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We would like to wish All of our Students, Parents/Carers and Friends of Kirkcudbright Academy a Merry Christmas and a Happy New Year for 2025.

“The newly established Table Tennis Club at Kirkcudbright Academy has quickly become a popular gathering point since its introduction in 2024. Each week, approximately 20 students from various age groups and skill levels come together every Tuesday from 3:30 PM to 4:30 PM. This club caters to everyone—whether you’re looking to improve your skills through coaching or simply enjoy some casual

Dear Parent/Carer/Learner Consistent Timetable Structure Across Secondary Schools At the Dumfries and Galloway Council Education, Skills and Community Wellbeing Committee meeting held on Friday 8 November, members agreed with the officer recommendations not to move to a 4½ day week for primary and secondary schools in Dumfries and Galloway.Elected members had previously agreed at Education

This year there will be 2 Prelim Diets, one Wb 9th December and one Wb 13th January. These will be held mainly in the Cochran Hall and the School Library, however other venues will be in use. Pupils Sitting Prelim Exams should ensure that: Prelim Timetable can be downloaded below:

The S3 exam diet will take place during the week beginning Monday 25th November this year. These exams willbe used to support teacher’s assessment for students within their subjects and to provide experience forstudents in sitting a formal exam. All exams will be in your normal class unless students have been instructedotherwise by their teacher.

Monday 11th November, at 11.00, Kirkcudbright Academy fell silent in remembrance of those that fell in conflict. A representative group of S6 students, made up of House Captains and Prefects joined the Senior Management Team to lay wreaths on the memorial in the Old School Hall, and at the remembrance stone in the school grounds.

19 pupils from Kirkcudbright Academy entered the 2024 UKMT Senior Mathematical Challenge on Tuesday 1st October. This challenge encourages mathematical reasoning, precision of thought, and fluency in using basic mathematical techniques to solve interesting problems. This year our Silver award winner was Hannah Chen, and three Bronze awards went to Brooke Crane, Iain McGougan and Stewart Walker. All other pupils achieved a participation award.

2024 Regional Maths challenge Four pupils from Kirkcudbright Academy recently competed in the D&G Regional Maths Challenge held at St Jospeh’s College. The team had to undertake a variety of mathematical challenges, ranging from numerical questions, to puzzles and problem solving, origami paper shapes and the rapid fire relay quiz. After a day of very

On Friday 13th Sept, Ben H in S4 travelled to Glendalough in the Wicklow Mountains, to compete as part of a team of four representing Scotland in the under 17s, international hill race. The competition includes representatives from Scotland, England, Wales, Ireland and Northern Ireland and across the gruelling hill run (210 metres elevation) Ben

Wednesday 11th September saw a group of our S3 Students head off to Loch Ken to participate in a Water Safety Course. With a number of deaths due to drowning, around the country, this course was offered and run by the Loch Ken Rangers Team to schools around the Authority. Although, following a spell of