Good morning everyone,

Please see below a letter from Ms Gowans outlining some changes to COVID restrictions we should see after the Easter break.

Term 4 COVID restrictions

Thank you.

Thanks to everyone who came along to the 4th of our weekly training practices for the EMF on Sunday. Thanks to Shona Campbell and Naomi Sandilands for leading the session. A nice surprise drop in from Sandra Bagnall, who used to lead the sessions in years gone by! A good turn out and lots of kids enjoying the run!

We are keeping going over the holiday period. Both next Sunday 10th April at 10.30 am and Sunday 17th April at 10.30 am. Same venue at Pilrig Park, and as always, open to all – you don’t need to have entered the EMF to join in! Younger /older siblings are welcome, and all levels of running ability. It’s about fun and taking part!

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Star Awards

This week’s star awards were presented to these children for being responsible citizens!

P1a- Arya Gamez Gonzalez

P1b- Patrik Cirpaciu

P2a- Leon Scott

P2b- Rainer Kinsey O’Neill

P3a- Oscar Ni and Viksha Manjunathaswamy

P3b- Alicia Nicol

P4a- Pinky Ni

P4b- Adam Winterstein

P5a- Alice Chisholm

P5b- Kevin Kielak

P6a- Cole Weatherly

P6b- Alfie Gaukrodger

P7a- Megan Weatherly, Christine Watson, Keenan Lewis, Martyna Kabala, Hazel Gibson, Francesca Campopiano and Alice Avison

P7b- Roland Sheta

Big Book of Achievement

Ria Collins (P4b) took part in a fencing competition last weekend and won a gold medal in her category! Well done Ria!

Seren Ferguson (P4b) passed her red belt at her Kuk Sool martial arts class! Well done Seren!

Bo Schogler (P6a) made a puppet at home from a range of recycled materials! Very creative Bo!

House Points

Here are the House Points for this week-

Drummond- 804 points

Pilrig- 718 points

McDonald- 675 points

Trinity- 522 points

Well done to Drummond!

Congratulations to everyone on their achievements this week! Have a great weekend!

Good afternoon everyone,

Please see below a letter from our Pupil Council about a planned fundraiser we’d like to hold next term to support people in Ukraine.

We are planning a sponsored run/walk/skip on Friday 29^th April at Craigroyston Football Pitch in St.Mark’s Park.

Each class will have an allocated time for their run. These times will be shared nearer the event.

We are aiming, as a school community, to try and reach 1435 miles, which is the distance from Leith to Kyiv, the Ukrainian capital.

Parents and Carers are invited to attend at your child’s allocated time and are welcome to run/walk/skip to help us reach our mile target.

We are aware that some children may also be collecting sponsors for the Edinburgh Marathon Festival around this time too, so please don’t feel pressurised to collect for both events. Senior pupils fasting at that time will not have to take part.

Ukraine Fundraiser Letter

Paper copies of this letter have gone home today, as there is a sponsor form attached.

Thank you for your support!

Good afternoon everyone,

Please see below a letter from Ms Gowans about Ramadan 2022.

Ramadan 2022

Thank you.

Thanks to everyone who came along to the third of our weekly training practices for the Edinburgh Marathon Festival (Sunday 27 March, 10.30 am). Thanks to Shona Campbell for leading the session and to Ivon Bartholomew for photographing the practice. Perhaps a little quieter this week. The 10.30 am start felt a little more difficult after the clocks going back the night before!

Next Sunday (Sunday 03 April, 10.30 am) same time, same place, Pilrig Park, open to all – you don’t need to have entered the EMF to join in at Pilrig Park! Younger /older siblings welcome. All levels of running ability welcome. It’s about fun and taking part!

You may remember our Pupil Equalities Group sent a letter to parents and carers to ask about languages spoken at home. They were keen to find out how many different languages are spoken by the families in our school. They have now collated the responses, and wanted to show the results by sharing how to say ‘Hello’ in all the different languages. One of our pupils from ESB2 created the map of the world for the display background! He drew it all from memory! Their display is below!

Thanks for making the map! It’s fab!

Star Awards

P1a- Ada Hansen

P1b- Rafa Sanz Munoz

P2a- Max Slowey

P2b- Atticus Crozier

P3a- Ilyas Karaallal

P3b- Wiktor Wodnicki

P4a- Adeline Lewis, Domo Johnnie, Elodie Avison, Carl Nyoni, Tiana Daley and Bruno Adamow

P4b- Fede Wilcken

P5a- Olivia Zieniewicz

P5b- Harrison Hood

P6a- Flynn Powers and Joshua Winterstein

P6b- Kacey Fisher

P7a- Alice Avison

P7b- Orla Pendry

ESB 2- Ellis Moloney

Big Book of Achievement

Tiana Daley (P4a) called in to Forth One as part of their ‘Every Day’s A School Day’ feature, and shared what she has been learning about the Egyptians. Boogie and Arlene were impressed with her knowledge!

House Points

Here are the House Points for this week-

McDonald- 455 points

Drummond- 365 points

Pilrig- 361 points

Trinity- 260 points

Well done to McDonald!

Congratulations to everyone on their achievements this week! Have a nice weekend!

Please see the attached letter below which outlines the mitigations for schools and Early Years settings from 18 April.

Thank you.

Letter to Parents and Carers from Jason Leitch National Clinical Director – 21 March 2022

Many thanks to everyone who came along to the second of our BPS Pilrig Park weekly training practice runs for the Edinburgh Marathon Festival Junior Races on Sunday. Thanks again to Shona Campbell for leading the session and to Ivon Bartholomew for photographing the practice.  It’s lovely to see a couple of the former BPS runners, now in secondary school, coming along too, to support the activity. 

Next Sunday (Sunday 27 March, 10.30 am) same time, same place, Pilrig Park, open to all – you don’t need to have entered the EMF to join in at Pilrig Park! Younger /older siblings welcome. All levels of running ability welcome. It’s about fun and taking part!