Pupil and Parent Information Site

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:

1. Parentsportal – report absence using Parentsportal app

2. Text Message - Send a text message directly to Mackie Academy on 07860 049920.

3. Email - Send an email to mackie.aca@aberdeenshire.gov.uk

4. 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.

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:

1. 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

2. 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.