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Free school meals/clothing grant

Free school meal application forms are now available. Collect one from school or click here for an electronic copy:

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Parents who applied last year have either been issued with a letter advising them of their entitlement to an automatic award or will be issued with an application form for completion.

Application forms can also be downloaded via: www.northlanarkshire.gov.uk/freeschoolmeals.

Applications relating to the new term will be accepted by First Stop Shops from the first week in June.

Submit early to ensure clothing grants are made and free school meals are registered for the start of the new session.

S1/2 Science Club

Well done to the S1/2 group who have attended Science Club over the past year. They have carried out lots of fun experiments such as; slime time, flame testing, growing crystals, dancing custard and many more.

Well done to you all! Miss Rankin.

Parent Council Quiz Night

On behalf of the Parent Council fund raising committee we would like to invite you to our quiz night on

Friday 12 May 2017 at 7.30pm

 

This has been an extremely successful event in the past and we would hope that you would encourage friends and family to come along for what always has been a very enjoyable evening.

As tradition demands we will be holding the usual challenges plus you can now acquire your lucky ‘Martin’s Millions’. It will be held in the drama dept and its BYOB and nibbles, with a complimentary glass of wine on arrival.

Tickets are £5 and can be bought from D Ferguson, E McGuire or C  O’Connor.

 

Hope to see you there!!!

We would also be grateful for any raffle prizes that you would like to donate for this evening. Please hand them into any of the named above.

Thanks
Parent Council Fund Raising Committee

Red Nose Day Total

Red Nose Day 2017

Our grand total raised was £496. Thank you to everyone who took part, especially the 4 senior pupils who gave up lots of their own time selling merchandise – Scott Brand, William McEwan, Matthew Paul and Lindsay Rideout. Veronica Sweeney (covering Catering Manager from the school canteen) also made all of the cakes for us and Liz Brannan was our chief cake decorator!

Easter School

Easter School will take place from Monday 3rd April until Wednesday 5th April – 9.30am to 12.45pm. The aim is to provide additional support, advice and extra practice in the majority of subjects in the lead up to the SQA exams. Pupils in S4/5/6 who are sitting Higher or National 5 will have the opportunity to sign up for Easter School during FOL time. Pupils who attended in previous years found the event extremely beneficial.

Developing the Young Workforce Week

Developing the Young Workforce Week
Developing the Young Workforce Week

Airdrie Academy recently held a very successful Developing The Young Workforce week.  This was coordinated by PT Pupil Support Miss Lilly and involved pupils from every year group at different points throughout the week.

 

The aim of the week was to have a real focus on providing information and ideas to pupils with regard to future careers.  It showed them the wide range of opportunities available to them and was very informative and enjoyable.

Pupils engaged exceptionally well with all of our visitors and really gained a great deal of information and advice form all who came to support this initiative.

Thanks to all of those who supported the school over the week and made the workshops so enjoyable for our pupils.

Developing the Young Workforce Week
Developing the Young Workforce Week