This amazing cake was a very kind parental donation for our Primary 7 class to enjoy as part of their leaver’s celebrations.

Our winning house was Air!. All the children who are in the Air House enjoyed watching a movie and making ice cream sundaes with Stephanie.

SUMMER Highlights

Spend your Summer with East Ayrshire Leisure.
Enjoy a summer of fun activities for families, children and young people.

 McDougall’s in Toyland
Palace Theatre ∙ Sat 2 July ∙ 2pm ∙ £8.50/£32 family

The Polar Bears Go Go Go! 
Palace Theatre ∙ Sun 17 July ∙ 11am & 2pm ∙ £8 child/£10 adult

a Muckle ‘n’ Wee:Creative Wildlife Trail
Dick Institute ∙ Normal opening hours  ∙ FREE

Great & Small:Crafted Creatures
Dick Institute ∙ Normal opening hours  ∙ FREE

  Stop Motion Animation Workshops
Auchinleck Library ∙ 19 & 20 July, 26 & 27 July ∙ 11am -3pm ∙ 8ys+ ∙ FREE (booking essential)

DIGITAL Drop-In DAY
Galston Library ∙ Tue 2 Aug ∙ 11am -3pm ∙ FREE (drop-In)

Pond Dipping
Dean Castle Country Park ∙ Thu 21 July ∙ 11am & 2pm ∙ £3

Wormery World
Dean Castle Country Park ∙ Thu 14 July ∙ 11am & 2pm ∙ £3

Swimming
Your Local Leisure Centre ∙ Normal pool hours ∙ From £2.10 * FREE for Active Club members

Gymnastics Camp
Barrony Sports Village ∙ Tuesdays and Thursdays ∙ 3-5yrs £3/ 5yrs+ £6

Check out the full timetable in the Summer Programme here.

“The Take a Bow Opportunity Centre is hosting a fun packed summer programme from the 4th of July until the 17th of August. There are 3 sessions per day and kids can book in for one a day, all 3 sessions or for the entire week! Our programme is action packed, including bouncy castles, sports, arts and crafts, cooking, and lots lots more. Book in now to secure your place”

We are very sorry to say that the 3D printer we were using to make the P7 keyrings/spinning tops and tic tac toe has broken and we are unable to fulfill the full amount of orders that have been placed. Children who ordered  early will still receive their item. However, later orders, unfortunately, can no longer be processed.

All necessary refunds will be made via Parentpay and will be shown as “order not fulfilled”.

We can only apologise for this, we know the children will be disappointed but the circumstances are outwith our control.

Can all parents/carers applying for East Ayrshire Clothing Grants please ensure that their address is up to date with the school, as their grant will not be processed  if the address on the grant differs from that held at the school.

Apply online · East Ayrshire Council (east-ayrshire.gov.uk)

Thank you

Vibrant Communities Summer Programme is now live and can be booked via this link

https://events.east-ayrshire.gov.uk/events

Please find below information on school closure times for pupils who access school transport:

Summer Closure to HT 2022 200622

This lunch will be for the whole school on Friday 24th June which is also our Fun Day!

Our Primary 7’s have chosen their own “Leaver’s Lunch” menu:

Burger and Fries

Popcorn chicken and fries

Cheese pizza and fries

Fudge or sponge cake and custard

Our raffle tickets are  now on sale through Parentpay for the FOMC Summer Raffle. They will be available to purchase until Friday 24th June and the raffle will be drawn on Monday 27th June.

We are proud to be flying our new school flag at the front of the school!

On Tuesday I was delighted to work with the Pupil Council and speak with them about the North West Kilmarnock Consultation and hear some of their views on why this would be good for our school. These children are now working with the rest of their class to gather more ideas to share with Education Scotland on Monday 13th June.

Great job, thank you for sharing your ideas.

Mrs Fergusson

Sports Day

Our school sports day has been provisionally organised for Thursday 9th June this year. This will take the form on potted sports where classes will walk their way around a series of sporting
events, one of which will be races, parents/carers will be permitted to attend.

Our sports day has been scheduled for the 9th June this year (weather dependent). We would like to invite our parents and carers in for a short visit to see your child and their class compete in some races.
This will take the format of welcoming our adults into the school grounds to watch their child’s class run and then we politely request that you allow the next set of parents to be invited in. If you
are the parent or carer of more than one child then you are invited to come in for each of your child’s race slot.

Please find below the timetable for the day and come along to see your child participate in the fun. We are super excited to have you in school on the day to cheer for us and we hope to see you there!!

9:10 – 9:30 Primary 1
9:35 – 10:00 Primary 1/2
10:05 – 10:30 Primary 2/3
11:00 – 11:40 New Primary 1 children
11:45 – 12:10 Primary 4
1:10 – 1:40 Primary 5
1:45 – 2:15 Primary 6
2:20 – 2:50 Primary 7

A reminder that our garden tidy up will take place on 16th June between 3pm-5pm .  We would be very grateful for any time you can spare at all to help us. We would also be grateful of any donations of any of the following items:

Plants/seeds

Soil

Hanging baskets

Garden Paint

Masonry paint

Bark

Planters

If you are able to come and help on the day if you could bring your own gardening equipment with you please.

Our Primary 7 pupils have been very busy making items to sell in order to raise additional funds for their Activity Week. These items include Tic tac toe, spinning tops, car/butterfly keyrings and personalised keyrings and can be purchased through Parentpay.

***Please note there is a limited amount of each item available and will be allocated on a first come first served basis . *** 

What a great job they have made!

The children have been busy with lots of fun activities this week on the run up to the Jubilee. We are delighted to share with you this picture of Christopher from P5 who made this amazing Jubilee sponge cake!

Wow!

We would like to say a big thank you to both Tesco Extra, Kilmarnock and Morrisons, Kilmarnock for kindly donating some garden items to help us in our garden tidy up project .

Please find below the May edition of the  EA School Counselling & Psychological Wellbeing Support Newsletter:

East Ayrshire School Counselling & Psychological Wellbeing Supports Newsletter (office.com)

On 13th June St Joseph’s parish community will celebrate the 175th anniversary of the solemn opening of our church in 1847. Our community will gather to worship at 7 pm on Monday 13th June to celebrate a Mass of Thanksgiving for the mission of the last 175 years.

We extend a warm invitation to you, your staff and parents and pupils to join St Joseph’s parish community on this occasion.

Thank you.

Kind regards,

Fr Stephen

Rev Stephen G McGrattan

Parish Priest of St Joseph’s

Please join us if you can for a couple of hours from 3pm-5pm on 16th June for our school garden tidy up . We would really appreciate your help for however long you can spare.

Thank you

Please keep our P3 children in your prayers as they prepare for their Reconciliation on Tuesday 7th June at 7pm.

On 13th June St Joseph’s parish community will celebrate the 175th anniversary of the solemn opening of our church in 1847. Our community will gather to worship at 7 pm on Monday 13th June to celebrate a Mass of Thanksgiving for the mission of the last 175 years.

We extend a warm invitation to you, your staff and parents and pupils to join St Joseph’s parish community on this occasion.

Thank you.

Kind regards,

Fr Stephen

Rev Stephen G McGrattan

Parish Priest of St Joseph’s

UNIFORM EXCHANGE

Unfortunately, due to the weather forecast for tomorrow, we have decided NOT to put our Uniform Exchange items outside the main entrance as previously planned.  However, we would like to remind parents/carers that the Uniform Exchange  is located in the foyer of the school and free to anyone who wishes to make use of it at any time during school hours. We have a selection of nearly new items of school uniform in a range of sizes, (including some shoes). 

Thanks

At this time of year we consider what our school priorities should be as we prepare for 2022/2023.

Please take the time to complete the survey below presenting your views on our future school improvements.

Parent/Carer School Improvement Plan Consultation

This survey will close on Thursday 26th May.

​​​​​​​Thank you.