Well, it’s finally here, the last day of term!

It’s been another challenging year for us all, but we have all worked together to try to provide safety, security and comfort to each other, as new challenges were faced.

To our P7 pupils- we have been so proud of all you have managed to achieve this year, and your new high schools are lucky to have such talented, hard-working and creative young people starting after the holiday! We’re sorry your year hasn’t ended as we expected it to, but are glad you got to celebrate together at your barbecue this week- we will miss you all very much, and wish you all the very best for the future!

In the absence of an end of term assembly, we weren’t able today to share our end of year House Points totals.

So, it’s a huge well done to…Trinity house! You have won the house shield this year! Here are the final totals-

1st Trinity- 10744 pts

2nd Pilrig–  10036 pts

3rd McDonald– 9939 pts

4th Drummond- 9688 pts

We hope you all have a safe, restful summer break. We really are a brilliant team- from our wonderful children, to our fantastic staff team and supportive parents and carers. Take care, let’s hope we have lots of sunshine, and we look forward to seeing you all again on Wednesday 18th August! Happy holidays everyone!

Good afternoon everyone,

Please see below the final Head Teacher’s newsletter from Ms Gowans of this session-

Head Teacher Newsletter- June 2021

Also, we have a newsletter with some suggestions for free and low cost activities families may want to do over the summer break-

What’s On for Families Over Summer

 

We hope you find these useful!

 

Last night we were able to hold our P7 Leavers’ Barbecue over in our Botanical Broughton green space.

Mrs Rushforth was head chef, and there was plenty of yummy food and drinks for all. Our P7s had a lovely time eating and drinking, chatting, playing games and chilling out in their respective bubbles!

We feel very lucky to have been able to have an event like this, given the unusual year we have all had- we hope our P7s enjoyed this chance to spend some quality time with their friends.

Here are some photos we took last night-

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Please see below a Welcome letter, and a link to follow to find some tips, activities and links for parents of pupils starting P1 in August 2021. We hope you find them useful!

P1 Transition Welcome Letter

Transition to P1 Presentation

Our Parent Council will be holding virtual welcome sessions in the week beginning 14th June. You can register for the event using the link below.

Parent Council Welcome Sessions

Good afternoon,

Please see below a guide from the City of Edinburgh Council around plans for transition from this school session to next year.

Thank you.

Last Thursday our P7 pupils attended an ‘Epic Day’ of outdoor adventure activities at Bonaly Scout Camp. P7 missed out on their annual excursion to Lagganlia this year, so this day was offered as a substitute for that.

We had lovely weather, and across the stage the children had the chance to take part in a range of activities- from a walk up the stream, to climbing wall, to a trek in the Pentlands, a bonfire and more. Our children were a credit to the school, and took part with enthusiasm, effort and great teamwork. Well done P7!

Although not the same as a week at Lagganlia, we agreed that the day was a big success, and we were all (staff included) a bit weary and achy on Friday!

Here are some pictures and clips from the day.

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We held our combined Sports Day/Edinburgh Marathon event on Friday 28th May. This would have been the Edinburgh Marathon festival weekend, so we decided to set up a Sports Day event that would also include an opportunity for everyone who had registered for EMF to get their run completed too. All the children took part in a run, and showed great effort in running lots of laps of the pitch! Thankfully the sun shone for us too, so we all had a lovely morning.

Here are some photos of the event!

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Good afternoon everyone,

Please see below the minutes from the latest Parent Council and FAB meeting, held on May 26th.

Thank you. Have a great weekend!