1. Higher Graphic Comm. Assignment- Friday 11th March
2. National 5 Graphic Comm. course assignment – Friday 18th March
3. Higher Design & Manufacture – course assignment – Thursday 24th March
4. National 5 Design & Manufacture – course Assignment folio (storage unit) – Friday 18th March

                                                         – course Assignment practical (storage unit) – Friday 1st April

5. Practical Wood/Metal- all course projects to be completed by Friday 1st April

note: Supported Study is available to all Technical students to help meet the above deadline dates

(Wednesday/Thursday 3-4pm – transport provided)

S1/2 Netball

Congratulations to our S1/2 netball team who drew against Loudoun Academy 3-3. The girls played very well with Courtney Graham being voted player of the match. The girls are committed players and are progressing very well. Keep it up girls!

Sixteen S2 girls attended a ‘Girls into STEM’ event at Kilmarnock College on Thursday 11th February. The event was targeted at girls in S2 to increase their awareness of opportunities available to them in the sector. Curriculum staff from Ayrshire College delivered practical workshops in the areas of Engineering, Digital Technology and Automotive skills.

The timetable for the upcoming Prelim exams is attached below.

Prelim Overview 2016

S4-S5-S6 Prelim Exam Timetable

Please find a copy of the Christmas Newsline attached.

We hope all staff, pupils and parents have a Merry Christmas and a Happy New Year.

Newsline – December 2015

Over the course of this session, pupils have been involved in a variety of learning experiences and community based activities. In November and December they had the opportunity to participate in a work experience placement kindly offered by Tesco in Auchinleck.  The young people were involved in several departments within the store including bakery, checkouts, dairy, fruit and veg, entertainment and helping collect for the foodbank.  Tesco very kindly donated a Christmas tree to the school – shown in the photo.

More recently, December saw the pupils preparing, packing and delivering Christmas parcels to elderly folk in the community who were very pleased to receive them. One pupil was heard to say, “It’s great to give as well as get,” so this enterprise was a positive experience all round. A big thank you to staff, parents and Tesco for their generous donations which allowed us to make up 20 parcels.

A copy of the School Standards and Quality Report is available in the TAB above.

The Pro’s visit Auchinleck Academy Rugby.

 Mark Bennett and Darcy Rae both Glasgow Warriors and Scotland Internationals were in Auchinleck Academy on Wednesday 9th December to lead sessions for Auchinleck pupils. The afternoon started outside on the astro-grass for Auchinleck S1 School of Rugby pupils. With the wind and rain the session was mainly built around lots of activity and game like practices.

In the second half of the afternoon the session was held inside the games hall. Joining the School of Rugby pupils were over thirty pupils from across the other school teams. The main thrust of the session was skills. There was even a race between S5 pupil John Watt and Mark Bennett which can be seen on our twitter account @EACAuchRugby.

The session was finished with a Q+A session with pupils picking Darcy’s and Mark’s brains on all things rugby. Darcy and Mark then waited back to sign autographs and pose for pictures and selfies. Overall a great afternoon for everyone involved and more evidence of the increase happiness gained from the egg shaped object that is a rugby ball.

Attention all S1 pupils!

For Sale – Personalised Laser Timetables

Would you like your own personalised school timetable cut and engraved using laser technology?

 Each timetable will be made in your school house colour with your name and PLP class.

The must have school accessory for all S1 pupils

Special Xmas introductory offer – £1.50 each

If you would like to purchase one please see your technical teacher who will take your order.

The Auchinleck Art Department are very proud of former S6 Advanced Higher student, Jodie MacPherson, for having her Art and Design folio from last year selected for the SQA Advanced Higher exhibition in Glasgow. This display of work features 80 of the top Advanced Higher folios in the country so we are thrilled to have one of our own included in the selection. Jodie is currently in her first year at Glasgow School of Art studying Architecture. The work is available to view from Sat 12th December till mid January at the Scotland Street School Museum and is free entry. I strongly encourage you to attend and see the fabulous work on display, an excellent day out for young and old…even for the less ‘arty’ of us out there!