Month: September 2023

Open Classroom Morning

Thank you to everyone who was able to attend our open classroom event this morning. It was lovely to be able to welcome familiar faces and our new parents from P1 and elsewhere in the school. Thank you again for your time and support. We look forward to seeing you and others at a future learning event in school.

Important Dates for Your Diary

Here is a list of dates for the rest of the calendar year you may wish to add to your diary.

Event	Date	Stage/Class
Black History Week	Wk beg 2nd-6th October	Whole School
Autumn Celebration Assembly (Tell us about any successes you young person has had in hobbies, clubs or activities at home)	Friday 13th October	Whole school
Autumn Term Ends	Friday 13th October	Whole School
Pupils start back at school	24th October	Whole school
LPPC Halloween Discos	Friday 27th October	P1-P4 P4-P7
Primary 1 Open Day (details tbc)	Thursday 2nd November	Parents of P1s who will start in August 2024
Parent Consultations	Thursday 2nd and 3rd November	Whole school
Anti-Bullying Week	13th – 17th November	Whole school
Outright Campaign Week: Climate Action	20th – 24th November	Buddy Classes
Celebration Assembly	Friday 22nd December	Whole School
End of Term	Friday 22nd December	Whole School

Primary 7s Launch Refurbished Tennis Courts

Our Primary 7s enjoyed being part of the official opening of the LTA (Lawn Tennis Association) on Thursday newly refurbished tennis courts on Leith Links. The pupils enjoyed being coached by Ryan Harrower after they posed for photographs with invited dignitaries who cut the ribbon for the grand opening.

Leith Links Activity Hub & Nature Volunteering

Our Leithers of the Week

Martha	Primary 3/4	Martha consistently makes the right choices, focusing on her work and being helpful to her peers.  Even when she finds something challenging she perseveres which is lovely to see.  Well done Martha!
Tas (Tashung)	Primary 7	For consistently producing work to the best of his ability in all areas.  He particularly impressed with his illustration and character analysis in a reading task this week.
Alma	Primary 3	Alma has shown great belief in herself this week and is challenging herself in reading. Well done Alma!
Youcef	Primary 1/2	This week in PE Youcef has shown he can be very responsible and safe. He followed the school rules really well and listened to all of Mrs Scott’s instructions. He was extremely engaged in all of our games. Keep it up Youcef.
George	Primary 1a	George has been a fantastic line leader this week demonstrating silent, safe and sensible walking. He showed kindness and responsibility on our trip as he happily let a friend without a partner join his pair and tried his best to ensure he stayed with the class at all times. Keep up the super work, George!
Archie	Primary 4	Archie has been our star Rugby player this week.  He has participated enthusiastically and been a great team player.
Gloria	Primary 5a	Gloria is an excellent member of our class. She always follows the school rules of Ready, Respectful and Safe. She has been persevering and trying her best to achieve. Keep it up Gloria.
Olive	Primary 5b	Olive has persevered and demonstrated a growth mindset with some tricky number work this week. Well done Olive!
Amos	Primary 6/7	For adapting to our routines and working hard.
Tamara	Primary 1b	Tamara’s confidence and independence have grown hugely since starting P1 only a few weeks ago. She always tries her best.
Megan	Primary 6	Megan demonstrates the school values every day and always keeps the school rules. You are a great role model to others! Well done Megan.

Monday Holiday

A reminder that Monday is a holiday. We look forward to seeing the children on Tuesday. Have a great September Weekend.

Former Leith Primary Pupils Heads of Leith Academy

Congratulations to our wonderful former pupils Lottie, Evie, Joseph, Mhairi and Lily (L-R) who make up five out of the six members of the new Pupil Leadership Team at Leith Academy. Evie and Joseph were selected to become Head Girl and Head Boy. The pupils, who attended Leith Primary from nursery through to Primary 7, engaged with a formal application, presentation and interview process before being successfully chosen by the Academy’s Leadership Team. We are incredibly proud of them and wish them the very best of luck in their new student positions. Go Team Leith!

Letter to Parents from Amanda Hatton

New Pupil Support Officer Appointed for The Loft

We are absolutely delighted to announce that our very own Mrs Gillian Aitken was successful at interview this week and has been nominated as the preferred candidate for the post of Pupil Support Officer. Mrs Aitken will take on much of the remit that Mrs Richards had and will work mostly from our nurture base, which is affectionately known as ‘The Loft’. In addition, Mrs Aitken will work with some families to help improve school attendance and will be part of our new Attendance Support Team along with Educational Welfare Officer, Jamie Thomson and Leith Academy cluster schools’ attendance support officer.

Congratulations also goes to Mrs Cherri Stewart who will act up as our second Early Years Officer in the nursery whilst the recruitment for a new Senior Early Years officer commences.

ELOSCN Breakfast Club

A reminder that ELOSCN runs a breakfast club within our lunch hall every day from 7.30am. If you would like to apply for a space, please click on the link below.

Leith Breakfast Club

Good News Round Up

Well done to Ruby-Ann who received a letter from the King and Queen thanking her for the good wishes she sent on their coronation. Well done to Ruth who completed the summer reading challenge at the local Leith Library. And well done to Troy, who also completed the reading challenge over the summer and did a brilliant job of litter picking this week with his friend Kieran. Keep telling us about your successes Leithers!

Names on Clothes

Please can we ask parents and carers to put their children’s names on all their school clothes. We have already had some items of clothing go missing and some other items found left around the school, none of which have names on them. Last session, we donated multiple bags of unnamed sweatshirts, jumpers, cardigans, coats and fleeces to charity or to our pre-loved rail as none had been reunited with their owners. Thank you for your support with this.

City of Edinburgh Council Statement on Inclusion

Mindroom Parents Support Group

Mindroom are restarting their monthly online Parent and Carer Peer support groups for families of neurodivergent children and young people in Edinburgh.

Please see below for a link to the flyer for this, including details of how to sign up.

The first group will be held on Teams on Thursday September 7th 2023 at 10.30-11.30am.

Attendance Race

Very well done again to Primary 1 who continue to demonstrate excellent school attendance along with Primary 2 and Primary 3. The school’s overall attendance rate is 95.50% which is strong but we would like to aim for even better. Every day counts towards successful learning, wellbeing and friendships.

P1	P2	P3	P4	P5	P6	P7
98.46%	96.24%	95.39%	95.21%	94.07%	94.74%	93.48%

Well Done to Our Leithers of the Week!

Hayden	Primary 1/2	For settling into P1 so well and being extremely responsible in class. Well done Hayden!
Willow	Primary 1a	Willow is a very responsible member of the class who is respectful to all. She has been a fantastic class helper by making sure our classroom stays tidy and treating our resources with care. Super work, Willow!
Oskar	Primary 1b	Oskar has been very brave in his first few weeks in Primary 1. He has tried new things, including eating new foods and been very kind to his classmates.
Lena	Primary 2	Lena has been very responsible, by helping to hold open the door for the whole class, when we’re moving about the school.  She has also shown shown very silent, sensible and safe walking, when she has been walking about the school with the class.  Well done Lena!
Stanley	Primary 3	Stanley has been a super responsible member of P3 so far and takes great care of our classroom, always helping others tidy and tucking in their chairs. Thank you, Stanley!
Anthony	Primary 3/4	Anthony has been incredibly helpful this week and has been looking out for his classmates.  He has also helped tidy the book corner and the sink after painting.  Well done Anthony!
Poppy	Primary 4	Keira has worked really hard and persevered in Numeracy this week, well done!
Ruth	Primary 5a	Ruth always tries her best. She applies her full attention and capabilities to all subjects. Well done!
Mati	Primary 5b	Mati has gone above and beyond this week! He has shown everyone in class how to be responsible and helpful, at every opportunity.  Well done!
Kade	Primary 6	For making a really great start to Primary 6 and for showing a really positive attitude in P.E.
Jack	Primary 6/7	Jack has shown great confidence in Maths and recognised that is an area which he enjoys. Jack has fully engaged with our revision of addition strategies and used his understanding to help others.
Ewan	Primary 7	Ewan was first to finish a difficult maths starter.