News

Grampian Disability Swimming Gala

Congratulations to a number of pupils for their achievements at the latest Grampian Disability Swimming Gala – 8 gold, 3 sliver and 1 bronze medal!

Thank you to pupils and staff who wore Jeans and made a donation to this charity.

Transition Time

Transition from St Andrew’s to Adult Services is a very important process for our pupils and parents. This process starts in term 1 and continues through to the end of term 4. Our seniors have been out visiting some of the places they may wish to attend after St Andrew’s. Today they enjoyed exploring the Pitscurry Project

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Grampian Disability Sport

Pupils represented our school at a number of Grampian Disability Sports events this term. Pupils had great fun at a Rebound/Trampolining festival and a Racquet sports event. Well done to our pupils who showed enthusiasm and skill during these activities.

Duke of Edinburgh

Pupils undertaking the Duke of Edinburgh award, have been out and about on their expeditions.

Taste of Rugby

We have been enjoying ‘Taste of Rugby’ lessons with Nikki Simpson, the Rugby Development Office from Garioch Rugby Club.

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Aberdeenshire Youth Festival Initiative

June’s article of the month, Article 31, was kickstarted with Birse and Kilner Duo who treated us to a day of jazz and blues music.

MOVE

We are very proud to announce that we have been awarded the MOVE Gold award and the Centre of Excellence Quality Mark status following a MOVE assessment this week.

Achievements within ECS

We featured in this months ‘Achievements within ECS#’, a selection of information about what is happening across Aberdeenshire.

Centre of Excellence

Delighted to announce we have been awarded a Centre of Excellence status in Rebound Therapy!

Autism Accreditation

We have continued to achieve the Autistic Society Autism Accreditation for a specialist educational provision after our recent assessment in June.

Playground

Look at some of our additions to our school playground, enhancing the outdoor learning opportunities.

Virtual Tour

You can now take a virtual tour of St Andrew’s School by clicking the link on the home page.

Social Enterprise in Education Award

For Room 12’s hard work and creativity, St Andrew’s School has been awarded Social Enterprise in Education Award and is now recognised as a social enterprise school.

Click on the link below for the Social Enterprise in Education Awards and find St Andrew’s School in the honour’s list to watch the short film they made.

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Parentsportal

Parentsportal.scot is a digital service to help replace the traditional school bag run by providing direct communication to parents and carers through a growing selection of online services.

As parentsportal.scot is securely linked to your myAberdeenshire account it also makes it a one-stop-shop for digital services already available in Aberdeenshire. Please sign up through the link below.