The latest Coronavirus Risk Assessment for Airdrie Academy can be read by clicking the link below:
Coronavirus-risk-assessment-AIRDRIE ACADEMY AUGUST 2021 V10
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Future Fridays
Our secondary school week is changing. An exciting new programme of activities will be on offer called Future Fridays. Find out more here:
CC_2021_00032 32 period week brochure
Easter School 2021
Dear Parent/Carer,
The school intends to run an Easter School this year to support senior pupils with their course work. This will involve pupils being presented for N5, Higher and Advanced Higher.
This will take place during the first week of the Easter holidays. The school will be open for three days –Â from Tuesday 6th April to Thursday 8th April – hours 9.00am to 1.15pm.
There will be 3 sessions each day – pupils will sign up for subjects week commencing 22/3/21. Pupils will choose their session choices by following the link in their Wellbeing Teams on Glow.
More information will follow once sign up is complete.
S2 into S3 Options 2026
During the S2 parents evening there will be an opportunity to attend an “S2 into S3 options” information session in G40. Mrs Jacobs (Acting DHT) and Skills Development Scotland will be presenting.
The start times for the sessions are 4.15pm, 4.45pm and 5.15pm. You are welcome to join any of the sessions.
Please view the options information video below, which guides you through the options process.
Family Support Partners 2020
Airdrie Academy New Year’s Honour Roll:
Family Support Partners 2020
We would like to send a HUGE thankyou to the following partners for their amazing support given to our families this Christmas and throughout the year:
new years honours list Jan 2020
Prospects for Parents
Prospects for Parents is an exiting new program designed to help families become better off, by supporting parents who would like to get into work, and also by supporting those in low paid work, to increase their wages.
There are a range of supports offered including money, debt and childcare advice, access to funds such as the childcare development fund and the discretionary fund, as well as health interventions and also training.
Interested maybe? Do you tick any of the below –
*Lone Parent
*Disabled parent/parent with a disabled child
*Parent with 3 plus children
*Parent with youngest child under 1
*Parent aged under the age of 25
For more information check out this short video by the Employability Development Officer Leea.
If you would like to find out more please call the team direct on 0800 0730 226 or contact our school office who will message Lynn Carlin, Acting Principal Teacher of Engagement & Inclusion and she will get in touch with you to chat about the project.
Your request will be treated with confidentiality.
For more click here: https://www.facebook.com/NLanWorking/videos/1603817736441816/?vh=e&extid=0&d=n
S6 Trial Options for Current S5
This is a survey to help produce a Senior Options form for session 2021-2022. The final option form will be issued later in the term.
Please follow the link or scan the QR code and submit your form:
Time to Talk Day 2021 – The power of small
A small conversation about mental health has the power to make a big difference. Here are digital bingo cards you can use to help start conversations – one for young people and one for adults . 
Link to the bingo card for young people:
seemescotland.org/media/10122/tttd21_see-me_-bingo-a.pdf
Link to the bingo card for parents:
seemescotland.org/media/10134/tttd2021_see-me-bingo-general.pdf
Link to the website:
Understanding Your Child – free online courses
As residents of Lanarkshire, our families are able to access a number of online courses for free.
Simply apply the relevant North Lanarkshire access code .
Click on the link below for more information:
Lanarkshire-All Courses-Interactive
Home schooling tips and practical advice
During these challenging times, we at Airdrie Academy are continuing to seek ways to work in partnership with our families. With this in mind, we would like to invite you to follow the link at the bottom of this message to the ‘Action for Children’ website. This contains useful advice and support for many topics such as home schooling, practical activities to promote wellbeing, mindfulness, overcoming loneliness and so much more (over 50 topics in fact). Within the ‘Home schooling tips’ area there is an opportunity for you to have a free and confidential online chat with a member of their parenting staff.
https://parents.actionforchildren.org.uk/covid-19/
Mrs L Carlin
Acting Principal Teacher of Engagement and Inclusion
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