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A very special day for us - Mr Swan celebrated his 60th birthday! Mr Swan is overwhelmed by the kindness and well wishes he received today - thank you! ✨🎈🎂
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Some of our staff had the pleasure of delivering a leavers gift to our amazing S6 pupils 🥰 It was great to see some familiar faces!
#belonging
#leavers2020
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Hundreds of pupils, staff and parents lined the pavements outside Kilwinning Academy today, we reflected on how lucky we were to have had Theresa in our school community. Thinking of the Potter family ❤️
@KAparentcouncil
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Last night many of our staff celebrated the life of our amazing, Mrs Grant. A truly beautiful, caring and kind member of our school who loved and uplifted everyone she worked with - pupils and staff. We will miss you, Mrs Grant 🤍✨
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Mr Swan was absolutely delighted to present Katie with a colours tie today! Katie provided daily videos and activities for fostered and adopted young people in NAC for 20 weeks during lockdown! 🥰
#inspiration
#proud
@NA_FosterAdopt
@NAC_Education
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This certainly isn’t the celebration we hoped for with our S6 pupils! You have been amazing over the last 6 years 🥰 We will do our very best to plan a celebration when some normality resumes! ❤️ Keep shining! ⭐️
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Senior pupils and staff lined Dalry Rd this morning to pay our respects to Ben 💙 Ben was a much loved member of our school community and will forever hold a place in our hearts. Our thoughts are with Ben’s family and friends 💫
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Theresa was a well loved, much respected and huge part of our community at KA. Her contribution to our school was incredible, she made a huge difference for our young people. Our thoughts are with Theresa’s family, friends and colleagues ❤️
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S6, on what should have been the day of Prom we wanted to share this video with you. Hopefully in the future we will all be able to get together! You are a wonderful group of people! Be proud of yourself!🤩 Love KA staff ❤️
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Unintentional matching from Miss Miller, Mrs Mair and Mrs Cruickshank today! Wonder what the theme will be tomorrow?! 👗👠
@jenmiller45
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We’ve only gone and done it! What a team!! Joint winners of the ‘Building relationships’ category!!
@NHSaaa
#AAAchieves19
@KerryAl72381893
@Andrew_McCl
@LindsayMorris73
@NAC_FLT
@NAC_EYE
@nac_eps
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S6 pulled it out of the bag today with their Halloween Costumes!! 🎃 We were seeing double 🤩
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Some of our staff were very busy today, delivering a special little welcome gift to our new S1. We look forward to welcoming you in August! ❤️
#belonging
#transition
@abbeyprimarysch
@BlacklandsPS
@corsehillps
@PennyburnPs
@WhitehirstPs
@HealthNac
@NAC_Education
@nac_eps
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Hands up if you’re delighted it’s the holidays!! 🙌🏽🎅🏽🎄Wishing everyone a wonderful Christmas and a restful break. Look after each other and stay safe! ❤️
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Mrs Murray also starts her next adventure today! We will miss her loads! Thanks for 32 wonderful years at Kilwinning Academy 💙
#belonging
#inspiration
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Mr Swan and PC Watters also appointed Abbie and Katie as our School Captains. Congratulations! 🤩🎉
@NAC_Education
#schoolcaptains
#teamwork
#dedication
#ambition
#inspiration
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Congratulations to our school Dux - Max 🤩 outstanding achievements!
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It’s been a week like no other! A week where we feel lucky to be part of a wonderful school community ❤️
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Senior pupils helped to prepare the hospitality for those at the Kilwinning Remembrance Service today.
#RemembranceSunday
#LestWeForget
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Wellbeing Walk well underway ☀️ Mr Swan and Elaine having a rest after their 10 laps! 👏🏽
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Miss Miller and Patrick were at Abbey Hub today with some of the key worker’s children. They had great fun and even managed to do some social distancing exercise! 🚲 Patrick needs a bigger bike though! 🙈
@ActiveSchoolsGM
@KAHealthWB
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Some of our pupils have their work displayed in The Cornerhouse! Have a look the next time you are in. Some incredibly talented young people! 🤩
@BuzzworksLife
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FAO all of our senior pupils! We look forward to welcoming you for an Exam Day Breakfast in the Zone!
@KAHealthWB
@KilwAcadSupport
@NAC_FLT
@KAPastoral
@KAICTBusiness
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We’ve got it!! Well done to all staff and pupils for their hard work and dedication! Proud of you all!
#belonging
#inclusion
@LGBTYS
🏆🏳️🌈❤️
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Today we delivered Learning Packs to our first group of pupils. Thanks to Billy, Patrick and Bruce for delivering! Over the coming weeks this will be expanded to ensure pupils with no or limited access to ICT can continue learning ❤️
#belonging
#ambition
#dedication
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Miss Miller, Mrs McEwan and Ms Gibson completed the 13 mile Memory Walk last night for
@AyrshireHospice
💜 raising funds for an amazing cause! Almost 30 000 steps 👣
@IrvineRoyalAcad
@GibsonRhona
@KASocialSubj
@jenmiller45
#proud
#community
#inspiration
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During our recent non-uniform day we raised £907.50 for
@AyrshireHospice
💜 Thanks to pupils and staff for their donations!
#belonging
#inspiration
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Some of our superstars with their certificates this morning!
#proud
#ambition
#dedication
#inspiration
@jcullinane86
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Last Friday we had a dress down day for Halloween. On the day we raised £1190.78 which will be donated to
@poppyscotland
An amazing contribution from our school community ❤️ thank you to pupils and staff for their donations!
#belonging
#community
#giving
#PoppyAppeal
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Mrs Mair and Miss Miller went for some lunchtime exercise last week and bumped in to Mrs Reid and her beautiful baby boy 💙
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Mr Swan and a group of our S3 pupils had a busy afternoon making up bags and ensuring delivery!
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This applies to every single person at Kilwinning Academy! Our school community has displayed compassion, courage and belonging in a difficult week ❤️ Thanks to pupils, parents, teaching and non-teaching staff! 🥰
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Mr Swan presenting this superstar with a wider achievement tie for her fundraising for
@cftrust
@Kilwinning_Acad
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Miss Miller’s job over the weekend is to work on this!!
@KAHealthWB
at least it’s an attempt and includes an overheard kick? 😂😂😂 Looking forward to seeing other team attempts next week!!
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Huge congratulations to our School Captains for session 21/22. We are so proud of you Katie and Niamh 🌟 Thanks to PC Watters and our Area Inclusion Worker
@GemmaGillan1
for joining Mr Swan on the panel!
@AyrshireNPolice
#belonging
#pupilleadership
#schoolcaptains
❤️💛
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Very proud to be the first school in Scotland to open a School Bank Access Point to help meet the evolving needs of our community! Many thanks to everyone who has supported us!
@1stallianceCU
@PrincesTrustSco
@CashBackScot
@DYWNAC
@AyrshireColl
@NAC_EYE
@LindsayMorris73
@NAC_FLT
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Miss Lindsay will shortly be starting her maternity leave. This week we had a wee celebration! Arran house will miss you Miss Lindsay! We can’t wait to see pictures of your new arrival 💙💗👶🏼🍼
@KAPastoral
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A beautiful day for a beautiful girl 💜 young people and staff lined Dalry Road as Ava’s funeral party drove by earlier today. We are thinking of Ava and her family 💜
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Mr Swan and Mrs Stuart from our Charities Committee were delighted to hand over the £1190.78 we raised during our non uniform day for
@poppyscotland
#PoppyAppeal
#belonging
#inspiration
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We also presented our Dux Award to Thomas who achieved 6 A Higher passes 🌟
#ambition
#belonging
#proud
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S6 don’t think we’ve forgotten about you! We’re trying to support a lot of people right now! We love you! And your celebration with be here soon!! ❤️ Times are tough! Please remember to BE KIND! 🌈❤️
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You continue to make us proud in all you do! Amazing video from our S6! ❤️ what a wonderful bunch of people! 🥰 thank you!
since our final year ended so abruptly we wanted to create a video to remind ourselves of this time that we can keep forever and reminisce about our amazing times at
@Kilwinning_Acad
<3 thank you KA for everything, love from the class of 2020 xx
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What an amazing first day back!! S1 were brilliant - you should all be so proud! So nice to see our S5 and S6 and thankful for your help with the S1 pupils. S4 we will see you tomorrow! 🙌🏽🤩
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Brilliant dress down day with some fab costumes! Thanks to our S6 for organising. Total amount raised for charity to follow! We even had a
@NicolaSturgeon
lookalike 👀💀👻🎃
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Well done to our Elaine for getting to the final 3 of the Outstanding Contribution category!! ⭐️⭐️⭐️⭐️
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Here’s our staff rainbow challenge 🌈❤️
@abbeyprimarysch
@BlacklandsPS
@corsehillps
@PennyburnPs
@WhitehirstPs
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Just wow!! What an amazing final night of our school show! Proud of you all! Roll on next year!!
@kilwacadmusic
@KAparentcouncil
@NAC_FLT
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Best way to end the week - first Cluster Meeting of the year! 🙌🏽✨
@abbeyprimarysch
@BlacklandsPS
@corsehillps
@PennyburnPs
@WhitehirstPs
@jenmiller45
Really excited for the session ahead with this team! ❤️
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Good luck to our S6 pupils for the next step on their journey!
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Congratulations to Katie Heron for winning the most outstanding contribution to
@WhitehirstPs
award 2017! 🏆
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We were absolutely delighted to present Tatum with our Dux Medal today! Huge congratulations, we are so proud of you 🌟
@NAC_Education
#ambition
#inspiration
#dedication
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Our canteen staff were the next winners of the Outstanding Staff Award 🏆 very worthy winners!! 🌟
#belonging
#dedication
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Huge congratulations to our House Captains and Senior Prefects ❤️💚💛💙 Interviews for School Captains will take place on Friday!
#belonging
#pupilleadership
#proud
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Mr Swan presented Ms Armour with flowers today to celebrate a 'big' birthday! Congratulations ❤️
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Mr Swan is incredibly proud of the dedication shown by our young people through their
@DofENAC
@DofEScotland
work. We received this certificate showing the social value of the many hours pupils have committed! ❤️ Well done everyone! 🌟
#MakingADofEDifference
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Thank you to Mr Boax for playing the Last Post today while our school community observed a two minute silence.
@NACmusicservice
#RemembranceDay
#WeWillRememberThem
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Happy retirement to the wonderful Ms McKinlay 💙 wishing you all the best!
#newadventures
#belonging
#inspiration
@KAHealthWB
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Thanks to Kerry from
@LGBTYS
for joining us today to present our Bronze Charter mark - we are all so proud of this achievement!
#teamKA
#belonging
🏳️🌈❤️
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VERY VERY exciting day today as our Pupil Leadership Team was selected following written applications, video interviews and a face to face interview! Congratulations to this fabulous bunch! 🤩❤️
#pupilleadershipteam
#proud
#ambition
#belonging
#dedication
@NAC_Education
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Soooo proud!!! 🌟🌟🌟🌟
🌟 Active Schools Sports Leaders from
@Kilwinning_Acad
have run away with the North Ayrshire Sports Award.
@NAActiveSchools
#civicpride19
🌟
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Miss Miller loved PE with
@thebodycoach
this morning 🙌🏽 ❤️
@KAHealthWB
@KASkillsForce
did you do it today? Who else took part? Let’s see your evidence 👏🏽
#PEwithJoe
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Kieran delivered the flower planter he made to a member of our local community 🌸 ☀️brilliant work Kieran!
#belonging
#ambition
#community
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We are all excited to be attending
@prideglasgow
this weekend! Thanks so much to
@OutatTesco
for creating our banner and to our former pupil, John for his continued support!
@SaTurk82
@kearney_judo
@LGBTYS
@NAC_FLT
@NAC_EYE
🏳️🌈
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It gives us great pleasure to say that we raised £857.43 for
@LGBTYS
Well done to our wonderfully inclusive community!!! 🏳️🌈
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The group below have worked extremely hard to raise money for
@cftrust
💛 well done girls! You should be very proud! 🌟
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Our newly appointed School Captains Dima and Isla with Mr Swan 🤩👏🏽
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We said goodbye to Mrs Russell today after 34 years! Good luck for the future! 😘
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What a fab effort from our school community who really have shown their support today for the
@cftrust
A big thanks to Miss Cartledge for organising!!
@Kilwinning_Acad
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All set to enjoy
@prideglasgow
@SaTurk82
@LGBTYS
@kearney_judo
@ElaineKerridge1
@Kilwinning_Acad
🏳️🌈❤️🏳️🌈
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Good morning! We have some staff in for children of key workers and pupils who require enhanced support. Our phones will also be manned. Mr Swan will issue a letter later this week with further information for all parents and carers.
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Mr Swan shares his pledge for Care Experienced Week 🤗 he got in his favourite school value - respect! ❤️👏🏽
#CEW2020
@OneVoiceNA
@NAC_Education
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This morning we held our BGE Award Celebration 🌟 Mr Swan and all of the House Teams were delighted to issue certificates and house star badges to so many young people! 🟥🟩🟨🟦
#celebratingsuccess
#achievements
#ambition
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Mr Swan made us a playlist on Spotify 🎵👏🏽one favourite from each member of staff!! What a guy! ❤️
#belonging
#StayHomeSaveLives
#wellbeing
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Absolutely amazing night at Prom ❤️ class of 2023 - you were brilliant 🫶🏽
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Please advise young people they are putting themselves and others at risk if they are out with friends, socialising with groups in the house or out with at parks etc.
#SocialDistancing
#StayAtHomeSaveLives
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A wonderful rendition of ‘Shallow’ from members of our Senior Choir
@kilwacadmusic
at the Transition concert.
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Delighted our assembly hall is being put to such good use!
#belonging
#community
All going well with round 1 of COVID vaccinations for our over 80s in Kilwinning! Light at the end of the tunnel.....
@nahscp
@nhsaa
@gpayrshire
#kilwinningmedicalpractice
👍💪
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Kilwinning Academy went Purple in aid of the
@AyrshireHospice
's Go Purple Day! Well done to all the pupils and staff taking part 💜💜💜
#gopurple2021
#respect
#belonging
#dedication
#inspiration
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Today we held our Senior Award Celebration. These were our Nat 5 prize winners 🤩✨
#ambition
#belonging
#proud
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Thanks to the
@irvineherald
for their write up of our Parents in Partnership programme! The uptake, levels of engagement and true courage shown was first class!! We are proud of you all for stepping outside of your comfort zones!
@NAC_FLT
@CELCIStweets
@jcullinane86
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Christmas jumper day today - we were joined by some very special guests! 🎅🏽🎄👏🏽
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Good luck and have an amazing time to our pupils and staff heading on their 15 day expedition in Morocco today.
#experienceofalifetime
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What’s a fantastic guest speaker
@ActiveSchoolsGM
You continue to inspire us in all that you do! What a role model for our children! Loved your focus at the end on inclusion!!
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Our DHTs Miss Miller, Mrs Mair and Mrs Cruickshank share their pledges for Care Experienced Week ❤️
@NAC_Education
@OneVoiceNA
#CEW2020
#proudcorporateparents
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Delighted to catch up with our former pupil Scott and see some of his amazing work from
@GSofA
✨ we are very proud of your achievements, Scott!
@KilwAcadArtTech
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Next winner of the Outstanding Staff Award is Mr Smith - nominated for persistently being the teacher described, with complete respect, as a pure legend 🏆👏🏽
@KilwAcadScience
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Fantastic Purple Friday at Kilwinning Academy 💜🏳️🌈
@KilwAcad_LGBT_
@LGBTYS
huge thank you to Elaine and the LGBT+ supporters group for organising!
#LGBT
#PurpleFriday
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It was SO good to see our young people and staff this week! Everyone worked together to make first week back go well. S1 have been incredible. Proud of our school community!
#belonging
@abbeyprimarysch
@BlacklandsPS
@corsehillps
@PennyburnPs
@WhitehirstPs
@NAC_Education
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