Ardrossan Academy Class Chat for week ending 19th May 2017

S3 Home Economics pupils - Royal Highland Show

The Home Economics Dept. will be taking a trip to the Royal Highland Show in Edinburgh on

Friday 23rd of June. This will be open to all current Home Economics pupils in S3. The cost

of the trip will be £5 each. This covers your entry ticket and bus. If you are interested

please see Miss Bruce in BF9. Spaces are limited and will be given out on a first come, first

served basis.

Community Litter Pick

Thank you to all pupils that took part in the community litter pick on Friday! The volunteers

from the Ayrshire Litter Volunteer Network were very impressed with the enthusiasm of

everyone involved. A special well done to the Eco Committee who worked hard to organise

the event, and have been litter picking around the school grounds all week. If you are

interested in being involved with the Eco Committee, please come along to Mrs Gilmour's

classroom lunchtime on Tuesday to find out more.

“Last Friday, we did a litter pick with all of the members of the eco committee plus all of the

volunteers who came. We are grateful for the 53 volunteers who came along to do it. It was

a huge success – we collected about 40 full bags of rubbish from the memorial field, the

plantation and Elm Park. Thanks also to the members of staff, and to community member

Mr Lavalette, and to Jean Frew and Ian Cassidy from the Ayrshire Litter Volunteer Network

who came along to help. We collected huge amounts of rubbish and a traffic cone.”

By Matthew McGowan and Freya Barclay.

Information from the Library

Competition!!! The School show this year is Annie. The programme for the show is in

development but in need of a front cover.

Think you have a great idea or design? Get your cover design to Mrs Vaughan in the

Library by Thursday 25 May.

Best entry will be used on the front cover of the programme and will receive a prize. Ask in

the Library for more details.

Book Group

The new reading wall is ready to view. Thanks to the Book Group you can take places in this

world or off world!

Science

Mrs Tatar's S1 classes are now preparing for the upcoming unit assessment with lots of

revision. They are making their own revision materials such as flashcards, summary sheets,

and visual prompts, and are learning how to apply a variety of study techniques such as

traffic lighting, anchoring, and mind maps. Get studying and get the grade!

Urban Gymnastics Club

Ardrossan Academy gymnasts visited Urban Gymnastics Club to practice their routine for

Scottish Schools Gymfest. They were also taught by Craig Cains an experienced gymnastics

coach, who taught them various skills on floor and apparatus, such as round offs,

somersaults, back flips and handsprings. All pupils developed at least one skill or learned a

new skill.

Duke of Edinburgh

Our pupils taking part in last week’s Bronze practice got some glorious weather for a

change.

Primary 7 Induction Days

We welcome our prospective S1 pupils to school this week on Thursday and Friday. They will

get a taste of life at Ardrossan Academy by following a full and varied timetable. The theme

of the 2 day visit is Food for Life/ Sustainability. We hope they have a great time and all staff

are looking forward to welcoming them to our school. We will have some photos to share in

next week’s class chat.

Skills Academy

Our Skills Academy had a busy week last week. They participated in Barista Training at

Ayrshire College over the course of 3 days and this followed on from Customer Services

training last Monday which was also provided by Ayrshire College. On Friday 12th May the

students visited the Waterside (Seamill) for a site visit to explore the hospitality and catering

industry and came back to school in the afternoon to do some practical cooking in the Home

Economics department. Thanks to the Waterside Inn for catering (excuse the pun) for us at

the last minute following a cancellation of a previous visit. The pupils will this week

participate in training provided by the RAF and will go on a hillwalk on 18th May.