A reminder that a letter was sent home yesterday regarding an Education Scotland visit on Monday 13th June at 1:30pm.  Thank you to the two parents that have kindly volunteered so far. Please consider being part of our parent group sharing your views on the educational benefits of an ECC and refurbishment of our school.

Sharing your views in this group will help to strengthen our bid process.

Please complete the return slip on the letter or email myself.
andrea.fergusson@eastayrshire.org.uk

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.

Please check school bags tonight for a letter regarding an Education Scotland visit on Monday 13th June at 1:30pm. Please consider being part of our parent group sharing your views on the educational benefits of an ECC and refurbishment of our school.

Sharing your views in this group will help to strengthen our bid process.

Please complete the return slip on the letter or email myself.

andrea.fergusson@eastayrshire.org.uk

Further information from St Joseph’s this afternoon:

• Pupils should be at St Joseph’s for 8.50am either via own transport/our school buses/their own primary buses if at St Andrews.
• Pupils will leave at the end of our school day – 3.40pm
• Pupils can access canteen facilities
• Pupils should be in full school uniform and bring PE kit if needed
• Pupils should bring with them their timetables and slips they were asked to return during Miss Cathie’s visit.

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 see below information regarding the counselling service available within East Ayrshire Council.

East Ayrshire School Counselling & Psychological Wellbeing Supports Newsletter

Hi all and welcome to the May edition of our newsletter. May has been a very busy month for our service and for schools with lots of great work going on for Mental Health Awareness Week, s…

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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.

Please read our June Newsletter containing important and exciting information.

*****Please note that there is an error in this newsletter. The P7 leavers assembly will take place on Tuesday 28th June at 2pm. Apologies for this error. *****

Newsletter June 2022

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.

THE QUEEN’S JUBILEE CELEBRATIONS

You are cordially invited to our Queen’s Jubilee Celebrations

Beacon Lighting Ceremony 
Thursday 2 June ∙ 2-10pm ∙Dean Castle Country Park ∙ FREE
2pm Official Proclamation
9.30pm Lighting Ceremony

 Jubilee Commonwealth Trail
Thursday 2 – Sunday 5 June ∙ Dean Castle Country Park ∙ FREE
Dean the Red Squirrel is touring the Commonwealth and needs to send stamped postcards home before he can travel onto his next destination. Pick up your passport at the Treehouse Centre and explore the trail to collect your prize.

Jubilee Afternoon Tea Boxes
Thursday 2 – Sunday 5 June ∙ Dean Castle Country Park ∙ £15
In partnership with Bello Luca, our jubilee Afternoon Tea Box can be ordered online and collected from the Treehouse Cafe. Bring a blanket and enjoy your afternoon tea in beautiful surroundings. Boxes are £15 and must be ordered by Monday 30 May.
vegetarian and vegan options available.

Billy Bear’s Jubilee Jinks!
Thu 2 June ∙2-3pm ∙ Dick Institute ∙ FREE
Fri 3 June ∙ 11am-12pm ∙ Baird Institute ∙ FREE
Fri 3 June ∙ 2-3pm ∙ Burns House Museum ∙ FREE
(FANFARE!) ‘By Royal appointment…Sir Billy Bear invites all Teddy Bears of the Shire and beyond to put on their fanciest clothes and bring their humans for a most important Royal Explorers mission. Let us Celebrate!’ You can take part in some special Jubilee Explorers sessions with Michaella and Billy Bear.

Crafty creations for the Jubilee
Thurs-Sat ∙ Dick Institute (North Museum), Baird Institute and Burns House Museum ∙ FREE
Make your own Jubilee flags, crowns & windmills, and build a Lego Castle fit for a Queen! Drop-in and be inspired by our museum collections and enjoy the crafty self-led activities.

I Spy With My Bookish Eyes
Thurs-Sat ∙ Your local library ∙ FREE
A court jester has hidden book covers around the library.  Become a book detective to find these and solve their puzzle.

Visit the website for more information

We were delighted today to have our brass pupils back in for the first post Covid group tuition with Mr McKreel. It was lovely to hear the sound of the instruments in the school again after such a long time. Everyone was happy to be back!

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.

******* CHANGE OF DATE******

The parental information evening for pupils transitioning from P7 into S1 will now take place at St Joseph’s Academy on Wednesday 8th June at 6pm.

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

As you may already know the council is planning to bid for funding from the Scottish Government Learning Estate Investment Programme to potentially create a new “learning campus” in the Onthank area. The Head of Education has been working closely with Headteachers and Heads of Centre to ensure full involvement in the preparatory and council processes leading towards a full public consultation.

To ensure that we have a full range of views and ideas across schools, a virtual meeting has been planned to which you are warmly invited. This virtual meeting will take place on Wednesday 25th May 2022 at 5.30-7pm.

This virtual meeting will cover the statutory aspect of the consultation namely introducing ECC facilities to Mount Carmel.

If you would like to receive a link to attend this meeting please follow the link below to complete the relevant form.

Kind regards,

Mrs Fergusson

Head Teacher