Alness Academy

Iceland 2024 🇮🇸 ➡️ 🏴󠁧󠁢󠁳󠁣󠁴󠁿

We are back on Scottish soil. We had a brief stop at Perth and are aiming to arrive at Alness Academy at 7pm.

It's been a great trip and the pupils have been credit to the school and their families. The pupils will be in touch with exact arrival times as we pass Aviemore on the A9. 🚌

Iceland 2024 🇮🇸

Day 4

Today was our last day in Iceland before we set off for a long day of travelling tomorrow. Our first stop was to Reykjavik, the capital city. Pupils enjoyed a couple of hours free time to explore the sights, restaurants and shops 🛍️.

Our second stop of the day was to the Hverageroi Geothermal Park to see some hot springs. We also visited the Shake House, a simulator of the 2008 6.3 earthquake. Pupils weren’t phased by the simulator, same can’t be said for the teachers…

Finally, pupils embarked on a hike at Reykjadalur. After 1 hour of walking, we enjoyed dipping our feet into the naturally heated river near the top. Pupils demonstrated great resilience despite the challenging conditions! ⛰️ They were treated to a well deserved hot chocolate afterwards. ☕️

Tomorrow will involve a very early start for Team Alness as we travel home to enjoy the rest of the summer holidays. We hope the Icelandic weather does not follow us!! 🌧️ ✈️

Iceland 2024 🇮🇸

Day 3

Another busy day for Team Alness in Iceland. Our first stop of the day took us to the impressive Skogafoss waterfall. Unfortunately, we didn’t find the pot of gold that’s supposedly at the base of the waterfall. Afterwards, we headed to the Solheimajokull outlet glacier. 🧊

The weather took a turn to the worse so we decided to head to Vik to escape the rain and a wee stop at the beach🏖️. The next stop took us to Reynisfjara. Teachers told pupils to proceed to the beach with caution because of the slightly dangerous “sneaker waves” that can occur. Miss MacDonald x2 failed to follow their own instructions…🌊

The final stops took us to Dryholaey, where we saw many puffins 🐦. Finally, we headed to the Seljalandfross waterfall which had a footpath behind the falls!

Another busy day complete.

Iceland 2024 🇮🇸

Day 2

After a chaotic breakfast this morning, we set off to the Secret Lagoon for our first stop of the day. 🌡️

Second stop brought us to the impressive Gullfoss Waterfall. The scenic background for many future instagram posts 📸. Third stop of the day took us to the Geysir Geothermal Area, where we saw boiling water shooting up into the sky (to a height of 20-40 metres!).

After a short break for some ice cream at the Efsti-dalur, we headed to our final stop of the day to Thingvellir National Park. The rain didn’t dampen our spirits at this spectacular sight!

Iceland 2024 🇮🇸

Day 1

After an early start this morning, we made our way down to Glasgow airport and eventually out to Iceland this afternoon. ✈️

We visited the Bridge between continents and the Gunnuhver Hot Springs on the Reykjanes Peninsula. We are now en route to the guest house for dinner and a well earned rest! 💤

We hope our P7 pupils had a fantastic last day in their primary school🥳
We can’t wait to meet you on 20th August as our new S1’s 😊🌈❤️

Awards(Link below) - On Thursday 13 June Alness Academy held their annual awards ceremony to recognise the academic achievement of the pupils. The audience were treated to some amazing musical performances by very talented pupils. On the night, a special mention must go to Aleksandra Olesinska who was awarded the Dux Medal for top academic performance closely followed by Lily McFadzean winning the Proxime Accessit. The evening was closed by saying a fond fair well to our departing S6 pupils and closing remarks from our Captains. We could not issue all awards on the night so awards assemblies were held this week to hand out the remaining awards.

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Reminder…..
School closes for our summer break at 12:25pm tomorrow (Thursday)


Dress down day tomorrow!

We had our senior phase inter-house football this afternoon. The competition finished with Ardross in first place. Well done! 👏

Well done to Logan Richardson who was chosen for his winning graphic design for a new logo for Invergordon & Alness Rowing Club. Logan’s was one of many designs submitted for judging by both the Boating Club and Invergordon Port Authority. Logan received a cash prize and is seen above with Sylva Rybanska from the Rowing Club who joined us in the Art & Design department to meet some of the pupils involved in the competition.

Congratulations to Jack Noble S2 pupil at Alness Academy who won gold in the Welsh Open in Special Technique and Sparring in Taekwondo..

It at times like this where you realise how amazing our young people are. This group did a presentation about challenges in the Alness community and how to make change as part of the Growing together community programme.

S1 updates…. We offer a range of activities at lunchtime for our S1 (and all our other young people!) Here is a flavour of the football and basketball from today. Tomorrow we have badminton on.

Great to catch up with all our lovely S1 students today! 😊❤️🌈 So proud of them all!!

S1 Parents should have received a letter today to remind you of our Parent/cater meeting tomorrow at 6.30pm.

Great day at the Ross Sutherland Athletics today in Inverness!

Huge thanks to Dingwall Academy PE Department and staff across Ross Sutherland for organising.

Our pupils did us proud in their efforts, attitude and behaviour today at the event.

Also, first place shout out to Kian Macaskill in S2 for the high jump and 100m! 🥇🥇

On Thursday the 6th of June six of our young people attended the celebration of STEM at the UHI Scottish School of Forestry.
They showcased their school model and took part in a series of STEM Challenges. They were a credit to the school.

As part of the Refugee Festival Scotland, The Highland Council Social Work Service has organised a couple of events dedicated to the wider public. Please see events and their corresponding link below:

Screening: Limbo - Refugee Festival Scotland
https://www.refugeefestivalscotland.co.uk/events/event/screening-limbo/

Rural Scotland, Social Work and Migration - Refugee Festival Scotland
https://www.refugeefestivalscotland.co.uk/events/event/rural-scotland-social-work-and-migration/

Rural Scotland, Social Work and Migration - Refugee Festival Scotland More Events Rural Scotland, Social Work and Migration20 June 2024 7:00pm – 8:30pmEden Court Theatre Bishops Rd, Inverness, IV3 5SAFreeLevel access to building, with six disabled parking bays located at the front of the building. Assistance dogs are welcome.The Highland Council Talk/WorkshopWe are ...

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Well done to our Sports Day winners. Special mention to our Sports Champions - S1 - Kian and Katie, S2 - Aiden and Grace, S3 - Euan and Leah. A massive thank you to the Tech department for making the medals!

Next Parent Council meeting - Wednesday 5th, 6pm. All Welcome.

Sponsored Walk tomorrow. All pupils that complete the walk will get a custom made badge.🖍️🤩 Remember no consent no walk... 👍

Tomorrow is a dress down day for Sports Day.

All pupils must be signed up by tomorrow. Only pupils competing will be allowed out of class in the morning.

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Teacher (Secondary), Mathematics, Alness Academy, HGH16499 - HGH16499 | Highland Council | myjobscotland View details and apply for this secondary education role in Ross Cromarty with Highland Council on myjobscotland