Category Archives: transition
P7 leavers transport application for RBA S1
P7 leavers starting S1 at RBA require to complete this form for their school transport. Can this be done as soon as possible please.
School transport · East Ayrshire Council (east-ayrshire.gov.uk)
Yipworld – Moving on Up (P6 and P7 pupils)
Yipworld have a wonderful opportunity for our P6 and P7 pupils to meet new friends, who they will be transitioning to Robert Burns Academy with in the near future. Please see information below. Parents are required to complete a membership form hen their child attends. A tuck shop will also be available.
S1 Transition Biscuit and a Blether
Calling all new S1’s that transitioned from New Cumnock Primary School!
As promised, Mrs Clarke and Mrs Bradford are hosting a “Biscuit and a Blether” session to check-in with our most recent cohort of S1’s!
FRIDAY 2ND SEPTEMBER 2022 @ 3.05PM, ENTER VIA COMMUNITY ENTRANCE!
This is an opportunity for new S1 pupils to check in with primary staff they trust, whilst they are still building relationships with staff at the Robert Burns Academy, and have a chat about their new school, subjects, friends, or any worries they have.
This is not compulsory for pupils, but we would love to see you!
PRIMARY 7 Transition Information
We are looking forward to seeing the new S1s this week and hope they are excited about their visit!
In preparation for these days there will be a virtual classroom visit to all P7s to remind them about the format for the two days. During the induction days (Tuesday and Wednesday) teaching staff and senior pupils will be on hand to ensure that they are supervised and supported at all times. As part of the virtual class visit I will be reminding pupils about the following items and bits of information they will need to bring with them next week:
- A schoolbag and stationery
- A note of their new PLP and practical class (eg. 1A1- 1P3)
- Their username and password for logging on to the computers, this is the same one used in the primary school
- A pair of trainers for P.E.
- A snack for interval
- A free school lunch will be available, although you may wish to bring your own packed lunch.
Our school cafeteria has kindly agreed to provide a free school meal for any pupil who would like to sample what’s on offer, although, you may wish to bring your own packed lunch. Please note that our new S1 will have a designated area to eat lunch as a year group and will not be allowed to leave this area at interval or lunch during their two day visit.
Kind regards
P McGurn
Depute Head Teacher
The Robert Burns Academy
FAO Primary 7 PARENTS- School of Football
The first try out is on Monday 20th June, then those who are successful will be invited for a second trial on Thursday 23rd June.
If any of our P7’s are interested in joining, click the survey link here. The MONDAY time of 4pm-5pm will not be applicable to us as we are at Craufurdland Estate, so we are in negotiations to work in a different time. Please still fill in the survey link and we will sort out the timings.
P7 TRANSITION INFORMATION EVENING
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:
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 25th 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
I look forward to seeing you soon!
P. McGurn
Depute Head Teacher
The Robert Burns Academy
Leaver’s Hoodies
A huge thank you to our parent council for donating out P7 Leaver’s Hoodies!
We are so excited to wear them around our school and to our transition events at Robert Burns Academy!
Thank you for your generosity!
P7 Leavers Newspaper Pull-Out
The Cumnock Chronicle are running a pull-out of P7 leavers and they are looking for East Ayrshire schools south of Kilmarnock to submit individual pictures of pupils who are finishing up for inclusion in the paper.
They are looking for individual photos of pupils to be sent across to ayrshireschools@newsquest.co.uk along with the pupils name and school they are leaving.
Early Level Transition Programme – May/June 2021 – Information Booklet for Parents
Transition Information for Parents (CLICK HERE)
Please find attached above an information booklet for parents/carers of children who will be starting Primary 1 in August.
If you require any additional information which has not been covered in the booklet, please do not hesitate to contact us and we will do our utmost to support.
I am currently working on a child friendly information book which can be read with your child and explains the routine of the Primary 1 day. This will be available in the next few days.
Thank you
Mrs Johnstone
