Annan Academy News

08/07/2026

Can everyone please check their emails for this survey and complete it if you have one? We are so close to winning!

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In order to justify our enthusiasm and engagement in the recent Hidden Treasurehunt competition, we have now had another level of hoops put in our way to jump through. Yet more surveys have been sent to a large number of participants. Any of these surveys that are not completed will lose us all of that person's hard-earned points.

Unlike ANY other schools in the top runnings of the competition our term time has ended so lots and lots of our community will be away on holiday, but even if you are, PLEASE PLEASE PLEASE check your inboxes AND your spam folders to see if you have one of these surveys to complete. If you do then please DO complete it because otherwise your hard-earned points for our school will be removed. This is DESPITE you having already verified each and every recycling log you have done. And despite the competition already being over. So make sure your colleagues, classmates and friends all check if they've been sent a survey too. We are very sorry that this inconvenience has happened all over again.

Those of you who have now left the school no longer have access to your school emails and therefore can't access any surveys that have been sent this morning. We have let the competition runners know of this - however, as yet, we have no idea what this will mean for those points.

06/07/2026

A fantastic effort by our school community! Let’s keep our fingers crossed!!🤞🏻

We are still on tenterhooks along with everyone else. We may have to wait till the 14th July for confirmation 😖😖😖

But we want to give an enormous thank you to our whole community for getting us here. Pupils, staff, families, local businesses, local media, and the whole community have really got behind our school and reinforced to us what an amazing force of kindness, teamwork, enthusiasm, stamina and generosity we have ALL around us. And all led by excellent example by our Miss Todd. We are very VERY lucky to have you.

Every little thing that has been done by every single one of you, to help along the way, has been a very big deal to us. We appreciate it all more than you know. What a great confidence to instil in the pupils of Annan Academy - that their whole community are rooting for them. Whatever prize is won will be great, but that feeling will always be even greater 🥰 Thank you all 🖤💛

06/07/2026

06/07/2026

Let’s get our electricals logged!!! We are so close. Link in comments

A great big enormous thank you to all of you out there staying up super late and rising at crazy o'clock to get our last minute electrical recycling registered and counted.
The clock is now very much ticking till the deadline at noon. Give a cheer in the comments to spur us all on. It's only the cheers and the caffeine that are getting us through today! 💤

03/07/2026

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We are now in the VERY final push in the electrical recycling competition. The prizes are awarded by places on the Leaderboard at noon THIS MONDAY!
PLEASE PLEASE PLEASE remember to log any recycling you do EVERY single day that you do it and also VERIFY the email that then comes through to you. This is CRITICALLY IMPORTANT otherwise we don't get the points that you have earned for us. We want to save the planet but we also want the prize that the Annan Academy community have all worked incredibly hard for.
We are at the top of the leaderboard at the moment but these last few days really are going to be precarious 😳

01/07/2026

Our final running club session of the year was another mystery tour which involved some long and short road reps , hill reps and some easy running in between. Our students have once again been fantastic all year round and have run in all weathers, having fun, getting fit and enjoying making friends along the way. Here are some of our students with their well deserved certificates. Running club will be back after the break, on Tuesday 25th August. We look forward to seeing some new S1 's also who will be made very welcome, because as we know (apart from that one time), running club is always on.

30/06/2026

🎉 We have a winner!🎉

Congratulations to Isabella Wilson for winning June’s Annan Anchor Wellbeing Challenge!

Isabella submitted a photo of herself performing at Youth Beatz Festival – a fantastic achievement and a great example of doing something positive for her wellbeing. Performing, dancing and taking part in activities you enjoy can all have a positive impact on wellbeing.

Thank you to everyone who entered this month’s challenge. We loved seeing all the different ways you look after your wellbeing. Keep an eye out for our next Annan Anchor challenge when we return in August.

A big thank you to Lush Carlisle for kindly donating the voucher prizes.

UNCRC Article 31: Every child has the right to rest, play, and take part in activities that support their wellbeing and development.

30/06/2026

Hartington trip days 1+2!
We are having a great time so far, and are just heading back to the Hostel after visiting the Heights of Abraham!

30/06/2026

Annan Academy Showcase 2026 - a 5 minute snippet of all our wonderful pupil achievements.

Article 29: Every child has the right to develop their talents and abilities to their full potential.

This is "Celebration of Achievement - Showcase - Newsletter" by P Johnston on Vimeo, the home for high quality videos and the people who love them.

30/06/2026

A big thank you to Lesley-Ann from LActive visiting Miss Hamilton's S4 Business class today. Pupils enjoyed completing a branding project for the local gym and were keen to hear the background behind running a business.
Congratulations to the overall winners; Ellie Marshall and Taylor Jones.

If you would like to collaborate and be our next "Business Buddy" please contact Miss Hamilton.

Article 29: Education must develop every child’s personality, talents and abilities to the full.