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TGSi Politics Show

The protest song lives on at TGSi.

The Gordon Schools is going election crazy, in fact we are going DEMOCRAZY. To celebrate the approaching Scottish elections some S3 Modern Studies pupils are holding their own elections on Wednesday.

To help the hustings two groups of students have penned politically motivated polemics which they are also entering into a national competition.

Now comes your turn dear TGSi addicts.

You have to vote for your favourite as on X Factor. And, you'll be pleased to know it is easy.

1. download and listen to the songs
2. click "comments" at the bottom of this post
3. write your 1st name only in the correct box. NO EMAIL ADDRESSES PLEASE.
4. in the comment section just write the names of the songwriters whose song you liked best
5. click "post"
6. type in the characters you see and click again

And there you have it. Its easy peasy.

Here are the songs:

Download 02_ross_craig.mp3

Download 01_jason_lewis_hamish_etc.mp3

TGSi Travel Show - barcelona

Seniors in Barcelona.

In February of this year a group of 5th and 6th years jetted off to Barcelona to sample the sights, sound and tastes of the Catalan capital. TGSi managed to grab two of the intrepid travellers Alice and Rhiannon and have them tell all about the trip.

Download tgsi_travel_show_barcelona.m4a

TGSi Book Review

Here's Katrina's latest book review. "Noughts and Crosses" by Malorie Blackwell.

It sounds to me like an extremely interesting book with insights into today's multi-cultural society.

Download tgsi_book_review_2.m4a

Download tgsi_book_review2.mp3

TGSi Politics Show

TGSi welcomes Robert Brown MSP and former pupil of The Gordon Schools.

These are exciting times at TGSi. Today we are speaking to a former pupil of made good. Not only is Robert an MSP and Deputy Minister for Education and Young People, but he frequented this hallowed establishment between the years of 1959 and 1965.

TGSi would like to welcome Robert back to his "alma mater" and we hope that his visit brings back great memories, although I'm sure the teaching staff are different now.

Download interview_with_robert_brown_msp.m4a

Download interview_with_robert_brown_msp.mp3

TGSi Arts Show

Nuno Sacramento on TGSi

TGSi today had a visit from Nuno Sacramento from Deveron Arts. He came in to talk about the festival he is curating here in Huntly, the George MacDonald of Huntly Festival 2007.

The festival will feature works from Scottish artists and writers such as
Kenny Hunter, Duncan McLaren, Murdo MacDonald and Colin Manlove. Bob Pegg will once again be telling his stories in Huntly along with
Grace Banks and Phyllis Goodall.

The main event of the festival is "Exposure" in which Deveron Arts will attempt to create the worlds longest photo featuring past and present pupils of The Gordon Schools.

Download nuno_sacramento.m4a

Download nuno_sacramento.mp3

TGSi Book Review

A Literary Show
Another special edition for you to enjoy.
Meet Katrina, our book reviewer. Today she is looking at the Whitbread Book Award  (now the Costa Book Awards) winning children's novel by Geraldine McCaughrean, "Not the End of the World".

It sound like a really interesting book and hopefully some of you will get 'round to reading it one day. You can get it from you school library.

Download tgsi_book_review.m4a

Download tgsi_book_review.mp3

Derek's Sports Report

A quiet week at The Gordon Schools.

Meteorological cconditions and prelims have meant a relatively quiet week here at TGS. The bus pupils haven't made it in for the last 2 days and are, I'm sure, deep in their books at home! Either that or sledging.

However even in the quiet time TGSi keeps on broadcasting. Once again we sent Derek off to his favourite place, Christie Park, home of Huntly FC to watch what turned out to be a closely fought local derby. We even find out more about his fascination with his favourite football club.

Download tgsi_sports_report2.m4a

Download tgsi_sports_report2.mp3

TGSi Sports Report

SPECIAL EDITION

As some of the production team are on exam leave we decided to put out a special edition sports report.

We sent our football correspondent Derek off to Princess Royal Park in Banff to check out our local footballing heroes, Huntly FC. Here's his report.

Download tgsi_sports_report.m4a

Download tgsi_sports_report.mp3

Not quite Radio 4, but it's our 4th edition

Well we've made it to a fourth edition.

We are still going strong and are recruiting more members to the team. This show brings a welcome introduction to Katrina who will be our regular book reviewer.

This show sees us welcome Mr Griffiths our new Rector, who has given us a fascinating in depth interview in which he reveals some of his plans for the future of our school.
Matthew tells us a little bit about Huntly's famous son, George MacDonald, whilst Katrina reads us a passage from his children's fantasy, "The Princess and the Goblin".
Finally we have an interview with Bob Pegg, a musician and storyteller, who visited the school earlier this month to talk to the S1's about MacDonald.

We hope you enjoy our show.

Please leave us a comment

Download tgsi_4.m4a

Download tgsi_4.mp3

Storytime

When Bob Pegg (a singer of tales) visited the school he not only spoke about George MacDonald, he also told a few stories. We were lucky enough to be able to record him.

Here is the tale of The Sealkiller.

The story originates in the far north east of Scotland by Duncansby Head and tells the story of a man who killed seals for a living. (Ok not very PC these days, but it was a common trade in yesteryear.)

I think it is a wonderful tale. Hopefully you will enjoy it too.

Download the_sealkiller.m4a

Download the_sealkiller.mp3