Dumbarton Academy Humanities Faculty

A huge well done to this years finalists in the MacKinnon Cup debating competition. Maya and Sam from @OLSPHigh and our own Alisdair and Ruby @Dumbarton_Acad were so impressive with their debate skills. Congratulations to Ruby and Alisdair for winning the trophy!

Thank you to everyone who came along to the MacKinnon Cup Debating competition on Friday. The quality of debate as always was fantastic, and the young people involved are a real credit to west dunbartonshire @Dumbarton_Acad @OLSPHigh @VoL_Academy @SPTA_HS @clydebankhigh

A huge congratulations to @Dumbarton_Acad Ruby and Alisdair for winning the MacKinnon cup debating competition on Friday!!! And a big thank you and well done to the debating teams from @SPTA_HS @OLSPHigh @VoL_Academy @clydebankhigh @HermitageAcad. What a huge amount of talent!

A big thank you to the debating club @clydebankhigh for organising the Ryan Cup debate on Friday. Very proud of our team Ruby and Alisdair who won their debate and to Ruby who won best speaker and Anastasia who won best contribution. Congrats to the @SPTA_HS winning team!!

@MissMcKeownSoc and @MsMcKay_mods had a fantastic time today with some very adventurous @Dumbarton_Acad pupils. Loving life climbing trees and sailing on the loch! Big thanks to @Tree_Zone and @SweeneysCruises

Big shout out to this word smith and FRUIN legend Eilidh Stewart! Recently smashed it at the debate competition with judges saying her speeches were head and shoulders above the rest #proudofyou #monthefruin

🥳CONGRATULATIONS🥳 to Brooklyn Gordon and Evan Gallacher who brought back the MacKinnon Cup for Debating to VoLA yesterday! A fantastic achievement! 🤩 Thanks also to Ashley Lennie who supported them with their preparation. We are a very proud school today! #celebratingsuccess

Congratulations to Eilidh for winning best speaker at yesterdays MacKinnon Cup debating competition! @Dumbarton_Acad

Thanks for the hard work of your teams! They were fantastic! @clydebankhigh @SPTA_HS @HermitageAcad

A massive well done to everyone who participated in today’s MacKinnon Cup Debating competition. And a massive well done to the winning team from @VoL_Academy and runners up @Dumbarton_Acad . Amazing to have the competition up and running again! #strivingforexcellence.

Our winning YPI team and @ypi_scotland joined us in planting a tree to mark the Queen's Platinum Jubilee in our community garden. #WeCare #platinumjubilee2022 #queensgreencanopy

Wonderful couple of days with @poppyscotland visiting @Dumbarton_Acad @DAHumanities exploring stories of reflection and hope with S2 and S3 pupils #veterans #Services

Thanks so much to @poppy_bud @poppyscotland for visiting us over the past 2 days. Our S2 & S3 pupils had a great opportunity to learn about the history of the poppy and remembrance. Pupil feedback has been very positive! @DAHumanities @Dumbarton_Acad

Why do we have Easter Eggs? #Learningfromtradition @Dumbarton_Acad @DAHumanities @DumbartonRME inews.co.uk/inews-lifestyl…

Mock election for 1.5 today 🗳👏🏼 @DAHumanities

Last week we took N5/Higher pupils to use our outdoor learning space to practice some mindfulness meditation to help understand the benefits and difficulties for Buddhists ☸ A lovely relaxing time was had by all 🤫 #StrivingForExcellence @Dumbarton_Acad @DAHumanities

S3 Modern Studies working together to solve the case! Thanks to @ModSocPolCollab for the resources!

“Roll it, recap” with the N5 A Team in prep for their mid unit assessment! Thanks to whoever shared the template on the SATH team 🙌🏼🇺🇸🎲 @DAHumanities

Our S3 pupils created a display for Holocaust Memorial Day 2022. With the theme being ‘One Day’ this year, we hope to ensure that one day in the future that there will be no genocide @HMD_UK @DAHumanities @Dumbarton_Acad Thanks to @FrankHannigan5 for all of your help!