Our S1 parents evening turnout was 68%, 140 families attended from our 206 S1 pupil roll. Great to see so many of you and share with you how your children are progressing. Your views are always listened to and I personally read every single survey and take on board parental views. Thank you for taking them to complete this survey. All responses to surveys shape our improvement agendas.

Please find below the very positive feedback that you shared with us last night. Many thanks Mr Anderson.

Well done to the S3 ASDAN group who completed their St Andrew’s First Aid Workshop  with support from volunteers John and Stuart. Another nine people trained as part of the “Save a Life Scotland” campaign.

Great Teamwork!

The leadership roles of pupils in the school is an important aspect of who we are. Our Senior Sports Leaders work with associated primary pupils and lead them in a range of sporting activities. This partnership alongside Active Schools has produced notable success within our local cluster. Stephen Hughes our Active Schools Coordinator writes:

“The following schools in the cluster have achieved the national gold school sport award from Sport Scotland;

Tollbrae PS, Victoria PS, Golfhill PS and Rochsolloch PS the last 3 receiving it for the first time this year.

The award covers 8 different strands of sports and physical activity across the school. A big contributing part of the schools applications has been the sports leaders from Airdrie Academy delivering regular extracurricular activity in the schools, support at the primary sports days and the volunteering aspect as well as acting as role models to the primary pupils”

Massive well done to all of our Senior Sports Leaders and all of our associated primary schools who have achieved the gold award.

Well Done!

As a school we set and review our improvement targets on an annual basis. In our plans this year – all – of our targets are well underway; thanks to the support and hard work of pupils, parents  staff and partners.

We continue to develop our strategies and collaborative work on a range of initiatives. Updates will appear here throughout the school year on our progress and successes.

Teamwork!

The Halloween Disco will take place Tuesday, 30th October, from 7pm – 9.30pm in the school for all S1 to S3 pupils.

This promises to be an evening of great fun and I am sure that the staff coming along to support this event will get into the spirit of the evening and enjoy dressing up  – There is a prize for the staff member with the best costume !

Be great to see as many pupils and staff there as possible.

We have our second group of pupils over in the Isle of Arran this week taking part in a leadership week with “Tree of Knowledge”. 20 S3 pupils are working with the Arran outdoor staff, Tree of Knowledge presenters and 2 of our teachers Mrs Anderson and Mr Leckie.

I hope that they all have a fantastic experience and learn lots of new skills that will support them in the future.

October Reward Event 2018

Top Merit Pupils for October 2018 –

Well done to everyone who made the standard to attend the merit events today.

Numbers attending;

• 194 S1 pupils (207 in year)
• 159 S2 pupils (181 in year)
• 134 S3 pupils (175 in year)

Congratulations to our top merit winners listed below who earned extra recognition.