When the First Minister of Scotland Came for Breakfast
Leith Primary School’s Breakfast Club, run by Edinburgh & Lothians Out of School Care Network (ELOSCN), were delighted to welcome John Swinney, the First Minister of Scotland to join them on Wednesday morning. The top secret visit coincided with the budget announcement in the Scottish Parliament on Tuesday. One of the new budget commitments is that all primary schools in Scotland will now receive funding to run a free breakfast club to all children who wish to attend. This policy is likely to be rolled out by 2027.
The First Minister enjoyed playing a game of Uno with the children before getting the chance to show off his table tennis skills. He was even invited outside for a game of football but pressure on time meant he had to return to more grown up duties such as answering questions from the assembled media team.
Ali Barclay, the Managing Director of ELOSCN – who run 2.8% of the breakfast clubs across Scotland – and Ms Craig were able to sit down and talk to the First Minister about the successful collaboration between the school and the breakfast club. The FM was interested to hear about ELOSCN’s equitable funding model and the positive impact having a breakfast club can have on both children and parents. The First Minister also spoke to two of our parents about how using the breakfast club enables them to get into work on time.
There was also time to share the many recent successes of the school such as being awarded Gold status as both a Rights Respecting School and a Sports Scotland gold school and an aspiring Young Carers Award gold holder. The First Minister enjoyed meeting some of our successful girls football team players who told him about their recent visit to the Easter Road stadium to meet the Hibs Women’s team.
The visit was a really exciting way to start our morning and it linked in nicely to the themes we have been looking at in our recent P3-P7 assemblies about Scotland and Scottish democracy.
The visit was picked up by a few newspapers and social media platforms which you can click on below:
https://www.facebook.com/reel/1239789948006119
Welcome to LPS Lisa Dowie!
We are delighted to welcome Lisa Dowie, our new Citadel Family Support Worker, to Leith Primary School. Lisa has taken over the role from Walma who finished in October last year. Lisa has extensive experience of working with families and is looking forward to getting to know you over the weeks and months.
Lisa is able to support families with a range of issues such as housing, parenting, relationships, additional support needs pathways, communicating more effectively with school, family learning and much more. Lisa has started to make contact with parents who are already familiar with our Citadel family support however you can get in touch with her directly:
Work Phone: 07857 975459
Office Phone: 0131 554 0510
Email: Lisa@citadelyouthcentre.org.uk
Working Days: Tues-Thurs
Tues & Wed @ Leith Primary School
Thurs @ Citadel Youth Centre
Welcome to Marianne O’ Brien
New Active School Coordinator for the Leith Learning Community
Hi, my name is Marianne O’Brien I’m the new active school coordinator for Leith. I have taken over from Aidan who was in post for almost 5 years.
I come to Leith with almost 18 years experience of working in Active School, most of which was in the Scottish Borders but for the past 4 years I have been working in the Trinity learning community. I’m looking forward to getting started in Leith and in the community that I have called home now for almost 18 years!
Volunteering With Active Schools
Active Schools aim to get more kids active, more often, through the provision of FREE sport and physical activity opportunities and do this we need your help!
Please click and watch the video below to hear from other parents and carers who have volunteered with Active Schools.
Never coached before:
Don’t worry Active Schools Edinburgh has ongoing training for all our volunteers
including Coaching Qualifications, First-Aid, Safe-guarding children & many more!
We also have our ‘Ready to Go Clubs’ (Run, Fun Fitness, Ball Skills, ABC Club). These are clubs from 4 weeks blocks where all the easy-to-follow lesson plans are all done for you!
If you would like to have a catch up and find out more about volunteering with active schools, even if it is a 4-week block of a 20-minute lunchtime club, then please get in touch.
Email: Marianne.obrien@ea.edin.sch.uk
Phone: 07395849484
Keeping Your Child Safe Online
Our Meta Skill & UNCRC Right of the Month
Well Done to Our January Leithers of the Week!
| Bradley | Primary 1/2 | Bradley has had a super start back to P1/2 and has followed the school rules everyday. He has been a great role model this week, persevering with his work, particularly when learning about fractions this week. Well done Bradley – keep it up 🙂 |
| Krishni | Primary 1a | Krishni has shown excellent listening skills this week and has been super ready to learn! |
| Elobid | Primary 1a | Elobid has been a very kind and helpful friend to others this week! |
| Zayn | Primary 1b | Zayn has been persevering this week to improve his letter formation. Well done Zayn! |
| Anouk | Primary 1b | Anouk tried very hard to write independently during cold writing this week. It was tricky, but she persevered! Well done Anouk! |
| Ryan | Primary 2 | Ryan has been working super hard in phonics this week, he has shown perseverance when reading tricky words. Great job! |
| Ranvir | Primary 2 | Ranvir has been making lots of progress with his writing lately and in Literacy this week he has created a fantastic riddle. Excellent effort Ranvir! |
| Liam | Primary 3A | Liam has persevered in Maths and made lots of progress. Well done! |
| Nina | Primary 3A | Nina is consistently kind, helpful and considerate to everyone in our class. Well done! |
| Lottie | Primary 3B | Lottie demonstrated her empathy skills this week, during our discussion about the feelings of people in our community. She described how homeless people might feel scared on the streets because of the situation they were in. Well done Lottie, having empathy for other’s feelings is a very important skill! |
| Lawe | Primary 3B | Lawe has been working hard to read more fluently. He is joining sounds together and recognising more tricky words. Well done Lawe, keep practising at home too! |
| Memphis | Primary 4 | For great improvements in handwriting and producing well presented work. |
| Reggie | Primary 4 | For a fantastic start at LPS and settling in so well. |
| Libby | Primary 4/5 | Libby had a great attitude and focus when doing writing this week. Great work! Keep it up! |
| Ayda | Primary 4/5 | Ayda has been challenging herself to achieve her targets. Keep working on them Ayda! |
| Sahib | Primary 5 | For her hard work, positive attitude, and the kindness she shows to others each day. Well done, Sahib! |
| Kasey | Primary 5 | For showing remarkable resilience and determination to produce a great piece of writing. |
| Meera | Primary 6 | For always taking pride in her learning and displaying our school values. |
| Evan | Primary 6 | Consistently demonstrating our school values and acting as a role model to those around her. |
| Mona | Primary 6/7 | Mona has settled in well here at Leith! She has picked up and follows our school rules quickly and treats everyone with respect and kindness – always with a smile on her face. Well done, Mona! |
| Layla | Primary 6/7 | Layla has been working hard on editing and improving her writing this week. She wrote a fantastic short story that was very descriptive. Well done, Layla! |
| Charlie | Primary 7 | For being an excellent digital leader and for always being so helpful in class. |
| Shaniah | Primary 7 | This week, Shaniah has shown a positive attitude towards her learning and has been quick to show that she is ready to get on with her work independently. She has also made a brilliant effort as witness in the Mock Court Project. Well done, Shaniah! |
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