Delighted to have been appointed permanent HT
@IrvineRoyalAcad
today! It truly is a privilege to have been given the opportunity to lead this great school! Thanks to everyone for all their support and encouragement!
#believeinbetter
Bailey has been growing his hair long for over a year and has decided to get it shaved off to remember his Dad, Ian Wilson who sadly died of a heart attack in November 2016, aged just 38 years old. The money will go to Heart of Scotland charity.
What a day! I’ll never forget my first year as a Head Teacher! So grateful for the fabulous, kind and talented people that I have around me - very privileged!!
#believeinbetter
Today is the last day of term -I wish to thank our entire school community but in paricular, my staff! They have been phenomenal throughout the most challenging time of my entire career! I will never forget their support of me and dedication to our children! ❤️
@IrvineRoyalAcad
Absolutely bursting with pride! How lucky are we to have such beautiful, talented and kind young people as a part of our school community! You are role models for us all!
#believeinbetter
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Amazing night
@MockCourt
. Double award winners, winning best defence solicitor and best defence witness for West Region. So proud of our YP for making it to the semi-finals in our first year of competition
#livingthevalues
@IrvineRoyalAcad
What a week! So proud of my entire school community and especially our amazing pupils - first class! Cheers to all my colleagues for for their efforts! 🥂❤️
#believeinbetter
Thanks to the lovely staff member
@IrvineRoyalAcad
who “mugged” me today! You know me sooooo well! The
@LFC
mug is my new favourite! The refreshments will go down well after today’s announcement...🤣🥂🥂
#KindnessMatters
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A fantastic day at the
@NAC_Education
Supporting Needs Collaborative event. Great progress being made across the workstreams.
@NACEdLeadership
@nac_eps
Real energy in the room as we all discussed and shared our ideas on how to support the diverse needs of our young people.
A wonderful night at the 2022 Prom. Special thanks to Ms Carten and to the many staff in attendance! We look forward to seeing you all again on Friday for the inflatable fun day!
@iRoyalPLT
@IrvineRoyalFF
Great to be part of the
@North_Ayrshire
Connected Leadership Conference this afternoon! Child Poverty right at the front and centre of our planning! It was fantastic to hear about the excellent work happening in this critical area!
@audreynolan
@NACED_HoS
The
@IrvineRoyalAcad
Ghost Tour was a great success - this was thanks to
@BusElliot
and his first class organisation! The senior pupils
@iRoyalPLT
were a real credit to our school - their contribution was fantastic! Thanks to the many staff who stayed back and helped out! 👻👹👺
What a pleasure it was for Mrs Sloan meeting with this S1 Focus Group this afternoon - great feedback and a first class start to their Secondary education.
@IrvineRoyalFF
#believeinbetter
A great afternoon at the 2022 Staff V Pupils football match! The pupils ran out worthy winners with a score of 3 goals to 0! Thanks to
@gillianmpryce
for refereeing- not an easy task!!!!!
@iRoyalPLT
#believeinbetter
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I would like to take this opportunity to thank all the amazing staff at team
@IrvineRoyalAcad
You have all been amazing and I feel very lucky to be leading such a dedicated, kind and exceptionally hard working community! You are all ⭐️⭐️⭐️
A lovely lunch with the ELT today. A challenging term 2 but we have almost made it. Thanks for sticking together and showing such dedication to our young people!
#believeinbetter
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@IrvineRoyalAcad
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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
So proud of this team of young people! Not one but two awards tonight! Just WOW!!!!!! You have certainly put
@IrvineRoyalAcad
on the map! And a big shout out to the wonderful Ms Muir for her unwavering support and guidance!!
@IRoyalSocial
#believeinbetter
- we sure do!!!
Well done
@Dionne_Gordon9
for bringing this event to fruition! Thank you so much for your relentless dedication to our school community! We are very lucky to have you!
#believeinbetter
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What a team!! Teething problems here and there but everyone working together and giving their absolute best in order to make our first day of remote learning a success! Special mention to our Admin staff who were inundated with calls and texts all day!! Thank you! ⭐️⭐️⭐️⭐️⭐️
A massive thanks to our entire school community for pulling together today and for getting the online learning up and running. We are aware of some technical glitches which will hopefully be resolved ASAP.
@IrvineRoyalFF
Following the
@ScotGovFM
announcement about revised restrictions to schools from 6/1/21, I will be in contact with all parents/carers early next week to provide clarification.
@NAC_Education
A big thank you to Norman Drummond
@Columba1400
and
@GayleGgorman
for the really informative webinar this morning. The time and space to reflect was much needed and greatly appreciated! ❤️
@NACEdLeadership
Congratulations to Katie Morrison (S1) for coming runner up in the West of Scotland intermediate category for her Young Writer story! So proud of you, Katie! 📚✍📖
@IrvineRoyalAcad
Our office team are on the front line, dealing with more calls and questions than ever.
They understand people's anxieties and uncertainty in these challenging times.
Please remember - these guys do not decide public policy, nor have all the answers.
#resoect
Thank you team!
Mrs Cook and I were so proud of our pupils tonight! Outstanding talent on show! Thanks for the invite, Irvine Seagate. We look forward to forward to seeing you next week at our Christmas concert. 🧑🎄❤️🎄❤️🎅
@Mrs_Cook_Music
@iRoyal_Creative
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What a fantastic night at the
@North_Ayrshire
Young Rock and Pop competition! Our very own Oran showing us all what he is capable of! Unreal talent! We are so proud of you, Oran!
#believeinbetter
⭐️💙
@iRoyal_Creative
Happy last day of term! A massive shout out to all the staff, pupils, parents and partners of
@IrvineRoyalAcad
for digging in and supporting one another! 💙 Here's to a restful Christmas break! 🎄
@IrvineRoyalFF
@iRoyalPLT
A lovely Sunday afternoon saying a final farewell to the 2019/2020 Senior Pupil Leadership Team! Good luck to you all as you start Uni/College in the next couple of week! ❤️
A reminder of what our uniform should look like!
@IrvineRoyalAcad
@IrvineRoyalFF
Do not hesitate to get in touch if you require any item of uniform - it is completely free! We are here to help!!
#believeinbetter
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Our theme of the week next week is UNIFORM! The best dressed class in each year group will be taken on a reward outing. Any pupil requiring ANY item of uniform should see their PT G - we have lots of new clothing in our Royal Resources room!!
#belonging
@IrvineRoyalFF
Thoroughly enjoyed the
@gtcs
webinar this evening with Claire Lavelle - ‘ Re-Envisioning the New Normal’ - lots to reflect and to build on as we plan for an August return!
@NACEdLeadership
To help make the staff in
@IrvineRoyalAcad
smile, we have created notes of appreciation for what they do for us. Don’t worry if you haven’t received yours yet, we are working on it 👍🏻
Happy long weekend to our amazing staff team
@IrvineRoyalAcad
The work going on and the progress being made is unreal (even in the most challenging of times)! I continue to be very proud to be your Head Teacher!
Thoroughly enjoyed listening to
@MarkRPriestley
talking about whole system curriculum development - space to connect, extend and challenge my own thinking...
@EducationScot
Absolutely brilliant evening! Lots of happy, smiling faces. And what a delicious meal provided by
@IRA_HomeEc
- what a team! 🍛🍝 Thanks also to the
@iRoyalPLT
for leading some of the craft stations - running out of superlatives! 💙
@IrvineRoyalFF
What a wonderful night at our Family Christmas Crafts event. A fantastic turnout! Special thanks to the Staff Family Engagement team for bringing this to fruition! Christmas Quiz and Family Games night next week. ❤️🎄
So Mrs Sloan challenged Miss Howie a few weeks ago to demo on the trampoline & as today was end of block it couldn’t be avoided any longer🤣. Thank you to Zara,Tanya & Amber who took on the role of Teacher to give Miss Howie her very first lesson on Swivel Hips.
@IrvineRoyalAcad
Another cracker of a night! Thank you to a very special team for always going above and beyond in order to improve outcomes and provide fantastic experiences for our young people!
#believeinbetter
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Looking forward to spending time with individual staff members this week to discuss our key priorities this year!
@IrvineRoyalAcad
A chance to reflect on where we are and where we are going!
#believeinbetter