Please find attached the first bulletin from our Junior Leadership Team. JLT Bulletin 1
October 7, 2021
by Mrs SHEARER
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September 27, 2021
by Mrs SHEARER
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SCQF School Ambassador Programme
This session we will work towards our Bronze School Ambassador Programme status. Please find information on the SCQF and what this looks like in St Joseph’s Academy.
September 16, 2021
by Mrs SHEARER
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Weekly Mass
We are delighted that our Parish Priests will begin to celebrate weekly Mass on a Tuesday at 12.30pm.
This will take place in the Oratory.
Fr Gabriel will celebrate the first Mass on Tuesday 21st September.
September 14, 2021
by A QUIGLEY
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Introduction to Skills Development Scotland (SDS) for parents and carers of S1 pupils
Wednesday 29 September 2021 at 6.30pm
Want to know more about SDS career information, advice and guidance support for your young person throughout their time at school? Join our careers advisers Lesley and Gordon to hear about SDS, the role of SDS careers advisers in schools and information to support career planning. The online session will also introduce our careers web service My World of Work, which has a dedicated area for parents and carers.
Parents and carers can register for the session here.
Mr Boyle
August 24, 2021
by Mr Kane
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ParentPay, Lunch Portal, Free School Meals, School Buses and Satchel:One
Dear Parents/Carers,
ParentPay
All S1 pupils as well as those in S2-S6 without active ParentPay accounts have been given login details for ParentPay. Pupils were given letters in school either today or yesterday. Please follow the instructions to create your ParentPay account. Please ignore reference to a second letter on biometric ordering as the online portal supersedes biometrics.
August 9, 2021
by Mr Kane
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Return to School Arrangements
Dear Parents/Carers and Pupils,
We very much look forward to welcoming pupils back to school on Thursday 19th August.
Please find below some general information in respect of our return to school. Parents/Carers of S1 pupils can find information pertinent to S1 only at the end of this message but would also benefit from reading this post in its entirety.
Please also note that Linda McAulay-Griffiths (Head of Education) released a letter last week to all parents/carers via the School App. If you do not have the School App, then please download it for free from the app store associated with you phone. The App is titled ‘School App for Parents’. Once installed, please search for St. Joseph’s Academy, Kilmarnock. Both the ‘Messages’ and ‘News’ sections provide ongoing updates throughout the year.
After having read this letter, please direct any follow up questions to the general school inbox at the following email address:
School Uniform
June 25, 2021 by A QUIGLEY
Dear Parents & Carers,
We are very proud of the high standards of school uniform we have at St Joseph’s Academy and thank you as parents and carers for your continued support with this. Despite the challenges this year has presented and shops being closed for months, almost all of our young people are in full school uniform every day.
Please consult the guide below when purchasing school uniform items over the summer to help us further improve our uniform standards when we return in August 2021.
Click to access Uniform-June-2021.pdf
Kind Regards,
Miss Quigley
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June 23, 2021
by Mr Kane
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P7 into S1 – Information Overview
Dear Parents/Carers,
Please find below a link to general information to support your son/daughter as they transition into S1 in August.
Click to access P7-Parents-Information-Presentation.pdf
Kind Regards
April 30, 2021
by Mr Kane
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Willowbank Consultation
Dear Parents/Carers,
Please see important letter below. The letter makes reference to joining details and consultation links. Please be assured that we will share these with you when they are shared with us.
Kind Regards
Click to access Statutory-Consultation-Communication-parental-letter-30.4.21-St-Josephs-Academy.pdf
April 1, 2021
by Mr Kane
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Additional In-service days and Easter Break
Dear Parents/Carers,
On behalf of the staff of St. Joseph’s Academy, I wish you a peaceful and relaxing Easter break. School is now closed and will not re-open until Monday 19th April.
Over the holiday period, we expect the government to release absolute confirmation of re-opening arrangements and will communicate those arrangements to you via the school app. We still anticipate that school will re-open to all pupils on a full-time basis.
Otherwise, school staff are now on annual leave and will not respond to general enquiries until our return on Monday 19th April. In an emergency, we advise that parents/carers use the contact us page on our website to get in touch with senior staff.
I also attach a letter from Linda McAulay-Griffiths (Head of Education) wherein confirmation of two additional in-service days is shared with you. The additional in-service days are Tuesday 1st and Wednesday 2nd June. The Scottish Government took the decision to grant secondary schools two additional days in light of the workload associated with grading SQA courses this session. These in-service days do not apply to primary schools or ECCs.
By way of a reminder, between the 19th of April and the final day of the school term (Friday 25th June), our school is not open to pupils on:
Monday 3rd May – Local Holiday
Thursday 6th May – In-service Day due to elections
Monday 31st May – Local Holiday
Tuesday 1st June – Additional In-service Day due to demands of SQA course assessment
Wednesday 2nd June – Additional In-service Day to demands of SQA course assessment
We very much look forward to seeing our pupils again on the 19th April. I thank you for your support and would also like to acknowledge the excellent work of staff and pupils during what has been an incredibly busy and demanding term.
Kind Regards
Mr Kane
Click to access Letter-to-Parents-of-Secondary-School-Pupils-1.4.21-002.pdf
