LUV UR MOB?

Y nt register it free at www.immobilise.com?

1ce u hv registered ur fone, u wil hv a btr chnce of gettn it bak (n ur fotos/ video/downloads etc) if it is lost or stolen.

All u nd is the unique IMEI no which is on the box, underneath the battery or cn b viewed on screen by pressing  *#06#

If you lose ur fone call  08701 123123 to arrnge ur network to block the sim N handset.

This makes it wrthless to nebody else!

The police cn then re-unite recovered fones by using the IMEI No.

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Christmas message from your Community Police Officer
If ‘Santa’ is going to bring a mobile ‘phone, games console, MP3 or MP4 player, or anything at all that you want to keep safe, please use the above link to Immobilise.com. It is free and will help me re-unite you with property if it does get lost or stolen.

Have a great holiday, be good and be safe.

Community Engagement Campaign (please click for more information)

Behind the Desk

Before I tuck into my turkey and those sausages wrapped in bacon that I love, there is still a lot to do in the school. I am meeting with the Parent Council tonight, next Wednesday sees me in Glasgow as a Headteacher rep on a committee looking at the assessment arrangement for the new social subjects courses, on the same evening we have the Christmas Concert, the next day is the S1-S3 disco, Monday 21st is the Carol Concert in St Michael’s and the next day is the S4-S6 disco.

So I am very busy along with lots of other colleagues who will help at these events. I hope that they will be well supported by pupils and parents and prove successful. I am sure they will be.

Merry Christmas and Happy New Year to everyone.

David A MacKenzie

LAA News - School Fundraising Website

LAA has registered the school on a fund-raising web-site. If you wish to shop on the internet you can log on to whichever company you want by going through the following:
www.schoolfundraising.org.uk/linlithgow-academy
(obviously it should be typed continuously and not as above) and you raise money for the school. The more people who use it the more the school makes! This link can also be found permanently in the ‘Links’ section on this website.

Pupil Successes

Andrew Green represented Scotland at the 37th European Wado Karate Cup. He won his first round contest but was narrowly beaten in the second round.

Laura Douglas (last year’s S6) won the top prize in Scotland for Advanced Higher Physics.

Bell House dominated the S1 Hockey and Rugby competition winning all 4 mini-leagues.

The girls’ football team is through to the 3rd round of the Scottish Cup.

The Under 18 football team is through to the 4th round of their Scottish Shield having beaten North Berwick and Portobello High Schools.

Under 15 football team is top of their West Lothian league.

The Senior Rugby team are playing, as we type, in the 5th round of the Brewin Dolphin National Plate competition against Balfron High. (Many thanks for the parental reports on the games).

Joanne Beedie has been selected for the Under 16 hockey training squad for this year’s international matches.

The senior Maths Challenge team of Fraser Dick, Chloe Milligan, Yusuke Onishe and Adam Stark won the regional final and are now off to London in February to pit their brains against the best in Britain.

The stock market challenge team of Cameron Low, Jessie Harrop-Lees, Shannon Harris, Ross Stephen and Scott Paterson came second in the East of Scotland competition, making a profit of over £40,000.
(Ed – do they qualify for a banker’s bonus?)

130 boxes were sent to Romania as part of the Blythswood shoebox appeal. Bell House won the battle of the Houses with 51 boxes, Watt came second with 46 and Kelvin collected 33.

As we type, the Under 15 rugby team is playing Ellon Academy the quarter final of the Brewin Dolphin Bowl competition. At half time the score is 19-0 to Linlithgow.

Mairi Connor played the pipes as guests arrived at the Big Business Breakfast in Livingston on Friday 20 November.

Well done to all.

Email Addresses

The letter asking for email details was issued to pupils 3 weeks ago. We have around 680 families in the school and on the basis that families, no matter how many children they have at the school, would reply only once we have 400 returns. It is important that we get as close to a 100% return as possible because issuing material electronically has to be an improvement or it is not worth doing.

Questions. Have you seen the letter? Have you responded?

If you have the letter but not responded please do so as soon as possible. If you have not got the letter please ask your child to pick one up from the school office or click on the following link to view it on this website: Electronic Communications Post

Mr MacKenzie told LA News “I feel like issuing my version of the Lord Kitchener poster where I point and say “Your school needs you”.  Please give us your views on this.

Children in Need

On Friday 20 November the pupils in S6 engaged in the annual Dick Turpin impersonation by holding up innocent people and demanding money. However, unlike old Dick, the money was going to a good cause – Children in Need. This year they raised £1329.10.

Scientist Visits

Dr Elizabeth Stevenson from the University of Edinburgh came into school during Chemistry Week and met with Higher and Advanced Higher pupils. She enthused the pupils with information on current areas of topical research as well as showing them experiments using liquid nitrogen.

S4 Prelims

At a recent meeting of the Senior Management Team in the school there was a review of the organisation etc of the S4 Prelims (and S3 English). It was reported that this was the best behaved and most focused group in several years. Whatever the results may reveal it was pleasing to see how seriously the pupils took the exams.