We are once again celebrating World Book Day at Mauchline PS & ECC. This year we are celebrating on Thursday 2nd March.

The children are invited to dress up as a book character, or simply bring a prop from their favourite book e.g. Harry Potter’s wand, a mixing bowl from George’s Marvellous Medicine etc. If not dressing up, the children are welcome to dress down on the day. (No football clothes/colours please).

Please hand in any old costumes that you cannot use any more to the school office. We are happy to add them to our recycling rack in the school.

The teachers will have events planned for the day that promote the enjoyment of reading. The ECC will have their own events planned for the day and will be informing parents/carers of their plans.

Here is the link to the family section of the World Book Day website:

https://www.worldbookday.com/families/

We will once again be celebrating World Book Day on Thursday 2nd March. More details will follow after the February holiday, however we just wanted to ask if anyone has any costumes that their child/children used in a previous year that they no longer require? If you do, please send them into the school office and we will find a new home for them.

The P7 Captains and Vice Captains are helping out at the MacMillan Coffee Morning in the Church Hall. It has been a huge success and the community have turned out to show their support – despite the awful weather!!

Following the death of Her Majesty The Queen on Thursday 8 September 2022 we are observing a period of National Mourning.

The UK Government has announced an additional one-off Bank Holiday on the day of Her Majesty’s State Funeral – Monday 19 September 2022.

As this falls on our September Public Holiday we can confirm that East Ayrshire Council will move this Public Holiday from Monday 19 September 2022 to Tuesday 20 September 2022.

Our Council offices and education establishments will be closed both days, but normal service provision will be maintained by our emergency/ standby services  and essential services such as waste service, Children’s Houses, Care at Home, Community Alarms and Homeless Hostels. Our offices and schools will reopen on Wednesday 21 September.

We understand that any closure of Council services at short notice including our education services can be inconvenient for our communities but we have considered that keeping the extra day close to the funeral date will both mark this event appropriately and cause least disruption to services.

Out of hours helpline: 0345 7240000

Out of hours social work services: 0800 328 7758

Thank you to everyone who donated their recycling to the latest collection. We raised £84 for School Funds. A great acheivement!

Rag Bag Certificate (2)

Dear parent / carer 

I am pleased to share with you the link to our P7 Information Video. As we are currently unable to welcome large groups of parents to the school for a face-to-face information evening, we decided to record a video that you can view with your child instead. This video should answer many of the questions you may have about the final stages of our transition programme. 

The video can be viewed by clicking the link below: 

https://youtu.be/f2xiLeHNeB0 

Or through our school blog’s P7 Transition section: 

https://blogs.glowscotland.org.uk/ea/therobertburnsacademy/p7-transition/ 

We would also like to invite you to an online drop-in session on Wednesday 25^th May from 6.30-7.30pm.  There will be no presentation or content shared during this session, this is an opportunity for parents and carers to ask any questions they may have. I would encourage you to watch the information video and look at the content on the P7 Transition page of our school blog in the first instance.   

You can join us for the online session via the following link: 

https://app-proxy.vscene.net/r/oKANTUMlGp 

Meeting room number: 1413569 

Meeting ID: 104859 

Our next RAG BAG collection in on Monday 23rd May. Bags will be sent out to all children. Could we ask that all bags be brought back  to school no later than Friday 20th May. We do have a permanent recycling bank in the school playground that can be accessed year round.
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Q: What textiles/ clothes can be recycled?
A: We can accept the following items:

•  Wearable Clothing
•  Paired Shoes
•  Handbags
•  Belts

We cannot accept the following items:

• Workwear
• Uniforms (including School Uniforms)
• Wet/Soiled Clothes
• Curtains
• Towels
• Duvets or Duvet Covers
• Pillows or Pillow Cases
• Blankets
• Table Cloths
• Linens
• Cushions
• Carpets
• Suitcases
• Books
• Bric a Brac
• Clothes Hangers
• Electricals