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The parent council AGM will be hosted at Sanquhar Academy at 7pm on Tuesday 13th December.
SDS are delivering a national webinar for parents and carers of S2 and S3 pupils on Option Choices.The webinar will take place on Wednesday the 7th of December at 6.30pm. This session aims to give parents and carers information about the support SDS offer young people at option choice time, as well as highlighting questions and information young people should consider when making these decisions and an introduction to SDS resources available to support young people and parents and carers.
See register link below.
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During the identified Teachers strike day of the Thursday 24th November the following arrangements have been made for pupils in receipt of Free School Meals at Sanquhar Academy.
Pupils who wish to take a lunch home for Thursday 24th November have ordered from the school canteen. Orders were placed by the end of the school day on Tuesday 22nd November. Packed lunches for those pupils who are eligible and have placed an order can be collected at the front office at the end of the school day on Wednesday 23rd November.
Please find the letter below regarding industrial action issued to parents by Dumfries and Galloway council at the end of last week.
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Phase 2 of the Independent Review on Qualifications is now open. They have reached a stage where they are looking to gather views from a range of stakeholders. Phase 2 concludes on the 16th December 2022. If you would like to contribute your views, please complete the survey using the link below.
Here is a video clip by Professor Louise Hayward which explains the review.
Information on the survey and link is available within the document below.
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It has been a busy start to the new term already and as you will have noticed from the calendar it is our first Senior Phase Parents Night on Tuesday the 8th November. Pupils will receive their booking form tomorrow morning during tutor time to make their appointments. We look forward to seeing our Senior Phase Parents between 5:30 – 7:30pm.
At the same the Parent Council will be hosting their meeting. Please feel free to drop in if you are interested in coming along. The Parent Council as always is keen to hear from the parent forum. Any parents who wish to come along to the parent council should come the the Family Learning Hub between 6-8pm.
It has been an exciting term for S1 – S3. All pupils took part in writing a speech or monologue that they then presented to their class. After much debate the following pupils were voted as the year group winners. Congratulations to Hector, Marley and Kayden our fabulous S1 winners. In S2 Kayla was voted as the ultimate speech writer along with Nieve in S3. Well done to all of our winners!
Our S3 Physics class recently visited the Camera Obscura and World of Illusions in Edinburgh.
Well done to our team of S3 and S4 girls who represented Sanquhar Academy at the Regional Enterprising Maths Challenge competition at Douglas Ewart High School last Thursday. The girls were a credit to the school and won the Engineering Round with the best bridge. A good time was had by all.
For all parents and carers of S1 pupils
Tuesday 4th October 6.30pm
Skills Development Scotland careers advisers will support your young person throughout their time at school to make choices and plan for their future career. Sign up for this webinar to hear from them about the service on offer and the support also available for you as a parent or carer to assist with career planning and discussions.
Parents and carers can register for our session here: https://fal.cn/parents_carers_webinar_s1
On Friday 30th September 2022, Sanquhar Academy is holding a Macmillan Coffee Morning. This means it will be a non-uniform day with a recommended donation of £1.
There will also be baking for sale, ‘Guess the Sweets in the Jar’ (30p a guess), and ‘Soak a Teacher’ (£1 for 4 throws or 50p for 2 throws).
