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The day we have all been waiting for. A memorable and historic occasion for all in Our Academy community. Thank you to every one of you. Our journey together starts here.
#promise
#privilege
#proud
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Just incase some of you are missing the pool from a recent break in the sun. Sure this picture of Our Academy swimming pool will keep the blues at bay 🤩 Ready to dive into soon 🏊♀️🏊♂️
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Big day indeed for Our Academy - a day we have all been looking forward to. Massive thanks to
@morrisonbuilds
and
@LoveWestLothian
#proud
#community
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Enjoy a virtual tour of our new school - roll on August.
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Delighted to confirm the first ever PT leaders to join ‘Our Academy’. Ms. Oliver (Pupil Support), Ms. Duffin (Maths & Tech), Ms. Borthwick (Eng, Lang & Humanities) and Ms. McCallum (Science & Art) 👏 See you in May - intros coming soon.
#leaders
#pioneers
#trailblazers
#legacy
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First ever picture of the new PT team who loved their recent visit to ‘Our Academy’. From right to left - Mr Mitchell, Miss Duffin, Mrs Oliver, Mrs McCallum, Mrs Borthwick and Ms Brydon (Area Business Support Manager). Full steam ahead now for transition, planning and preparation
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This happened today 👇Many of our soon to be first ever S1 pupils of
@wlwinchburgh_ac
had a tour round ‘Our Academy’. Difficult to describe the absolute joy and excitement it brought us all. Thanks to Rebecca and Jinks
@morrisonbuilds
for having us.
#transition
#unitedinprogress
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All 53 S1 pupils received their very first certificate this morning during our Academy positive values assembly. Well done everyone for a great start at Winchburgh Academy and for consistently showcasing our values RESPECT, KINDNESS & AMBITION 👏
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Apple crumble on the menu today for all S1 pupils in HFT 😋
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First football match for
@wlwinchburgh_ac
tonight. So proud of the attitude & values shown by every player. Congratulations to
@InveralmondC
on your victory, your pupils & staff are a credit - absolutely first class. Teegan Sillars, first ever
@wlwinchburgh_ac
goal scorer 👏⚽️
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HFT in our state of the art facilities on the timetable for the first time today
@wlwinchburgh_ac
Miss Collings was delighted to meet all S1 pupils.
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And now for our Academy informal uniform options from our range.
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First day of Music for all 53 of Our Academy superstars today. No pressure Mrs. Cameron but this bodes well for some school shows/performances this year 🎼🎤🎸
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So proud of S for her performance at tonight’s WLC Young Musician of the Year. Winner of
@wlwinchburgh_ac
YMOTY last week and therefore, selected to represent our school tonight (and the youngest performer there) 🎶🎤👏 Thanks Mrs. Cameron for your guidance and support
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The day has finally arrived. Thoroughly enjoying the discussions to plan ahead for ‘Our Academy’ with the new school leadership team.
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Great to work with our partners at West Lothian College this morning. Our new S1 should be very excited about what they will be offering our curriculum, particularly in Technologies. Pleasure to meet you all and plan together
#partnership
#excitingtimesahead
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S1 continuing their outstanding start 👏 Today we met Mr. Burns, Our Academy Technical/CDT teacher (in partnership with
@WestLoCollege
). Also delighted to introduce Manjeet, Our Academy School Counsellor.
@wlwinchburgh_ac
, where values, health and well-being always come first.
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A highly skilled team has designed and built this 👏 In only a few months, incredible young people, families, staff & friends will fill it with love, spirit and learning to build ‘Our Academy’ community. Wait till you see the video of the sports facilities, watch this space 😉
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Working and planning for the future with Tree of Knowledge this afternoon.
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What a ‘ball’ we had tonight
@wlwinchburgh_ac
- thanks everyone, especially Mrs.McCallum for organising 💃❄️
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Day one of Our Academy Summer School included our first ever users of one of the synthetic pitches, Art and making bottle rockets in Science. Thanks for coming everyone - see you tomorrow. Thanks also to our staff team for volunteering to lead these activities 👏
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Pleasure to visit Our Academy this morning with some of our new staff-
@MissChisholmArt
, Mrs. Cameron (Music), Ms. Naules (French/Spanish), Ms. Collings (HFT). Also, 👏 to
@MrsOliver01
and a group of amazing pupils who worked together as part of our Enhanced Transition programme
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Fantastic job - thawing out with hot chocolate and thank goodness we have a tumble dryer. Endured horrendous conditions but great effort at today’s cross country. Lots of success including a silver medal for Teagan. Team results to be published over the coming days 👏🤞🥈
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Another amazing opportunity for all young learners from Winchburgh today - officially opening their play park 👏 Thank you
@FionaHyslop
@Winchburgh_Dev
@holy_primary
@WinchburghPS
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Today
@wlwinchburgh_ac
we started S1 ‘Your Academy’ and young people have chosen to work in an area they are passionate about in partnership with staff and partners from
@WestLoCollege
👏 Block 1 includes Masterchef, Strictly Come Winchburgh and Creative Minds (amongst others)
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Absolutely outstanding first ever
@wlwinchburgh_ac
Winter Concert. Gauge thanks to all who made this possible, particularly Mrs Cameron and Music. Thanks to families for such a terrific turn out and well done to all our S1 students
#proud
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Thanks to all staff, families and students who made this possible tonight ❄️🎼 What a special evening🎄
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We are welcoming approximately 170 Education guests to
@wlwinchburgh_ac
tomorrow morning as we host WLC HWB Conference. Looking forward to seeing all S1 pupils looking very smart in their full formal uniform including school tie, blazer and black shoes 👔
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Delighted to announce that
@wlwinchburgh_ac
has achieved
@sportscotland
school sport bronze award 🥉 Going for gold now and delighted to receive this recognition so early in our journey. Thanks to
@Demi_Mitchell1
for helping us achieve this award 👏👌⚽️🏀🏓
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Absolute pleasure to welcome our community coming together again for the beginning of
@wlwinchburgh_ac
second ever school session. Particular joy at lunchtime watching
@wlsinclair_ac
pupils and
@wlwinchburgh_ac
greeting one another and playing together
#proud
#community
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Very proud of this confident individual opening the WLC ASN Conference
@wlwinchburgh_ac
for over 200 people this morning
#proud
#ambition
#inclusion
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Day 2-thanks to Falkirk & L’gow Hockey club for running a session and to Miss. Duffin for the Maths fun. Even Mr. Mitchell polished off the old PE kit and played Basketball. Well done everyone, thanks for coming. See you tomorrow for HE and Music amongst some other activities.
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Following our Leadership Conf we are delighted to introduce our House Captains. We also asked all pupils to join a student committee that feeds into our School Parliament. Remember you don’t need a title to be a leader, there are many more opportunities to lead
@wlwinchburgh_ac
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Another first time for our Academy. Outstanding effort from the full
@wlwinchburgh_ac
team. We all had a ‘ball’ at the Winchburgh Winter Ball/Ceilidh
#keepdancing
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Our Academy staff also receiving their first certificates along with our S1 pupils. Hope they enjoyed hot chocolate Friday as much as our 53 S1 students did ☕️
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Ties up in the air if you’ve had a great time at our Summer School this week 👍Thanks for coming along everyone, we’ve had a ball - can’t wait to see you all dressed smartly in your ties and blazers on Tuesday morning for 8.40am
#ready
#trailblazers
#letsdothis
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Following our
#transition
workshop with
@WinchburghPS
and
@holy_primary
pupils this morning, ‘Our Academy’ staff team visited
@wlwinchburgh_ac
to continue our planning. Looking forward to our P7 pupil visits starting this Friday. 👏
@morrisonbuilds
#nearlyready
#unitedinprogress
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Another transition visit for some soon to be S1 pupils of
@wlwinchburgh_ac
Pleasure to meet you (and also some lovely parents/families on drop off duty). Also great to provide a tour for
@LoveWestLothian
Head of Education Secondary, Mrs. McGarty. We hope you enjoyed your visit.
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First ever school activity (extra curricular) in our Academy. Welcome to Art club with Miss. Chisholm - creating and designing together every Wednesday, 3.40pm - 4.40pm. New members always welcome. 🎨🖌
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These. Girls. Can. Very proud of our team returning with 5 wins, 2 draws and a place in the national finals of the Spar Cup. Well done to all players and to our coach, Miss. Charles. Outstanding achievement ⚽️✨👏
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Thanks to Mr. Jim Cameron for this very kind display of generosity.
@wlwinchburgh_ac
Debating Team are very grateful and we look forward to this being used for internal debates to improve our school and also whilst competing in future local and national events 🗣️
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Amazing news -
@wlwinchburgh_ac
is a UNCRC Rights Respecting School (bronze). We are celebrating being awarded today - well done to all in our community, special mention to Mrs Oliver & the S1 HWB Leadership Team for all their hard work during the accreditation process 👏🎉
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Grateful to be joined this morning by colleagues from across
@LoveWestLothian
and
@WinchburghPS
.
#planning
#curriculuminnovation
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Mr. Mitchell enjoyed hot chocolate and a blether about life in
@wlwinchburgh_ac
with these wonderful young people this morning
#values
#relationships
#itsgoodtotalk
☕️
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Officially home for our
@wlwinchburgh_ac
staff team between now and the summer holidays. Great to be working and planning collaboratively with the young people and staff of
@WinchburghPS
&
@holy_primary
Thanks for you very warm welcome
#unitedinprogress
#transition
#partnerships
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Our ties have arrived. Thanks for your patience. Parents & carers can come to the school office between 10am and 2pm tomorrow to collect one. We’ll hand them out to all pupils who are in tomorrow for summer school before they leave. Ties can also be picked up on Monday.
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Huge thanks to
@CALAHOMES
for welcoming S1 students for a site visit, considering the range of jobs and employment opportunities in construction as part of
@wlwinchburgh_ac
Winchburgh Develops curriculum
#partners
#employability
#skills
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Delighted to achieve silver Rights Respecting Schools status
@wlwinchburgh_ac
following a successful accreditation process concluding yesterday. Proud of our community. Particular thanks to our student group leading on this and staff for their continued passion and hard work 🎉
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Learning about the string family of the orchestra today 🎵🎻
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Thanks again to all our families and local partners for celebrating with us this morning - we hope you enjoyed it. Working with you, we know
@wlwinchburgh_ac
‘will get even better and grow even stronger again next session’.
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Another group of incredible young people putting in ‘overtime’ this afternoon to interview for ‘Our Academy’ Acting DHT.
@holy_primary
&
@WinchburghPS
staff and parents/families clearly develop outstanding young people 👏
@wlwinchburgh_ac
looks forward to being full of super ✨
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Delighted to welcome all students back to
@wlwinchburgh_ac
including our new S1 group who have made a wonderful start. Lovely to be joined by so many S1 family members at our Welcome Reception this morning - thanks for coming along to celebrate with us ✨
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@wlwinchburgh_ac
Cross Country team ready to leave for today’s WLC Championships, supported by our Academy mascot - Winchy Wolf. Good luck everyone and thanks Mr. Kerr, Ms. Johnstone and Demi (Active Schools) for organising and accompanying today 🏃♀️🏃♂️
#winchywolf
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My Academy of Dance - looking impressive after only 3 weeks 👏
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HFT work - well done everyone, including Miss. Collings
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European day of languages celebrated today
@wlwinchburgh_ac
We hope you all enjoyed learning and your European style breakfast. Thanks to all particularly, Miss Naules for organising 👏 Gracias
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Very proud of each of our S1 students representing
@wlwinchburgh_ac
incredibly well for the first ever time at the WLC Athletics Championships. Well done and thanks to everyone involved
#kindness
#respect
#ambition
#winchywolf
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Smart pose and silly pose from our debating club today. Every Weds lunchtime with Mrs. Borthwick, new members always welcome.
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Very proud of our group of young talented footballers. Reaching the 1/4s of a national tournament and eventually knocked out by the overall winners. Small school (at the moment) with huge ambition - tremendous effort. Thanks also to Miss C for her encouragement and support ⚽️✨
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Our first ever girls football team played in their first tournament this afternoon and did very well against older opposition against teams/schools from across WLC. We are very proud of you all girls and you too, Ms. Johnston for your support and coaching 👏⚽️
#bepartofit
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Next after school activity (extra-curricular club) introduced this afternoon is Music/Choir. Every Thursday with Mrs. Cameron at 3.40pm- 4.30pm, new members are always welcome 🎼🎵
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Huge thanks to all our Academy families and S1 pupils. A few helpful clarifications have been provided in the recent letter/update. Here are some visuals of our formal uniform options.
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What a week 👏 Privilege to work with the
@wlwinchburgh_ac
team, thanks for your thinking, work & planning 📝 Thanks to
@EducationScot
for your partnership. Very excited for ‘Our Academy’. Our brains need a rest for now but bring on Monday. Community updates coming soon
#proud
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It’s all about community (and sustainability). Thanks to John and team for helping us learn together and ‘grow’ together as a community
#partners
#community
#sustainability
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Very proud of all
@wlwinchburgh_ac
cross country runners today at the WLC Championships. Well done everyone
#proud
🏃♀️🏃♂️
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Getting into the Christmas spirit in the Winchburgh Academy community and also donating to Guide Dog Scotland, our chosen charity of the year - thanks to Donny for allowing us to take his picture (and of course Mr. Foster).
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Highlight of HWB Friday was enjoying our inter schools sports festival with friends from Linlithgow Ac and Broxburn Ac. So many sports & activities enjoyed whilst working with new people. Thanks for coming, we hope you enjoyed it as much as we did.👏 Mr. Kerr for organising
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Thanks to
@wlwinchburgh_ac
staff,
@WestLoCollege
,
@SmileCounsel
, LYPP and our very own HWB S1 student committee for arranging our HWB Fam Learn Event this morning. Thanks to our parents & families for attending and learning with us about managing anxiety, social media and UNCRC.
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📢Thurs 12th May, 6.30pm-online presentation including updates on staffing, uniform, curriculum & TT. Link sent by your current primary school. Tues 24th May, 6.30pm-IN-PERSON
@WinchburghPS
to hear about ‘Our Academy’ progress and next steps whilst further discussing ‘Our Values’
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Great start to
@wlwinchburgh_ac
awards evening - piped in and a rendition of ‘Eye of The Tiger’
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Going to be a tough job next week choosing the official
@wlwinchburgh_ac
2022 Christmas Card. Some excellent designs from our S1 students 👏
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Thanks to all our talented students for entertaining us tonight during our concert and also to our parents, staff and community members for joining us
#buildingcommunity
⛄️🎤
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The team pic. Well done everyone - very proud ⚽️⚽️⚽️⚽️⚽️
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Looking forward to seeing all young people at 8.40am tomorrow morning in their very smart, full formal uniform. Remember that it’s our Academy S1 Leadership Conference tomorrow morning in partnership with
@Tree_Of
#youdontneedatitletobealeader
#valuesbasedleadership
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Some of our S1 students and staff embracing ‘wear something festive’ day
@wlwinchburgh_ac
☃️❄️
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Working across our community today - thanks S1. As our village grows, it’s even more important for all our community members to take responsibility to keep Winchburgh clean and safe for everyone
@winchburghcc
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Our Academy HT, Mr. Mitchell and Mr. Kerr (DHT) were delighted to attend Monday evening’s Winchburgh Community Council meeting. Lovely to meet with some community members and work with Winchburgh Development partners
#proud
#privileged
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Some pictures from yesterday’s ‘about our community’ sponsored walk. Thanks for all the support and donations and well done to all our students 🚶♂️☀️
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Today, we also announced our
@wlwinchburgh_ac
House Names. 1.1 represent Auldcathie, 1.2 are first ever members of Hawkhill and 1.3 belong to Millgate. Named after local parks to link with our ‘schools in the park’ concept (and we believe schools should be fun, as should parks).
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‘Our Academy’ Transition programme is in full swing.
@wlwinchburgh_ac
parents/families will receive an email soon with the following reminder of our dates/plans
#unitedinprogress
#prepared
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Absolutely fantastic
@wlwinchburgh_ac
and
@wlsinclair_ac
community building inter schools morning. Thanks to everyone for such a special and powerful morning. Wonderful to see all our staff and students working and learning together.
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One team coming 1st and the other runners up at today’s Rotary Technology Comp at
@Boness_Academy
today 🏆👏 Great day. Thanks to Mrs McIntosh for supporting. S1 & S2 students collaborating successfully just like Monday afternoons during our IDL
#IDL
#STEM
#moderncurriculum
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Halloween Extravaganza underway - some great costumes 🎃🎃
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HISTORY MAKER ⭐️ Very proud of all our S1 team members this morning at West Lothian Athletics. This very talented youngster is the first ever
@wlwinchburgh_ac
medal winner at this WLC annual event 🥉Good luck and huge thanks to all others representing us today 👏
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Another special day to celebrate the opening of the Winchburgh Marina. Proud of how our community is growing together, working together, learning together and supporting one another
@Winchburgh_Dev
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Mr. Mitchell enjoyed his visit to Winchburgh ELC his morning. Children, staff and resident piper were amazing - thank you.
#ouracademyfuture
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Another milestone for
@wlwinchburgh_ac
Great discussions and planning at our first official Parent Carer Partnership meeting (Parent Council) tonight and yes, the cakes were absolutely delicious
#partnership
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Adding to our collection ⭐️ Congratulations to this young talented athlete. 🥈for the 800m.
#proud
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Halloween has well and truly kicked off in Winchburgh 👻
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My Academy of Masterchef, cooking Italian favourites with Chef this morning - delicious 👌
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Great first week back - thanks to all in our community for making it full of joy and success. We finished off our first week by launching the 2023-24 inter-house activities programme. ⚽️🏀🎨Well done everyone 👏
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