A representative from St Andrew’s Hospice came into the school yesterday & we had the pleasure of presenting him with 2 amazing cheques.
The S1 Tinto hill climb raised £1230 and the Staff quiz raised £1300.
Well done to everyone involved in one or both of these events.
“bring a pound…dress down…for our food bank for your town” £1
During period 1 this Friday – 29th March – you are invited to donate food items from the list below.
| UHT milk | Washing up liquid | ||
| Sugar | Soap powder | ||
| Fruit juice | Toilet rolls | ||
| Tinned soup | Baby wipes | ||
| Pasta sauce | Children’s toiletries | ||
| Breakfast Cereal | Women’s toiletries | ||
| Tinned puddings | Men’s toiletries | ||
| Tea bags | Toothpaste & brushes | ||
| Instant coffee | |||
| Pasta/rice | |||
| Tinned meat / tuna | |||
| Tinned fruit | |||
| Jam | |||
| Biscuits / snacks | |||
| Tinned macaroni | |||
| Nutella | |||
| Instant mashed potatoes | |||
| Pancake mix | |||
All money raised will be split across this year’s 3 charities which have been chosen by you: LAMH (Lanarkshire Association for Mental Health), Huntington’s Disease Association and WaterAid.
No football colours should be worn please.
Thank you and Happy Easter!
We are very grateful to Airdrie Football Club for inviting some of our pupils, who took part in the recent kit aid appeal, to visit Penny Cars Stadium and load lorries with all of the donated kits. These kits will be sent overseas to children in developing countries. Thank you also to Penny Cars for providing the transport for us.
We continue to be keen to fundraise to encourage our pupils to get active, promoting good mental health. The pupils, photographed here, received a season ticket for the club and are thoroughly enjoying going to the home games.
This year Airdrie Academy honoured LGBT History month by celebrating Purple Friday. Purple Friday is a day to stand against homophobia, biphobia and transphobia and show support for LGBTI equality.
It was important for Airdrie Academy to take part in Purple Friday to raise the profile of LGBT awareness and inclusion in our school. As a school community we wanted to stand up – together- to show that; friends, families, colleagues, neighbours, pupils and anyone we know directly or indirectly in the LGBT community matter to us. We wanted to teach our pupils that you don’t have to be LGBT to stand for equality and to show them that a collective voice can make a difference. We wanted to give strength to those in our own school who may be finding difficulty in dealing with their own sexuality and identity and let them know that Airdrie Academy is a safe, inclusive and open place for all.
Our Pride Not Prejudice (PNP) Pupil Equality group organised a number of events to raise awareness. Pupils pledged to be an ally for those who face discrimination due to their orientation or gender. Some of the group presented and explained the importance of Purple Friday during assemblies and spoke of the need for more understanding and equality in our society.
On the week leading up to Purple Friday the PNP Group encouraged Pupils and staff to sign our Pride Flag to show support. The group also sold rainbow wristbands, badges and rainbow doughnuts to pupils at break and lunchtimes. On Friday Pupils made a donation of £1 to dress down and wear something either purple or rainbow coloured. The school raised a total of £866 which will be donated to LGBT Youth Scotland Charity.
S6 pupils would like to share their memories (edited highlights!) from their recent trip to the Belgian wargraves.
Come along and share in our reflections, hear our stories and see photographs of our experiences.
Thursday 15 November 7pm – 9pm in Airdrie Academy
We would like to invite you to a Cake and Fizz afternoon in New Wellwynd Church
Saturday 10 November 2pm – 4pm.
Please come along to one of our events and join us in raising funds for Poppy Scotland.
Tickets available from Senior pupils or contact the school.
Suggested donation £5
Last session (2017-2018) pupils, staff, parents and friends of the school fundraised for 15 different charities across the year. The amount of monies raised was £11,152.56. Many fund raising activities took places across the year including Chari-oke (karaoke for charity), pancake flipping, sponsored walks, bake sales, The Big Lunch and decorating Christmas doors – to name but a few. Here is Janice McKay from Hope for Autism receiving a cheque for £13,11.00 for the charity.
Our first “Big Lunch” on 14th June was a huge success and featured in the Airdrie and Coatbridge Advertiser.
The article can be read here:
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We walked 10k and raised £415!
The total for the Charity House event – Pancake Flip Race – can be announced!
On the day at the event we raised: £46.62
Then, over the past week, with donations coming in from others over the school, we received: £50.00
So, the total is: £96.62
If you would like to add to this or you haven’t had the donation box come your way then please let a member of the Charity Team know.
Thanks so much for all the generosity so far!!!!!
Charity Group
A massive thank you to everyone who helped organise and took part in Friday’s (First Annual?) Pancake Flip charity House Race.
It was thoroughly enjoyed by participants and supporters and helped raise funds for our National Charity – Cancer Research UK.
If you missed the opportunity to donate then Seniors will be coming round this week to allow you to give what you can!
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