Please see the message below from David Mitchell, Chair of the Parent Council.

Hi there, the Christmas Market will be held on Thursday 28th November in the Academy. It takes an entire team of helpers to make these nights the success that they always are. If any parents, carers, grandparents, friends or family members are available to help with the set-up in the afternoon or for a couple of hours on the night then please let Elaine or me know. Reply to the PC email Stewarton.acad.pc@gmail.com or Elaine’s at elaine.smithy@googlemail.com or call/text me on 07910814975. Ideally the night time helpers would be available from 17:30 onwards.

Everything raised goes directly to benefit the young people of Stewarton Academy.

Many thanks,
David
07910814975

Please click the link below to access the letter sent to parents via S4-6 pupils this afternoon regarding the prelim exam diet this session.

Prelim Letter to Parents

Have a great October break.

Mr Miller

Reminder: Loudon Street  in Stewarton is closed from today. Signs on the road suggest the closure will be for a period of 18 days but the communication we have received from Scottish Power is that the cable installation process will continue until the 7th November, with the road expected to be closed until then.

Please allow for extra time in your journey to and from school.

Please note that, following approval by council Cabinet, the May Day holiday in 2020 has been changed from Monday 4th May to Friday 8th May.

This change has been amended on the council website, which can be accessed at:

https://www.east-ayrshire.gov.uk/Resources/PDF/S/School-Holidays-2019-20.pdf

The Stewarton Academy Sports Council and Parent Council would like to invite you to register and take part in this year’s Bonnet Toun 10km or the 2.5km Family Fun run next Sunday, the 6th October at 10:00 am.

The event is being supported by the school’s Sports Council, Parent Council, The Bonnet Guild and Jog Stewarton. Car parking, changing and registration will all take place within Stewarton Academy and there will be a range of prizes and medals on offer for participants.

Both runs can be entered online by clicking here or you can download the entry form Bonnet-Toun-10k-entry-form-2019and hand it into the PE department along with the entry fee.

We would love to see you here to support the school and take the opportunity to laugh at the teaching staff you run past on the way to glory!

For further information, call David Mitchell on 07910814975 or email stewarton10k@gmail.com.

Reminder for parents/carers:

The school will close today (Thursday) for pupils at 3.35pm and will not re-open until Wednesday, 25th September at 8.45am.

On Tuesday 24th September, staff will work together on one of the two additional in-service days granted as part of the new teachers’ pay award in session 2019/20 to address and improve teacher workload, school empowerment and additional support for pupils.

The second additional in-service day is on Friday 3rd April.

I wish you have a fantastic holiday weekend.

Mr R Miller
Head Teacher

We are delighted to share the news that the school was officially presented with its Digital Schools Award yesterday at an awards ceremony at St Mungo’s High School, Falkirk.

Representatives from Education Scotland, HP and Microsoft presented our delegates, Mr Hardie, Miss Cooper and S5 pupil Morgan Cumming, with the Digital Schools Award plaque to recognise the progress made and commitment to embedding digital learning across the curriculum in Stewarton Academy.

Mr Miller, the school’s new Head Teacher, was delighted to see the efforts of the staff, pupils and partners recognised. “The programme offers schools a real opportunity to build on their digital capabilities,” he said. “We are very proud of the work undertaken to achieve the Digital Schools Award. Developing the digital skills that will enable our pupils to compete and thrive in the modern economy is a vital part of the work we do and we look forward to building on this success and embedding digital technology and learning further across out curriculum.”

Could all parents please remember to log in to their Parent Pay account regularly and ensure that balances for lunches, trips and events are up to date? This will make the process of reminding parents with outstanding balances more manageable as we move forward. We appreciate your support in this and ask that you get in touch with the Pastoral Support team should there be any issues you require support with.

Dear Parent/Carer

We have been informed that Scottish Water are closing the A735 at Brackenburn Bridge (between Kilmaurs and Stewarton) from Monday, 9th September for a period of three weeks.

Shuttle Buses has advised that this will be an issue for the operation of two of our school bus contracts from Kilmaurs to Stewarton, which will be addressed through the following measures:

The two buses running from Kilmaurs to Stewarton will have to operate through Sunnyside (current pick-up) then Main Street (McColl’s bus stop) and Irvine Road (bus stop at Vine Park Drive). All pupils currently picked up at Townhead will have to walk down the hill to any of these stops to get on the school bus.

The journey to Stewarton will be slightly longer as it will divert via Cunninghamhead. As a result, the pick up times for pupils in the morning will be 10 minutes earlier than the current times, which will also aim to alleviate expected congestion at Kilmaurs PS.

East Ayrshire council has agreed to this proposal. Parents of pupils affected will also receive a text message with a link to this information. Please do not hesitate to get in touch with the school office or your child’s pastoral support teacher should you have any individual concerns or issues in relation to this temporary disruption in service.

Ryan Miller

Head Teacher