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October’s Podthank

Here is October’s Pod Thank Podcast created by our talented P7 pupils.  Our pupils’ Podcast will help our community to learn more about what we do as a Rights Respecting School.  The focus this month is our
new ‘CARES’ school values.
There is also a pupil voice School dinner review- top marks for our kitchen team!
The sound effects and guitar intros are created by pupils with musical talents.

Podthank Episode 1

P7 have created our very first podcast.  We know you are going to love episode 1!

 

P1 Enrolment

P1 Registration

For children who turn age of 5 years between 1 March 2025 and 28 February 2026 and whose parents and carers wish them to attend school should be registered for education during the week Monday 13 January 2025 until Friday 17 January 2025.  To register you should complete an online application and submit no later than Friday 17 January 2025.  Register at: – https://www.east-ayrshire.gov.uk/schooladmissions

To register your child you will require to upload a copy of your child’s birth certificate and two proofs of your residence in the catchment area in the form of a Council Tax Notice or Utility Bill.  Should you require a copy of your child’s birth certificate for Registration, this can be obtained at www.certificates.scot

If you are unable to register online then please phone your local school who will assist you to register your child.

Placing Requests

Parents and carers who wish to make a placing request must first enrol their child/children at their catchment school.

Placing requests for the session beginning August 2025, should be received by 31 January 2025.  Requests must be completed and submitted online at: https://www.east-ayrshire.gov.uk/schoolplacingrequest

World of Work

We are keen to teach our pupils all about the ‘World of Work’ and are looking for support from parents to help with this.  If you are able to come in to school either the week beginning the 15th May or the week beginning 22nd May to speak to some of our classes about your work/role in the community it would be greatly appreciated.

Please complete the form below to let us know when you would be available to come in to school and we will get in touch with you to arrange your visit.

https://forms.office.com/e/pRWhe6LgHf

Thank you for your continued support.

P6 Chromebook Visit

Thank you to all of the P6 parents who came to visit on Friday.  Our pupils enjoyed showing you what we have been up to with the Chromebooks.   Remember – keep checking your child’s Book Creator account with them to keep up to date with their writing work.

Also, thank you so much for sharing your views on our digital technology pilot scheme with the staff members present on the day.  Your feedback is greatly appreciated and will help inform the authority’s next steps regarding one-to-one devices.

Thank you J&W carpets, Kilmarnock!

We would like to say a massive thank you to J&W carpets!

 

Last session, our talented P7M wrote very persuasive letters to ask for rugs to make our classroom floors more comfortable to sit on.  We were delighted when J&W responded to our plea and donated over 40 rugs to enhance our classroom environments.  P6N were on hand to help take delivery of our new rugs today.

P5-7 Code Club

We are delighted to offer a Coding Club to pupils from P5-7. 

Mrs Newall and Chris from ‘Make it Happen Club’ will run the club on Thursdays after school from 3-4pm.  The places are restricted in line with Covid guidance so Mrs Newall will confirm your child’s place next week via email when sign up will close.  Your child should not attend the club unless they have a confirmed place.  If we have a lot of interest, we may run a second block.

The club will begin on Thursday 17th March and run every Thursday 3-4pm.

Please complete the short form to enrol.

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PC Scade came to visit

PC Scade came to visit some of our classes today to talk about bullying.  Pupils learned about the different forms bullying can take and talked about some of the strategies they could use if they felt they were being bullied.  We now know how the police could help us too!

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Anne Frank Trust visit

P6N had a visit from Eilidh who works for the Anne Frank Trust.  They learned a lot about the life of Anne Frank and now know more about equality, prejudice, stereotypes and discrimination.

 

On Friday, they are going to develop their skills to become peer educators so that we can teach other pupils about these important topics.

Well done Erin

Following our competition in school, Erin’s design was selected by East Ayrshire to use as their Cyber Resilience/Internet Safety logo.  We think her design is fantastic and a digital version of it has now been created to share across the authority.  We are so proud of you Erin!

Cyber Resilience/Internet safety Logo Competition

The whole school had a logo design competition about Internet Safety and Cyber Resilience.  We want to make sure every pupil knows how to stay safe online and this has kick started our campaign.  We had winners from every stage and the centre.  We think they look great – we hope you agree!

 

A special mention to Holly in P3 as we have used her design as our Internet Safety Mascot – the Queen of Internet Safety – you will be seeing a lot more of her – keep your eyes peeled!

Staying safe online

PC Scade came to school today to teach us all about staying safe online.

We learned about age restrictions on various apps, the importance of not sharing personal details online and cyber bullying.

https://www.thinkuknow.co.uk/ is a great website to learn about staying safe online.