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4^th Year XL achievement As 4XL comes to a close I would like to congratulate the group on their achievements over the last two years. They have worked on the six areas of the programme Personal, Interpersonal and Team Skills, Citizenship and Community Awareness, Community Based Projects, Residential Activities, Entrepreneurship and Enterprise and Preparation for the World of Work. The group have been very successful with nine pupils gaining Millenium Volunteer Awards, four of which got a certificate for 100 hours and five for 200 hours. The hours were accumulated over the two year course from events both in XL and other voluntary work that the individuals had taken part in individually. Through ‘XL’ the group also work towards their Asdan Awards with them achieving their Bronze Award by the end of third year and working towards either a Silver Asdan Award or Gold Asdan Award in fourth year. I am delighted to say that three of the pupils gained their Gold Award. This award will only be given out if the pupil shows exceptional skills in ‘Leadership Skills’ and ‘Taking Responsibility’ This is the first time that anyone from Oban High school has been put forward for Gold so it is an excellent achievement. The other six in the group also worked extremely hard and gained their Silver Award. Awards achieved by June 2010 are as follows:
Asdan Awards Bronze Asdan Award Silver Asdan Award Gold Asdan Award	Sean Dunstaffnage Sam Birkett, Jordan Strang, Matthew MacLean, Hannah Rokitta, Daniel Hall , Kieran Martin Craig Handley, Louise Kynoch, Stephanie Waiton
*Millenium Volunteer Awards* 100 Hour Award 200 Hour Award	Craig Handley, Sam Birkett, Jordan Strang, Matthew MacLean Hannah Rokitta, Daniel Hall, Louise Kynoch, Kieran Martin, Stephanie Waiton
S3 and S4 at XL Celebration Day 2010

Congratulations to 3XL who have worked hard for the last year. Their efforts have paid off as the majority of them have now gained their Bronze Asdan Award. They are now working hard towards gaining their Silver or Gold Awards by the end of fourth year. Well Done!!

S3 XL Group Achievement

Our XL groups have had a busy few months. After spending some time in June team building and getting to know one another, we felt that we wanted to start off our XL experiences with something big! The decision was made by the group that we would do a sponsored walk with all proceeds going towards an end of term outing as a reward. Together, we were sponsored to walk from Dunbeg to Ganavan. Beautiful sunshine made the day perfect and after our walk we enjoyed a picnic on the beach followed by a bit of competition…rounders! The money raised by the two groups enabled us to enjoy a ferry trip to Mull, some enjoyable time relaxing on the beach, a ride on the miniature railway and a nice big ice cream to finish the day off. It was all the more enjoyable knowing that we had all worked hard, together as a team, to earn our reward.

As part of our Citizenship and Community Awareness project we also visited Oban Fire Station on the run up to Bonfire Night. Each member of our group got to experience how the fire fighters are trained and how they practice – in the dark room. We also had a tour around the station and had a look at all the equipment a fire fighter may require and we had the opportunity to sit inside the fire engine.

This year, due to Homecoming Scotland, ObanHigh School’s St Andrew’s Day celebrations were even bigger than usual. We played a massive part in the Ceilidh preparations and were entirely in charge of the decorating of the hall. We also ran a juice bar and a face painting stall, with all the money that we raised going towards our next big outdoor activity.

It is now the start of a new year and we’ve got a lot more challenges and fun experiences lined up for 2010.