St Joseph's Academy – East Ayrshire

Dear incoming S1,

Please see a welcome message from Mr Boyle (DHT S1), and our Principal Teachers of Pastoral Care – Mrs Burnett, Mrs Marshall and Miss Cathie. More to follow in the next few weeks.

Dear Parents/Carers and Pupils,

As you know, we intend to create pickup/drop off points across East Ayrshire to allow us to distribute jotters and to collect iPads from outgoing S6 pupils.  To assist with planning, please select one preferred location using this form. Please note, where we have no response at a location we will not be able to set up a collection/drop off point. Kind Regards, Mr Kane

Dear Parents/Carers,

We are in the process of co-coordinating drive-through pick up areas across the local authority area for jotters and other materials. These areas will also be used to collect EAC iPads from our outgoing S6. We will share more with you when our plans are finalised, but it is likely that we will use our school car park and parish church car parks in various areas of the authority. When we can confirm arrangements, parents/carers will be able to book a slot for collection. Given that staff need to man each station, the window at each location is likely to be restricted to one hour. No parents or pupils should exit vehicles. More to follow once we can confirm final arrangements, but this is likely to happen w/b Monday 1st June.

Dear Parents/Carers and Pupils,

This is a reminder that we are on holiday on Monday, and Tuesday is a staff In-Service day. This means pupils will not be issued new work until Wednesday. This also presents a perfect opportunity to sort out any ongoing difficulty in accessing Google Classrooms or Teams. Pupils can email me on glow and I will resolve any issues they are experiencing. I am still finding that over 95% of issues raised are solved by following the guidance on our website, but if this guidance does not seem to help at first, pupils should not hesitate to email me as soon as possible. I have emailed all pupils on several occasions to request that they make contact. If we are unaware of access issues it is impossible to help.

Dear Parents/Carers,

The sync with Show My Homework (SMHW) is now up to date and aligned to our new timetable. Around half of our families (approx 300) have never signed up to use SMHW. SMHW provides a means by which you can monitor work issued by teachers.

You can download the SMHW app from the app store on your phone (it may appear as ‘Satchel: One’ if you search for Show My Homework). We are in the process of collating all details for those not yet signed up, and will make contact. In the interim, we can email details as requested. Please download the SMHW app and submit a request for your details using this form. We will then send over the code you need to access SMHW.

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Dear Pupils and Parents/Carers,

ShowMyHomework is third party software procured by the school. It is not part of Glow. As such, it will take a few days for SMHW Continue Reading →

Please see the undernoted message from Barcaly LifeSkills team. We continue to enjoy a fruitful partnership with Barclays and encourage pupils and parents/carers to look at the resources available.

With education institutions closed across the UK, we wanted to let you know that LifeSkills created with Barclays aims to help all people in the UK. In terms of support for young people, we have developed dedicated support hubs for educators, parents and young people.

The support hubs include a variety of content that can continue to develop your students’ core transferable skills, topics range from wellbeing, budgeting skills, understanding the different types of common fraud and more. Continue Reading →

Dear Pupils and Parents/Carers,

Our directory of classes for online learning is now live and reflects the new timetable which starts on Monday. Please note:

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Dear Pupils and Parents/Carers,

Almost all pupils should now have their timetable, and any not yet in receipt of their timetable should receive it tomorrow via email on Glow.

We have shared further guidance with pupils in relation to accessing Google Classrooms and Teams on their mobile devices, which we strongly recommend, as notifications can then be picked up on phones when work is issued.

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Dear Parent/Carer,

Almost all timetables have been issued. We still continue to receive a number of emails about access to Google Classrooms and Teams on mobiles and tablets. Both are working for all pupils, but the sign in process for Google Classrooms requires use of a different email ending (suffix/domain) to that which pupils would normally use for glow. We have sent all pupils instructions again this evening.

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