St Joseph's Academy – East Ayrshire

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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Dear Pupils and Parents/Carers,

Further to the information shared at our Parent Council meeting last Monday, I can now confirm that we will change timetable on Monday 18th May. Individual timetables will be issued to pupils, and they will be sent information on how to access new Teams/Groups/Classrooms next week.

Kind Regards

Mr Kane

To our young people,

We really hope you enjoy this.

Take care and keep safe.

With love from your school family.

Dear S6,

Firstly, I am sorry I missed you during your final week in school. For personal reasons, I was not able to be in school at that time. I have since had a chance to see the video of your guard of honour and I am glad that we were able to mark your farewell in some way. I think that you have started a tradition likely to stay with us in years to come. Now that things are settling slightly in terms of online learning, I wish to send you a message here to express my thanks for all you have done for our school community. I know that you will have lots of questions about the prom, yearbook, exams and what you should or should not be doing in terms of online learning. Here is a brief overview.

Prom

As you will understand, all proms were cancelled across Scotland, including our own.  The practicalities of organising another prom are likely to be fairly complex, but if there is a will amongst your cohort we will find a way. Whenever schools re-open, we will make contact with you to determine viability or otherwise. Given that by that time, many of you will likely be at University, College or in employment, we cannot be certain that it will happen but we will take our lead from you in terms of your willingness or otherwise to have a formal prom.

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Please report IT issues during school closure by completing this form.

We have released a file pupils may wish to use to help them track where to find work for each subject area. Pupils in S3 to S6 should add subjects depending upon what they are studying at the moment. The files are available in Microsoft Word format and can be accessed by clicking the text links below:

S1 and S2 Planner

S3 Planner

S4 Planner

S5/S6 Planner

We hope to release an index of where work is placed for each class by the end of the week. Pupils can then check the index and fill in any blanks on their planner.

Dear Parents/Carers and Pupils,

We realise that young people are used to receiving notifications on mobile devices, and that notifications help young people plan their learning from home. We can now confirm that both Google Classroom and Teams will allow for direct access from the dedicated apps you can download from App stores.

We would also strongly recommend that pupils download Teams to their laptop of PC if they are using a laptop or PC to access work. Instructions can be found by clicking on the screen shot shown below.

Dear pupils and parents/carers,

We have noticed that the vast majority of IT problems raised with us have already been addressed in correspondence posted here or on social media. Please take the time to check the undernoted guidance before raising issues with us. This post is updated regularly in response to issues raised by pupils, staff and parents/carers.

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