Wow, just watched Freya, an LA pupil, on
#TheVoiceKidsUK
How good was that! 4 Judges turned, we can’t wait to see how she gets on over the next few episodes. Super proud!!👍
We can confirm that we will be cheering on
@ScotlandNT
from 2pm in classrooms. Not only is this to celebrate Scotland 🏴 in a major tournament but also to celebrate the resilience of our school community over this last year
#EURO2020
#yessirwecanboogie
#TeamLinAc
WOW!
The response to our food bank collection this morning has been unbelievable!! Thank you to every one who donated! These pictures do not do the amount received any justice, our reception area is overflowing! 👏🤗
We are very humbled to welcome young people from Ukraine who join our school today. An opportunity for us to help them rebuild their lives and for our school community to learn from them!
Thank you to the host families in our community who have made this possible.
We are delighted to announce that Linlithgow Academy is one of the first schools in Europe to gain European Digital Schools status. In the same week we also gained our Digital Schools Scotland Award
#selfie_eu
@awards4selfie
@Schools_Digital
@DigiLearnScot
👏
Our S6 BBQ has come to an end. We hope S6 have enjoyed their afternoon. It was great seeing you all so happy and relaxed. We wish you all the best for whatever path you now take. Remember ‘Relish the moment. Life must be lived as we go along. The station will come soon enough’.
What an amazing achievement for one of our S6 pupils who has been offered & accepted a place
@Harvard
What better way for him to celebrate his fantastic news than with a Munro climb today in what looks like not the best conditions! We are very proud of him!
@LoveWestLothian
Not often the HT walks out of his office to an impromptu rendition of ‘Chasing Cars.’ Maybe the piano should stay here? Was certainly a very pleasant way to bring in the weekend! 👏
Congratulations to James who scored equal top mark in Scotland for the 2022 SQA N5 Physics course. He was presented with his Institute of Physics Certificate today by Mr Rodger, PTC science. A fantastic achievement! 🎉
Along with our presentation of Awards there was also some very impressive musical performances at our Awards Ceremony last night. Thanks to Adam and Joseph on piano and this equally impressive Elvis number from Freya….
How excited were we to see the return of our first Autumn Music Concert in nearly 3 years! A packed hall of parents/ carers and friends to see and hear our young musicians. A fantastic evening! Brilliant to see this back!
If your car battery goes flat then look no further than some of our pupils to come to your rescue! Thank you to Ciaran, Jamie (and Miss Kerr) who jump started a teacher's car at the end of the day yesterday! A 5 star review was awarded by our teacher in distress!👍
Great to see our S6 pupils in for their Leavers’ BBQ this afternoon. A chance to say farewell to classmates, staff and enjoy some downtime before those SQA exams commence!
A wet day today but the double rainbow formation (caused when sunlight is reflected twice within the raindrops?) was an impressive sight, just as the end of day bell was about to ring!
We had a very enjoyable & emotional S6 Farewell Assembly this morning, made even more special with 220 parents/carers also attending to see their child in school for the last time! Lots of photos will be shared incl. more from the drone which captured our S6 in a '24' formation!
LA Music Camp is up and running at Gartmore House. Great to see it back! Nearly 100 young musicians and staff are here over the weekend. A fantastic setting for our musicians as they spend quality time with our music instructors and teachers. Thanks to all involved!👍🎶🎼🎵
STV News reporting on our ‘Lit in Colour’ Vending machine donated by
@PenguinUKBooks
. Well done to our English department who secured this and over 1000 books written by authors of colour following a nationwide competition.
Excited that we are now up and running with our Barista machine and staff are through their first training courses. Will be a great addition to our curriculum as we expand our accredited offers and the opportunities available for our young people. ☕️
Well it has been a very busy day with our learners returning to classes after their holidays. A special welcome to our new S1 pupils, we hope your first day has been a good one!
Well done to all the boys and staff! What a fantastic achievement. We can’t wait for the final, and are sure the Linlithgow Academy community will be at Hampden in big numbers to support our team. 👍
Great to have more than 230 parents/carers of our s1 pupils in the school tonight as part of an S1 showcase evening. A really positive experience, so thank you for coming along! Shout out to the pupils who assisted in subjects and the prefects who ensured no one got lost!👍
You may work more quickly than you do at school - this is OK! Think about why? No need to get organised, no need to listen to your teacher, no distractions, work at your own pace, no need to tidy up ..... If you finish early for the day - great! 1/2
Our S6 BBQ coming to an end with a wee James Arthur rendition from our Head Boy! Definitely getting a little emotional for some of our leavers! Everyone at Linlithgow Academy wishes the class of 2022 all the very best👍
Our S1 pupils have settled into the Academy really well. Great to see them engaging so positively in classes and making new friendships. A parental/carer survey will be sent soon to gather views and suggestions about our transition programme and the first few days of school.👍
We had a great afternoon with our S6 Leavers at their BBQ this afternoon. What an amazing group of young people!! We hope you all enjoy the rest of your day!
A great night
@_TonyMacaroni
celebrating our u-18 football Senior Shield win earlier in the month. A chance to say well done again to the boys and also say farewell to some of our S6 players who are now leaving the school. ⚽️
Our School Captains representing the Linlithgow Academy community at the Remembrance Service in St Michael’s Parish Church earlier today. ‘Lest we forget’
Congratulations to Olivia who participated in recent LDS Disability Swimming Competition at Prestonpans. Even better she medalled, finishing: 1st in Butterfly
1st in Individual Medley
2nd in Breaststroke
2nd in Front Crawl. 🎉
Wishing our S6 pupils all the very best as they reach the end of their school days at Linlithgow Academy. Hopefully the weather stays sunny and dry for our Leavers’ BBQ this afternoon! 🤞
Our S6 pupils were great this morning as they dressed up for the annual LA
#ChildrenInNeed2022
Fancy Dress ‘parade’ around classrooms. A lot of good humour, a little bit of noise but also a lot of money raised for a fantastic cause.
**Attention girls**
If you need to stock up on sanitary products to prepare for school closure, PLEASE help yourself to products from the Pupil Wellbeing Office. This includes teachers too.
What a fantastic school evening, made all the better by a massive turnout of parents/carers and students at our Careers Evening & S3 parents presentation. We hope you found the night informative. Thank you to all our educational partners/ industries and employers for attending.
It’s been a busy morning but we are so delighted to have the pupils back in classrooms and corridors! Looking forward to welcoming more of our pupils back tomorrow!
Nice to be able to get an S6 group photograph taken before the holidays. First time this year group have all been together for a long time! Official photograph will be available soon but here is a sneaky picture taken at the time. 👍
Today was my last formal leadership meeting with our S6 School Captains. They have been a massive support over this year, insightful, measured,creative, positive & solution focused! A brilliant team of young people soon leaving us but destined for great things! Thank you!
Looking forward to welcoming staff back to school tomorrow and pupils on Wednesday (especially all our new S1s!). Well rested and ready to go again! ⭐️ 🥳 🎉 🎈
We are all set and ready to go for the SQA examinations which start tomorrow with Geography. Thank you to the staff working hard behind the scenes, who will ensure our examination diet runs smoothly for all Senior Phase candidates taking exams over the next 6 weeks!
A fantastic LA Awards Ceremony this evening! Great to see our young people being recognised for their achievements. Thank you to our parents/ carers for their support! We hope you had a great night. More individual photographs will be published soon.
Congratulations to our first cohort of teachers who have all completed their Osiris Teacher Intervention programme over the last 12 weeks. Thanks to
@osirisedu
and John for facilitating such a powerful Professional Learning opportunity. Looking forward to cohort 2 starting soon!
A fantastic Festive lunch today, made all the better by some great food and an impressive medley of Christmas songs from our Jazz band. Thank you to our catering staff, music dept and to our young people who made it such a positive atmosphere! We hoped you enjoyed the turkey! 🦃
Well what a great Sing A-long & Masked Singer competition for our S1, organised by S6 pupils & Music staff. Some great Xmas tunes & a chance to guess the singing teachers. Definitely a few voices requiring some additional fine tuning in that competition! A great atmosphere!😀
We are delighted, following our accreditation visit today,to be officially recognised as a UNICEF UK Silver: Rights Aware school. A great deal of work over the year to embed the UNCRC into our classrooms & across the wider school. Well done to everybody!
Congratulations to Hera Theocharis ( S4 ) and Lewis Eggeling ( S6 ) whose poetry has been published in this book which showcases young authors. Amazing work!
#TeamLinAc
What a fabulous Spring Concert! A showcase of incredible musical talent with such a diverse range of musical genres and styles. An emotional night as we said farewell to our S6 musicians as they concluded their last LA School concert.
I know this term wasn’t the one any of us wanted or expected, but we hope you all have a brilliant Summer Holiday. Rest, relax and recharge!
#summerhols
#wellmeetagain
#teamlinac
Our Annual Awards Ceremony takes place tonight. We are all set up and ready to go! Looking forward to seeing our Award winners and their families later this evening.
Looking forward to the U15 Scottish Cup Final tonight and wishing our team all the very best! No matter the outcome you have all had a fantastic season! 👍
Merry Christmas and a Happy New Year to all the Linlithgow Academy community!🎄 Thank you to all pupils, staff, parents/carers and partners for your support over this session. Looking forward to seeing you all in 2022!!
Well done to all our S6 candidates who went through the Leadership process! Congratulations to our 4 newly selected School Captains for session 2023.24. We know they will make a great team & can't wait to see how they take forward their roles and priorities into the new session.
Back in November four
#TeamLinAc
girls entered the
@DataFest_
competition. They competed against every school in Scotland, with the top 24 teams qualifying for the final. Today, at the final, the girls came a close 2nd! They had a great day and did the school proud.
A few more photographs from our S6
#ChildrenInNeed2022
Fancy dress ‘Parade’ earlier today. Money is being counted and we will let you know the amount next week. 😀
A Service of Thanksgiving for the Platinum Jubilee of the Queen was held this morning at St Michael’s. Thanks to Josh and Katie for representing the Linlithgow Academy community at this special service.
What a lovely send off for our S6 Autism Resource pupils who had their leavers’ ceremony yesterday. Very emotional and heartfelt tributes that encapsulated our young adults and the fantastic progress they have made over the last 6 years!
#proud
Our Awards Ceremony tonight captured an emotional moment as we congratulated one of our young people from Ukraine. His teacher spoke in Ukrainian before it being translated back into English. What an achievement for this young man. We are so proud of you!
Wow, what an achievement, massive congratulations to the team. What a great way to finish the school term. Enjoy your celebratory Nando’s tonight, it is well deserved!😀
Congratulations to 9 of our staff this week who have gained their Microsoft Innovative Education (MIE) badges. Linlithgow staff are focusing on Teams and OneNote to support our pupils learning
#digilearnscot
#TeamLinAc
@MrSMathsWizard
@lauracomptons
Some more photographs from our S6 Farewell Assembly today. Looking forward to see everybody back for our BBQ tomorrow. Fingers crossed the weather is ok!👌
Good luck to our senior boys in their Scottish Senior Shield Final tonight at Hampden Park. Looking forward to a great game! ⚽️ KO 7pm, tickets on the door!
Our first Spring Concert since 2019. It is going to be an emotional one as well as for many of our senior pupils this will be their final Concert performance.
Remember, if you are feeling overwhelmed by any of your tasks, take a break and do something positive for yourself: Try some mindfulness, get active, chat to friends, hug a family member!
@LoveWestLothian
Delighted to have achieved the Bronze Rights Respecting Schools Award. Well done to our young people and our wider community on this achievement. Next up... the Silver Award!
It's been great to have all the students back this week. We are so proud of the students they have been absolutely amazing and we look forward to seeing them all again next week.
Just a few of the pictures from our S6 fancy dress classroom collection today for
@BBCCiN
Certainly a lot of money has been collected so thank you to everyone who donated and participated in this annual event. Once we have a final total, we will let you know!👍
Our S6 photographs took place today. Great to see everybody looking their best for this! A sneaky photograph of our S6 year group can be seen below! The official photographs will hopefully be with us soon.👍
Congratulations to our 4 newly selected School Captains for session 2024.25. We hope they have a very successful year. They certainly have lots of ideas and priorities to take forward!
#F1SWF
We are INCREDIBLY proud of
@teamaccelerace
- well done, girls. You are our winners and we'er looking forward to seeing you again next week and hearing all the stories!
#TeamLinAc
- on the world stage!