Kilmarnock Academy

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Please click below for more details on the Mathematics timetable.  Whole school timetable is also available on this blog – see below.

Mathematical Easter School

Our Spring Concert was started in style by the Senior Choir singing “Fix You”. There then followed many wonderful performances from both junior and senior pupils. Included in this was the school’s Advanced Higher class consisting of 18 pupils which is one of the largest if not the largest class in Scotland. Together with one James Hamilton Academy’s pupil many students performed their exam pieces.  A first for the school was a performance on the Glockenspiel by Kyle Sweeney who played “The Entertainer”.  KAs very own band  “The Replaceables” performed a number called “Take a Chance” which was written by one of our 6^th year pupils, Zoe Ross.

In a relaxed atmosphere,  the audience enjoyed tea/coffee and spring cakes and the show was compered by our Depute Head Teacher, Mr Howie.

A big thank you to music teachers Mrs Campbell and Mrs Hyslop for all their hard work throughout the year getting students able to performer on stage and also to exam standard.

Thank you also to Mr Campbell , Callum Gibson, Regan Kelly, Jed Montgomery and Kieran McMurtrie for sound and stage crew.

Finally thanks to staff and parents for all their support and pupils for their outstanding performances on the night.

Please click below to view the exciting work of the Technical Department.

Technical Work – Session 2015-16

Fifteen brave S6 pupils were inspired following a recent presentation during their Personal and Social Development class and  arranged to attend the Grand Hall to Give Blood on Tuesday 22 March period 7.  Even though they were nervous they found the experience exceptionally rewarding and as their badge indicates they have helped to save a life.  We commend their actions – well done!!!

Publication of school attainment data 22 March 2016

Parentzone Scotland, provides parents with a range of information and advice to support their engagement in their child’s education. On 22 March 2016, the Parentzone Scotland website will publish leavers’ destinations and senior phase attainment data, for the 2014/15 school leavers from all publicly funded secondary schools in Scotland. Some of the school-level information is being made available via Parentzone Scotland, in a form which is disclosure controlled in order to protect the privacy of individuals.

We have used the same measures as last year and updated the narrative to help to improve how parents can engage with this data. These changes have been developed as a result of consultation with parents and engagement with our Parentzone Scotland Strategic Stakeholders Group. Membership includes the key teaching unions, ADES, NPFS, SPTC and the network of parental officers (SPION). Data from last year will be archived as we will not start to build trend data and show multiple years until 2017. Data is not helpfully comparable until then due to the phased introduction of new qualifications.

Following interest from users, we will also publish national school-leaver performance data on Parentzone Scotland this year. National data is provided to inform parents and other stakeholders about leavers’ destinations and senior phase attainment in Scotland. To understand how well schools are doing it is necessary to consider the school context and pupil profile. It is not therefore helpful to draw comparisons between individual school’s data and the national data.

The school-level attainment data complements the range of information already available on Parentzone Scotland and from school’s themselves through their websites, handbooks and regular communications with parents. All of these together are designed to help parents better understand education and the work of individual schools and encourage communication between parents and schools.

EASTER HOLIDAYS

Friday 25^th March HOLIDAY (Good Friday)

Monday 28^th March HOLIDAY (Easter Monday)

APRIL HOLIDAYS

Friday 1^st April the Academy will close at 2.30pm and re-open at 8.44am on Monday 18^th April 2016.