Date for your Diary – 19th September 2024, 16:30-19:00

On the 19th of September 24, Sanquhar Academy will host a consultation event on the School Day.  This event is for all parents/carers, learners and staff to consult on considering a change to the school day structure across Dumfries and Galloway.

Date for your diary – 10th September 2024

On the 10th of September 2024,  Sanquhar Academy will host a phase 2 school model consultation event.  This consultation event will consider what the school provision across the Sanquhar cluster schools could look like for our children into the future.  The event will be hosted by representatives from across the Education, Learning and Communities directorate.

 

Hello,

Children in Need is this Friday the 17 November. Our S6 leadership team has arranged a dress down, non-uniform day and a CIN Quiz for during tutor time.  Any donations are gratefully received.

The cafe, Starbooks will be open for families as usual between 10-12 on Friday.

Our Charities Committee are arranging a sponsored walk to fund raise money for CRY over the next few week – sponsor form and more details to follow.

Hello,

We are delighted to announce the opening of Starbooks Cafe on Friday 10th of November 2023.  It would be wonderful if you could come along and support our new venture.  We will open every Friday morning during term time from 10-12 noon.  At this time please be aware we are only able to accept cash.

We look forward to seeing you soon.

B. French and the Starbooks Team

We have almost reached the end of Term 1.

The merits have been totalled and the vast majority of learners have earned the opportunity to attend the Halloween Disco.

This year the Halloween disco has been arranged by the S6 Leadership, Prom Committee. Tickets will be on sale on Monday and Tuesday at break and lunch time in the assembly hall for £3:00. Proceeds from the Disco will go towards Prom 2024.

Looking forward to seeing everyone’s costumes and outfits! A tuck shop will be available on the night.

Our new app for parents has gone live. Click on the link below and watch the video for joining instructions to get your children’s information directly to your phone.

It has been a busy term so far.  We finally managed to welcome our P7 Pupils and Parents! Our previous efforts had been thwarted by local road closures.  However a great night was had by all exploring the school, sampling learning opportunities and tasting the fabulous food on offer within the school canteen.  Many thanks to parents, pupils and volunteer staff who were able to attend.  Our Senior Phase Football Team plays in the semi final against North West Community Campus on Tuesday afternoon of this week.  Well done to Molly, Ella and Rowan who performed exceptionally well at the Dumfries and Galloway Burns Festival last weekend and placed for a wide range of awards – photos to follow.

We are having a non uniform day on 21 Feb, arranged by the S3 Geography class to raise funds and collect donations for the Turkey and Syrian Earthquake appeal.   The class are busy arranging a coffee morning to support the appeal which will take place on the 4 March – more details to follow.

The pupils February holiday starts tomorrow and pupils are off 22, 23 and 24 Feb.

The school will also be closed to pupils on the 28 February and 1 March due to industrial action.

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Learner Pathway conversations are taking place over the next few weeks.  These discussions facilitated around your child’s Learner Pathway allow us to create our timetable for next session and have replaced what was previously know as option choices. We are look forward to welcoming parents and carers to join their child for these conversations.  Information on course options for session 2023/24 are available on the Blog/Web pages.

Merry Christmas and a Happy New Year to all family and friends of Sanquhar Academy. 

What a year we have had, filled with learning, laughter and fun.  To bring the year to a close we hosted our first Christmas Showcase. The evening was a great success with so many talented performers. Wonderful cakes and goodies were supplied by our S6 leadership team and Mrs Taylor’s Personal Development class. A massive thank you to Mr Gibb and the Expressive Arts Team for organising the event.

We were able to secure funding from Cash for Kids to provide a little extra Christmas cheer for a number of our learners. We have also recently found out that the hard work of the Senior Personal Development class has paid off and their planning develop a community café has had its funding approved by the Princes Trust. More details to follow in 2023.

We look forward to seeing all our learners return to school on the 10^th January 2023.

Hello,

We will be hosting our first Christmas Showcase and Sing-Along on Thursday 15th December from 4-5pm. Refreshments will be served on arrival. Donations welcome.

We look forward to seeing you there.  Merry Christmas!