St Joseph's Academy – East Ayrshire

Dear Parents/Carers,

From today, we will start to email parents/carers and pupils scheduled to attend school next week. As our capacity is restricted to 52 pupils per day, it may be the case that your son/daughter is not in school next week even if studying the subjects we can offer from Monday. Please know that over the course of the three school weeks from Monday until Friday 12th March, we are aiming to offer all pupils studying those courses equal time in school. Continue Reading →

Dear Pupils and Parents/Carers,

Please find below a link to a short Ash Wednesday reflection from Fr Martin.

We thank him for sharing this, enabling us a school community to begin our preparations for the season of Lent by changing our words and actions and in doing so becoming a light for others.

Kind regards,

Mrs Shearer

Dear Parent/Carer,

Further to today’s announcement, I can confirm that pupils in S4-S6 studying the following subjects will be invited to attend school on a rotational basis from Monday 22^nd February. Please note, we will communicate specific dates to individual pupils and parents/carers by no later than Friday morning.

Our daily capacity for S4-S6 pupils is 52 pupils per day. This excludes those in S1-S6 already accessing our in-school provision for children of Key Workers and those regarded as vulnerable.

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Dear Parent/Carer,

The S3 into S4 options deadline is Friday 19th February 2021.

S3 Progress Reports – February 2021 

S3 reports for February 2021 have been emailed to parents/carers today. Teachers have provided detailed comments on progress, next steps in learning, engagement with online learning and recommended progression in the subject area.

 S3 Options Choices 

Pupils in S3 are in the process of considering their options for next session (2021/22).  Materials to help support pupils and families has been emailed to all pupils and can be found on our school website, school app and Facebook page, they can also be found by following this link:

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Dear Parent/Carer,

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Please find below the link to a short reflection on this week’s Gospel from Fr Martin.

https://glowscotland-my.sharepoint.com/:v:/g/personal/eadonna_shearer_glow_sch_uk/Easwe82LvHpPt_mBJM1JWRgB9afUyUKnW9ITvkTUtdWi4g?e=MgrFiV

The-exchange: a counselling and psychological support service for young people

The-exchange is now providing counselling and emotional and psychological support in your child’s school. Continue Reading →

Dear Parents/Carers,

Following yesterday’s announcement, we feel it important to get Art folios/materials to those pupils studying Art in S1-S3. If you reside in the Kilmarnock or Kilmaurs areas, packs can be collected from the school office during school hours as of today. Please ring the buzzer and a member of staff will bring a pack out to you. If there is a queue please adhere to 2m social distancing.

Packs will be delivered to families in other areas of EAC within the next seven days, but hopefully as soon as possible.

Kind Regards

Dear Parents/Carers,

Please find a link to Education Scotland’s ‘National Overview of Practice: Supporting the quality and effectiveness of the delivery of remote learning’.

The overview is split across three key areas:

• Local Authority Provision
• School Provision
• Experience of Parents/Carers and Learners

https://www.education.gov.scot/improvement/covid-19-education-recovery/national-overviews/national-overview-of-practice-reports/#