Secondary News 2023/24 Term 2

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Bethany Anderson

 Guitar Group

The Moffat Academy Guitar Group played at the Regional Music Concert at the Bridge. The Guitar Group Lee, Mhairi and Wilfie performed and Lee Ainslie also played a solo. They performed brilliantly, well done to all. 

 Scott McCrosson

Well done to Scott McCrosson for his volunteering trip to Thailand in the October holidays.

 Senior Bowling trip

51 intrepid senior pupils recently  enjoyed  an afternoon off timetable  in Carlisle at the end of a demanding academic term. A Pizza Hut buffet was followed by an hour of ten pin bowling and it was a well deserved opportunity for our S5 and S6 pupils to spend some time together just having fun. 

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Article 31 (leisure, play and culture) Every child has the right to relax, play and take part in a wide range of cultural and artistic activities.

 Childcare Class

The Childcare class enjoyed learning how to make Christmas gingerbread houses and enjoyed eating them too!

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Article 29 (goals of education) Education must develop every child’s personality, talents and abilities to the full. It must encourage the child’s respect for human rights, as well as respect for their parents, their own and other cultures, and the environment.

Football Success!

Congratulations to the Moffat Academy U16 Girls Rugby team, who amazingly have come away as overall winners in the D&G Schools competition. An incredible achievement by the girls, who had to win matches against St Joseph's college, Douglas Ewart Academy, Wallace Hall Academy and Lockerbie Academy. The Girls played with real grit and determination in difficult conditions. They were a credit to the school and performed immaculately on and off the pitch.

On the other half of the competition, the boys had 5 really tough games against NWCC, Castle Douglas, Annan, Wallace Hall and Kirkudbright. The boys demonstrated real heart and desire across all of their games and came up just short of a place in the Top 3. Again, the boys were a credit to the school and can be incredibly proud of their efforts, playing with just 10 in their team and no substitutes. A hard day at the office! A big thanks to the Moffat Rams coaches, Cammy, Kelly, Ross and Luke for all of their hard work throughout the year. Mr Meola and all of the coaches could not be prouder of the teams today. Well done again!

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Article 31 (leisure, play and culture) Every child has the right to relax, play and take part in a wide range of cultural and artistic activities.

Gymnastics

S3Q completed their Gymnastics block before they headed on to Scottish Country Dancing last term. Here are a few of the class demonstrating some of the amazing skills they've been worked on during a 4 week period.

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S1 had their end of Gymnastics block Assault course challenge. Here is our winner, Olly Vandale's final run. He completed it in 14.97 seconds! Well done Olly!

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 Article 29 (goals of education) Education must develop every child’s personality, talents and abilities to the full.

Christmas Card Winners

S1-S3 pupils were invited to create our official Moffat Academy Christmas Card and here are their fantastic results. Congratulations to the winner, Lauren Gourley (S3) and the two runners up were Eloise Graham (S1) and Robyn Daly (S3) They are pictured here with their Art Teachers Mrs Martin and Miss McGuchan.

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Article 29 (goals of education) Education must develop every child’s personality, talents and abilities to the full.

Dragon's Den

Mock Interviews

S4 pupils received their Mock Interviews on Thursday 30th December. This involved completing an application and preparing for questions. Thank you to staff and guests for assisting with interviews.

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Article 27 (adequate standard of living) Every child has the right to a standard of living that is good enough to meet their physical and social needs and support their development.

Mural Art Trip

MAFM Logo Competition

 Congratulations to all winners and runners up in the 'Design a School Radio Logo' competition.

 YPI Launch

Our S1 students will soon be participating in the highly successful Young Philanthropy Initiative (YPI) programme again this year. This is a pioneering programme delivered in school with a focus on supporting people experiencing hardship or difficulty within our community. The aim is for students to participate in a competition, creating presentations bidding for financial support for local charities. This furthers their understanding of issues impacting people around the world, as well as locally, and gives them a chance to take action and help. 

Thank you to Mark Chambers from the Wood Foundation and Dick Monaghan from the Moffat Men's shed for coming into school recently to introduce the programme to our S1s.

House Games

 Book Report of the Month

We have recently started rewarding our young people for the best class book report each month - here are our very first winners! Left to right

Julia Palmer, Jasmine Wilkins, Eilidh Ryder, Aronas Alijevas, Murray Green.

Well done to all!

Dumfries & Galloway regional schools boccia competition