the girls now have a better understanding of this set play.

The girls then needed a replacement and we called upon Florence to step up and help out in defence. Jemima and Clara never gave up attacking from every angle and making may long runs in attack.

In wet, heavy sports clothes the girls battled on through the horizontal rain and were awarded our first attacking short corner. This was executed well with Emily passing the ball to Freya at the top of the circle and then taking it in for Jemima to score the next goal, Jemima was delighted and we forgot there was rain falling by this point. The final goal came from Freya that went on the attack with Emily in Midfield and finished off with a goal. Fantastic effort by all the girls in difficult conditions. The final score was 4-3 win.

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A stark contrast from the pouring rain, our team of Lotte B, Clara h, Praise A, Lily B, Florence N, Alexandra McC S, Anjelinaa O-C and Alice N were in bright spirits as they took on Belhaven head to head. Taking on the pointers from last week, Lotte and Clara used the wings to a major advantage when smashing shots down the edges. An unfortunate miscommunication meant Belhaven scored fairly on, but not to be downhearted Angelinaa came pouncing back to bash the ball through the whole opposition defence and gain that goal back. A fantastic goal from two Belhaven players meant the team were on the backfoot again, however just as the opposition were settling in did Clara, Lily and Angelinaa perfectly use a three-man-weave right into the goal. Alice showed her defending superpowers when she saved a goal on the line and crashed it out of our D and into safety. Sadly Belhaven did gain back another goal late on in the game to make the final score 3-2. Some special shoutouts have to go to Alexandra for using her voice the whole game to direct her teammates, Praise for some brilliant man-on-man defending, Florence for her determination in winning the ball back and the whole team in general for continuously playing a stellar game of hockey whilst being soggier than a wet dog in a waterpark. A brilliant effort from the team, well done everyone!

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A stark contrast from the pouring rain, our team of Lotte B, Clara h, Praise A, Lily B, Florence N, Alexandra McC S, Anjelinaa O-C and Alice N were in bright spirits as they took on Belhaven head to head. Taking on the pointers from last week, Lotte and Clara used the wings to a major advantage when smashing shots down the edges. An unfortunate miscommunication meant Belhaven scored fairly on, but not to be downhearted Angelinaa came pouncing back to bash the ball through the whole opposition defence and gain that goal back. A fantastic goal from two Belhaven players meant the team were on the backfoot again, however just as the opposition were settling in did Clara, Lily and Angelinaa perfectly use a three-man-weave right into the goal. Alice showed her defending superpowers when she saved a goal on the line and crashed it out of our D and into safety. Sadly Belhaven did gain back another goal late on in the game to make the final score 3-2. Some special shoutouts have to go to Alexandra for using her voice the whole game to direct her teammates, Praise for some brilliant man-on-man defending, Florence for her determination in winning the ball back and the whole team in general for continuously playing a stellar game of hockey whilst being soggier than a wet dog in a waterpark. A brilliant effort from the team, well done everyone!

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7-0 win

It was a cold day for our game agaisnt Belhaven but this just meant the girls needed to run a bit more. After announcing hockey captain , well done Izzy, there was a buzz in the air. Everyone was keen to start off strong and get ahead as early as possible. We did just that with a nice early goal from Savannah W. We continued to press and we pepered their goal especially down the right where Esme would drive down the base line and set up our attacker. With a decent number on the bench we contiued to sub throuout the game and gave everyone a chance to play in different postion. This however did not effect our attcking attitude and we continued to get our shots away but unfortunatley the Belhaven keeper had some outstanding saves and kept the score down.

With it still being early on in the season I was expecting still a bit of rustyness but that was noty the case and I was very impressed with our team effort and fantastic play.

Well done on a great win.

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7-0 win

It was a cold day for our game agaisnt Belhaven but this just meant the girls needed to run a bit more. After announcing hockey captain , well done Izzy, there was a buzz in the air. Everyone was keen to start off strong and get ahead as early as possible. We did just that with a nice early goal from Savannah W. We continued to press and we pepered their goal especially down the right where Esme would drive down the base line and set up our attacker. With a decent number on the bench we contiued to sub throuout the game and gave everyone a chance to play in different postion. This however did not effect our attcking attitude and we continued to get our shots away but unfortunatley the Belhaven keeper had some outstanding saves and kept the score down.

With it still being early on in the season I was expecting still a bit of rustyness but that was noty the case and I was very impressed with our team effort and fantastic play.

Well done on a great win.

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