Dear parents and carers,   We hope that everyone is safe and well, and that you’ve enjoyed the summer break.   Please read the following information which details our plans for the return to school for all pupils on Wednesday 12th … Continue reading →

Please see the attached letter with further information from Gillian Brydson. 20200630 Director Letter to Parents & Carers    

Please see the attached letter from Gillian Brydson regarding the opening of Nurseries and ELCC. Letter to Parents – Early Learning and Childcare

Please see the attached letter from Gillian Brydson, Director of Education and Learning regarding the opening of Nurseries and ELCC. Letter to Parents – Early Learning and Childcare

Good morning everyone, ‘W’ is for Wednesday and it’s also for wish! If you had a magic wand, what would you wish for? 🌟 Click on the link below for the ‘Resilience Alphabet’ which contains a variety of activities and … Continue reading →

Mrs McLellan wants to share this information from Edinburgh Council, which she hopes will help our families.

Mr Newlands has been training the staff football team which he says is not any easy job. 😁 Looks like they have some impressive skills to me! Can you spot who is busy training in this picture? All answers will … Continue reading →

Morning! There are a range of exciting activities on the learning grid for today including healthy snack preparation, the daily mile at home and the plank challenge. Please keep sending photos of your activities and enjoy your day!

Team Laurieknowe are continuing to work on perfecting their sporting skills in a range of different sports again today! Can you spot who they are and what sport they are doing? Keep a note and we will reveal the answers … Continue reading →

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Click on the link below to see the Learning Grid for this week. Laurieknowe Sports Week

Good morning everyone, We hope you all had a lovely weekend and enjoyed some of the beautiful weather that we are having.🌞 Today is the start of our ‘Laurieknowe Sports Week’ and a Learning Grid with a selection of activities … Continue reading →

Dear Parents and Carers, As you may be aware, from announcements made by the First Minister and from the Scottish Government’s Routemap out of lockdown, staff will be returning to school in June (although there is no set date yet … Continue reading →

Good morning. Welcome to Monday, we hope you’ve had a good weekend. Please check in with your teacher by sharing a photo, sending a message through Dojo or connecting by sending a Glow e-mail. We will post information later today … Continue reading →

Thank you for all your great Sports Day pictures. I will continue posting them so if you have one, send it to me today. There are lots of suggested activities on your class Dojo pages for you to do. It … Continue reading →

Good morning! Hope everybody had a good weekend and welcome to a new week of learning. We are online and ready to support all of our learners and families at home. As in previous weeks, we will have some staff … Continue reading →

Morning! Well done for all your hard work completing activities and challenges this week and thank you for sharing this and keeping in touch by sending messages. Please remember to keep sending pictures of your rock art and mini books … Continue reading →

Hello! Please know that for Primary 1-7 we are using the app Class Dojo as our main method of communication, support and advice as well as for Home Learning and Remote Teaching.  So please log in to Class Dojo, you’ll … Continue reading →

Good morning everyone, First of all we hope that everyone is well and enjoying the amazing weather that we’ve been having. We want to let you know that our teachers are all back online from this morning, ready to support you … Continue reading →

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Good morning everybody, I hope you are all keeping well. I have loved looking at all the fantastic things that you have been doing at home- your work has really made me smile! The Gregosaurus pictures yesterday were amazing, well … Continue reading →

Good morning! I hope that everyone is feeling good and staying safe. I have loved looking at all of the photographs of your home learning and decided I’d set the whole school – teachers too – a challenge. Its an … Continue reading →

Good morning, We hope that everyone has had an enjoyable break this weekend, making the most of the lovely weather on their once a day outing. Class teachers are online, sending out home learning challenges and are available to support … Continue reading →

First of all I want to say a huge thank you to parents, pupils and staff who have been playing their part in overcoming the challenge of Home Learning.   This last week has been a steep learning curve for all … Continue reading →

Dear parents and carers, We want to remind you that if your child is entitled to Free School Meals, then a lunch will be provided for them.  Lunches can be collected from Dumfries Academy between 12:30 pm and 2:00 pm, … Continue reading →

11am Thursday 26th March Miss Morton is currently in first position followed by Mrs Rogers, with Lucy from P7M in third.  Come on kids, you’ve got to beat those teachers!

Good morning! We hope that everyone is doing well and keeping safe.   There has been lots of communication between families and school using Class Dojo and we can see lots of our children are logging into the learning platforms like … Continue reading →

Dear Parents and carers, We are putting this message out to all Academy Cluster parents. In order to make the childcare for Key Workers  more efficient,  children who would have attended Dumfries Academy should now report to Dumfries High School. … Continue reading →

Dear parents and carers, In light of this afternoon’s statement by the First Minister we would like to stress that it is absolutely crucial that children stay at home.  Laurieknowe is closed. Places for childcare in our area are for … Continue reading →