🏫Classes and Class Teachers for session 2025/26

Please see information below regarding class and teacher allocation for next session. All pupils will be spending time with their new teacher this morning and groupcalls will be sent today, informing parents/carers of their child/ren's new class and teachers.

💒Over the summer Miss Gordon will be getting married and her married name will be Mrs Allardyce. 💞

Summer Activities from Aberdeen City Libraries

Aberdeen Reads Summer Challenge (Reading challenge)

Open to everyone in the city, this year’s Aberdeen Reads Challenge will see Library Bear (LB) sail across the seas. This year, we are aiming to beat our total of 2800 books read across the city as part of last year’s challenge.  For every book or challenge logged, Library Bear will travel 10 nautical miles – trying to travel 30,000 (3,000 books) nautical miles and visits lots of fictional islands.  Get reading and Library Bear may visit your favourite book islands. 

Young people aged 4-15yrs will be able to earn rewards throughout the summer for reading books and completing challenges.  A challenge card can be collected from any city library, with online cards available from the Aberdeen Reads website.  Young people will be able to collect up to two stamps for every visit to their nearest library. 

This year, all participants will also receive a certificate.

Keep reading over the Summer and enjoy Library Bear’s adventures on the seas!

Water Safety & the RNLI

The RNLI will be visiting all the city’s libraries during July to promote water safety and to share the work of the charity.  The visits will be interactive, and we have heard that water and safety suits might make an appearance!

There will be sessions for all ages – session for 5-7yrs, 8-11yrs & 12-15yrs.  To book your youngster’s space at one of the sessions, head to the Library Events webpages.

Hebocon

Thanks to funding from the Public Library Improvement Fund, Aberdeen City Libraries will be hosting its inaugural Hebocon – a Japanese idea to encourage people to build the world’s best worst robot!  Young people can come along and build their own robot using old toys – think Sid from ‘Toy Story’.  No building experience or knowledge of robots is required to get involved in the Hebocon!

You’ll also have an opportunity to find out a bit more about the robotics and coding programmes the libraries are working on.

To book your space and find out more about the Hebocon go to https://bit.ly/heboconacl

Pond Dipping with Duthie Park Rangers

Join the Rangers at Duthie Park on the 16 July for two pond dipping sessions to support our water-themed reading challenge.  Find out what little minibeasts and creatures live in the pond at Duthie Park.  This is a double header of a session – 40mins pond dipping and 40 mins doing a game/craft. 

Spaces are limited to 12 for each session.  Parents/carers will need to sign a permission form for their youngster.  You can book a place at Library Events

Rockpooling with Countryside Rangers

We are delighted to have Jack from the Countryside Rangers join us at Central Library for a fascinating talk about rockpooling on 11 August.  If you’d like to know more about the beasties that live in rockpools, this is the event for you!  Another interactive session for young people.  Further information can be found at Library Events.

Craft, Coding, LEGO and more @ ACL

We are not finished yet!  Libraries across the city will be hosting craft and story times, LEGO clubs and coding workshops throughout the summer.  Some sessions are drop-in and don’t require booking.  Head to Library Events or look out for poster/social media posts to find out what’s going on in your nearest city library.

Join Aberdeen City Libraries for a summer of fun!

ACC Victorian Schools Programme - Report to Committee on 29th April 2025

Please find attached an executive summary of an outline business case which was presented to the Education and Children’s Services Committee on 29th April, giving details of proposed improvements to Victorian school buildings in Aberdeen.

This executive summary has been created so that school communities are able to see more detail on the improvements which have been proposed for each of the Victorian school buildings.

The Committee agreed on 29th April to instruct officers to consider the programming of the proposed improvements and to report back on this in September, as part of the wider update to the Committee on the School Estate Plan.

Staff Professional Learning

We are committed to continuous professional growth and delivering 'Aspirational learning and achievement'.  As a continued part of this, a further 6 members of teaching staff have been actively engaged in the OSIRIS Outstanding Teaching Intervention (OTI) programme- a research-informed initiative designed to enhance teaching and learning through collaborative reflection and targeted strategies.

On Monday 26th May, the Senior Leadership Team had the opportunity to hear from the teachers and learn about the impact that this year long professional learning has had in the classroom for our learners.

Monday 26th May: Stay and Play ELC

Our Stay and Play this week had a focus on the skills that can be developed through gardening. As well as connecting with nature we have developed oracy skills, fine motor skills, used mathematical language all whilst using the school value of respect and responsibility.  Our next stay and play is on Friday 13th June and will focus on fine motor skills and independence.

Lunchtime Gardening Group

This term our gardening group, led by Mrs Murphy, have been planting seeds to grow vegetables.  Everyone has worked hard to clear and weed out the planters to ensure there was enough space. The group created a support for the broad beans.  We look forward to harvesting these from our outdoor garden. 

P1/2 and P2's visit to Victoria Park

This term, Primary 1/2 and Primary 2 are enjoying trips to our local community for outdoor learning.  This week they were applying their knowledge of symmetry to make symmetrical stick insects and completing numeracy challenges and demonstrating their understanding by using nature to respond.

Thank you very much to our parent helpers who make these learning experiences possible. 

'Aspirational learning and achievement through creativity, community and challenge'.

Glee Regional Final  - Tuesday 13th May

Congratulations to our fabulous Glee who participated in the North East Final on 13th May 2025.  Our supporters on the night made the Music Hall light up with their amazing banners and they helped create the most wonderful atmosphere.  

The real stars of the night were our talented young people who took to the stage with their performances.  Our pupils shone bright and came away with the silver trophy as first runner up.  Our whole school is incredibly proud of them all.  A huge thank you to Mrs Burney, Mr Reid and Chloe as Glee Leaders. 🎶🥈👏

Early Learning and Childcare Wild Wednesdays at  Victoria Park

Within our nursery, the aim of 'Aspirational learning and achievement through creativity, community and challenge' is the rationale for our weekly sessions at Victoria Park which have just started again for Term 4.  Each week on a Wednesday, our nursery pupils enjoy exciting visits to the park, where the outdoors is their classroom for the session. These sessions provide rich opportunities for exploration, discovery and play. From hunting for mini beasts and observing seasonal changes to storytelling, climbing and building. These sessions are a joyful part of our nursery offer- rain or shine!