This Weeks Assemblies

NO ASSEMBLIES THIS WEEK 

S1/2 & S3/4 Christmas Parties

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Please see you year group google classroom to sign up for your party night via the google form.  Please speak with your parents/carers prior to signing up.  £2 payable on the night.  

LUXURY CHRISTMAS HAMPER

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Come and buy a square at the front desk for the chance to win one of our luxury Christmas hampers!

All you have to do is choose any square for £1 each!

Hampers are full of:

Whiskey, Wine, Crackers, Christmas cake, Christmas Pudding, Chocolates, Preserves, Biscuits, Tins and much much more.

🚌 FERINTOSH COMMUNITY WEE BUS 🚍

Please note:

• If you have booked to travel on the Ferintosh Wee Bus but decide ON THE DAY NOT TO TRAVEL

• You must inform Mr Morton or a member of SMT before the end of the school day  

• Please do not pass on information to another pupil to let the bus driver know

Thanks for your support with this, if you have any questions please get in touch with Mr Morton. 

German Exchange 

Anyone interested in taking part in the German exchange Sept/Dec 2026 should collect a letter from Miss Adamson.

 This is open to pupils in current S2 - S4.

📚 Duolingo Challenge 2025 💻

Do you already use duolingo?  Do you want to learn a different language to the ones taught in school?  

Do you want to improve your French or German?  Are you in S3 upwards and not currently taking languages in school?  Or are you naturally competitive?

If you’ve answered ‘yes’ to any of the above, then this challenge is for you! 

Join your year group’s classroom and start earning XP and the chance to win points for your house. Find the leaderboard outside room 27. 

Go to duolingo.com/classroom and join with your year group’s code:

PLEASE NOTE THE CORRECTION OF CODES FOR S4 & S5/6

S1 BZVCCM   S2 CUFUPT   S3 GFYYKQ   S4 KQDRTK    S5/6 KYGCCZ 

🚣Rowing club🚣

New Lunchtime Indoor Rowing Club starting Monday's. 

These sessions are open to all year groups, so come along and give it a go!  

For any more information, speak to Murdoch Jamieson in PE’

🏑Hockey 🏑

For all S1-S3 pupils after school hockey is on every Wednesday from 4pm-5pm in the Leisure Centre.

All abilities are welcomed to come along and give hockey a try.

🏀Basketball TRAINING 🏀

S1-3 Boys - Monday lunchtimes, 

S1-6 Girls - Tuesday Lunchtimes, 

S4-6 boys - Wednesday Lunchtimes, 

Open training - Thursday Lunchtimes.

 All sessions in the Leisure Centre Games Hall.

⛪CU Group⛪

Meet the first three Wednesdays of the month at 1:15 - 2:00 in Room 19 

📱 Mobile phone policy ⛔

We are a phone free zone. If your phone is confiscated by a member of staff, it will be placed in the office and kept there until the next break time (break/lunch)

🚯 Keep Fortrose Clean – Respect Our School & Community 🌍

A reminder to all students: please don’t drop litter during break and lunchtime—on school grounds or in the wider community.

Fortrose Academy is proud of its strong relationship with our local community, and we all have a role in keeping that bond positive. Littering not only affects the environment but also how our school is seen by others.

Let’s show respect, take responsibility, and keep our spaces clean. 💙
Bin it or take it with you.

Fortrose Academy pupil reminder: No food or drinks should be consumed in the PE changing rooms. Water only.  Thanks. 

#FortroseAcademy #RespectOurCommunity #KeepFortroseClean #LitterFree #PrideInOurSchool

TOILETS  🚽

Following consultation with pupils and parents, we have decided to zone toilets according to year groups on a trial basis. 

 This will come into effect immediately after the October holiday. 

Toilets for specific year groups are detailed below and we would be grateful if you could familiarise yourself with these arrangements:

• S1/S2 - Technical & Business

• S3/S4 - Guidance corridor

Boys' Toilets Opposite Guidance Office🚻🚽
If you require to use the boys' toilets opposite the Guidance Office during a teaching period, please go to the Deputes' Office and ask to use the toilet.

The toilets will then be unlocked to allow you to use them.  

If no depute is in the office come to the school office to ask.
The toilets will be open at intervals and lunchtimes.

S5/S6 - Maths

Students with specific needs will continue to access all toilets across the school. 

We continue to encourage our young people to use toilets appropriately to allow others access. 

 There will inevitably be some adjustments made as we implement and review this new approach. 

 We thank you for your support with this matter. 

HOSPITALITY 

Reminder that pupils should bring their own reusable container from home when they are cooking.

 These can be left in Kitchen 2 in the morning and picked up at the end of the day.

Mental health Ambassadors

Meetings are every Thursday at lunchtime. 

 If any new members are interested in becoming a mental health ambassador or have an interest in promoting positive mental health and wellbeing within the school, please come along to R35 on Thursday, all are welcome.

 Also please remember to bring your lunch along.

College Pupils

Days, times and courses are on display outside guidance.

 Please check these if you are unsure about your College course.