Largs Academy

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Thank you to Mr Martin and all the staff and pupils who delivered our Remembrance Day assembly today- a solemn reminder that Remembrance isn't just about the past but learning from history so we can continue to preserve peace for future generations.

Information from the North Ayrshire Alcohol & Drugs Partnership: @NorthAADP

🇲🇼Our original musical 'Lights Of The City' is on Wed 5th Nov in aid of our Malawi Partnership🇲🇼 On the night, we have a silent auction, with 5 fabulous items to bid on. As well as bidding on the night, you are able to bid using this link tinyurl.com/2s4cdcha

Another fantastic 5km staff and S6 fun run for @MarysMeals Thanks to all of our supporters helping us raise over £4000 and to The Fish Works for the free 🍟 at the end ❤️🤩👏🏻

We have been awarded the Sport Scotland Gold Sports award- recognising our commitment to sport, physical activity & pupil wellbeing. It also reflects the hard work & dedication of our staff, pupils & partners to create this sporting culture. @LargsAcadPEdept @NAActiveSchools

Thanks to Drugs Education Charity the Daniel Spargo-Mabbs Foundation for a powerful performance and workshop for pur S3s today. The play will now be followed up in PSE lessons to support S3 to make safe and informed choices.

In Higher Health & Food Tech today, we had a visit from Environmental Health Officers talking about their role and career pathways. Good starting salary for graduates and many unfilled post @LargsAcademy

We offer staff supervised board games and card games in the lower plaza for pupils every interval and lunchtime 🃏 ♟️ ✅

We have updated our guide to supporting pupils with their wellbeing which maps the range of support they can access 🧠 ❤️ ✅ largsacademy.com/pupil-mental-h…

Our Sept Newsletter has been emailed home to parents and carers today 🗞️

🎟️ Tickets for our cabaret musical, Lights of city go on sale at 6pm 🎟️ ticketsource.co.uk/largsacademy

Today we welcomed the girlband XO to our school to perform and share their stories around coping with change; teenage worries and fitting in. A fantastic insert ✅ 🎵 🎤

Well done to the Senior boys football team who had a hard fought 1-0 victory against an excellent Greenwood side. Robbie Davis capped a man of the match performance by scoring  with a towering header with only 5 mins remaining. Great performance boys. ⚽️

Next Friday our annual S6 and staff 5km fun run along Largs Promenade to raise funds and awareness for @MarysMeals takes place. More information and opportunity to donate here: justgiving.com/page/largs-aca…

Club Fayre Great to see so many pupils signing up for their new clubs. There were around 30 clubs on offer including Netball, Radio, Enterprize and Science clubs. Great job from Isla, Zaki and Keavy for speaking so well. Year on year the participation rates continue to be 📈

The last 26/190 of @North_Ayrshire new houses built by @ashleigh_homes in #Largs were formally opened today. Enthusiastic input from pupils @StMarysLargs, @largsps & @LargsAcademy with an original poem, beautifully illustrated & time capsule. A delightful site visit. #newhomes

Tomorrow we launch our extra curricular programme for this year. So many choices and something for everyone… get involved ❤️🙌🏻✅

A huge thank you to Phil from @ProgressiveMasc who delivered an excellent 2 day workshop to a group of S3 boys. This will develop the groups leadership potential, empowering them to be drivers for postive change within the school.

Well done to the S4 Football team today who won 5-3 against a tough Greenwood Academy team. Goalscorers: Smith Irvin ⚽️⚽️ Craig McInroy ⚽️⚽️ Jamie Jack/Mark McAthur?? ⚽️ POTM: Smith Irvin👌🙌