St Margaret's Academy Computing and DMG

Congratulations to all of our young people on their results today.

Congratulations to our S1/2 pupils who are participating in the quadcopter redesign challenge and have now qualified for stage two (build and fly)

Lovely to speak with technologies faculty @StMargaretsAcad with @kirstymcfaul today discussing opportunities do develop and explore the BGE

S2 have been working hard in their new DMG classes starting work on sketching and rendering

Delighted to be supporting #SaferInternetDay2023 here @StMargaretsAcad

A great place to start for any parent's looking to help keep their young people safe online. This will support the learning we are doing in school for #SaferInternetDay2023

A very Merry Christmas from the Computing and DMG departments. We look forward to seeing you all again in January.

FLOSVERSE NOVEMBER COHORT 2022 We are pleased to announce a new cohort beginning this month with a local school in #WestLothian headed by the ambitious Mrs Wright. In our bid to bridge the gap in the tech sector, we have partnered with @StMargaretsAcad in driving [THREAD]

Delighted to have started our project using VR and women into tech today with @flosverse

Cheese & Pepper Quiche made by our S4s in the Food Academy!

Parents and carers - do you love to read? Well, we'd love to know why! Does it help you relax, take you on a world of discovery, help you learn new information...?

𝗪𝗲𝗲𝗸𝗹𝘆 𝗖𝗮𝗿𝗲𝗲𝗿𝘀 𝗗𝗿𝗼𝗽-𝗜𝗻 𝗣𝗲𝗿𝗶𝗼𝗱 Starting form Wednesday 16th November, every 𝗪𝗲𝗱𝗻𝗲𝘀𝗱𝗮𝘆 𝗣𝗲𝗿𝗶𝗼𝗱 𝟭, Sandra McCreadie will be available in the Careers Room to see any 4th , 5th or 6th year pupil who would like any careers support.

Please see the attached for information regarding the S4 Inspire Conference to be held this Thursday, 10th November.

A successful meeting of our Young Person's Collaborative yesterday! Our collaborative pupils are working to improve our school whilst considering our Rights. Watch this space! #RRS

Look how hard and precisely the Practical metalworkers have been with their current project.

We hope you've all had a lovely October break - we are looking forward to welcoming you back to school tomorrow. For now, please enjoy this little protozan zooming about under the microscope lens, filmed by one of our S3 students... look at it go!

Introducing our faculty: Miss Grant-Forsyth is a Biology teacher and also helps lead the Duke of Edinburgh's Award. She can usually be found in L38a. She's pictured here with her cute Jack Russell called Watson who likes to join in with our DofE adventures!

For students unsure about how to study for English (or any subject), The Learning Scientists website is full of student-friendly tips based on current academic thinking #retrievalpractice #interleaving #spacing #dualcoding #elaborativeinterrogation