Not quite a weekly round up this time… 2 short weeks and one full week rolled into one.

Golden Book

Harmony – Brody, Conor, Ella

Equity – Ella, Thao Vy

Ambition –  Oakley, Colby, Freddie, Harvey, Tallula, Mya, Jennifer, Stella, Conor S, Aniella, Lewis, Ford, Lucy, Emily, Jorgie, Jack Mc, Shaun, Grayson, Luna, Arnnabrieha, Janey, Annlouise, James, Cole S, Perry, Robert, Aurora B, Jamie, Kaleb, Belle

Respect – Ford, Lewis, Aanya-Lillie, Ezra, Daryn, Klara, Bonnie, Erin, Santi, Oliver S

This is our Faith -Lucia, Lillie

House Points

The Wild Cats – 578

The Red Deer – 517

The Golden Eagles – 566

Assemblies

The themes for Assembly over the last three weeks have been;

It’s Never too Late

The Rosary Challenge

Jesus is knocking

This week’s theme will be ‘Heaven touches Earth’ as we listen to the parable of a King inviting guests to the wedding banquet of his son.

The previous week mission files can be found here.

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The mission file for this week is here.  This is a great way to help prepare your child for mass. Mission+Files+-+Week+Six

October – The Month of the Rosary 

During the month of October all classes have been asked to participate in The Rosary Challenge.  We are invited to pray a decade of the rosary each day.  We talked about the Rosary in assembly and were able to show a very special rosary gifted to the school by Briar and Casey’s mum and dad after a trip to Rome and the Vatican City.   Thank You!

Mass at Our Lady of Lourdes and St Patrick’s Church

We were delighted to celebrate mass with our parishioners.  We are so proud of all our pupils, it was such a joy to see them participate in the mass, demonstrating faith and being respectful.  Thank You so much to Fr Erasmus and all at our Auchinleck parish for having us.

Visits to P7

Primary 7 have been visited by Mr Boyle from St Joseph’s Academy and Mrs Ferguson from Robert Burns Academy.  Our transition planning with our secondary schools begin when pupils are in P6.  Staff begin to have conversations ahead of a full programme for P7.

The Scottish Fire and Rescue service worked with P7 to introduce them to CPR.  A life saving skill.  We hope none of our pupils ever find themselves in a position of having to do this but we know that if faced with someone requiring it they would be able to stay calm and put their knowledge and skills to the test.

Diocesan Youth Team

Fr Kevin and Margaret came into school and spoke to all P5 – P7s about the upcoming opportunities within the diocese.  These events are open to all young people regardless of following any faith group or none.  There are bursaries available to ensure that any young person wanting to participate can.  Please see the information for upcoming events and a letter detailing how to apply for financial support.

Information on Bursaries

School Photographs

Thank You so much to Pulze Photography for the amazing photographs of your children.  I’m sure you’ll agree that the photographs are beautiful.  We are also indebted to Robbie for the new headshots of staff.  These can be found on our updated meet the team board at the front of the school and on the blog page.

Wednesday Parent Support Group

We have opened a space within the school for parents to meet for a cuppa and a chat on Wednesday afternoons.  Space is open from 2pm.  There is no agenda, no school staff – just a safe space for parents and carers to get together and discuss the challenges and successes of parenting.   We hope some of you will make use of this time and space.  Depending on what you what you want, we can arrange for people to come and provide workshops, wellbeing support, financial advice … or simply leave it as a space and time to breath and pause for a bit.

Pupil Progress Meetings 

Pupil progress meetings take place on Thursday in the school hall.  For those of you who are new to the school, you simply come along at your appointment time.  All staff will be in the hall.  We will have P7s on hand to help out.

Parent Council

Our fabulous Parent Council met again last week to firm up arrangements for the Halloween discos  and discuss various other items including fundraising over Christmas.   Halloween discos will take place on Thursday 29th October.  Tickets are available on parent pay.

School Newspaper

The Autumn edition of the school newspaper, produced by three of our older pupils and Claire from the Parent Council has been published.  We are currently finding the best way to share this with you.  The file is too large to upload to the blog or to the school app.   In the meantime please see it as a series of screen shots of the pages.

Open Afternoon

A form has been sent out via the school app to sign up for the open afternoon on Thursday 29th October.  In addition to visiting your child’s classroom we will also share information with you about Emotion Works.  This is our new whole school programme for supporting emotional health.  We strongly encourage all families to find out about this and how it can support conversations about wellbeing both at home and school. Open Afternoon – 29th October  – Fill in form

School Football 

We are delighted to let you know that one of our parents, Mr Kyle, has volunteered to support the development of our school football team.  More Information to follow.

Staffing Update

It is with genuine sadness that we need to inform of you of Mr Bozner’s departure from St Patrick’s.  This has been a temporary post and one that we were only able to fund up until the October holiday this session.  Mr Bozner’s last day will be Friday 9th October.  Mr Bozner has been an extremely valued member of our school team and will be greatly missed.  Mr Bozner will take up a new role in another East Ayrshire Primary School – one that is very close by! We wish Mr Bozner the very best of luck in his new role.

P2/3 have been joined by Miss Gill for the past few weeks as part of her continued studies in primary education.  Miss Gill’s last day will be Friday 9th October.

Attendance

We are so pleased to see the gains for some of pupils in attendance.  A huge well done to those who are over 95% so far and were below 80% last session! This is amazing! You know who you are! Keep it up!

Unfortunately overall attendance has dipped since the start of the session.  Please try to support us in keeping it above 90%

We look forward to meeting with most of you on Thursday and wish you all a great October break when the time comes.   Thank You for your continued support.

 

School reopens to pupils on Tuesday 20th October.

 

 

Parent Council AGM

Huge thanks to the parents and carers that attended the Parent Council AGM on Wednesday.

Our Parent Council are integral part of our school community and this partnership is invaluable in improving outcomes for all our children.  If you would like more information about the parent council please do not hesitate to get in touch.

This year’s office bearers were elected as follows;

Chair – Shauna Stakim

Secretary – Conny Gollek

Treasurer – Jodie Baird

School Football Team

Unfortunately we have been unable to secure anyone to coach a football team.  This means that there will be no competitive football for St Patrick’s this year.  We are close to the final date for registering for the local authority wide fixtures.  The team is usually open to P5 – P7 pupils.  Please contact the office as soon as possible if you would consider coaching our football team.

Parent Consultation

Last week we sent this out… a gentle reminder to complete it if you haven’t.  Thanks.

As part of our school improvement plan we have included two areas identified through our parent/carer questionnaire from June 2026.

Your feedback told us you would like us to improve these areas:

• the opportunities for you to learn together with your child or children
• the advice we give to support learning at home

Please take a couple of minutes to share your views on how we can best do this.  Thank You.

Parent/Carer Views – SIP 2026/2027 – Fill in form

Attendance

We were delighted to welcome Mr Falconer to our school this week.  Mrs Falconer is the Quality Improvement Manager for Attendance, Engagement and Participation in East Ayrshire.  We were delighted to find out that our attendance has increased by 2.9% when compared with the same period last year.  Thank You.

Last week’s attendance

P1 – 94%

P2 – 91%

P3 – 99%

P4 – 96%

P5 – 98%

P6 – 93%

P7 – 94%

Overall – 95%

Good News

Every so often lovely news pops into our inbox.  P4/5 sent an email to Mrs Bradley this week.  They were so proud that 100% of all learners remembered to bring and change into their indoor shoes!  Well done P4/5

Golden Book

Harmony –

Equity – Ella

Ambition –  Mason,  Rorey, Minh Nhat, Cerys, Annlouise, Colt, Marlene, Zack Marla, Liam

Respect – Aroosha, Theia, Ella, Lily D,

This is our Faith –

House Points

The Wild Cats – 236

The Red Deer – 238

The Golden Eagles – 256

Class of the Week 

P4/5

Assembly

This week in addition to listening to the gospel and discussing this our newly elected P7s were officially given their official badges.

This weeks Mission Sheet can be found below.

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Introducing….

Depute Head Boy, Head Girl, Depute Head Boy

and Depute Head Girl

House Captains

Monitors

Whole Class Strings Project 

A new tutor has been appointed to deliver this brilliant initiative.  The new tutor will be in school on Monday to discuss the input for P5/6 and P4/5.  Tuition will start on Monday 28th September.

Fire & Rescue Service Visit 

The fire service will visit P7 next week to deliver training for CPR.

Morning Drop Off

Arrangements for Morning Drop off after September weekend are as follows;

P1 parents/carers can walk children to the bottom of the steps.  P6 buddies will be there to meet P1s and take them round to the playground.  It may not be your child’s specific buddy that is there but there will always be someone your child is familiar with.  Sometimes P1s like to come round on their own now they are a little more confident or sometimes they come round with a sibling.  Any of these options is fine.  There are no changes to arrangements for the start of the day.

Next Week

All week – Ms Watson on training, Miss Love will teach P1, Miss Gill continues to be in P2/3 alongside Mrs Duffy,

Tuesday – School Photographs (all pupils)

Wednesday – Parent Information session for P7 residential 2027

Thursday – Assembly, Fire & Rescue Service to P7

Friday – School is closed  Reopen on Tuesday 22nd September.

Have a great weekend.

 

 

Parent Council AGM

Parent Council AGM – all welcome.  No minimum commitment required.  We know it can be daunting coming along for the first time but a warm welcome awaits.

Sacramental Preparation

If our records show that your child is due to prepare for the Sacrament of First Holy Communion this session, you will have received a text message asking you to confirm this.  If your child will be preparing for this sacrament but you have not received a text message please contact the school office.  Thank You.

National Improving Writing Programme

Last session P3/4 and P4/5 took part in the National Improving Writing Programme.  This year it will be extended to P5/6 and P7.  Our new P4/5 will continue with this approach to learning and teaching of writing with Miss Ní Shúilleabháin.  Well done to P5/6 – I really enjoyed reading some of your writing from this week!

Some P1s also came along and shared their writing with me this week.  WOW!

Attendance Stats

As we Aspire for 95% attendance or are working towards a pledge of a 5% improvement we will share the overall statistics with you each week.

If your child’s attendance was below 90% last session you will have received a text message to let you know the equivalent number of days missed.   Already we are noticing improvements for some children and especially a reduction in late coming.

Please note that these figures will run one week behind…

Week 22nd August – 29th August

P1 – 100%

P2 – 95%

P3 – 99%

P4 – 92%

P5 – 93%

P6 – 87%

P7 – 97%

OVERALL – 95% 

Golden Book

This week our winners are:

Harmony – Aaylah,

Equity –

Ambition – Keylearose, Jack M, Taylor, Jessica, Casey, Phoebe M, Stella,

Respect – Etta, Annie, Jessica, Macie, Keane, Lily

Faith – Alissa

Assembly

This week we had our first Home Teams Session.  Our Home teams are groups within our house groups that work together on a given task.  The groups have members from mixed stages in them.   This week our home teams were asked to record what our school values mean to them.  We are so impressed with how involved everyone became and how productive and purposeful the energy in the room was.  Well done everyone!

Reminder about School Car Park and Gate

The school car park should not be accessed by pedestrians at any point.  The school car park should not be used to drop off or pick up pupils at any point unless this is by prior agreement with the school.  If you have been given access to the car park please use the taxi bay and enter the school playground via the main route and not the gate into the infant playground.  Thank You.

Indoor Shoes 

We have now taken delivery of indoor shoes and Mrs Reid is distributing these to anyone who has purchased via ParentPay.  The expectation is that all pupils change into soft indoor shoes suitable for PE.

P7 Elections

P7 pupils had the opportunity to stand for leadership roles across our school today.  Every pupil had the chance to vote.  Making sure everyone is involved in decision making processes in school is important to us.

We are delighted to announce the following results:

Head Girl – Aanya-Lille

Head Boy – Kallen

Depute Head Girl – Marlene

Depute Head Boy – Oliver

House Captains – Tallula, Alysa, Max, Emily, Jessica, Khaira

Monitors – Lucy, Kendall, Aspen, Poppy

Badges will be presented in assembly next week. 

Parent Consultation

As part of our school improvement plan we have included two areas identified through our parent/carer questionnaire from June 2026.

Your feedback told us you would like us to improve these areas:

• the opportunities for you to learn together with your child or children
• the advice we give to support learning at home

Please take a couple of minutes to share your views on how we can best do this.  Thank You.

Parent/Carer Views – SIP 2026/2027 – Fill in form

NEXT WEEK

Monday – P1 photograph for Cumnock Chronicle

Wednesday – Parent Council AGM

Fr Erasmus

We extend a warm welcome to Fr Erasmus to our parishes this weekend.  We look forward to him becoming a regular and well known face in our school community.

Thank You for your continued support.  Have a great weekend.

Mrs Bradley

 

It has been a busy first full week back.

We are so proud of how everyone is adjusting to their new routines, classrooms and learning groups.   The beginning of any term can be challenging but particularly the first term after summer.  Change can be difficult.

There is information to support parents with transitions here;

https://auth.education.gov.scot/parentzone/my-child/transitions/

Next week our P7 learners will be able to canvas for votes for the positions of House Captains, Head Boy/Depute Head Boy, Head Girl/Depute Head Girls.  In addition to this there will be other leadership roles available in the coming weeks.  Our P7s are wonderful role models for our younger pupils.

P6 & P7 pupils have the opportunity to be involved in the school newspaper.  Thank You to those pupils who have already come forward.

Attendance

On Monday we had 100% attendance and took the opportunity to get a whole school photograph.  It is so great to have everyone together.  Good attendance helps form stronger bonds within our school community.

The overall attendance for the week was 95%. This is broken down by stage at;

P1 – 100%

P2 – 95%

P3 – 99%

P4 – 92%

P5 –  93%

P6 –  87%

P7 – 97%

This is a disappointing start at some stages.  Everyday your child misses matters.  We know genuine illness and family emergencies  cannot be avoided, however, when this is added to non genuine reasons for absence it becomes problematic.  Good routines that are consistent and predictable in the mornings and at bedtimes can help.  Eating a balanced diet and taking part in regular exercise also help.  If you need help with putting this in place please reach out and we can signpost to agencies that can support parents.

Class Charters

Ask your child about their class charter.  Each session class teachers work with pupils to create a class charter.  This is a set of expectations; decided by the children, of what the acceptable standards of conduct are.  This supports our work around the United Nations Convention for the Rights of the Child.  (UNCRC).

 

Assembly Focus – Forgiveness

Each week in assembly we explore themes related to the Gospel through resources endorsed by the Bishops Conference of Scotland.  This week we talked about how forgiveness complements our school value of Harmony.  There is a ‘mission sheet’ attached  that will help you know what we are learning about.  There are also ‘wonder questions’ that are set each week.  These are great for promoting listening and talking skills and opening up conversations at home.  Mission+Files+-+Week+One

A special thanks to Phoebe, Farrah and Alissa for helping show the actions to one of our favourite hymns to our newest pupils and to Marlene, Khiara, Jessica, Aanya-Lillie, Ella and Emily for helping set up and tidy up for assemblies.

 

Golden Book 

Each week in assembly certificates are given to those children who have been nominated in our Golden Book.  These are children who have demonstrated one or more of our school values to a high standard. 

This weeks nominees;

HARMONY – Seve, Kasey, Kendall

AMBITION- Niyah, Grayson, Hannah, Lia, Max, Oliver

EQUITY –

RESPECT- Aili, Luna, Kendall

FAITH –

Well done to you all.

Partnerships

YMI – we will be supported by Mrs Hill again to take part in the whole class strings project.  Mrs Hill will work with P5/6 to continue the project started last session and will also work with P4/5 on the ‘I’ve got Rhythm project’. Mrs Hill will be in school on Monday mornings.   Rock n Role Models will once gain provide small group song writing and creativity weekly sessions.  Paul will be in school on Tuesday mornings.

Barry, our Active Schools Coordinator has already been in touch to discuss up coming opportunities.  We will give details of what’s on offer in the coming weeks.

EIT – Education Inclusion Team are in school on Tuesdays, Wednesday and Friday mornings.  Mrs Avdic-Cekic and Mrs Fraser support pupils for who English is an additional language and Mrs Thompson will provide support for a range of additional support needs.

Football

As you may be aware we have enjoyed lots of recent success with our school football team.  WE are indebted to Kenny and Josie who so generously gave their own time to coach our team.

We are on the lookout for new coaches.  Our football team is open to P5-P7 pupils.  This is of a competitive nature and is suitable for those who already play at a competitive level and train with a club.

If you would be interested in getting involved please get in touch.  We would be keen to get this up and running as soon as possible.

Other After School Opportunities

Do you have a particular skill or interest that you would like to teach or coach our children in – please get in touch.  We would be particularly interested in someone who can support with our school grounds, other sporting activities (badminton, netball), creative interests…

It’s the Diocesan Annual Pilgrimage to Whithorn on Sunday.  Mass will take place on the beach next to St Ninians’s cave and be celebrated by Bishop Frank.  Have a great day if you are going along.

 

 

 

 

Welcome Back!

What a fantastic start to the school year!  We are glad to see everyone back and to be able to officially welcome our new P1s and another three new pupils into our school.

Our class Structure this year is as follows;

• P1
• P2/3
• P3/4
• P4/5
• P5/6
• P7

We have a total of 123 pupils enrolled in our school.

As you are aware Fr Philip our school chaplain retired over the summer.  In September we will be joined in our parishes by Fr Erasmus who will also become chaplain to our school.  We look foward to welcoming Fr Erasmus to our school community.

Newsletters will be sent home on Monday along with diary dates that are confirmed at the moment.  These are attached below for reference too.   We will add to the diary dates as the term progresses.

School Photographs will be confirmed next week.

Our Parent Council AGM will take place on Wednesday 9th September at 6pm.  This will take place in the school hall.  All parents and carers are welcome to attend.

We hope everyone has enjoyed the first week back. Have a fantastic weekend.

Diary Dates Aug 26 Newsletter Aug 2026

 

 

The first of our awards celebrate achievement within the four capacities of curriculum for excellence.

Successful LearnersAili Paal

Diana Dyedovska

Shaun Gibney

Phoebe Millar

Ella Nimmo

Kai Gemmell

 

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Confident Individuals 

Kayson Frew

Stella Lawrie

Rorey Lindsay

Leo Bunten

Aanya-Lillie Elliot

Elliot Dalziel

 

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Effective Contributors 

Zack Baillie

Greg Sheehan

Jamie McKinlay

Mason Black

Jessica Brodie

Amber Samson 

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Responsible Citizens 

Ariella McMurdo

Aurora Bozner

Erin Wilson

Keane Woods

Marlene Gollek Foggo

Kioni Keller 

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The next awards celebrate those who have gone above and beyond to demonstrate our school values.

Harmony 

Minh Nhat Nguyen

Farrah Burns 

Alfie Little

Emily Dick

Rhian Wallace 

Equity

Kasey Reid

Max McFadzean

Ambition

Lewis Samson

Jennifer McDonald

Callagh Stakim

Khiara Ahmed

Karah Knowles 

Respect

Bonnie Wallace

Daryn MxcMurdo

Luke Samson

Nathan Nicol

Faith 

Seve Lopez Kyle

Ezra Dumigan 

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Sports Championship (St John’s Shield)

3rd – AJ Ward, Elliot Dalziel

2nd – Kioni Keller, Harley Waddell

1st – Amber Samson, Darren Stevenson

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The Jan Stakim Helping Hands Award 

Aanya-Lillie Elliot

Jessica Brodie

Ella Nimmo

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Excellence in Sport – Effort in Football 

Leo Bunten, James Lithgow, Ollie McLoughlin, Kallen Johnston, Oliver Templeton, Elliot Dalziel, Ezra Dumigan, Kai Gemmell, Oscar Hayburn, Luke Samson, Harley Waddell

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Cycling Scotland

Farrah Burns, Cole Stewart, Lilly Frew 

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Active Leadership 

Khaira Ahmed, Jessica Brodie, Emily Dick, George Dyedovskyy, Aanya-Lillie Elliot, Saidou Fofana, Marlene Gollek Foggo, Janey Grainger, Alysa Herman, Kallen Johnston, Kaleb Johnstone, Ford Devlin, Belle McComb, Max McFadzean, Carson McMurdo, Tallula McMurdo, Casey Muir, Kendall Mullen, Ella Nimmo, Enzo Rinaldi, Cayden Robertson, Oliver Templeton, Aspen Urquhart

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Pope Francis Faith Award

(Awarded at Leavers’ Service)

with Parish Commendation

Ezra Dumigan 

Ella Anderson, Hailey Cameron, Russell Chapman, Elliot Dalziel, Olivia Frew, Sarah Fulton, Kai Gemmell, Oscar Hayburn, Kioni Keller, Karah Knowles, Alfie Little, Autumn McClue, Flynn McLuckie, Nathan Nicol, Amber Samson, Luke Samson, Callagh Stakim, Darren Stevenson, Sophia Thom, Levi Torpey, HArley waddell, Codi Wallace, Rhian Wallace, AJ Ward, Brodie Wright 

Proposed School Term Dates 27-28 (1)

As we approach the end of the month it marks 6 weeks since we returned to school we can certainly feel the change in the weather.  We are looking forward to Autumn and of course the transition into winter.

UNIFORM 

Missing Items 

We are receiving LOTS of enquiries about missing uniform.  Please can you ensure that all items are clearly labelled with your child’s name.  This includes jackets and PE shorts.

All children are encouraged to put sweatshirts and cardigans onto their peg or into bags when removing them.  However, these are often left lying around cloakrooms and classrooms.  Please speak to your child about the importance of looking after their own property and keeping it where it should be.

Class teachers and classroom assistants remind children throughout the day about general housekeeping and looking after their belongings.

If your child does bring an item home that is not theirs, please return it to school as soon as possible and we will return it to the rightful owner.

Indoor shoes 

It is the expectation that all pupils change into indoor shoes that are suitable for PE each day.   For the majority of pupils this is black plimsoles.  Taking on board the feedback from our older pupils last year we adapted this to allow any black soft shoes.  We have a number of pupils, particularly at the upper stages, who refuse to change into indoor shoes or do not have indoor shoes.   Please ensure your child has a change of shoes that are kept in school.

PE kit

Again, mainly at the upper stages,  we have pupils who do not have PE kit on PE days.  It is mandatory that pupils participate in 2 hours of physical education per week.  We have a high number of pupils missing out because of they do not have shorts/leggings to change into.

Attendance and late coming 

As you may be aware we run attendance checks every 6 weeks.  The first attendance letters will be sent next week to those families where attendance rates have dropped below 90%.   This is 30% of our pupils.  Given we have only been back 6 weeks this is alarming.  There is a direct impact on your child’s learning when they are absent from school and while we appreciate that illness cannot be helped there are absences that are unreasonable.

When children come to school late they miss out on the most important part of the day.  The daily ‘meet and greet’ that teachers have and the outline of the day’s activities.  Both of these strategies support children in their wellbeing and give them the security of knowing what will happen in the day.  The teacher can provide reassurance for any changes to the normal routine.

If your child requires a softer start to the morning we suggest the breakfast club.  This has proved successful in supporting other children who have found the transition from home to school difficult.  The breakfast club runs every morning from 8.15am.  There is no need to book.   The cost is 80p per day or if your child is entitled to means tested free school meals there is no charge.

School Carpark and Traffic

A gentle reminder that the school car park should not be used by parents and carers.  If someone different is dropping off or collecting your child please ensure they are also aware of this.

Last week we had another near miss with a pupil almost being struck by a car.  Please be considerate of where you are parking.  We strongly ask that you do not park on the corners or on the access road.

UPCOMING EVENTS

Thursday 2nd October – P6 to Dumfries House,  Parent Workshop – Numeracy session 1 at 2.30pm,  after school dance, Parent Council Meeting 6pm, church hall.

Monday 6th October – school photographs, individual, sibling groups and P7 group photo.

Wednesday 8th October – childsmile tooth varnishing

Thursday 9th October – After school Dance

Friday 10th October – After school football

Monday 13th – Monday 20th – October break (pupils return on Tuesday 21st October)

European Languages Day

Mrs Sinclair delivered assembly this week with a theme of languages.  And while it was European Day of Languages we expanded this to raise awareness of the languages spoken by pupils within our School.   There are no less than 8 of them across the school.  Thank You to the pupils who shared simple greetings with us all.

 

We also had wider achievements shared with from Sarah, Lia and Jack E.  Thank You.

Our Senior Pupil Leadership pupils received their badges.

We’ll publish the Golden Book Awards and House Points tomorrow.

Communication 

It is with regret that we must issue guidance around the communication with staff.  Aggressive communication in any form will not be tolerated.  Please note that all incidents of aggressive communication is recorded at a local authority level.   As in all walks of life there will be decisions that we take that you do not agree with and we welcome suggestions and different ideas.  However, being told how to do our jobs, unreasonable requests and judgements being made on competence in an aggressive manner is simply unacceptable.  The wellbeing of all in our school community is of paramount importance and that includes all staff.  Please be mindful of this.  We do not want to find ourselves in a situation where we need to escalate this and close down some of our communication channels.

Ways to contact us :

Absence Reporting – Safer Schools Scotland App, email or message left on phone.  If you do not get an answer on the phone please leave a message.  There are times of the day when the office is not manned or it is not possible to answer the phone due to meetings or dealing directly with pupils.  Someone will get back to you – we ask that you do not repeatedly call expecting an answer.

General Enquires – email or letter

Thank You.

 

Another week has come to an end.

Here’s a wee round up of the last two weeks.

Congratulations

Mrs Tennent and her husband welcomed baby Amelia to their family.  We are so excited for them and cannot wait for cuddles with Amelia when she comes to visit.   I’m sure you will join me in wishing them all the very best and a huge congratulations.

Parent Council

Our Parent Council AGM took place last night.  We are extremely grateful for the unwavering support from Lana and Gayle.  Lana has been the chairperson of our Parent Council for  a number of years and Gayle has been our treasurer despite her own children having left a number of years ago.  THANK YOU so much for all you have done in supporting our school.  You will be greatly missed.

It was great to see some new faces last night and everyone is always welcome.

Our new office bearers are;

• Chairperson – Shauna Stakim
• Secretary – Conny Gollek
• Treasurer – Laura Barker

Events 

Last week we visited Our Lady and St Patrick’s church to celebrate Mass.  This special mass marked the beginning of our new school session.  Thanks to the parents who supported us by walking with us and to those who joined us in mass.  Our learners were a credit to our school community and to you, our families.  Huge shout out to those who participated in the liturgy by reading and to those who took part in the offertory.

Wider Achievements

Well done to Bodhi on his Rugby trophy and to Colt for his achievement with swimming and cycling.  Thank You for sharing these with us.   You can share your child’s achievements from out with school with us by completing the form on the ‘surveys’ section of the school app.

Golden Book 

W/B 1/9

• Harmony – Bintou,
• Equity –
• Ambition – Kai, Shaun, James,
• Respect – Kendall, Annlouise, Ella N, Aroosha,
• Faith – Kayson, Cole, Enzo, Nathan, Stella

W/B 8/9 –

• Harmony – Dahlia-Rose, Zack, Farrah-Grace, Sloane,
• Equity –
• Ambition – Santi, Farrah, Aanya-Lillie, Sophia, Codi, Elliot
• Respect – Saidou, April, Theia
• Faith –

Thank You to the P7 pupils who researched the newly canonised Saint Carlo Acutis and told the school all about this special occasion and the life of Carlo.

Senior Pupil Leadership Team

Elections have taken place for Leadership positions within the school. We are delighted to present to you our Senior Pupil Leadership Team for 2025/26.

Head Boy – Luke

Head Girl – Kioni

Depute Head Boy – Ezra

Depute Head Girl – Codi

House Captains – Amber & Kai (Blue), Ella A & Oscar (Red), Elliot & Sarah (yellow)

Thank you to all those who prepared speeches and presented these to the school today.  There were some very hard decisions for voters!

Transitions

P7s who will move onto St Joseph’s Academy made their first visit to the school on Thursday.  Our pupils were praised for their conduct during this visit.  We were so pleased to hear our 7s come back enthusiastic and excited about St Joseph’s.  Those moving onto RBA will hear about transition visits soon.

After School Events 

Our Boys Football training will start after the September weekend.  Letters will be given out to interested pupils from P5-P7 next week.  Our girls training will also start shortly, we are just waiting on the safeguarding checks being completed for our volunteer.

Next Week –

Parent Literacy Workshop – Thursday 18th,  1.45pm (please sign up using the link that was shared on the school app)

Friday 19th and Monday 21st – Local Holiday.  School Closed.

Have a great weekend.

Mrs Bradley and all the staff.

And to finish… some of the learning going on in classes.

 

 

Our first full week back together for our learners and we are so proud of them all.

Today we held our first full assembly.  The theme for this week’s assembly was ‘Hope’.   We talked about our hopes for the school session ahead.  This is a particularly important theme as we continue to observe the  Church’s Jubilee Year and the theme of Pilgrims of Hope.

Big Shout to our Golden Book nominations.  Each week staff nominate learners have demonstrated one or more of our school values across the week.

Harmony; Kasey

Equity; Farrah-Grace

Ambition; Karah, Aili, Harvey, Aurora B, April, Russell, Kaleb

Respect; Jennifer, Lia, Carson, Luna, Aaylah, Lewis, Jessica

House points (week ending 29/08/25) 

Wildcats (Blue ) – 220

Red Deer (Red) – 257

Golden Eagles (Yellow) – 306

Well done to everyone who took part in the house challenge of Hula Hooping this week.

Staffing Update 

We continue to have no cover in our office.  Thank You so much for your patience with this.   This will be the same for this coming week.  We have resubmitted recruitment paperwork for a vacant classroom assistant post that has arisen again due to the successful candidate being unable to take up post.  Until we fill this post we will endeavour to bring in bank staff when we can.

Parent workshops and Open afternoon

Information has been sent out via the school app.  There is an electronic form to complete to let us know if you will be attending any of the sessions.  Please complete this to allow us to make plans to accommodate everyone.

Sandshoes

We will be stopping selling sandshoes as we use up the stock that was have in school.  Not all sizes are available and where we have been unable to provide sandshoes payment has been refunded.  As Mrs Reid has not been in the office we have missed some purchases.  We worked through these today and should have everything sorted on Monday.  Thank You for your patience.

Active Schools 

Barry, our active schools coordinator has been in for a meeting and we will notify you of opportunities in the coming weeks.  Football training will soon be starting – information and permission slips will be given out.   We also hope to have football training for girls this session.   If you have any experience in sport and wish to volunteer to run after school sessions please let us now and we can put you in touch with Barry who will support you with this.

Parent Council 

Our first Parent Council meeting of the session tales place on Thursday 11th September at 6pm in the school.  This will be the AGM.  All parents and carers are welcome.  More information about the role of parent councils in Scotland can be found here.  https://education.gov.scot/parentzone/getting-involved/parent-councils/about-parent-councils/

Sharing the Learning

It is said that to be able to teach someone else means you truly understand something.  That is what our P6/7s do.  Well done to our older learners this week supporting P2/3 with digital learning.  There is a programme in place to allow this to happen across the school regularly.

Next Week 

Wednesday – Cumnock Chronicle to take photo of new P1s

Friday – Mass in Our Lady of Lourdes and St Patrick’s Church, 10am, all welcome.

We’ll leave you some photos of our P1/2 playing and learning together.

Have a great weekend.