Please see attached price lists for the school canteen. Parents, guardians, pupils and staff are reminded the canteen is cashless – all purchases should be made with an Accord Card.
SANDWICHES PRICE LIST – 1 April 2016.doc
ACCOMPANIMENT PRICE LIST 1 April 2016
BAKERY CRISPS CONFECTIONERY PRICE LIST – 1 April 2016 DESSERT PRICE LIST 1 April 2016
The innovative BBC Micro:bit has arrived in Aberdeen City schools and will be coming to Northfield Academy in the next couple of weeks. The device is small programmable computer and a collaboration between 29 partners with the aim of inspiring a generation of learners to become creators (and not just consumers) of digital technologies.
These devices will be given to every S1 pupil in Aberdeen City and schools will have the opportunity to use a variety of resources to help pupils access and make use of the devices.
Some great resources to get started with BBC Micro:bit are:
Technology Will Save Us have a great web page all about the Micro:bit.
STV News has been producing a series of exam tip videos this week with Head Strong’s mind coach Brian Costello. They are available on Facebook, the STV news website and through the STV Player App, which is available for iPhone from the App store and for Android from Google Play. Download it today and continue to enjoy STV News wherever you are.
A new video will be released each day – check out the first three below:
http://stv.tv/news/features/1350704-stvs-emergency-tactics-for-exam-study—day-1-associations/
http://stv.tv/news/features/1350705-stvs-emergency-tactics-for-exam-study—day-2-breathing/
http://stv.tv/news/features/1350706-stvs-emergency-tactics-for-exam-study—day-3-chunking/
Please find attached the SQA Exam timetable for Northfield Academy pupils. Also included are some useful links.
SQA Exam Timetable Northfield Academy 2016
My SQA: lets you view your qualification information, check the personal details we hold for you and if you’re sitting exams you can get your results sent by email and text message.
SQA Your Exams: Access to the Personal Exam Timetable Builder and advice about exams, including conduct
Miss Craig is looking for pupils from every year to take part in a letter exchange with students from St Petersburg.
This is part of a programme which will not only help the Russian pupils to improve their use of the English language but will also act as a fantastic opportunity for you to make new and interesting friends in a different country, share things about yourself and your culture and maybe learn a little Russian along the way!
You can choose to email or send letters for your discussions and would be a fantastic opportunity to access a different culture!
We already have a number of pupils interested and would love to get even more, particularly from the older years.
If anyone is interested can please get in touch with Miss Craig.
As we come to an end of another term I would like to thank you for all your support. I have taken the decision to reduce our end of term bulletins to two a year, one at Christmas and one at the end of the summer term. We plan to change the format of the next bulletin which will be out in July 2016.
Our S4, S5 & S6 pupils are very busy working towards their SQA examinations in May and a large number of our pupils have been attending extra study sessions and will be at our Easter Revision School on Monday 4thand Tuesday 5th April. We would like to wish all our pupils the very best of luck in their forthcoming examinations and please remember hard work and sacrifice, will lead to improved results.
It has been another busy term and there have been a wide range of events taking place, including, Lip Sync Battle, SQA information evenings, 60th Anniversary planning, BBC School News Report Day, RGU wider access events and many other events and successes. It is certainly good to say good bye to the dark, cold mornings and look forward to the warmer, longer days ahead, we hope!
Congratulations to our Youth Work Development officer, Colin Lemmon, who won a 2016 National Youth Worker of the Year Award for “Supporting the Curriculum for Excellence and Attainment” at the annual Youth Link Scotland Awards Ceremony held at the Crown Plaza in Glasgow. Well done Colin.
On Friday 18th March our new Northfield Academy Tartan was registered on the Scottish Tartan register. Our Tartan, part of our 60th Anniversary celebrations will be launched at our Celebration of Success Evening on Wednesday 15th June 2016.
Sadly at the end of this term, we say goodbye to Miss Arlene Gilleran from Target Support who is moving to Kintore Primary School. We wish Miss Gilleran the very best in her new role. I am also delighted to report that during the last month we have made a number of new staff appointments to the school. Miss Rachel O’Connor, Home Economics; Miss Laura Barrie, Maths; Mr Brian Duncan, Chemistry and Miss Rachel Craig, English will all be taking up permanent posts in August 2016. We are delighted that all our probationary teachers have all chosen to stay at Northfield and congratulate them all.
We have also appointment Mrs Elaine Sutherland and Mr Ryan Nicol to the Target Support Faculty both will be starting with us on Tuesday 3rd May. Miss Sheonagh Henderson and Miss Cheryl Wills will be joining us in the Art and Design department from August 2016. Last but by no means least Mr Calum MacArthur joining the Maths department in August 2016.
We welcome pupils back on Monday 18th April 2016
Dates to Remember
We will be holding the following events during the summer term and further details about each event will be circulated nearer the time
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Monday 2nd May |
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Holiday |
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Tuesday 3rd May |
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In-Service Day |
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Wednesday 4th May |
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SQA Examinations begin |
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Monday 16th May |
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S2/3/4 Change of timetable |
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Thursday 26th May |
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School Sports Day |
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Monday 6th June |
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S5/6 Return to school |
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Thursday 9th / Friday 10th June |
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P7 School Visits |
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Saturday 11th June |
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School Fayre |
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Wednesday 15th June |
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Celebration of Success Awards Ceremony |
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Friday 1st July |
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Last Day of Term |
We hope you all have a good Easter break and we look forward to seeing our pupils refreshed and ready to start the summer term.
Yours Sincerely
Neil Hendry
Head Teacher
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