Dumbarton Academy Humanities Faculty of History, Geography, Modern Studies, RME, RMPS and Politics.

Joined November 2021
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A huge well done to this years finalists in the MacKinnon Cup debating competition. Maya and Sam from @OLSPHigh and our own Alisdair and Ruby @Dumbarton_Acad were so impressive with their debate skills. Congratulations to Ruby and Alisdair for winning the trophy!
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Thank you to everyone who came along to the MacKinnon Cup Debating competition on Friday. The quality of debate as always was fantastic, and the young people involved are a real credit to west dunbartonshire @Dumbarton_Acad @OLSPHigh @VoL_Academy @SPTA_HS @clydebankhigh
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A huge congratulations to @Dumbarton_Acad Ruby and Alisdair for winning the MacKinnon cup debating competition on Friday!!! And a big thank you and well done to the debating teams from @SPTA_HS @OLSPHigh @VoL_Academy @clydebankhigh @HermitageAcad. What a huge amount of talent!
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A big thank you to the debating club @clydebankhigh for organising the Ryan Cup debate on Friday. Very proud of our team Ruby and Alisdair who won their debate and to Ruby who won best speaker and Anastasia who won best contribution. Congrats to the @SPTA_HS winning team!!
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Dumbarton Academy Humanities Faculty retweeted
Big shout out to this word smith and FRUIN legend Eilidh Stewart! Recently smashed it at the debate competition with judges saying her speeches were head and shoulders above the rest #proudofyou #monthefruin
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Dumbarton Academy Humanities Faculty retweeted
🥳CONGRATULATIONS🥳 to Brooklyn Gordon and Evan Gallacher who brought back the MacKinnon Cup for Debating to VoLA yesterday! A fantastic achievement! 🤩 Thanks also to Ashley Lennie who supported them with their preparation. We are a very proud school today! #celebratingsuccess
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Congratulations to Eilidh for winning best speaker at yesterdays MacKinnon Cup debating competition! @Dumbarton_Acad
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A massive well done to everyone who participated in today’s MacKinnon Cup Debating competition. And a massive well done to the winning team from @VoL_Academy and runners up @Dumbarton_Acad . Amazing to have the competition up and running again! #strivingforexcellence.
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Thanks for the hard work of your teams! They were fantastic! @clydebankhigh @SPTA_HS @HermitageAcad
Dumbarton Academy Humanities Faculty retweeted
Our winning YPI team and @ypi_scotland joined us in planting a tree to mark the Queen's Platinum Jubilee in our community garden. #WeCare #platinumjubilee2022 #queensgreencanopy
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Dumbarton Academy Humanities Faculty retweeted
Thanks so much to @poppy_bud @poppyscotland for visiting us over the past 2 days. Our S2 & S3 pupils had a great opportunity to learn about the history of the poppy and remembrance. Pupil feedback has been very positive! @DAHumanities @Dumbarton_Acad
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Dumbarton Academy Humanities Faculty retweeted
Mock election for 1.5 today 🗳👏🏼 @DAHumanities
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Dumbarton Academy Humanities Faculty retweeted
Last week we took N5/Higher pupils to use our outdoor learning space to practice some mindfulness meditation to help understand the benefits and difficulties for Buddhists ☸ A lovely relaxing time was had by all 🤫 #StrivingForExcellence @Dumbarton_Acad @DAHumanities
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S3 Modern Studies working together to solve the case! Thanks to @ModSocPolCollab for the resources!
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Dumbarton Academy Humanities Faculty retweeted
“Roll it, recap” with the N5 A Team in prep for their mid unit assessment! Thanks to whoever shared the template on the SATH team 🙌🏼🇺🇸🎲 @DAHumanities
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Dumbarton Academy Humanities Faculty retweeted
Our S3 pupils created a display for Holocaust Memorial Day 2022. With the theme being ‘One Day’ this year, we hope to ensure that one day in the future that there will be no genocide @HMD_UK @DAHumanities @Dumbarton_Acad Thanks to @FrankHannigan5 for all of your help!
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Our S1s have been using their artistic skills to create both traditional Christmas cards and Christian Christmas cards - they look amazing!! 🖍👏 Merry Christmas everyone!! 🎄🎅🌟 @Dumbarton_Acad @DAHumanities
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