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Young Carers

Supporting our Young Carers

If you believe your child is a Young Carer, we would like to hear from you.

A young carer is someone who is aged between 5-18 that may look after a relative.

They may have to look after someone who has:

  • poor mental health
  • a physical disability
  • problematic substance misuse
  • requires extra emotional support
  • needs extra help sometimes

We are keen to support our pupils in school and work with the East Ayrshire Young Carers group who offer a number of activities to children who have a caring role to play at home.

Please fill in the form if your child is a Young Carer.

This Week’s Star Pupils

Primary 1

1A – Rosie – for wonderful independent writing

Dylan – for working hard on his reading skills

1C – Porscha – writing a fantastic Spring Walk story

1F – Joe – wonderful handwriting

1M – Alissia Cunningham for creating some amazing artwork.
Joke of the week from Callum –
What do you call a dirty chicken that crosses the road and then crosses back again?
A dirty double crosser!

Primary 2

2B – Colby – for settling in really well and making new friends

2K – Heather – For working well in a group and trying to keep everyone on task.

2S – Oscar – being a positive role model

2T – Lacey – fantastic reading

 

Primary 3

3H – Mia – Super Star writer

3N – Kayla – for beautiful artwork

        Llyle – for excellent money work in maths.

3S – Alfie – amazing work this week

 

Primary 4

4E – Georgie – for always working hard on tasks in class

4K – Mia – always thinking of others

4M – Alfie – trying his best in maths

 

Primary 5

5C – Erin – for fantastic effort with factors

5CA – Esa Hamilton  – consistently working hard in class

5K – Lewis – great effort and concentration in class

5M – Jack – for great behaviour in the playground and class all week

 

Primary 6

6A – Rae – for great effort in fractions

6F – Danny – A fantastic WW2 report

6M – Ethan – being a good friend and showing kindness

 

Primary 7

7H – Oliver – great contributions for our new topic WW1

7Mc – Nathan – for demonstrating a good knowledge and understanding of using BODMAS

 

Deputy Head Teacher’s Award

 

Callum 3H – for being honest in the community

 

Hoppy Holidays!

Congratulations on an ‘egg-cellent’ perfect guess Aimee – 141 eggs in our ‘How Many Eggs?’ jar! Enjoy! 🐥
The closest guess from each stage also received a prize.
 
Thank you to everyone who joined the Easter fun, raising £340 for our Pupil Voice identified learning and leisure resources.
 
Our whole school community has shared another great term and we can’t wait to welcome our young people back on Monday 19th April at the same staggered times.
P1 – 8.55am – 2.55pm
P2 – 9.05am – 3.05pm
P3 – 9.05am – 3.05pm
P4 – 8.50am – 2.50pm
P5 – 8.55am – 2.55pm
P6 – 9.00am – 3.00pm 
P7 – 8.50am – 2.50pm 
 
For now, we send our safe and well wishes for a restful Easter, with special thanks to our staff team #youvegotthis #thankful #lucky
 
‘Hoppy Holidays Everyone!’ ❤
#OurOnthank #LoveIsOnthank #BringOnThe19th

EASTER EGGS-TRAVAGANZA ACTIVITIES


As we come to the end of an ‘egg-cellent’ Spring Term we are ‘egg-cited’ for a week of Easter themed activities including our at home Egg Design challenge, and in school ‘How many Eggs’?

Check out our poster for full details.

We kindly remind our families to check emails and the school app for details of our early closure stagger times on Thursday 1st April.

‘Hoppy Holidays’!

#OurOnthank #EasterFun #Eggcited

This Week’s Star Pupils

Primary 1

1A – Carrick – for trying very hard in class

1C – Konnor – for beautiful handwriting

1F – Masyn – wonderful working in literacy & numeracy

 

Primary 2

2B – Devlin for working really hard as part of a team during the Highland Games.

2K – Shane – for Excellent addition number work

2S – Harry – for leading an art lesson

2T – Whole Class – for their excellent participation in the Highland Games

 

Primary 3

3H – Cherelle – super reading

3N – Emily – for working hardtop decode tricky words when reading

3S – Leah – Fantastic literacy wok – well done!

 

Primary 4

4E – Andrew – for super effort in his writing tasks

4K – Whole Class – for settling back in to school

4M – Keira – for trying her best in spelling lessons in P4M

 

Primary 5

 

5CA – Chloe – Amazing progress in numeracy

5K – Jaxon – Impressive Art

 

Primary 6

6A – Amy – for super effort & accuracy in her work

6F – Amber – for being brave and settling in really well

6M – Mitchell – for fantastic contributions to group and class discussions around WW2

 

Primary 7

7H – Calleigh – for being a very kind and helpful friend to her peers

7M – Sarah – for having a positive and respectful attitude

7MC – Liam – for continually good work with decimals

 

Deputy Head Teacher’s Award

 

Lauchlan – Class 2

for a super week’s work and fabulous manners.

This Week’s Star Pupils W/C 15th March

Primary 1

1F – Olivia – wonderful working in all areas of the curriculum

1M – Luci – for organising our classroom and resources for us. Great job Luci!

Joke of the week
What’s rain’s favourite accessory?
A rain-bow 🎀

 

Primary 2

2B – Myla – for working really hard this week

2K – Aylah – for working hard in class and showing off great answers at Numeracy Time

2S  – Poppy super work in phonics and sentence writing

2T – Courtney – for fantastic reading

 

Primary 3

3H – Kerr – super helper in class

 

Primary 4

4E – Dylan – for working hard during his 1st in P4E

4M – Ollie – for always being so kind to others & making sure everyone at his table feels included.

 

Primary 5

5C – Charlie – amazing VCOP work

5CA – Whole class , great first week back.

5M – Whole class – for returning to school with a great attitude

 

Primary 6

6A – Whole Class – creating a fantastic Outdoor Learning Video

6F – Danny – for Fantastic Art

6M – Bailey – an excellent first week back!

Primary 7

7H – Lily – for excellent effort and achievements in maths this week

7Mc – Ava – for giving full and excellent answers during literacy

 

Deputy Head Teacher’s Award

 

Leo P4E – for super literacy skills (writing a book)

 

 

This Weeks Star Pupils W/C 8th March

Primary 1

1A – Leah – Working hard with her learning and developing her independence

1C – Jamie-Lee – for a fantastic car design in our STEM challenge

1F – Luka – for showing us super work this week

1M – Jack – for explaining his marvellous maths strategies to others

Joke of the week

Q: What did the mythical creature serve at his barbecue?

A: Unicorn on the cob

 

Primary 2

2B  – Sophie – for always working hard at school and home and always being polite to all adults and her friends.

2K – Emily – for working hard in Lockdown and continuing to work hard in class.

2S – Fallon – being kind and gentle to others.

2T – Frankie – for his imaginative story

 

Primary 3

3N – Karis – for trying hard with writing work

 

Deputy Head Teacher’s Award 

Nathan 7Mc – for being a responsible citizen in school during Lockdown.

P7 Transition information for parents

Dear P7 parents,
As we move forward in our preparations for P7 transition, I would like to share Kilmarnock Academy’s progress and our future plans for the transition experience.
All P7 classes took part in our Modern Languages challenge in October and we were delighted with the results with prizes won at every primary. I hope you also enjoyed our Virtual P7 Information Evening in December and benefited from the tour of our amazing school.
Behind the scenes, Mrs Wallace has been meeting with P7 teachers to discuss and support various aspects of transition to ensure your son/daughter gets the best opportunities when they arrive.
Our programme continues with our virtual Expressive Arts activity which will be released next week through your primary schools. We hope you enjoy this activity.
Moving forward, we will be visiting every primary school, either​ in person or virtually, and we hope to offer P7 pupils a chance to visit Kilmarnock Academy too. Please keep up to date with our app for any information.
Kind Regards
David Rose
Head Teacher