Furry friends help pupils to success

Two Rockfield Primary School pupils put their success at this year’s Royal National Mòd down to a wellloved teddy.

Eva Bisp and Millie Bonniwell said ‘Oscar the Mòd dog’ helped them both win a trophy.

‘They seem to think the dog brings them good luck,’ Eva’s mum said.

‘Eva had it for the first competition and Millie borrowed it for the second competition.’

Millie took the Oscar to Lochaber last year and won a competition there too.

The girls each won a competition on Monday morning. Eva was top in the learners 7-8 solo singing, while Millie won the learners poetry recital for the same age group. Oscar was not the only successful soft toy animal on Monday, Esme McLeod, also from Rockfield, used her ‘Mòd penguin’ during her learners conversation, where she educated the adjudicator on the Gaelic word for penguin and informed him that the animal can hold its breath for 20 minutes underwater.

15_MOD42DM5_poetry Millie Bonniwell, middle, Bun-sgoil Achadh na Creige, (Rockfield, Oban) won the learners 7-8 years prescribed poetry competition and was second in the 7-8 years learners singing. Classmate Esme McLeod, right, was third and Niamh McCrudden from Glasgow, left, was second. Esme was also first in the conversation 5-8 years learners and Niamh was second.

Hannah Greg, six, from Mull and Rowan Willis, 10, Còisir Òg Loch Àilann competed in the girls’ solo singing. Rowan came third in the 9-10 years’ learners.

17_MOD42DM16_Monday Lauren Morris, 10, from Islay, won The Cowal Trophy for her poetry recital in the learners 9-10 years.

15_MOD42DM7_poetry Eva Bisp, 7, Bun-sgoil Achadh na Creige, (Rockfield, Oban), won the 7-8 years learners singing competition, with help from Oscar the Mòd dog.

15_MOD42DM8_poetry Esme McLeod, seven, Bunsgoil Achadh na Creige, with her Mòd penguin.