Kilwinning Academy Parent Council

KAPC will hold their Annual General Meeting on Wednesday 6th of September 2023 at 7pm in Kilwinning Academy. All parents, carers and guardians of pupils currently attending the school are welcome to come along.

Good luck to all the new S1s and everyone returning to school tomorrow.

Fundraising for Kilwinning Academy at Kilwinning Community Events Picnic in the park. Come and say Hi.

Good luck to everyone receiving their exam results today. Remember there is no wrong path and you can still achieve your dreams.

You should all have received the below email from North Ayrshire Council Education. Please can you take a few minutes to take part in the survey. Thank you.

North Ayrshire Council – as well as the Scottish Government and other local authorities in Scotland - aim to improve and increase the ways in which parents, carers and families can work with teachers and other partners in education to support learning for our children and young people. It is, therefore, important that we gather the opinions and feedback of parents to evaluate the progress we are making.
Please find attached information regarding the annual North Ayrshire Parental Involvement and Engagement Survey information and a QR code to access the same survey link on your mobile phone.

It would be extremely helpful to hear from you so that we can not only assess the progress of the work currently being undertaken, but also to identify areas for further improvement based on the direct feedback of parents, giving you – at the same time – the opportunity to help shape local planning and decision making as well as shaping national priorities for education, learning and teaching.

To access the survey please click on this link:

NAC Parental Involvement and Engagement Census (PIE) 2022/23 Please take a few minutes to take our survey.

Lovely day at Segdoune Gala and Choose Kilwinning

Tomorrow we will be at the Segdoune Gala selling crisps and cans of juice and we will also have our very popular tombola. See you there.

There's nothing quite like a town celebration, and this weekends event is sure to be one for the books! 🎉

Take a look at the map to plan your day and make the most of all the fun activities.

Our parent council will meet tomorrow evening. Several members are leaving this summer as their children are in 6th year, so we need new members to join our group. It's not a lot of work and we have lots of fun at our events where we raise funds for the school. Come along to the meeting tomorrow and try it out.

Wishing all candidates across Scotland the best of luck as they prepare to sit their next week. 👏

🗓️ Here is next week’s schedule.

The next parent council meeting will be held on Wednesday 3rd May within Kilwinning Academy at 7pm, all parents/carers are welcome.

We would also like to invite cluster primary school parent council chairs along.

We look forward to seeing you all.

Good luck to all our senior pupils sitting exams over the next 6 weeks.

start tomorrow! A massive good luck to all learners - almost 130,000 of you will take National 5, Higher and Advanced Higher exams in the coming weeks.

Here's next week's timetable - you can find more resources at https://bit.ly/SQA-learnerhub

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🏴󠁧󠁢󠁳󠁣󠁴󠁿 Deuchainnean SQA a tòiseachadh a màireach! Gur math a thèid leibh uile – bidh faisg air 130,000 agaibh a suidhe Nàiseanta 5, Àrd- Ìre agus Àrd- Ìre Adhartach anns na seachdainnean a tha romhainn.

Seo clàr-ama an t-seachdain sa tighinn – faigh tuilleadh ghoireasan aig https://bit.ly/SQA-learnerhub

John was delighted to receive the Mothers day Hamper on Thursday which his daughter Rose won for her mum. We hope she enjoyed it!

Thank you once again for everyone’s support.

Just under 4 hours left to donated to the cash for kids challenge.

Every little penny helps

Kilwinning Academy | Cash for Kids Schools Challenge Ayrshire 2023 | West FM and Westsound AM Cash for Kids Hi there, welcome to our fundraising page... make yourself at home :) Have a look below; you can see updates about our school's fundraising, how it’s all going and hopefully some messages from other sponsors too. We're raising money as part of the Schools Challenge with Cash for Kids. We'll get to...

Today is the last day for voting. If you haven’t voted pleas do and support your school. You get to pick 3 causes to support in your community. We thank everyone who has voted and supported us.

Thank you to everyone who has voted, there is still a week left to vote. We understand that some are having difficulty in voting online or not being able to complete it. If you are experiencing problems voting you can vote at local library or Harbour Arts Centre. Thank you

Last few days to get your lucky number to win the Mother’s Day Hamper. Live draw Thursday 16th at 7pm

We will also be selling numbers for our Mothers day hamper at the S3 and S1 parents night, should anyone wish to be in with a chance of winning this fabulous hamper then send us a DM or email us at [email protected].
Please help us support our school.

Deadline for submission of Education Maintenance Allowance application forms for Session 2022/2023 is 31 March 2023. Apply online now - www.north-ayrshire.gov.uk/EMA

We thank everyone that has voted for us, the process has now being simplified. If you haven’t voted please do.

The Participatory Budgeting voting deadline has been extended until next Wednesday (15 March)!

The online voting process has been simplified, simply sign up using your email address and create a password for your account to cast your vote (you will be sent a link to verify your email address).

Vote online at northayrshire.communitychoices.scot – or vote in person by visiting your local library or the Harbour Arts Centre in Irvine.

Thank you to everyone who has voted, there is still a week left to vote. We understand that some are having difficulty in voting online or not being able to complete it. If you are experiencing problems voting you can vote at local library or Harbour Arts Centre. Thank you

There is still a few numbers left for our Mother’s Day Hamper. Private message for a number or send us an email. Draw will take place live here on the 16th of March.

We will also be selling numbers for our Mothers day hamper at the S3 and S1 parents night, should anyone wish to be in with a chance of winning this fabulous hamper then send us a DM or email us at [email protected].
Please help us support our school.

Petition: Make school uniform VAT exempt Clothing for children aged 14 or older, or taller or larger than the average, is subject to a 20% VAT rate. This includes school uniforms. We are calling on the Government to abolish tax on school uniforms by scrapping VAT on all school-specific uniform items to bring down costs for families.

Please can everyone sign and share this petition. Clothing for children aged 14 or older, or taller or larger than the average, is subject to a 20% VAT rate. This includes school uniforms.

Petition: Make school uniform VAT exempt Clothing for children aged 14 or older, or taller or larger than the average, is subject to a 20% VAT rate. This includes school uniforms. We are calling on the Government to abolish tax on school uniforms by scrapping VAT on all school-specific uniform items to bring down costs for families.

Just PM or email us to purchase a number to win the Mother’s Day Hamper

We will also be selling numbers for our Mothers day hamper at the S3 and S1 parents night, should anyone wish to be in with a chance of winning this fabulous hamper then send us a DM or email us at [email protected].
Please help us support our school.

We will also be selling numbers for our Mothers day hamper at the S3 and S1 parents night, should anyone wish to be in with a chance of winning this fabulous hamper then send us a DM or email us at [email protected].
Please help us support our school.

Thank you to everyone who has voted, there is still a week left to vote. We understand that some are having difficulty in voting online or not being able to complete it. If you are experiencing problems voting you can vote at local library or Harbour Arts Centre. Thank you

We are extremely delighted to announce that our application for December 2023 for Locality Participatory Budgeting Funding, has been successful in progressing to the next stage. Voting will take place from 12pm on 26th February 2023, until 12 noon on 12th March 2023.

Our bid was for £1000 to purchase toiletries (deodorant, shampoo and toothpaste) and basic school wear and other items such as socks, jackets and tee shirts to help our young people and families through the current cost of living crisis. If successful, the school will match the amount to enhance the available resources for young people to access. There will be no charge to the young people and their families as this is to help provide items that are necessary for health and wellbeing during this current cost of living crises.

Whether we are successful in securing funding depends on how many votes we get.

Results will be announced via consul platform and by social media when we will be advised if our idea has been one of the successful projects. The following URL link https://tinyurl.com/PB-Vote-NAC has been included to allow everyone to view and or vote on the voting platform which will be available from Sunday 26 February at 12pm if you so wish.

2023 Participatory Budgeting Participatory Budgeting (PB) is a form of citizen participation, where local people are involved in the process of deciding how public money is spent.

A massive thank you to Kilwinning Academy for their kind donation for the wee shoap. This helps us help others and goes a long way! Kilwinning Academy

For the attention of parent/carers of senior pupils. Details will be sent out on Monday 20th February.

We the parent council are looking for unwanted unused gifts for our Tombola stall. All money raised from events goes back into school to help funded much need resources. If you can help, please hand in any donations to the school office. Thank you.

The next parent council meeting will be held tomorrow, Wednesday 7th of December in Kilwinning Academy at 7pm all parent/carers are welcome.

We would like to also invite cluster primary school parent council chairs along to this meeting.

We look forward to seeing you all.

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We will be at the Kilwinning Christmas lights switch on 2022 tomorrow night hosted by Promoting Kilwinning. We will be selling teas, coffees, hot chocolate and some cakes. All money raised will be donated back to Kilwinning Academy. Look forward to seeing you! 🎅🔔⛄️❄️

Lovely hot chocolate!

Fabulous tombola Kilwinning Community Fireworks by Kilwinning Community Events.

We are selling tea, coffee, hot chocolate and cakes along with our usual tombola tonight at Kilwinning Community Fireworks by Kilwinning Community Events. Come and say hi. 👋

Our parent council meeting is tonight at 7pm. Looking forward to seeing some new faces! 😀

The next parent council meeting will be held Wednesday 2nd of November in Kilwinning Academy at 7pm all parent/carers are welcome.

We would like to also invite parent council primary school chairs along to this meeting. Abbey Primary School Parent Council Pennyburn Parents Council Corsehill Primary Parents Page Whitehirst Park Primary - Parents Group St Luke's Parent Council St Winnings Primary Parent Council Information page

We look forward to seeing you all.

What an excellent support in our community

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A voucher scheme will operate during the October holidays for families of eligible children and young people i.e. those registered for free school meals.

The vouchers will be distributed to parents and guardians via email or mail depending on each household’s preferred contact method.

There will be separate vouchers for each child, and you don’t need to spend the whole amount you have received at the same time. They cannot be used for age-restricted products such as to***co and alcohol.

Only those registered for means tested free school meals will receive the vouchers. They do not cover universal entitlement to p1 – p5.

If you are worried about money and require financial advice or assistance please contact our Customer Services team on 01294 310000.

The parent council are looking for unwanted unused gifts for our travelling Tombola stall, this allows us to attend events such as fireworks display and Christmas lights switch on. All funds raised goes into school to help purchase items and extra curricular activities that are not covered by school budget. Items can be handed into school office and will be much appreciated.