LPS Newsletter

Thank you again to everyone who was able to come along to one of our Sports Events on Wednesday morning this week. We were delighted to welcome so many families to our patch of the Links for an hour or so of some fun in the sunshine. Thank you again to LPPC for supplying the ice lollies.

Congratulations to Our New School Administrator

– Mrs Gatton!

We are very pleased to announce that, for those who do not already know, Mrs Gatton was successful at interview in being appointed as the new School Administrator for Leith Primary School. Mrs Gatton not only brings her existing knowledge of the school, the pupils and staff to the post but also a wealth of experience in administration and management in previous roles. We know she will do a super job of fulfilling this busy role at the heart of the school and will be a familiar face and voice as the first point of contact for our parents and carers..

Is Your Child in a Pupil Leadership Group? #12 #13 #14 #15

If your child is in our Pupil Council, Equalities Group, Health & Wellbeing Group, Eco Committee or is a Rights Champion or Junior Librarian, please come along next Friday to hear how they have been supporting the development of the school this year.

Any interested parent is warmly invited along to find out a bit more about how our Pupil Leadership Groups work. Find out about what the school has been working on this year, what our plans are for next session and what your thoughts and ideas are for our improvement journey towards excellence in education.

Please let us know if you would like to come along so we can prepare for the correct numbers of people. https://forms.office.com/e/nuXhG18ehZ

Junior Award for Schools – JASS Update #12, #13, #14, #15, #24, #29, #30, #31

All of our Primary 3-7 pupils have been given the opportunity to work towards one of the JASS Wider Achievement Awards this session. There are just a few more weeks left for them to get recognition for their involvement across four areas:

• Adventure: The activities and challenges they have completed in the outdoors eg; Benmore, Bonaly, Lagganlia, Craigmillar Park, Holyrood Park, Leith Links…
• Get Active, Stay Active: Engaging in activities that get their heart rate up (excluding their taught PE classes) eg; sports clubs, cycling to school, the Daily Mile, dancing
• My Interests: Developing an interest either at home, at school or in a club such as; baking, playing a musical instrument, taking care of a pet, attending a lunch club at school, learning the books of the Qur’an, preparing for and delivering a performance
• Me & My World: Engaging in voluntary work in their local community eg; Paired Reading, Playground Buddies, being a Junior Tour Guide, being in a school leadership group, litter picking, gardening, looking after a wildlife area

Each level corresponds to an amount of time required for each section, with more time dedicated to the top levels and less for the lower levels:

	Year Group	Adventure	Get Active, Stay Active	My Interests	Me & My World
White	P1	1 hour	2 hours	2 hours	2 hours
Yellow	P2	2 hours	3 hours	3 hours	3 hours
Red	P3	2 hours	4 hours	4 hours	4 hours
Green	P4	3 hours	5 hours	5 hours	5 hours
Blue	P5	3 hours	6 hours	6 hours	6 hours
Bronze	P6	3 hours	8 hours	8 hours	8 hours
Silver	P7	5 hours	12 hours	12 hours	12 hours
Gold	S1 & S2	8 hours	18 hours	18 hours	18 hours

JASS is seen as great preparation for the Duke of Edinburgh Award which can be completed when pupils are in secondary school.

This year, we are hoping that 65% of our pupils will achieve a JASS certificate in their corresponding year group level.

Many of the activities will be completed in school however, we know that many of our pupils do amazing things in their free time and may wish to have these activities credited towards their hours required for their JASS award. Blank log sheets for the My Interests and Get Active, Stay Active sections can be obtained from your child’s class teacher or from the school office which can be taken to sports coaches, youth club managers, Scout leaders, mums and dads, etc for sign off.

If you have any completed logs, please ensure that they are handed back in to school by Friday 21st June so your child can be awarded their certificate and badge at our end-of-year Celebration Assembly on Wednesday 26th June.

Children who do not manage to complete any of the sections before summer, will be given until October 2024 to finish their current level before starting on the next level with their class.

This year, we have focussed on P3-P7 aiming for their awards however we may consider introducing the certificates for P1s and P2s during next session of parents, pupils and staff are happy to do this.

Well Done to Our Leithers of the Week! #29

Arthur	Primary 1/2	For making such good progress in phonics this term. He has been focused and working very hard with Miss Callan. Well done Arthur – keep it up!
Grace	Primary 1a	Grace is a fantastic role model and follows our school rules no matter what. Well done Grace!
Jeremy	Primary 1b	Jeremy has gone above and beyond to be respectful and take care of the resources and toys we have in class.
Arlo	Primary 2	Arlo was really excited to do some research this week, when we were finding out about where cotton came from, in our living and non-living things Science lesson.  He took a keen interest in what we were learning, saying that he wanted to find out more about the topic and we then spoke a bit about how we could do this.  Well done Arlo, you have a super attitude to learning and are taking ownership of your learning!
Omer	Primary 3/4	Good listening to directions, being helpful to staff and classmates, and making good choices
Ella	Primary 4	Ella has made excellent progress when learning about fractions. Well done!
Noor	Primary 5a	Noor has been making great progress with her reading. She shows the school values of perseverance and responsibility and always has a great attitude to all her work. Well done Noor.
Anjola	Primary 5b	Anjola has persevered this week, especially when overcoming challenges in fractions. Well done, Anjola, you have worked hard!
Zaynb	Primary 6	Zaynb created a wonderful piece of cold writing, making sure she used lots of creative ideas and writers’ tools.
Bikari	Primary 6/7	Bikari showed great determination and resilience during sport day. He gave every activity his best effort and powered on throughout the whole day. Well done Bikari, you smashed it!
Grace	Primary 7	For working hard to accurately convert tricky mixed numbers and improper fractions. Well done for your dedication to learn!