Cumbernauld Academy

New College Lanarkshire are offering 6-week college courses on Fridays at 1-3pm, in the following areas:

Hairdressing, Make up, Football Performance, Social Work, Social Care, Careers in Emergency Services, Coding. Courses are open to S1-6 pupils.

If you are interested and would like to find out more information, see Miss Small in room S015 at break or lunch.

Unfortunately due to the ongoing current Covid -19 restrictions in school we didn’t have the opportunity this term to host and celebrate the successes of our pupils along with parents/guardians at our traditional evening awards ceremony.

However as we felt it was very important to celebrate our pupil’s achievements we held a brief event with last sessions S4, S5 , S6 pupils during the school day on Thursday. At this time the Head Teacher presented our award winners with their certificates recognising academic excellence in their subjects.

Hopefully by now the young people have shared with you the news of their award. However to further highlight their achievements we have put together a short clip to reinforce the positive message from their success.

Please click on the link below to access the Award Presentation

The event is largely aimed at those in S1-S3, but is open to anyone who might be interested in working in Healthcare. It’s called ‘Exploring Careers in Healthcare’, and we have a doctor, dentist, nurse, paramedic and pharmacist coming along to chat about each of their careers (and how they got there). It’ll be a virtual event, and is running on 20/10/21 at 7pm.

All of the information is included in the poster, and the link to sign up is: https://forms.gle/nFNa8mMtUw5xiHwx9

If you have any questions then contact Mr Sheridan (email below)

 

nlsheridang@northlan.org.uk

 

Due to current Covid restrictions and the ongoing monitoring of pupil traffic within the school it is important that pupils follow the times given in the table below when accessing their lockers. As with entry and exit from class the times are staggered by five minutes to allow pupils to deposit/collect from their locker before exiting the corridors and stairwells prior to the next bell sounding for the following year groups.

In summary pupils will have an additional 5 minutes when leaving class to access their lockers. They should not return to their locker until the next 5-minute window is available.

This will help to ensure that health and safety in the corridors is maintained and that year group bubble groups remain intact.

 

Cumbernauld Academy are committed to ensuring all pupils are achieving their full potential and are provided with opportunities for success regardless of their financial background.

We understand the challenges that may affect our pupils from low-income households and strive to address inequity whilst ensuring dignity.

We aim to tackle any barriers to learning or participating in extracurricular activities associated with child poverty and are fully committed to poverty proofing our school. 

To access our Poverty Proofing Policy, click on the link below:

Policies – Cumbernauld Academy (glowscotland.org.uk)

Dear Parent/Carer,

With the rising number of young people in the community testing positive for Covid, and also those having to take PCR tests or having to self-isolate, there has been an increasing demand for ‘work’ from parents for their children who may be required to isolate at home but are well enough to continue to learn. Following discussions with staff in school, teachers will upload the relevant class materials as soon as they have time. How this will be done will vary across the school as clearly it is more challenging for young people to engage in certain activities, such as practical work, from home.

I know that these remain challenging times for all young people and parents but wish to assure you that the staff at Cumbernauld Academy will continue to do all we can to support every young person regardless of circumstances.

Thank you for your continued support

Mark Cairns

Headteacher