Our S1 Parents Evening takes place on:
Tuesday 31st May 2022
4pm-6pm
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S3 Parents Evening
Our S3 Parents Evening takes place on:
Tuesday 29th March 2022
4pm-6pm
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:
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New SCHOLAR video
If you would like to find out more about resources that can be used to enliven learning at home, SCHOLAR have produced a new 3 minute video, “Information for Parents and Carers”.
The new video is available here: https://bit.ly/ParentsAndCarersInfo
and is aimed, primarily, at parents and carers of learners in S3-S6.
S1 Read to Succeed
As part of NLC’s Read to Succeed initiative, Airdrie Academy has the pleasure of welcoming writer Alex Scarrow on Thursday 12th September. S1 pupils will be treated to a presentation on the inspiration behind his writing , the creative writing process and reading for pleasure. In addition, Advanced Higher English pupils will have the benefit of a writing workshop under Alex’s supervision.
All pupils are encouraged to read for pleasure and the school library has a large collection of books for pupils to access and enjoy.
Click here for more information and to complete a short survey: https://www.smartsurvey.co.uk/s/ASSMO/
Scottish Schools Track & Field Championships
On Friday 31st May 2019 some our very talented S1 and S3 Athletes competed at the Scottish Schools Relay Championships events at Hutchieson Grammar High School. Everyone ran very well mixing with the best of what Scotland has to offer at this age group. The athletes taking part were Struan Shaw, Cameron Totten, Daniel Menzies, Lucy Cummings, Luke Anderson and James McManus.
Struan finished 10th in the Boys Group D 1500m heats running a PB of 4.59.49 (mix of S1 and some S2).
Cameron finished 8th in the Boys Group D 100m heats running a PB (mix of S1 and some S2).
Lucy finished 7th in the Girls Group B 100m heats running a PB 15.39 (Some S3 with mostly S4)
James finished 9th in the Boys Group B 800m heats running a PB 2.16 (Some S3 with mostly S4)
Daniel finished 6th in the Boys Group B 100m heats running a PB 13.23 (Some S3 with mostly S4)
Luke finished 6th in the Boys Group C 100m heats running a PB 12.59 (Some S2 with mostly S3) 
The conditions this year were brilliant for our young people at the Track and Field Championships although a little wet and windy for the Relay Championships.
Now that is the Track season finished the club can rest before the new term begins in August.
Spanish Friends
Mr Arkley in the Modern Languages department has set up a link with a high school in Cuenca where he used to live in Spain. The school is called “IES Pedro Mercedes “and they teach English as we teach Spanish and French. Second year Pupils in Mrs Murphy’s and Mr Arkley’s class have written letters to the pupils in the school using the vocabulary that they have been learning on the topic of ‘school’. 
Mr. Arkley notes ” I am impressed with the level of language the pupils have used in writting these letters as they only started learning Spanish at the beginning of the school year.
I have attached a photo of the learners with their letters”.
Well done to all pupils involved!
ASDAN BRONZE AWARDS
Congratulations to the S3 pupils listed below who achieved the ASDAN Bronze Award this week. Moderation took place on Friday last week – thanks to Elaine McGuire for her attendance at the event and her superb support for this group. Pupils are now planning to work towards Silver Award which will be a first for Airdrie Academy. Well done to all of them!
Lewis Rowatt
Amber Rowatt
Matthew Lawton
Aimee Hill
Robyn Milligan
Jonathan Logan
Kendall Harold
Kiera Young
Chloe Porter
Rayhan McCrone
Another great success – well done!
Scottish Schools Track & Field Championships
On Friday 8th and Saturday 9th June 2018 our S2 pupils attended Grangemouth Stadium for this years Scottish Schools Track and Field Championships.
This was the first year this school has competed in this event! Our pupils ran very well in their age groups and were up against the best of the best that Scotland has to offer at these age groups.
Group D Boys – Luke Anderson was 5th in the 100m heat running a time of 13.77seconds
Group D Girls – Eilidh Shaw was 3rd in her heat of the 1500m gaining an automatic qualification for the final in a time of 5.13.61. Eilidh a very gutsy final and placed 11th in Scotland in the rain and thunder.
Group C Boys – Daniel Menzies was 7th in the 100m heat running a time of 13.67seconds.
Group C Girls – Emily Arthur placed 6th in the 800m heat running a time of 2.47.30.
This was a fantastic day out for the club and all should be so proud of their achievements!
Lessons from Auschwitz Project
Last Thursday a group from Airdrie Academy visited Auschwitz-Birkenau death camp in Poland. This was part of the Lessons from Auschwitz Project run by the Holocaust Educational Trust. They attended seminars both beforehand and to follow up on the visit, all with the aim of commemorating the survivors of the Holocaust and educating us on the importance of keeping their testimonies alive. The girls were an absolute credit to the school, showing maturity beyond their years and are now Holocaust Educational Trust Ambassadors – an esteemed title.
To follow up to the visit, the group now have a responsibility to share and pass on what they have learned, and are hoping to tie this in with Holocaust Memorial Day in January and beyond.
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