PUPIL BULLETIN Thursday 14th September 2017
All S3 and S4 pupils who have French on their timetable are kindly reminded to bring in £2.50 to attend the French play period 2 on Monday 23rd October. Your registration teacher should already have issued a letter to your parents with details a fortnight ago. Please bring in the £2.50 to your respective French teacher by Friday 21st September so I don’t need to contact your parents. Any issues with payments, please bring in a letter. Thank you. Mr Lestienne in B12.
S1-6 on 22nd, 25th and 26th SEPTEMBER : 26th September is European Day of Languages. Try and speak to Elgin Academy staff (not the modern languages teachers!) in a language other than English to see which members of staff speak another language and give their names to Mr Lestienne by Wednesday 27th September. On Tuesday 26th, the canteen staff will serve you a range of international cuisines for you to try out. On Friday 29th, don’t forget to come and support the acts singing in a foreign language at the 2017 EAvision song contest – Library 1pm. All week starting 25th September, music from around the world will be played in the canteen at breaks and lunchtimes. The winner of the S1 WHY LEARN FRENCH poster competition will be revealed this week too. (JL)
Board Game Club. It will run on Thursday 14th September at 1pm in G37. In the meantime look on websites such as boardgameguru or the Thirsty Meeples board game café for ideas of board games you might like to play: Hive, Zombie Dice or Dobble.
MATHS WEEK SCOTLAND 2017 This week is Maths Week Scotland, and to celebrate, the Maths department will be offering a number of competitions. Try competing against other people from across the country in online games in the Manga High Maths Week Scotland Ninja Challenge. Fancy some group puzzles with a Scottish twist? Then try Maths Wi Nae Borders, the first ever Scots-language Maths competition. (You can even do it in Gaelic!). Both of these competitions offer prizes for the best school/class/pupil in Scotland. Our fantastic, award-winning Maths Competition Team are also looking to welcome as many new members as possible to their meetings after school on Thursdays in G45 – why not go along? Speak to Mr Hume or your Maths teacher for more information.
TRIP TO FRANCE MARCH 2018 – Focus on Paris and WW1 sites. Only a few spaces left now, open to all Pupils S2 – S6. See Mr Lestienne B12 for form. Deadline for deposit is 15th September.
Debate Club If any S1 – S6 are interested please see Rhona Mason to sign up or the signup sheet in the S6 social areas. Further info will be decided once there is enough people interested. Deadline for signing up is Monday 18th September.
Speaker’s Corner – make sure you make the first one this Friday – with Jennifer Pettinger in S2.
Jennifer will be telling us all about Ice-Skating, so if you don’t know your axel from your twizzle, then do not miss this Speaker’s Corner. The sign-up form is at the library desk – share your hobbies, your interests and your passions. Each Friday, from 1.20pm, in the library.
S1-S3
S2 Middle Years Assessments - Following the email issues on the 29th August, please find below the dates/times for the S2 MidYis tests. As this is now a computer based test, students will complete this in register groups as detailed below. Students should report directly to the computer room detailed below where they will be registered. They should ensure that they have a pen or a pencil for any rough working that they may do.
Class / Date / Time / Room2B / Thursday 14 September / Pd 1 / G47
2C / Tuesday 19th September / Pd 3 / G47
2D / Thursday 21st September / Pd 1 / G47
2F / Thursday 14 September / Pd 3 / G47
2G / Monday 18th September / Pd 5 / G47
2H / Monday 18th September / Pd 1 / G47
2J / Thursday 21st September / Pd 3 / G47
Apologies for any inconvenience this may cause. (KJG)
S3 Recipe Book WE NEED YOU!!(S1,S2,S3,S4,S5,S6) AND YOUR RECIPES!!! Please hand in any recipe for the EA Cook book by Wednesday 20th of September to Miss Ainslie or Mrs Toonen.
S4-S6
Career Appointments Thursday 14 September, SDS Careers appointment with Gayna England, G42
P1 - Zak Duncan, S6 P2 - Connor Falcus, S4 P3 - Adam Morton, S4
P4 - Bartlomiej Bernacki, S4
Tuesday 19th September, SDS Careers appointment with Gayna England, G42
P1 - Aaron McKinnon, S4 P2 - William Lloyd, S4 P3 - Callum Taylor, S4
P4 - Ryan Truslove, S5 P5 - Wesley Allan, S5
Thursday 21 September, SDS Careers appointment with Gayna England, G42
P2 - Craig Lauder, S6 P3 - Chloe Nicol, S6 P4 - Callum Farquhar, S6
S6 Jumpers If anyone would like to purchase a 2nd jumper, I have these sizes left:
1 X 38” 4 X 36” 2 X 34”
S5/6 pupils Santander have a great opportunity for a full time Customer Service Adviser, ideal for someone to come in and learn about Banking and then build a career. If you are interested in a career in the banking industry with very good rates of pay please come and see the job requirements and advert on the jobs notice board outside of the Guidance base. LB
Calling any S5/6 pupil who is interested in makeup! A super job has come up working for BENEFIT at Boots Elgin – 8 hours total, either after school or a Saturday. Interviews are this Thursday and Friday - don’t miss out!! Please see the poster on the jobs board outside Guidance or speak to your Guidance Teacher ASAP.
Employment Board - Please remember to check the jobs/employment notice board outside Guidance. There are new jobs advertised every week and many places are recruiting now for seasonal workers and part time jobs. LB