It was a delight to pop along to see S1s in Science today showcasing their impressive cell models! We had delicious cakes, recycled Christmas trees, recycled packages/boxes and clay models 👏🤩 🌟 #sustainability #creativity #ambition Well done everyone! @duncanrigscience.duncanrigsecondary.org

We hope you enjoy your time with family during the festive holiday period and we look forward to seeing our young people back on Monday 5 January 2026! 🎄🎉🥳🎊🌲

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Our fabulous Captains and school community are very proud our Unicef Gold Rights Respecting School Award! 🥳🤩🌟💛

Very proud of my Enterprise group today. They raised an impressive £94 at the Duncanrig Xmas Fayre

Well done to my Enterprise group who smashed it at the Duncanrig Xmas Fayre today

A fantastic S1 trip to the Kings Theatre to watch the Little Mermaid this week! 🎤🎼🎵🥳🤩

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November has been a #community focussed month for our S1s as they took part in a litter pick keeping the school and surrounding area clean! 🚮 Well done to over 300 S1s who braved the cold weather 🥶🤩👏

As a culmination of our very successful ‘Reading in Reg’ initiative, and as part of our ongoing Extraordinary Lives project, all S1s participated in an IDL event this week! 📚🌎🧮🚀🎨💻📰🎼🎭🇪🇸 Lots of performances, discussions, debates and investigations! Well done S1s! 🌟👏🥳

We are delighted to share that sixteen of our young people have successfully completed their Wellbeing Champions Level 5 Award 👏👏👏Well done to you all! 🌟 They will now use their knowledge and skills to launch an S1 Buddy Programme and are very excited about supporting their peers 🤩

A fantastic support for our Extraordinary Lives project, which started with our P7s as a transition project and is continuing into S1 as an IDL project involving a number of curricular areas! 🌎🧮🚀🎨💻📰🎼🎭🇪🇸 www.heraldscotland.com/news/2564610...

Wow! Congratulations Sarah! Very well deserved! 🥳👏🎉

Yesterday our S3 group headed to Glasgow Science Centre for the Space Academy—an inspiring day of discovery and space science! 🌠🔭 #SpaceAcademy #GlasgowScienceCentre #STEMEducation

🚀 S2–S3 pupils at Careers Hive! 🔬 Exploring STEM through hands-on activities 💬 Engaging with STEM professionals & their career stories 🌟 Building skills for future STEM careers 📍 At the National Museum of Scotland #CareersHive #STEM #InspiringFutures

We love code! Our National 5 class working on their programming tasks. @duncanrigsecondary.org

Well done to Rona and Chloe for these amazing practice joints. Superb work!

S2 & S3 pupils enjoyed the opportunity to go to The National Museum in Edinburgh as part of a STEM trip

Our STEM captains explored Oobleck, a fascinating non-Newtonian fluid, with the STEM club this afternoon. Duncanrig truly has some wonderful STEM leaders! 🚀🧪✨ #STEM #STEMleaders #learning

🧠 Exciting news! Our School STEM Calendar is out 🎉 🔬 Discover key STEM events, clubs, and activities happening 💡 Get involved, get inspired, and explore your future in STEM! #STEM #InspiringFutures #STEMEducation #STEMClubs

It was lovely to host @waterstones.bsky.social at our S1 Parents Evening with a fabulous range of books! 📚 🤩 Thank you to our Reading Ambassadors for encouraging reading for enjoyment ✨🌟

We are delighted and very proud to share that we have achieved the Unicef UK’s Rights Respecting School Award at Gold! 💛 🤩🎉🥳 “It was evident that children’s rights are embedded across the school community and underpin every facet of school life” 💛 #Amition #Respect #Community

We hosted our very first Duncanrig Culture Day this week! What a wonderful celebration of our diverse community and a true example of young people leading learning! 🇳🇬🇵🇰🇮🇳🇦🇺🏴󠁧󠁢󠁳󠁣󠁴󠁿🇮🇹🇰🇷🇹🇭🏴󠁧󠁢󠁷󠁬󠁳󠁿🇪🇸🇮🇪 #community #respect #ambition Together we are Duncanrig ✨

Keep up the fabulous work S1s! 🤩👏

Well done to everyone! 🥳🤩🎉

U13 Player of the Match The Player of the Match in tonight’s 4-2 win over St Andrews and St Brides… HARRISON BRAND! 🙌🏃‍♂️👑🫡 Well done Harrison and the rest of the team. Great attitude and performance! Together We Are Duncanrig! 💪

Fabulous! Well done S1s 👏👏👏 It was great to pop along and see them play! 🤩

U13 Goal Scorers

U13 PLAYER OF THE MATCH The Player of the Match from our Scottish Shield win over Graeme High was … ZAC GILCHRIST 🙌⚽️👑

U13 GOAL SCORERS Goal scorers from today’s U13 Scottish Shield win over Graeme High were: Arron K x 2 ⚽️⚽️ Tyler L ⚽️ Lyle M ⚽️ Sean M ⚽️ Player of the Match to follow!

Well done S1s! 🤩👏🥳 All the best for the next round! 👍

A fabulous S1 Spooktacular event organised by our staff and S6 Captains 🎃👻✨🪩

A huge thank you to this fabulous group for their excellent input @duncanrigsecondary.org’s #YPI launch earlier this week. Hearing from young people at launches, and their tips to the next year group taking part, is one of our favourite parts of the programme!

Presenting our School Captains, Ben and Bethan, and our Vice Captains Erin and Emma, alongside our CSB captains Milo and Ava. They’re all working hard giving back to our school community. #pupilleadership

Massive well done to our Duncanrig Basketballers 🏀 who played in the first EK and Strathaven Inter School competition of the year. We currently sit top on the pile in the League Table! Vamos Duncanrig! 💪🫶🏀⛹️‍♀️⛹🏻‍♂️

We are so proud of our musical theatre ensemble who brought the house down at last night’s Touch a Life concert with their amazing performance. Well done to each and every one of them. 👏👏👏

Our wonderful Musical Theatre ensemble are ready to perform their showstopper ‘You Will Be Found’ from Dear Evan Hanson at tonight’s Touch a Life charity concert in Hamilton Townhouse. They are going to be amazing! 🎤🎶

U13s MATCH RESULT! DUNCANRIG 1 - 1 ST Andrews & St Brides First league game for our new look U13s Advanced team against a very well organised StA&B team. Excellent first performance that we will build on for future games. HT 0-1 FT 1-1 POTM and Goalscorer to follow…

Amazing Robbie! Well done! 🥳🤩👏

Well done Zac! ⚽️🥳👏

Congratulations to our Department of English who have gained a Reading for Pleasure Award from the Society of Authors. Well done to staff and pupils!

Well done to the amazing 1.7 who finished off their phone stands in style today. Well done also to the talented Isla who is September DET pupil of the month.

The council has been awarded funding to continue running the BetterPoints – Think, Move, Breathe app. Find out more about how you can gain points and support sustainable travel in the View https://orlo.uk/wf4Nz

Blues 🔵 vs Yellows 🟡 Team line ups before kickoff in today’s Under 13s Football Trial! Come On DUNCANRIG!! 💪⚽️ @duncanrigsecondary.org @duncanrigpe.duncanrigsecondary.org

Brilliant performance from all our U13s players in today’s 2nd Phase Trial! Some great football on show for the coaches and referees. Big thanks to our seniors pupils who were part of the coaching teams and officiating team. Final trial is next Monday. The squad list will be posted on Wednesday.

THE FOOTBALL FIESTA IS BACK!! 🪅⚽️ 5 hours of Football Fun! Thursday 25th September! 3pm-8pm! Come to PE to collect a Sponsor Form and information letter! Top Prizes available on the night for top fundraiser, best team and top performers! TOGETHER WE ARE DUNCANRIG @duncanrigsecondary.org

Well done the super talented Isla from 1.17 who volunteered for the class demo today. Well done also to her classmates who peer assessed her.

We have truly welcomed a talented S1 year group! Congratulations Ellis! 🥳🤩👏

Well done girls! 🤩 👏