Moffat young people got the opportunity to see sculpture up close when they spent a day at Jupiter Art land near Edinburgh. Our S2 artists got to learn about and view the work of sculptors such as Charles Jencks, Anish Kapoor and Antony Gormley. A fantastic day was had by all.

Jupiter Artland Album

 The R-evolve project has been a fantastic experience so far for young people at Moffat Academy. They’ve really enjoyed learning new metalworking skills, designing and building parts of a sculpture that will be permanently displayed in the school grounds. The feedback has been hugely positive — students have gained confidence, practical skills and a real sense of pride in creating something lasting for our school community.

 S1H PSE have been busy creating their own SHANARRI-inspired Snakes and Ladders board games. Each game included questions and tasks to help players understand the SHANARRI wellbeing indicators as they made their way around the board.

Today the rest of the class got to try out their creations — and we had a brilliant time playing them!

Take a look at some of their fantastic work!

Board Games Album

 Thank you to Ellen for delivering 'Rape Crisis' talks over recent weeks. All young people conducted themselves in a respectable manner and listened to all advice given.

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Email - support@rapecrisisscotland.org.uk

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 On Tuesday 2nd December, 19 S1-4 girls travelled to Dumfries High School on the X74, to compete as an S1/2 team and S3/4 team in the SPAR cup. They were up against very strong, experienced opposition from all over Dumfries and Galloway, yet played with determination, skill and in good spirits.
Top goalscorers from Moffat were Chloe Quigley and Aila Crossan.
Well done to all!
Huge thanks to Mr Page for organising the trip and coaching the girls.

Football Album

The Moffat Academy Pipeband opened the Moffat Christmas Lights Switch-on on Sunday 30th November. 

In addition, a group of young entrepreneurs from the academy proudly showcased their work as part of an exciting enterprise project in collaboration with Kayantics. The students displayed and sold their handmade creations at the market, demonstrating the valuable skills they’ve gained throughout the project. 

 The S3 cadets class had a teamwork challenge to successfully pitch a tent. The two groups worked effectively with each other to complete the task although they were slightly outside the target time. The challenge of packing the tent proved too much for one of the groups who needed more assistance.

Tents Album

 Moffat Academy is lit up in ORANGE to support the 16 Days of Activism: This is a global campaign, running from November 25 to December 10, led by UN Women and partners, to end violence against women and girls through awareness, advocacy, and action. More info: 

www.unwomen.org

Members of the Equalities Committee and School Community led an assembly focused on Gender-based Violence. This is in recognition of UN Women's 16 Days of Activism Campaign that we spotlight each year. This year's focus is on digital violence. The students spoke eloquently about what gender-based violence is, how to identify it, and how it impacts both men and women. They also discussed some of the results from our June 2025 Equally Safe at School survey to link the subject to our school community. They did a brilliant job at leading their peers through a sensitive topic - well done!

Students involved: Maggie Kershaw, Lochlan Graham, Mhairi Wilson, Erin Shannon and Chloe Harris.'

 Last term Mr Yuill ran a £10 challenge with S3 young people. They were put into groups and given £10 to turn into as much profit as possible by setting up and running their own businesses. Incredibly, between the six groups a total of £1272.29 was raised!! This money will go to funding an S3 trip. The winning team were Julia Palmer, Ava Smith, Grace Rankin and Eva O'Neil with a profit of £389.49, selling popcorn. Congratulations to all teams.

Also awarded with a prize was one of the other team members, Ollie Barker. Ollie worked extremely hard and showed lots of enthusiasm for this project. Congratulations to Ollie Barker, Moffat Academy Entrepreneur of the Year!

 Congratulations to our three Christmas Card finalists; Nova Fisher, Cora Smith and Julia Kubiak. They were all amazing but we could only choose one winner. Nova's card has been made into the official Moffat Academy card for 2025. Well done to all.

 We are delighted to introduce the Language Ambassador team at Moffat Academy!

These are pupils who are currently studying(or have previously studied) languages in the Senior Phase who have offered up some of their study periods to help out in S1 language classes. They are doing a brilliant job of promoting languages in the school and are excellent role models for our younger pupils.

Merci beaucoup!

From left to right: Lewis, Wilfie, Ciaran, Daniel, Marcie and Chelsea.

 All S4 young people (and Barney) participated in Mock Interviews today held in Moffat Academy.

The interviewers were very impressed with how well prepared the students were and the quality of answers given. Well done to all and thank you to Clare Black from Moffat Town Hall Redevelopment Trust, William McGair, a teacher of Advanced Higher History, Jo Watson a former Careers Manager, Shirley Jones My World of Work and our Careers Advisor and our Headteacher Tara Woods.

 On the 12th December, we were delighted to welcome The Soundsystem Project into school again to work with a group of music students from S2–S6 on a songwriting workshop. The students worked together to create their own Christmas-themed song and enjoyed a brilliant afternoon of music-making. A big thank you to The Soundsystem Project for leading such an engaging and valuable workshop — another fantastic experience for our music students.

Workshop Photos

 Moffat Academy held its annual Christmas public speaking competition this week, with all speeches having a festive tinge.

It was great to see the young people from S1-S6, put in such hard work preparing and practising at this busy time of the year.

The standard was exceptional and all entrants deserve credit, but this year's Christmas crackers were Harry Graham ( senior winner ) and Jackson Blinston ( junior winner). Prizes were handed out by Chris Moores-Poole who was guest judge for this year's event.

Public Speaking Photos

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 In the Secondary Library during break and lunch, students have been participating all month in a Christmas activity chosen by them; The Traitors! The finale was today and congratulations to Chantelle Murray S3 and Dixon Kirk S1 who were both Traitors until the end, defeating 28 other competitors. Well done to both - Claudia Winkleman would be proud!

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 Rory Alston and Murray Green showing off their hard work in S4 Practical Woodwork.

In what is a tricky detailed project they have excelled themselves making their tablet stands with accuracy and to a very high quality.

Well done to both boys.

 Thank you to the National Theatre for visiting us on Wednesday 12th November to deliver workshops in Secondary. Our young people enjoyed their sessions whilst learning skills and tips from experienced actors.