Kilmarnock Academy

N5 French pupils will be participating in a project called Language Linking, Global Thinking and on Monday 5^th June the class gave their partner student Oisin Pircher a very warm welcome. Oisin is currently studying International Business and Modern Languages at Strathclyde University . He will be spending his 3^rd year at university in Grenoble. After telling the class a bit about himself the pupils got the chance to ask him questions and generally get to know him . Oisin will regularly communicate with the class during the course of the year to illustrate how enriching it is to spend a year abroad using a language other than English. It is hoped that the two-way correspondence between student and class will bring French culture and language alive for our pupils and show them the real relevance of learning a language.

For more information: http://www.scilt.org.uk/BeyondSchool/LanguageLinkingGlobalThinking/tabid/5388/Default.aspx

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Well done to S3 pupils Callan Duncan, Lauren Thorburn, Paige Nelson and Laura Johnstone who assisted Mrs Smith in a transition lesson at Bellfield Primary . They gave a presentation to pupils about how much they enjoy French and also answered some questions from the Primary 7 pupils. Mrs Smith taught the class school subjects in French and our S3 pupils gave out stickers and prizes, helped with fun French games , interacted with pupils and led some of the learning. They worked well together as a team. Bravo!

Please come and support Kilmarnock Academy’s production of We Will Rock You!

It’s going to be a great nights entertainment and the last summer show in our current building!

Tickets are now available from Ticket Source

www.ticketsource.co.uk/event/187490

Kilmarnock Academy is open as normal on Thursday 8th June 2017.

This venue is not a polling station.

Has something happened online that has made you feel worried or unsafe?  If so you can make a secure report anytime to the Child Exploitation And Online Protection command at https://www.ceop.police.uk/safety-centre/

Celebrate Success is on Tuesday 13th June 2017 at 11.45 am.  Please click on link below for the programme.

Celebrate Success Programme 2017

Prizegiving is on Tuesday 13th June. Pupils who have been awarded a certificate/prize should attend prizegiving at 6.45pm for a prompt 7 pm start in full school uniform.

Any pupil who has been awarded a Subject Prize, a Special Award or a Dux Prize should come to the school office on Monday 5^th June for further information.

Rehearsal for prizegiving will be at period 6 on Tuesday 13th June – all pupils attending prizegiving should attend.

If anyone is unable to make prizegiving please give your name to Mrs Mossie or the school office as soon as possible.

Well done to all certificate and prize winners.

See below for Prize List

Kilmarnock Academy Prize list 2017 – Blog

The school is on holiday:-

Monday 29th May

Four students – Rowan Taylor , Callan Duncan, Natalia Polonowska and Ruby Whitaker – along with two members of staff – Ms E Walker and Ms M Fullerton – took part in a visit to EPA Carvalhais a fantastic school in North East Portugal as part of our Erasmus + project, ‘Sharing European values using Film and Cinema’.

EPA Carvalhais is a very unusual school. Not only does it teach young people the usual school subjects like Maths, Languages, Science and so on but also teaches young people agricultural skills and animal husbandry. Students at EPA can learn to be vintners, cheese makers or olive oil producers. The school rears their own sheep and goats, keeps horses as well as making their own cheese, olive oil and wine all of which they sell in a school shop to the local community.

 Our group were lucky enough to have time to spend exploring Porto for a couple of days before travelling on to the school to meet up with our Erasmus partners. We visited FC Porto football ground and museum, climbed the 240 steps to the top of the Clerigos Tower, wandered along the banks of the Douro River and crossed the iconic Dom Luis Bridge.

We had a fabulous week once we met up with our Erasmus partners from Portugal, Italy, Turkey and Lithuania at the Portuguese school. There was time in the programme to share the work we had been doing at home making the video looking at the social and economic background of our students and the community they live in. Our students had worked with their classmates to research, find data and produce graphs to display the information which they incorporated into their video along with an interview with our head teacher, Mr D Rose.

Our students were involved in Portuguese lessons, sports, dancing and tasting traditional food like ‘Francesinha’. They tried horse riding, cheese making and learnt all about olive oil production.

There was also the opportunity for sightseeing. We visited the beautiful communitarian village, Rio de Onor on the border with Spain, experienced a boat tour along the Douro River to see the wonderful terraced vineyards and visited Braganca Castle and museum.

We also had the great honour of meeting the Mayor of Mirandella, Mr Antonio Branco during our tour of the town. At the Town Hall we were granted permission to take in the view from the mayor’s balcony.

We had a great time in Mirandella, made good friends with our Erasmus partners and are now looking forward to our next opportunity to meet up and share our work in Lithuania in October.

Muito obrigado EPA Carvalhais para sua maravilhosa hospitalidade