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School Homework Policy - February 2010   The revised School Homework Policy is available here.  It can be downloaded or read as a Word .doc or Acrobat .pdf file.   Parental Survey about the Homework Policy   Please click the button below to see a form which you can use to provide us with feedback on the policy. would be appreciated if you would reply by 26th February 2010. All responses will be collated and actioned where necessary. Your assistance is very much appreciated.       If you need a PDF Reader please use the link at the foot of this page     S2 Reports - Parental Feedback S2 Parents/Guardians/Carers: Please click the button below to see a form which you can use to provide us with feedback on the S2 reports which have been issued. It would be appreciated if you would reply by 11th February 2010. All responses will be collated and actioned where necessary. Your assistance is very much appreciated.       PPP - The New School - December 2009   The PPP Team briefed students, staff and parents on the proposed layout and design of the new school. The PowerPoint presentation is here and the pdf format handout is here     Parental newsletter - December 2009   The Parental Newsletter is available on the Newsletters link (at left hand side) or directly from here in .pdf or here in Word format. It includes an important message from the Parent Council     SNOW UPDATE as at 1500hrs Sunday 10th January   The Academy WILL be open from Monday 11th January 2010 to all students and staff.   The top car park has been cleared and there will be parking available for buses/disabled staff only. Staff are requested to park at the Moray Leisure Centre.   Parents are requested to drop students off OUTSIDE the grounds and NOT to enter the car park.   Please check here or on the Moray Council site/school info line for latest information.     Prelim Exams - January 2010   The S4 prelims start on Thursday 14th January 2010 and the S5/6 prelims start on Monday 25th January 2010.     Jodi Henderson - World Champion   Jodi (S1 Innes) recently defended her World Kick Boxing Champion title and successfully retained her title in Marbella, Spain. Congratulations Jodi!     Safe Drive Stay Alive programme for S5 - Wednesday 4th November 2009   The original news item is now on the Old News items page. Those who attended are asked to do a post event survey. Please click the button to enter.       HMIe Inspection   An inspection of the Academy by HMIe took place from Monday 14th September - Friday 18th September. The HMIe site with information about the format and aims of inspections is here   Update: The report is to be published on 17th November 2009. Further details follow     Safe Drive Stay Alive programme for S5 - Wednesday 4th November 2009   S5 students will shortly be attending the “Safe Drive Stay Alive” programme at the Beach Ballroom in Aberdeen. The organisers of the event want to understand your current feelings to do with being a driver or passenger. They will use this information to assess whether people who go to “Safe Drive Stay Alive” find it useful and enjoyable. The survey will only take 5 minutes or so to complete and it can be accessed by clicking on the following link:     The results will be used for statistical analysis only and your individual answers will remain private. You will also be asked to complete a short follow-up survey after the event to tell the event organisers what you thought about it”.       Parental Newsletter   The October newsletter to parents has been distributed. A copy is here     Swine Flu   A letter to parents/carers from the Scottish Government/Moray Council can be found here     Elgin Academy Talent Show 2009   Details of the Talent Show on Tuesday 6th and Wednesday 7th October are here. Click the thumbnail below for the poster.     New LCD Welcome screen   The Parent Council have kindly donated a Welcome Screen to the Academy and this can be seen by all our visitors, staff and students at reception. UPDATE: Another screen has now been installed in the canteen for students.

L.I.N.K.S. South Africa   Several staff and students visited South Africa in July to assist at our affiliated school, Mzomble High. Further details follow, but the LINKS page is here.

New school website   The website has been changed to allow a team of staff and students to update it more easily. It is still a work in progress and hopefully will be fully complete shortly.   If you have any comments, suggestions etc please email us. Thank you