I am looking to recruit 6 pupils from any year group to become My WoW ambassadors. These pupils would help support various events such as senior phase transition workshops, My WoW registrations, Parents Evenings, and option choice workshops. They will learn about My WoW and build a profile as well as supporting these sessions to help others develop employability skills, support wider achievement and enhance their CV. I have added
Good afternoon everyone, As you know, it is Children In Need on Friday 19th November. This year, as well as a dress-down day, Sanquhar Academy have decided to take inspiration from the One Show’s Rickshaw Challenge in order to ‘Pedal for Pudsey.’ We respect the efforts of the exceptional young people taking part in the Rickshaw Challenge so much, we have decided to give it a go ourselves. During the
On Remembrance Day pupils arranged an assembly for all learners, followed by a 2 minute silence at 11am. Leisel, Archie and Molly presented and incorporated stories about their family members who have represented the forces around the world. Rowan and Megan played a beautiful rendition of ‘Tears in Heaven’ by Eric Clapton on the acoustic guitar. Our thanks to Ms Moodie, Mr Gibb and all pupils involved for leading us
As part of Scottish Careers Week, Skills Development Scotland (SDS) has a nationwide online session for parents and carers of school leavers on Wednesday 17 November at 6.30pm. Parents and carers can find out more about the range of options available for their young person as they prepare to leave school and how parents and carers can support them. Please use the link below to find out more. https://www.skillsdevelopmentscotland.co.uk/news-events/2021/november/online-help-for-parents-and-carers/
Hello, Our next Parent Council meeting takes place on Tuesday 16th November at 7pm on V-Scene. If any member of the Parent Forum wishes to come along please send the school office an email and we will send you the login for the virtual meeting. gw08officesanquharac@ea.dumgal.sch.uk Our Agenda for the meeting to date is: Update on Construction works at the school Update on Staffing Allocation Virtual Parents Evening for this
Hello, This year we will be taking part in Children In Need. We will be having a non-uniform day on the 19th of November 2021 to raise money for the charity. Here is the video from Children in Need to explain what they would like us to do in school. https://youtu.be/R1HK_E-FKqo S6 pupils are arranging some activities on the day, more details to follow. Any donation you could make will
Hi Everyone, Myself and Jill would like to thank everyone for their kind contributions to Friday’s Halloween activities afternoon. We would like to thank Burnside who very kindly donated sweets for our very popular sweetie cones. We would also like to thank Mr Coleman who has helped us with the crafty side of our fundraising, our fellow S6 students who worked hard beside us to keep the morale up and
Hello, S6 pupils have arranged activities for Halloween to take place tomorrow during lunchtime. Games will take place in the assembly hall for pupils and will include Witch Hat Ring toss, Pin the Spider on the Web, amongst other things. Pupils will be asked for a contribution to take part in the games and proceeds will go towards the school fund and supporting the Senior Prom, which fingers crossed will
Happy Holidays Sending best wishes to all our families, friends and partners agencies for a relaxing October Holiday.
A Massive congratulations to all our competition winners and contributors during Maths Week Scotland. Our fantastic Teams worked through a range of challenges across the week using their Numeracy and Maths skills. Click on the presentation below to see all the activities our learners got involved in! Making Maths Count Scotland 2021
