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Stranraer Academy Newsletter All the Latest News from in and Around the School Stranraer Academy Newsletter All the latest news from in and around the school... Issue 43—March 2018 www.stranraeracademy.org.uk Silver for Stranraer Girls in British Shooting Schools Pistol Championships 2017/2018 ! Stranraer Academy girls Emma Donnan (S3) Susannah Service (S2) and Krissie Ramsay (S2) recently competed in the British Schools Pistol Championships 2017/2018 down in London back in January. The three girls had a very successful trip to the Pistol Championships where they won the Sil- ver medal in the competition! The girls competed as Stranraer Academy (also representing Scotland) and did themselves, the school and their country proud. Susannah was placed 10th in the individual event and Emma and Krissie both shot well over the course of the competition. Well done girls on what is a fantastic achieve- ment! If you would like to find our more information and results, they can be viewed in full from the following British Shooting website: Susannah, Emma and Krissie show off their Silver http://www.britishshooting.org.uk medals from the UK Championships. School News p1-5 | Showcase p6 | Sports News p7-10 | Information p11 - 16 | Parent Council p16 Page - 1 - School News Stranraer Rotary Club Youth Scholarship Award 2018 Each year Stranraer Rotary Club invite nominations from Pupil Support Staff for their Youth Scholarship Award. The criteria for the award is that a young person has overcome personal difficulties during their years of study and is about to go on to further education. This year the Rotary Club decided to award two of our S6 Students, Harry Glasgow and Kathleen McClenaghan. They, together with Pupil Support Teacher Ms McCulloch, were invited to have their lunch with the Rotary members at North West Castle and were then each presented with a cheque for £250 to assist with their studies next year. Harry and Kathleen are pictured with Rotary President, Neville Wright. Kiera Hayton (S6) Commended the Scottish Review Young Writer of the Year Award 2017-18! Congratualtions to Kiera Hayton (S6) who was Commended in the Scottish Schools’ Young Writer of the Year 2017. Kiera submitted and piece of non-fiction writing that was to be around the 1000 word mark. Kiera made it to the final 20 against many entries from other pupils aged 15-18 from all over Scotland. The results of the competition were announced on Monday 29th Jan- uary in a special edition of the Scottish Review (http://www.scottishreview.net) and although Kiera didn’t place in the competition, she has done very well to make it to the final stage! Well done Kiera! Page - 2 - School News Young Enterprise Win Again! Congratulations to "Home" Stranraer Young Enterprise Company on being named overall winners in the Young Enterprise Dumfries & Galloway Company Programme 2018 Awards recently. This is the second year running that Stranraer Academy have won the regional finals and will now go on to compete in the national Young Enterprise Scotland finals in Glasgow in June. "Home" won the following awards: Managing Director of the Year: Fiona Ramsay. Link Teacher of the Year: Miss Fiona Martin. Best Interview. "Home" are a company that makes Scottish-themed laser-cut wooden products, also came joint second for presentation. Well done all, and to teacher Fiona Jean and Business Adviser Lee Michael Medd. You can find out more about the company via their official Facebook page: http://www.facebook.com/YesCompanyHome Well done everyone! Page - 3 - School News S4 College & Apprenticeship Talk Yesterday, all S4 pupils received a talk from Dumfries & Galloway College staff explaining a new initiative where pupils can opt into some employment experience through the school. College staff explained how the scheme aims to introduce and involve pupils in the workforce and give them necessary experience and helpful qualifications that can further their chances after leaving school. It also allows pupils to net- work and build relationships with local employers that can hopefully become a positive employment des- tination in the future. The scheme will operate from the Stranraer and Dumfries Campus and features courses in many areas, including Child Care and Engineering. Transportation for trips to the Dumfries campus will be fully subsidised for all pupils on the scheme: Pupils who are interested in the scheme and require further information should get in touch with Mrs Whalen as soon as possible. ILF Transition Fund for Young People The new ILF Transition Fund provides money, for up to one year, to support young people living with disabilities (as defined in the Equality Act 2010) to improve their lives. This includes autism, learning difficulty, physical disability, mental health (e.g. anxiety or depression) or hearing or vis- ual impairments. The purpose of the Fund is to help young people, between the ages of 16 and 21 living with disabili- ties, with the transition after leaving school or children’s services to be more independent and to contin- ue spending time with other people. For more information, please see the leaflet on the App / Website or by contacting Mrs K McClelland, Principal Teacher of Support for Learning at the school. App: More > Files > Support for Learning Website (Faculties & Subjects > Support for Learning tab): http://www.stranraeracademy.org.uk/ilf- transition-fund.html Page - 4 - School News S4 Tree of Knowledge Exam Workshops Tree of Knowledge visited the school to deliver a workshop to all S4 pu- pils on 15th and 16th of February. In addition to this, parents and carers were also invited along to a workshop that aimed to give them a taster of what their child/ward would be experiencing on the workshop. "Laugh in the Face of Exams" was a fun, motivational experience packed full of inspirational tips for stu- dents helping them to cope with exam pressures. The learners were led on an entertaining journey of ex- ploration into the human mind and their own life-changing capabilities. It was designed to inspire self- belief, to evoke positive and productive attitudes, increase aspirations and encourage huge goals in life. The workshop encompassed a range of study skills that students can use in the run-up to and as prepara- tion for their exams. Covering a wide range of learning styles the workshop was sure to leave everyone with new, fun skills and increased motivation to help them during the exam period." S2 Tree of Knowledge Awards Our S2 pupils have received awards from The Tree of Knowledge for taking part in a recent programme that aimed to improve and develop their personal skills, confidence, thought processes, self awareness and organisation to improve learning. This was delivered through workshops that focussed on developing a "Growth Mindset" where Emotional intelligence is a key factor in decision making. The course enabled pupils to feel in control of their choices and make better decisions at key points in their lives. All pupils involved gave individual or group presentations that explained what they had learned and how useful the skills will be for them in the future. Well done everyone! Tree of Knowledge have worked with the school for many years and their input is always worthwhile and highly valued by pupils who take part. For more information on Tree of Knowledge, please visit their website: https://www.treeof.com/ Page - 5 - Showcase 2018 The annual Stranraer Academy Showcase took place on Tuesday 27th March in the school assembly Hall and was a great success, with everyone being entertained on the evening. More photos of the acts are available on the school website from the following link: http://www.stranraeracademy.org.uk/showcase-2018.html Well done to everyone involved! Page - 6 - Sports News School Sports Silver Award from SportScotland! Stranraer Academy recently received the Silver Schools Sports Award from SportScotland with the help of our Active Schools Lead Officer Laura McClymont, our Senior Sports Ambassadors and also our Pupil Sports Council. The aim of the Silver Award is to: - Encourage schools to self-reflect and continuously improve sporting provision. - Put young people at the forefront of the decision making and planning of PE and sport in their school. - Help schools to increase young people’s opportunities and engagement in PE & school sport. - Help schools to put PE & school sport at the heart of their planning, practice and ethos. - Recognise and celebrate successful PE & school sport models. Thank you to Laura and our pupils for their hard work in gaining the award. They are now working to- wards the Gold award for next year. Cycle Award from Cycling Scotland Stranraer Academy have been very fortunate to have qualified for the Cycle Award from Cy- cling Scotland through the hard work of our Lead Active Schools Officer Laura McClymont. The award provided the school with recogni- tion as a "Cycle Friendly" school and included a grant of £3000 to promote and develop cycling in school. This money was used to procure bikes, helmets and locks for the pupils and school staff to use. The bikes have already been put to use in PE lessons focused on fit- ness development. The grant award also includes cycle mainte- nance sessions to help pupils and staff learn how to look after and fix minor issues on bikes Laura McClymont is pictured (centre) with Senior Sports Ambassadors Greg Marshall, Mathew Tait, Scott Forsyth & Katie McMillan alongside to ensure they will endure many years of use. some of the bikes that we now have available to pupils. Page - 7 - Sports News—Netball Junior A Undefeated Regional Champions! Congratulations to Stranraer Academy Junior A Team who won the Regional Netball League on Wednes- day 21st March 2018! They won confidently against Langholm Academy (20-6) in the final which was held at Dumfries Academy.
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