Teamwork is answer to pupils quiz success
Class act in the finals
A P 6 team from St Leonard’s Primary proved to be top of the class when they won their way through to the finals of a Euroquiz in Edinburgh.
Pupils Orla Kavanagh, James McCormack, Stefan Nilsson, Carter Sinclair and Aidan Tuohy performed magnificently, in the quiz, which was held at Herriot Watt University, coming in third overall.
The school represented South Lanarkshire Council for the fourth year running.
Euroquiz is run by the Scottish European Educational Trust, anon-political charity, which promotes education about Europe and language learning amongst Scotland’s young people.
Almost 1300 pupils from 315 schools competed in the heats held across 31 of the 32 local authorities throughout the school year.
Thirty-one teams t hen participated in the final, all hoping to raise the trophy as winners.
All teams demonstrated an impressive level of knowledge about European countries, history, culture, current affairs and the EU.
There was a particularly high standard in the language round, which was created with the help of SCILT, Scotland’s National Centre for Languages.
All participants were a credit to their schools and worked well together in their teams.
The finalists were put through t heir paces by quizmaster and Director of SCILT Fiona Fisher and head of the European Parliament Information Office in Scotland, Per Johansson.
Class teacher, Ed el Scott, said: “The Euroquiz is a unique competition and an excellent opportunity for the development of team building skills as well as research and learning in the preparatory stage.
“The children thoroughly enjoyed the experience.”