Mackie Academy Pupil and Parent Information Site

School Information 

UPDATED: 22.04.24

Recycle textiles and raise money for Mackie Academy

rag-bag collection 03.05.24.pdf

We hope you can help the school out by bringing any unwanted textiles as listed opposite on the poster to the school by Thursday, 2nd May 2024 and help us raise funds to support school developments.

Getting to know your learning community: for new S1 students and parents /carers

Getting to know our learning community 140324.pdf

It was lovely to have a full hall at Mackie Academy on Thursday, 14th March 2024 to welcome our new S1 students and parents / carers for our introductory event.

The presentation can be found opposite and if you have any questions please do not hesitate to get in contact with your current primary school and / or ourselves and we will get those questions answered.

Please remember that there are three ways that we will communicate with our parent and carer body:

Mackie Academy School App

The School App for Mackie Academy is our key method of communication with parents and carers now.  If you have yet to download this onto your mobile device  we would like to encourage parents to download the app to their phone so that you can easily get up to date information from the school.

The app is easy to use and the School App User Guide shows you how to use it.  The key thing to remember is that once you have downloaded the app and chosen Mackie Academy you then need to opt out of the groups you don't wish to be part of e.g. if you have one child at Mackie Academy in S4 then you would opt out of all other year groups which means you only receive the messages and calendar events for S4.

The GDPR guidance associated with this app can be found here.

As a school we would ask that parents remain in the following groups:

Whole School

Catering

Parent Council

PTA

Other groups may come online as we develop use of the app and if you have any suggestions about how we make this work better for everyone then feel free to get in contact with the school.

Attendance update from Mackie Academy

YOUNG PEOPLE AND ATTENDANCE AT SCHOOL.pdf

The letter above has been sent to all parents and carers of young people at Mackie Academy to highlight the importance of regular attendance at school.

We will be continuing our active engagement with young people and parents on this matter going forwards to ensure that young people attain and achieve the best that they can whilst learning here at Mackie Academy.

Information from your Parent Council

Digital Safety for young people

A lot of Parent Councils have requested sessions looking at the digital world their children are growing up in and how to support them with that. We can now confirm that the following sessions will be run on Teams for any parent who wishes to attend. Please share this with ALL your parents and encourage them to join the sessions.

 

Come along to our informative session for parents all about supporting our children in their online lives.  We’ll cover tech trends, digital wellbeing and what to do when things go wrong:


Both sessions are open to any Aberdeenshire parent. To join either session please email christine.mclennan@aberdeenshire.gov.uk to get the relevant  meeting link.


YouthLink Scotland survey for 12-18 year olds (this may not be relevant to all Parent Councils or all parents so please share as appropriate)

Youthlink has been commissioned by the Aberdeenshire Local Action Group, to engage with rural Aberdeenshire young people 12-18years and key partners, to identify needs, concerns, gaps and ambitions for youth work within rural communities, which will form the basis of a strategy and action plan. This is a short-term piece of work, due to be completed by the end of March 2024.  Part of this engagement includes an online survey, and we are particularly keen to hear the views of young people, to ensure that they are represented.  If you could share this link https://www.youthlink.scot/news/aberdeenshire-rural-youth-engagement-survey/  amongst your networks within this geographical area to ensure that young people have an opportunity to participate that would be appreciated.

Information for the school year 2023-24

Structure-of-the-School-Day.pdf

This shows the structure of the day for all students.


US Time Groups and Leaders 2023-24.pdf

This shows our US time groups for 2023-24 and their leaders.


School Dress Code at Mackie Academy for 2023-24.pdf

This shows the expectations for our school dress code and information about which days PE kit can be worn to school for each year group.

Whole School EC Club List

This shows all the extra curricular clubs running this academic year 

This shows clearly the expectations of PE kit here at Mackie Academy.

We are delighted to be working with Stitch n Print in Stonehaven as a local producer and company of high quality.

The hoodies are available in three colours - black, grey and red - in a variety of sizes and can be ordered online at Mackie Academy Overhead Hoodies (stitchnprintstonehaven.co.uk) 

First Aid at Mackie Academy

First Aid Services provided at Mackie Academy.pdf

First Aid services we can provide

First Aid Services not provided at Mackie Academy.pdf

First Aid services we cannot provide

Our First Aid service at Mackie Academy works to best support our young people; however, there are certain services that we cannot offer and we would ask that parents and carers are aware of what we can and cannot do.  It helps ensure that our service remains as efficient and proactive as they possibly can be.