Strabane Academy

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Welcome to Strabane Academy

It was Aristotle who said that, “We are what we repeatedly do. Excellence is not an act, but a habit.”

Within these pages we have tried to capture something of the spirit of school life and convey the sense of pride we feel in being part of this community. As you view our website, look out for the many opportunities that we provide which help students develop positive habits for life.

It may be how we extend learning beyond the classroom; through sports, Languages, Duke of Edinburgh, opportunities to travel abroad, practical life skills such as wood working and the culinary arts, work-based learning, leadership opportunities and the school council all of these are enriching on many levels.

Mr D Hampton

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Excellence is just
the beginning

House Points 2023/24

0
Alexander
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Abercorn
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Maunder
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Wilson

Exam Statistics

88%GCSE A* - C
83%GCSE A* - C inc. Eng & Maths
84%AS Level
97%A2 Level

What's Happening

Photos from Strabane Academy's post 🤩 ((BOUNCE)) 🤩
Our Bouncathon in aid of BraveheartsNI is a go!!! Good luck everyone! You’ll have legs of iron after today!
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Photos from Strabane Academy's post 🌍 Kudos to our GCSE geographers! 📚 Last week, they conquered the elements at Magilligan, completing their Unit 3 river study. Rain or shine, they braved the cold for knowledge! 🌦️📖
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🎉 Exciting news! Our Ambassadors are gearing up for the #Bouncathon to support BraveheartsNI! 🤸‍♂️ Today, they were buzzing with excitement while organizing the rota. Let's make it a bouncing success! 💙 Help us by sponsoring the fun this Friday!
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Photos from Strabane Academy's post NI YOUTH ASSEMBLY
It is great to see our young leaders of the future inspiring change! This is the second NI Youth Assembly ever and we are excited that Portia is embarking on this journey as one of 90 sitting members for the next two years. During this time Portia will have the opportunity to put forward her ideas for how to shape and move NI forward for the betterment of our Youths.
https://www.facebook.com/northernirelandyouthassembly/
Nicky is a member of the N.I. Youth Consultation Forum which is the reference cohort which the Youth Assembly will refer to in order to bounce ideas of a larger section of the youth populous.
Well done to you both, we could not have selected two better candidates ourselves!
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Photos from Strabane Academy's post It’s beginning to look a lot like Christmas…🎄
9A getting very festive in Technology and Design ⛄️
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Photos from Strabane Academy's post CELEBRATING PUPIL SUCCESS 🤩
Well done to Faith, Year 9, who performed with Foyle School Speech and Drama in their Christmas Show, Legally Blonde at the Millennium Forum yesterday. Fantastic work, Faith!
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CELEBRATING PUPIL SUCCESS 🤩
Well done to Year 12 pupil, Portia, as she takes on a role in the NI Youth Assembly. Portia, pictured alongside brother Nicky, attended her first meeting in Stormont at the weekend to get to know her fellow Youth Assembly members. Best of luck, Portia!
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REMINDER
Christmas Dinner at The View
KS3- Wednesday 6th December
KS4&5- Thursday 7th December
Enjoy!
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CELEBRATING PUPIL SUCCESS 🤩
Congratulations to Emily, Kaela & Abi who all won awards at the Urney GAA club prize giving for ladies youth football. Keep up the good work!
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Well done to all our volunteers during our Black Paddy visit!
🤩 Liam, Yr8
🤩 Laura, Yr10
🤩 Cian, Yr10
🤩 Georgia, Yr10
🤩 Lily-Rose, Yr8
You won't forgot 'head, shoulders, knees and toes' in a hurry anyway! You were great ambassadors!
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TikTok · Fabu D For all our pupils waiting patiently on Fabu D’s TikTok.
Once again, we are above the rest! 💙
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Photos from Strabane Academy's post Today we welcomed the NWMF into school with special guest, TikTok star, Black Paddy. Lilian and her team were in school to promote their upcoming Advancing Race Equality Awards as well as discussing why it is important that we continue the conversation of Anti-Racism and equality.
Our KS3 pupils were ecstatic when Black Paddy entered the hall, the cheer could be heard from the other end of the school! He spoke of the need to celebrate diversity and love one another, delivered in his unique and entertaining way! He had our Yr8-10s eating out of the palm of his hand. What a legend and it is great to see him getting behind the work of the NWMF to promote equality!
https://nwmf.org.uk/awards/
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Strabane Academy welcomes the NWMF and TikTok star, Black Paddy into our school with open arms!
Our pupils LOVED IT! 😁 We will be TikTok famous this evening!
The Advancing Race Equality Awards are now live.
https://nwmf.org.uk/awards/
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Careers Announcement
The workshop will contain worked examples, tips, tricks and study advice from some of the highest-achieving HPAT students in Ireland. It will be held in Trinity Biomedical Sciences Institute on Saturday the 6th of January from 11 am - 1 pm.
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Photos from Strabane Academy's post On Saturday almost 80 P7 pupils completed their SEAG assessments in our school. The ABA members did not want this to go unnoticed and prepared a little festive treat for them to enjoy on their way home! Well done to you all and thank you to our Anti-Bullying Ambassador team!
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Careers Announcement
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Careers Announcement
The event will be particularly useful for anyone applying for September 2024 or 2025 entry.
Event: Queen’s Business School Financial Risk Management (With a Year in Industry) Information Evening
Run by: Queen’s Business School at Queen’s University Belfast
Date: Wednesday 13th December 2023
Time: 7pm-8.00pm
Where: Virtual event on Microsoft Teams
Who for: Parents, guardians and students in Year 13-14
Why attend: To find out more about this new degree course.
*Register online via this link: http://go.qub.ac.uk/JFjbc 2 Likes

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Photos from Strabane Academy's post Year 10 Transforming 2D designs into 3D clay pots. Students explore both artistic and spatial concepts. It's a creative way to integrate different dimensions into their work.
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🎄 Christmas Dinner @ The View 🎄
🎅ROAST TURKEY
🎅STUFFING
🎅COCKTAIL SAUSAGES
🎅PEAS
🎅BRUSSEL SPROUTS
🎅BATON CARROTS
🎅MASHED & OVEN BAKED ROAST POTATOES
🎅TURKEY GRAVY
SPECIAL DIETS WILL BE CATERED FOR!
🎅DECORATED CHRISTMAS BISCUIT
CARTON OF 125ML RADNOR JUICE
PRICE: £2.80 🤩
There will also be various other lunch options, desserts & drinks available on the day.
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Photos from Foyle Food Group's post CELEBRATING PAST PUPIL SUCCESS 🤩
Congratulations to Emma McCrea on winning Best on Display at the recent Royal Ulster Beef & Lamb Championships!
Great work, Emma! It is great to see you excelling in your field of expertise!
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We look forward to welcoming the North West Migrants Forum into school on Friday for a special KS3 assembly. Rumour has it there will be a special guest, we wonder who it could be? 😎
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Photos from Strabane Academy's post What have our Year 12 Scientists been working on? 🧬
Mr Pollock's Yr 12 Double Award Science class have been using Molymod to study the structure of organic compounds. Looks interesting!
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Photos from Strabane Academy's post The English Department recently ran a Book Whizz Quiz competition, asking student to delve deep into their memories of their favourite childhood stories. They were asked to name as many characters as they could, using a brief description of a book as their only clue. Mrs Irwin was so pleased to see so many students participate across all year groups! Students names were put in a hat and pulled out at random. The first prize winner of a £25 amazon voucher was Georgia with Jack, Kai and Robert being awarded prizes as runner ups! Well done to everyone who joined in!
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This year, the ABA team have decided to host a 12-hour Bouncathon in aid of BraveheartsNI. ABA members have been issued with sponsor forms to raise money for this outstanding chairty and will bounce the day away on Friday 8th December. Good luck!
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REMINDER
KS3 Progress Point 1 assessments began today.
FAO Yr10, be mindful that these assessments will assist in determining what GCSE options are open to you.
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Well done to all the P7 pupils who completed their SEAG assessments today! 🤩
We look forward to seeing you and your classmates in the coming months as we visit your Primary Schools and during our Open Night on 25th January 2024.
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Do you think our Yr8 & 9 pupils enjoyed themselves?
We agree, ABSOLUTELY!!! 😁
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Well done to 8A on the manufacture of their mobile phone holder project. ⚒️
Watch this space as this class show off their manufacturing skills in a festive project over the next few weeks ⛄️ ❄️
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CELEBRATING PUPIL KINDNESS 🤩
Well done to Yr8 pupil, Tommie-Leigh, who as part of ABW decided to design little flyers to hand out to her class to promote Anti-Bullying! This was Tommie-Leigh's way of 'making a noise about bullying' and it was greatly received by her peers! Well done Tommie-Leigh!
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