Alford Academy

Alford Academy students are working together in their CLAN classes to support Mission Christmas and have already managed to collect a wide range of donations for less fortunate children.

We have a lovely collection from staff and pupils, with lots of kindness being shown.

If you still wish to donate a gift to the appeal, please hand in to Miss Allen in the English Faculty by Tuesday 10^th December – The gifts will be handed over that evening.

We would welcome any gift for any age of child, baby to teenager, however we are short of gifts for teenagers, both boys and girls.

Many thanks.

Alford Academy

Live Life Aberdeenshire are considering the possibility of introducing full day / full week multi activity holiday camps, if this is identified as a need in our communities.

To gauge interest they have put up a survey on Engage HQ Holiday Camp Survey | Engage Aberdeenshire

The survey closes on December 8th.

Alford Academy is open today, normal start time 8.40. However due to localised drifting and poor conditions in side roads, particularly to the west, we do expect disruption to some school transport.

Updates are posted on the Aberdeenshire Council School Closures website

Dear Parents/Carers,

Please see the poster below for a fantastic opportunity from the Daniel Spargo-Mabbs Foundation. Additionally, the Tie-It-Up Theatre company will be giving a performance in school on the morning of the same day for our S4 pupils, along with a follow-up workshop (more details to follow via email)

The Tall Ships Races Aberdeen are coming next summer – can you be part of one of Scotland’s biggest events in 2025?

You can become an event volunteer or part of one of the crews (no experience needed!)

• Sail trainees: 100 young people, aged between 15 and 25 will be recruited to sail aboard a Tall Ship in 2025, either from Dunkirk to Aberdeen or Aberdeen to Kristiansund.
• Event volunteers: with 400,000 visitors anticipated to see the 50 Tall Ships from across the globe with thousands of international crew, there are lots of opportunities to lend a hand as quaysides at Port of Aberdeen and the North end of Union Street are transformed into a world-class events venue.

https://www.tallshipsaberdeen.com/get-involved/become-a-sail-trainee/

Monday 14 – Friday 18 October
10.30am – 1 pm
Stone Club is back! Come along to SSW and the Community Making Space and spend the morning learning about stone carving and design. You will work together with SSW artists and technicians to learn about the properties of different stones, the tools needed to shape and carve and take time drawing and working on your own blocks to make pieces to display at SSW for an exhibition at the end of the week.

https://www.ssw.org.uk/october-holiday-art-club/

We would like to take the opportunity to remind parents and visitors that, for safety reasons, there is a 10 mile per hour speed limit in the Campus Car Park and it is reverse parking.

Particular care should be taken at busy times of the day i.e. drop off and pick up times. We ask all drivers to please be patient and considerate when using the car park, to give other drivers the space and time to reverse park and to give way to pedestrians.

If you are using the drop–off area immediately in front of the main campus entrance please drive in parallel with the building to drop off your passenger/s (to avoid reversing out into the flow of traffic). Please note the drop-off area is a no parking/waiting zone at all times.

A number of spaces are clearly marked as disabled parking.  These are solely reserved for campus users and visitors with disabled parking permits or for drivers/passengers with a mobility issue.  The disabled spaces are designed to not only be near to the building but also to provide extra width to enable wheelchair users to be able to manoeuvre in to/out from a vehicle. Access to these must be maintained at all times, especially around the start and end of the school day.

Thank you for your consideration and support with helping us ensure the campus is safe and accessible.