A link to the meeting has been sent to you. All parents/carers welcome.
Alford Academy Parent Council
Parents
S1 Literacy Home Learning
S1 parents – we have launched our personal reading programme for S1 – Book Bingo. We’re asking learners to complete at least one task by the end of term & submit via their Google Classroom (it will be assigned to them on there). This will be their only piece of homework / home learning across the school this first term as we ease them back in #literacy
Parents Portal – help and support
Further to Mrs Milne’s email to parents/carers of 2 September, just a reminder that if any parents would like support signing up to parentsportal.scot, Alford Academy’s admin team will be on hand this afternoon/evening from 4-7pm so assist parents with the sign up and matching of details process. For assistance please ring the main school number 019755 20430. This additional support was put in place to help parents that might not be able to contact the office during the school day. (Please note the school office is open for enquiries Monday to Friday from 08:15-16:00).
Link to request a locker
The schools lockers have now been cleared, cleaned and sanitized for pupils to begin using them again from Monday of next week.
It is important that parents do not request a locker on behalf of their child. You are welcome to support them in applying, but it must be the pupil who accepts the conditions of use. It also prevents both parent and child both requesting lockers!
We will continue to use the paperless request system we piloted last year.
We recommend that S5/6 pupils request top row lockers, and S1/2 pupils request bottom row lockers.
To request a locker pupils must complete an online form which can be found by clicking here. Pupils should only begin to use the locker when they receive a confirmation email.
This session, lockers may be shared by members of the same household, and we would ask that families coordinate who applies if there is a plan to share.
It is important to make use of the lockers to store school bags during social times. Pupils must not leave bags unattended on or off campus.
Your support in reminding pupils that leaving bags unattended is socially unacceptable is appreciated.
SQA Results 2020
Dear Parents and Carers,
If your child undertook SQA qualifications in session 2019-2020 their SQA exam results will be released on Tuesday 4 August 2020. Your child’s Scottish Qualification Certificates (SQC) will arrive by first class post on this date to the address we shared with you in the entry confirmation report issued on the 13 May by email. If they have signed up for MySQA they will receive their results via text or email from 8 am on 4 August.
The SQA operate a candidate advice line, available from 4 to 7 August for help regarding the results certificate. You can contact the SQA using any of the methods below.
0345 279 1000
Candidate enquiry form (https://www.sqa.org.uk/sqa/38676.html)
Tweet to @sqasupport
Facebook (https://www.facebook.com/ScottishQualificationsAuthority/)
Skills Development Scotland (SDS) also provide an Exam Results Helpline. The SDS Exam Results Helpline will be open from 8 am on results day, the number to call is 0808 100 8000. The helpline offers advice, information and guidance for young people and their parents and carers. The helpline’s careers advisers have unique access to information on UCAS course vacancies at UK colleges and universities, Confirmation and Clearing, advice about Modern, Foundation and Graduate Apprenticeships and jobs or volunteering.
On results day and in the days following, Alford Academy will be operating a call back service where you have one of the following queries
- My child didn’t get their certificate or MySQA text and need to know their results.
- I think something is wrong or missing from child’s certificate
- One or more of child’s results looks wrong
To request a call back, please complete the form below in full and we will contact you as soon as we are able to discuss your query.
Regards
Struan Gardner
SQA Coordinator & Depute Head Teacher
Alford Academy
Virtual Awards Ceremony 2020
Dear Parents, Carers, Partners and most importantly our Pupils,
Virtual Awards Ceremony 2020
We are delighted to now share the link for our 2-3pm Premier of this year’s celebration of our pupils and the community they represent.
The Programme for this event is as follows:
- Alford Academy Pipe Band
- The Head Teachers Address: Moira Milne
- Keynote Address: Jasper Tissen – Dutch Olympic Team and Former Pupil
- Awards for Endeavour and Attainment
- Awards for National Qualification Prizes
- Awards for Individual Excellence
- Awards for Team Excellence
- The Chaplaincy Team: Euan Glen
- Trophies and Shields ( Including the Chaplaincy Team: Sheila Mitchel & Alford Academy ‘Virtual’ Pipe Band)
- Leadership Awards
- University of Aberdeen – Principal’s Aware for Excellence (S4 & S5)
- School Dux Shields for Overall Excellence
- A Message from our Senior Exec and Vote of thanks
- The Chaplaincy Team: John Cook – The Blessing
- Alford Academy Staff Video: We are all in this together
- Acknowledgments
Alford Academy Senior Leadership Team
For Parents – digital advice
Alford Academy Parent Council thought Parents may find the following webpage useful. This is an Aberdeenshire site for parents with information on resources, Glow, Scholar, Cyber and Internet safety and virtual learning. It can be accessed via the link below.
https://sites.google.com/as.glow.scot/digitaladviceparents/home
Alford Academy’s big ‘shout out’ today…
As many of us will take part in the national Clap For Our Carers at 8 pm tonight, let’s have a special ‘applause’ in there for all the doctors, nurses, other healthcare staff and all other keyworkers who are members of our community. On behalf of Alford Academy, a huge “thank you” to you all for everything you are doing.
Today, as we switch off for the weekend, I also want to ‘shout out’ to our parents and carers. I greatly appreciate your positive messages of thanks and encouragement and a very special thank you for all your effort, with the different pressures of current family life, to encourage your youngsters with their learning at home. Thank you parents and carers.
A final big ‘shout out ‘ today to everyone for working together during these past five ‘school’ weeks of being at home, working and learning. It definitely has its challenges and there’s some amazing work going on. Well done to our young people.
Please switch off now and I hope you can all enjoy the weekend ahead.
Mrs Milne
Alford Academy Parent Council Meeting 23 March cancelled
Please note the meeting of the Alford Academy Parent Council on Monday 23 March is cancelled.
Alford Academy Inspection
Dear Parent/Carer,
Alford Academy Inspection
Alford Academy was due to be inspected from Monday 16 March 2020. On Friday 13 March 2020, Education Scotland informed us they are pausing all inspections until the Easter break. This is due to the changing situation with Covid-19 (Coronavirus) in Scotland.
We will update you when we receive notification of a rescheduled date.
Yours sincerely,
Moira Milne
Head Teacher
Alford Academy