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Adverse Weather Arrangements for 2025-26
The importance of your presence at school
The importance of your presence at school
Managing your young person's presence at school
Managing your young person's presence at school
We are pleased to inform parents and carers that the Attendance Tile within Parentsportal is now active across all Aberdeenshire schools. You can now view your young person’s Attendance Overview and Attendance Details directly through the Parentsportal website or app by clicking on the Attendance Tile.
If you have any questions regarding attendance or require help signing up to Parentsportal, please contact the school office.
Please use the processes highlighted below to inform us of your young person's absence from school.
Attendance Tile Guidance for Parents.pdfHow to use the attendance tile on Parentsportal
How to use the attendance tile on Parentsportal
How to report an absence for your young person:
If a young person is unable to attend school for any reason, the school should be advised of the reason by their parent/carer. Below is a reminder of the four ways you can report an absence in order of preference:
Parentsportal – report absence using Parentsportal app
Text Message - Send a text message directly to Mackie Academy on 07860 049920.
Email - Send an email to mackie.aca@aberdeenshire.gov.uk
Voicemail - Call the school on 01569 690550 and leave a voicemail.
If no contact is made with the school to advise of the reason for absence, a text will be sent to the young person’s main contact to ask that a reason is given by return. Parents and carers can now reply directly to an absence text message and will no longer need to call the school. We hope these different options make things easier for you to report an absence. We would ask that parents respond as quickly as possible if the school asks for confirmation of a reason for an absence as otherwise this will need to be followed up by a phone call, on the grounds of safeguarding, to ensure the young person is safe.
If you have any further questions or require support with signing up to parents portal, please email mackie.aca@aberdeenshire.gov.uk.
STORM ADDRESSES / ANNUAL DATA CHECK: If you wish to update a contact for your child/ren to show as a Storm Address on SEEMiS you simply click on the Annual Data Check Tile, on Parentsportal.scot, to access the service.
Information for the academic year 2025-26
Information for the academic year 2025-26
US Time Groups 2025-26
US Time Groups and Leaders 2025-26 for Parent site.pdfSchool and PE Kit Expectations at Mackie Academy.pdf
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)
This shows clearly the expectations of PE kit here at Mackie Academy.
School Kit vs PE Kit Days 2025-26.pdfThis shows the days for different year groups and when school kit or PE kit should be worn.
Student Newssheets and Information
Student Newssheets and Information
All young people have access to a newssheet through their GLOW account which gives them all the information they require relevant to their year group.
To access the join codes for the Newssheet Google Classrooms students can:
Access the tile in Glow – Launch Pad(Mackie Academy) and look for the tile: “Mackie – Student News – Access GC Join codes” (Mackie crest as the icon)
OR
Via a button link at the foot of the Mackie Faculties site that they have access to.
Joining the classroom can be done via clicking on the invite link OR entering the join code inside Google Classroom after clicking on Join Class.
We advise all young people to join the relevant newssheet when they come to Mackie Academy as they only have to join once.
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