Author: Ms Craig

Paired Reading Project Begins

We were very proud of our Primary 7 volunteers who began supporting younger pupils with their reading this week through our Paired Reading programme. The pupils undertook training with Mrs Moloney before beginning the six week project which involves the pairs meeting three times a week to share and enjoy reading together. This is an excellent example of pupils showing support and leadership for others, upholding all three of our values of Kindness, Responsibility and Perseverance. Very well done to everyone involved.

CHAI Newsletter

Please remember you can meet with Kerry, our CHAI worker, any Thursday morning for advice and help with any money, debt, benefit or housing worries. Just drop us a text or email to arrange an appointment.

Sumdog Champions

Massive congratulations to our Primary 6 class who came fifth overall in the Edinburgh Schools Sumdog Maths Contest this week. A very special mention to Keira in P6 who was 17th overall out of hundreds of participants across the city. Well done everyone!

Good Luck!

Goodbye and good luck to Mr Matthews who leaves us today to pursue a career in youthwork and sports coaching. Farewell also to Ms Sabella, who has been working in P1 recently and to Ms Little from our nursery. We wish them all well in their new posts.

Leithers of the Week

Louis	Primary 1a	Louis was being a very kind friend this week! He did a fantastic job completing his dragon puppet this week and was so confident in making this that he offered to help others in the classroom. Great job, Louis!
Dominic	Primary 1b	For showing new confidence and skills in phonics.
Holly	Primary 3/4	Successfully learning how to create her own similes and contributing significantly to the class’s overall learning.
Tamer	Primary 4	For brilliant work in Maths, he is constantly challenging himself. Well done!
Mihir	Primary 5a	Mihir has been developing his skills though coding. He has challenged himself and helped others develop their skills.
Troy	Primary 5b	This week Troy has achieved success in numeracy, writing, spelling and building resilience, demonstrating great focus and completing tasks to a good standard. Well done, Troy, please keep this up!
Scarlett	Primary 6	For perseverance and effort when completing her Science electricity task. Well done!
Maja	Primary 6/7	This week during IDL, Maja produced a very insightful and well researched fact file all about tsunamis.
Lucy	Primary 7	For working hard in class, staying focussed and demonstrating a growth mindset. Well done and keep up the ‘can do’ attitude Lucy!

Have a relaxing February half term break. We look forward to seeing everyone back on Monday 19th February at 8.50am.

Pupils have had a jam-packed start to 2024 with ceilidh dancing, science experiments, Burns poetry recitals, oral health awareness and new lunch and after school clubs.

We were delighted that Mr Stuart was successful this month in being appointed as the permanent Depute Headteacher after an extremely lengthy Acting Up period. We wished Mrs Young farewell and good luck on the birth of her first child. And we also welcomed Mr Edmond and Mrs Hafeez to Leith Primary as our new P3/4 and P7 class teachers.

Outcome of School Supported Self Evaluation

The results of the Supported Self Evaluation (SSE) visit in November were shared with school staff this week. The SSE, which is an internal inspection process, was carried out over two days and involved a team of Quality Improvement Education Officers, an associate Head Teacher, staff from the Additional Support for Learning Team, the Early Years team and a Learning & Teaching Development Officer. The inspection began with a presentation delivered by Ms Craig providing overview of the school including the current strengths and areas for further development. The team then undertook observations of teaching and learning in classrooms and spoke to children about their learning experiences. The team also examined current school policies and procedures. The team met with representatives from the parent council, a variety of pupil groups and partners who work regularly with the school. Teachers, support staff and the nursery team all had opportunities to meet with the inspection team to give their views. Further meetings about various aspects of strategic school improvement were held with the school senior leadership team. Since the visit in November, further data and evidence has been scrutinised and validated against the school’s own self evaluation procedures.

We are delighted that the inspection report highlighted all the amazing work that goes on at Leith Primary. The children impressed inspectors with their confidence in talking about their learning and in sharing the many opportunities they have to contribute to the life and development of the school and the Leith community. Staff were highlighted as having positive, calm, nurturing relationships with pupils and a strong sense of teamwork with each other. Teachers provide a wide variety of meaningful learning opportunities that support children’s learning well. Suggested next steps were in line with already identified aspects for further development.

The report will be presented to the Council’s Education Committee at their next meeting in April.

A summary of the report can be read here.

Dates for Your Diary

As we look forward to a well deserved half term break at the end of next week, here is a reminder of some important dates for your diary for the remainder of the school session:

• Friday 9th February – February Half Term Holiday Starts
• Monday 19th February – All Start Back at School
• 19th – 23rd February – Digital Week
• Wednesday 21st February – International Mother Language Day
• Monday 26th February – P4 swimming starts (letters to be sent out)
• 28th – 1st March – P5-P7 Lagganlia Skiing Trip to Cairngorm/The Lecht
• Thursday 7th March – World Book Day
• Monday 11th March – Ramadan begins (?)
• 11th – 15th March – Better Sleep Week
• Wednesday 13th March – LPPC Meeting at 6.15pm
• Thursday 14th March – Parent Consultations 4pm – 6.30pm (booking details tbc)
• Friday 15th March – Parent Consultations 1pm – 3.30pm (booking details tbc)
• Friday 22nd March – Comic Relief Day
• 25th – 28th March – Health Week
• Thursday 28th March – Term Ends for Easter Break

Summer Term Dates

• Monday 15th April – All Start Back at School
• Monday 6th May – Public Holiday
• Tuesday 7th May – Staff In Service Day (pupils off)
• 7th – 10th May – P7 Trip to Benmore Outdoor Residential Centre
• 13th – 17th May – Diversity Week
• 13th May – P3/4 start swimming sessions (letters to be sent out)
• Monday 20th May – Victoria Day
• Wednesday 22nd May – LPPC AGM
• Wednesday 29th May – Sports Day (5th June alternative if wet weather)
• Thursday 6th June – New P1 Induction Day (details to follow)
• 10th – 14th – Proud Week
• 18th – 20th June – P7 Transition Days at Secondary School
• Wednesday 19th June – P5 and P6 Scottish Opera Performance (times tbc)
• Thursday 27th June – P7 Leavers’ Assembly (time tbc)
• Friday 28th June – Session Ends for Summer Break
• Wednesday 14th August – Session 2024/2025 Starts

Children’s Mental Health Week

Place2Be provides one-to-one counselling with children, as well as other wider therapeutic support with children and families and work to promote a whole school approach towards improving the mental health and wellbeing of children, families and school-based staff within your school

Place2Be’s Children’s Mental Health Week, which is taking place from the 5^th-9^th February this year, and ways in which you can get involved at home. The theme for this year is ‘Your Voice Matters’. Please feel free to have a look at the handout below, which provides parents and carers some top tips on ways in which you can promote your child’s mental health and wellbeing at home, and make sure your child knows that their voice matters to you, as well as to the wider world! Doing things to show that you can, and want to listen to your child helps them by boosting their self-esteem and supports them with developing a positive sense of identity. This helps them with becoming confident and resilient adults when they get older.

The handout also encourages you to explore the Place2Be Parenting Smart Website at: www.parentingsmart.org.uk. The Parenting Smart site is also full of lots of expert advice on ways in which you can support your child, manage their behaviours and act on their views.

We hope this is helpful and please do not hesitate to contact Amelia Burns, our school Mental Health Practitioner, if you have any further questions about any of the above information and support.

Heathly Eating Messages

As a primary school, we have a duty of care to promote and educate pupils on the importance of health habits. Health eating is something we encourage and promote to minimise the development of health conditions in adolescence and adult life, many of which are on the rise in Scotland. We also promote eating and drinking habits that prevent painful tooth decay in childhood.

A reminder to our families that children should be provided with one small healthy snack for break time and a healthy packed lunch if your child does not take school lunches. Children should not bring in fizzy juice, sweets or chocolate to school. If a large amount of food, such as family-sized packets of crisps or biscuits or multipack, is brought in it will be taken in by the teacher for safe-keeping and given to your child at the end of the day. Children are permitted to drink plain water in class and should bring in a filled water bottle each day if this is something you would like them to have.

Further information about healthy eating at home can be found here: https://eatthemtodefeatthem.com/families/

and here: https://www.edinburghcommunityfood.org.uk/fizz-free-february-2024

Support for Children With Sensory Needs

The booking link for this event can be found here: https://hanna-munro.mykajabi.com/top-tips-sensory-training

Winter Celebration Assembly

Has your child achieved a new medal, certificate or award outside of school? Have they accomplished something they have been working hard on? Send us a picture and let us know so we can tell them how proud we all are of them. Please send your photos and a brief explanation before Wednesday next week (7th) to the school admin email account: admin@leith-pri.edin.sch.uk

Our Leithers of the Week

We have a few weeks of hard working Leithers to celebrate here. Well done to everyone of them. We are so proud of you all.

Name	Class	Reason
Emily	Primary 1/2	Emily has tried so hard this week in class with learning her Scots poem. She has worked so well with a friend learning her lines and practising the actions. Well done!
Shafeeah	Primary 1/2	For working so hard on her Scots poem! You have done a great job. Well done Shafeeah.
Leo	Primary 1a	Leo has a fantastic attitude towards his learning and has persevered in phonics. He has made super progress thanks to his own hard work. Well done, Leo!
Lucia	Primary 1a	Lucia has been ready to learn in maths. She was very sensible and stayed on task when we went outside to do some measuring. She also completed a fantastic piece of writing. Well done, Lucia!
Zite	Primary 1b	Having a fantastic first week at Leith Primary school.
Hazimah	Primary 1b	Hazimah has fully embraced all of the school values and shown she is a hard working and fantastic pupil to have in the class!
Lawe	Primary 1b	Lawe has been sharing toys with his classmates.
Lena	Primary 2	Lena has persevered and put a massive effort into reading over the past few weeks.  She is joining sounds together to read whole words and did an amazing job reading the whole book to her reading group!  Brilliant Lena, all that hard work is paying off!
Naira	Primary 2	Naira has been consistently kind and helpful towards her classmates!  She regularly thinks of others and is always ready to help others when they need a hand!  Well done Naira, you’re an amazing example to your classmates!  Ms Harris
Bhodi	Primary 3	Bhodi has been trying particularly hard in handwriting this week and really impressed Mrs Young with his neat work. Well done Bhodi!
Prosper	Primary 3	Prosper has settled in very well and is a kind and helpful member of the class, often helping without being asked to. Thank you, Prosper!
Ada	Primary 3/4	For being a successful learner for writing a story using great connectives and speech marks without any help. Ada also did her grade 1 ballet exam this week. Well done for achieving both in and out of school.
Sharan	Primary 4	Sharan has shown great confidence and enthusiasm in Ukulele.  Well done!
Ella	Primary 4	For working so hard in Writing, she has made huge progress.  Well done!
Pneuma	Primary 4	For excellent work in Science this week.  Well done!
Mira M	Primary 4	Mira has been supporting others in Maths and sharing some great multiplication strategies with the class.  Well done!
Kieran	Primary 5a	Kieran showed excellent focus and great ideas when completing his cold writing. He was determined to challenge himself and improve his writing.
Aarush	Primary 5a	Aarush ahs been sharing his answers with the class. He remembers to be respectful and follow the rules by putting his hand up and listens to others.
Harry	Primary 5b	Harry was very helpful and supportive towards another pupil, leading by showing a good example during literacy work with a partner. Well done Harry!
Amelia	Primary 5b	Amelia is a responsible and respectful member of our class team working well independently and with her co-operative learning group. Well done and thank you Amelia!
Hadley	Primary 6	For his excellent summary of his reading book chapters. He did this independently and made sure to include the main points! Well done!
Keira	Primary 6	For always following the schools rules and giving 100% in every activity. What a great example you set for the rest of the class! Well done!
Leland	Primary 6/7	Leland has had a very positive and productive start to the term. In particularly, Leland impressed with his cold piece writing by independently creating a really interesting plot line. Well Done Leland!
Amos	Primary 6/7	Amos was asked to work alongside P3/4 and their teacher Mr Edmond passed on that Amos was a fantastic support to all, showing patience and compassion towards the younger children.
Akrm	Primary 7	Akrm has demonstrated impressive critical thinking skills during reading. He is vocal with his thoughts and is able to ask and answer meaningful questions about his text. Well done!
Rosa	Primary 7	Rosa is always demonstrating the school values. She is responsible, hardworking and respectful towards her teachers and peers. Well done!

Happy New Year to all our Leith Primary School family. We hope you had a restful break.

The children have hit the ground running this week, getting back to their usual learning routine with full force. This is another busy term where lots of important learning happens so we are grateful to our parents and carers for supporting with our improved attendance rates over recent months. We want to ensure that all our pupils reach their end of year expected targets and good attendance at school is key to that happening. Mrs Aitken, our new PSO, and Kristy, our new Family Support Worker are supporting families with bedtime and morning routines so we can have as many children as possible attending everyday and on time. Please get in touch with the office if you feel your child would benefit from a bit more support to get to school and on time.

Our Rights of the Month

From Monday – A Change to Some School Routines

From Monday (15th), we will be going back to our pre-covid ‘soft start entry’ in the mornings on Monday, Wednesday and Thursday. Parents with older children may remember that at 8.50am, the school doors were opened and children were able to filter into the school freely without having to wait for their class line to be taken in by their teacher. At 8.55am, the doors closed. An adult was stationed at each door to welcome the children in. On Monday we will do this again. Children should enter via the door they currently use in the morning.

When we used the soft start entry routine before, contrary to some initial concern, we saw a very calm and swift start to the day with teachers waiting in the classrooms ready to greet pupils and check in with them individually as they arrived. Corridors were less busy and pupils could start learning tasks more quickly.

Tuesdays and Thursdays will remain as they currently are. Pupils will wait in line to be taken by their class teacher to the gym hall for assembly.

[P5b should line up in the playground on Mondays as usual as they will continue to attend swimming lessons first thing].

In some other small changes, P3-P7 will start lunch at 12.30pm, finishing at 1.15pm. An outside bell will also be used to signal the end of break for P3-P7 at 10.50am and the end of lunch at 1.15pm. P1 and P2 children will continue to have their break at 10.15am and lunch at 12 noon until 1pm.

From Monday 15th January

• No morning lines

• Pupils enter through their usual door between 8.50am and 8.55am.

• Pupils arriving after 8.55am should enter via the main door and will be marked as late as happens currently.

Thank you for your cooperation.

A Note About WhatsApp and Social Media

Many children will have been given phones, tablets, computers and games consoles at Christmas, which will bring a lot of fun and enjoyment. As we look towards Internet Safety Week next month, parents/carers should be aware that schools across the country are increasingly dealing with the fall out from concerning behaviours pupils have been displaying online. At Leith Primary, children are permitted to bring their phones to school but they must be handed in to the teacher by 9am for safe-keeping. The teacher locks the phones in a treasury box until the end of the day when they are returned. Pupils are not permitted to use their phones during the school day. This means that mobile phones do not cause a distraction from learning or an upset during the day.

Parents are increasingly reporting to us instances of very unpleasant bullying on apps such as SnapChat, WhatsApp, on XBox game chat, Roblox, Messenger, text message, voicemail and so on. Over the last seven years, the police have had to become involved in at least one occasion each year where severe bullying, grooming or the sharing of indecent images has been reported to us. This is something that is sadly becoming part of some children’s experience of childhood, even in the primary school years. The lasting impact these experiences can have on a child’s metal wellbeing can be significant.

We are frequently told about highly inappropriate content some of our pupils are accessing via unrestricted YouTube channels, TikTok, Dischord and other online platforms. We hear this from nursery aged children upwards. This has a very stark, negative impact on pupils’ behaviour, language development and understanding of what ‘normal’ behaviour looks like. There is also widespread disinformation online posted by ill-informed youngsters or nefarious groups who have specific a specific agenda. Parents we speak to are often surprised that their child has been able to access such inappropriate material so easily or that they have engaged in uncharacteristically cruel bullying behaviours towards classmates via WhatsApp. Teachers report being shocked by some of the incorrect ‘facts’ children will share in class or problematic opinions they have learned from online influencers. This is a real problem.

What can we do about it?

Many parents and carers do regularly check their child’s browser history, online chat and photo files, sometimes across multiple devices. We strongly encourage all parents and carers do this regularly if their child has access to any device that uses the internet. Please do not assume that this is something that affects other children as it is now such a widespread and growing problem for all young people. Children can often feel too embarrassed to raise issues with their parents or may worry that reporting their concerns will jeopardise their friendships. Some may not realise that what they are viewing, hearing, reading or seeing is inappropriate or untrue and try to copy what they have seen or heard in their play with others or discussions in class.

Child Exploitation and Online Protection (CEOP) is a well respected website with loads of helpful videos and tips on how to protect your child from these concerns.

You are also welcome to pass on any concerns you have about your child’s use of devices and being online to us at school. If we are unable to help you ourselves, we can refer you to agencies who can provide the best support.

We will explore Internet Safety during the week beginning the 5th of February in school.

Well Done Lucia!

Well done to Lucia who appeared on an episode of the TV show Saturday Mashup. She avoided a gunking and won a fabulous backpack!

Family & Household Support Drop Ins

Mental Health Supports in the North East of Edinburgh

Click on this link to go to information about mental health supports in the North East of Edinburgh.

Do You Work in a Dentist

P1 and P2 classes are learning about people who help us.  We would love to have a visit from a dentist or dental nurse.  Is there anybody in the school community in this profession who might be willing to come and chat to the children very informally in January or February? Get in touch if you or someone you know can help.

We have had a wonderful, fun-filled, festive run-up to the Christmas holidays this December, with lots of singing, dancing, music, games and crafts. Thank you to everyone who has donated to our UNICEF fund this year in place of giving cards and gifts. It’s still not too late to give something if you are able to: https://www.justgiving.com/page/leithprimary?utm_medium=fundraising&utm_content=page%2Fleithprimary&utm_source=copyLink&utm_campaign=pfp-share

Letter From Lorna French – Chief Education Officer

Place 2 Be – Supporting Your Child’s Emotional Wellbeing Over the Holidays

https://www.place2be.org.uk/about-us/news-and-blogs/2022/december/supporting-your-child-s-wellbeing-during-the-school-holidays/?utm_source=Partner+schools&utm_campaign=d52d08f9e9-Partner_School_Newsletter_December_2023&utm_medium=email&utm_term=0_d9024022cd-d52d08f9e9-221633212

What’s On for Families

Autism Parent/Carer Information Sessions 2023/24

LPPC Easyfundraising Reminder

Thank you again to Leith Primary Parent Council (LPPC) for their Christmas afternoon event last Friday and for the donation towards pupils’ theatre trip to the Lyceum for the P4 to P7 classes this week and the P1 to P3/4 classes in May to the Imaginate Festival. They are only able to support funding for trips and with buying other resources through their tireless fundraising activities. One of the easiest ways to support them, and therefore your child, is buy doing all your online shopping through their Easyfundraising page. You can still access over 7000 of the most popular websites and each time you spend, a small percentage is given to the LPPC fund. It costs you nothing extra and the school continues to benefit. The website can be used year-round so please consider using this to do all your future online purchases: https://www.easyfundraising.org.uk/causes/leithprimarypc

All the Best from Us to You!

Thank you to everyone for your ongoing support of the school. We are so lucky to be part of such a special school community. We do not take this support for granted. Whatever you are doing over the next couple of weeks, we wish you and your family a very relaxing and healthy break and best wishes for 2024. Happy Christmas!

Pupils start back on Tuesday 9th January, 2024 at 8.50am.

It has been an even busier November than usual for the staff and pupils at Leith Primary. We have had our first Parent Teacher Consultations at the start of the month, the P1-P3 had the Road Safety Magic Show and the Book Bug and Read, Write Count events. We had The Big Switch off and Blue Friday last week to celebrate Universal Children’s Day and the end of Outright Campaign run by the Rights Ambassadors, Anti-Bullying Week and assembly run by the Equalities Group. We’ve had cycling training for P4, Blaze Basketball and SHE Scotland supporting a group of older girls, rugby sessions for P5 and P6, parkour sessions for two mixed groups, Playground Buddy training for P6 and a P7 and P6/7 project with the Dunedin Consort. A number of classes have also visited and joined Leith Library.

Two weeks ago, we welcomed a small party of council inspectors to the school to see our classroom learning, development work, pupil achievements and to speak to small groups of pupils, staff and parents. The children and staff did an amazing job of sharing current and recent learning and achievements both in class and with the leadership groups they are part of. Inspectors were delighted to see how calm and purposeful our classes were and how engaged and enthusiastic pupils were in their learning. We look forward to receiving and sharing the final report with you in the next few months and beginning work on our identified next steps on our improvement journey.

This month, we welcomed new PSA Emma MacDonald and said goodbye to long-serving PSA Jill O’ Rourke, who has moved to the young adults with disabilities sector. We also congratulate two members of staff on promotions; Ashley Hamilton, our EYO in the nursery, has successfully be appointed as the new SEYO at the Nether Currie Nursery and Anna Hind, who has been on secondment with Stenhouse Primary, was successfully appointed as their permanent Principal Teacher. Thank you to all these hardworking and committed members of staff for their support of the young people, staff and parent/carers of Leith. We wish them well in the next chapter of their lives.

Plans for Christmas

Now that our busy November is past, we can look forward to a range of fun events over the Christmas period.

Wednesday 6^th December – P1 & P2 will attend the S3 Winter Show at Leith Academy (Performance 1.30pm to 2.30pm).

Thursday 14^th December – Christmas Lunch for pupils & Christmas Dress Up Day (optional donations to UNICEF are welcomed in place of Christmas cards and staff presents)

Friday 15th December– LPPC Afternoon Christmas Event in the Hall – details to follow.

Monday 18^th December – Christmas Parties – Party clothes can be brought in to change into.

Tuesday 19^th December – Christmas Movie Day

Wednesday 20^th December – P1 – P7 will attend St Andrew’s Parish Church for a Christmas Sharing Assembly – Time 1.45pm – parents/carers are welcome to attend.

AND P6/7 & P7 Trip to Queen’s Hall – Children’s Messiah – 4.00pm

Thursday 21^st December – P4 – P7 trip to the Edinburgh Lyceum to see The Snow Queen – coaches leave 9.30am, back to school 1.15pm. Permission letters to follow.

AND Santa – Nursery, P1 & P2 – after lunch

Friday 22^nd December – End of Term (usual Friday finish times for year groups)

LPPC Easy Fundraising

Leith Primary Parent Council are registered with easyfundraising, which means you can raise FREE donations for us every time you shop online. Over 7,000 brands will donate to us when you use easyfundraising to shop with them – at no extra cost to yourself! These donations really mount up and make a BIG difference to us, so we’d really appreciate it if you could take a moment to sign up and support us. It’s completely FREE and only takes a moment. You can find our easyfundraising page at: https://www.easyfundraising.org.uk/causes/leithprimarypc/?utm_medium=email&utm_campaign=pmc&utm_content=gs-email1

Thank you so much!

A Note on Cards & Presents

Our pupil Eco Group have asked for pupils not to give multiple Christmas cards to each other this year in a bid to cut down on the 30 000 tons of Christmas cards that are thrown away after each Christmas, equating to £2.8 million worth of landfill costs. In a similar vein, staff are donating to charity instead of exchanging cards and presents.

Our Rights Respecting Schools Ambassadors would like to encourage anyone who may wish to give presents to school staff this year, consider donating instead to our chosen charity UNICEF. Whilst staff are always very grateful for small tokens of pupils’ and families’ appreciation, we would prefer that if parents and pupils’ wish to, a small donation is given to the school UNICEF fundraising page. Each year we are happy to welcome pupils and their families to Leith Primary who are fleeing war-torn countries. We know that UNICEF provides support to children in desperate circumstances such as those we are seeing regularly, and not so regularly, in the news. Our Rights Ambassadors are keen to support UNICEF as part of the fund-raising element to their Gold Award action plan. If you feel you would like to contribute any amount to this fund, you can do so via our UNICEF Just Giving page here: https://www.justgiving.com/page/leithprimary?utm_term=D3YG4BXZZ

Welcome to Our New Citadel Family Support Worker!

We are delighted to welcome Kristy Johnston, our Citadel Family Support Worker. Kristy replaces Danni Taylor, who worked with us for five years, supporting multiple families with a wide variety of challenges and supports, including family learning, parenting and behaviour supports, home routines, sleep hygiene, working with other agencies, concerns around additional support needs, worries around school matters, poor mental health, friendship and relationship issues and many many other matters. Kristy will now take on this role and is keen to say hello to parents who worked with Danni previously and those who may be interested in finding out how she can support them now. You can get in touch with Kristy On Tuesdays and Wednesday at school on 07518 74451.

Creating a Smoke Free Generation & Tackling Youth Vaping

The UK Government are currently consulting on the additional steps which they can take to create a smokefree generation by tackling youth vaping Creating a smokefree generation and tackling youth vaping: your views – GOV.UK (www.gov.uk)

This consultation seeks feedback on the proposed measures, to inform future legislation. On youth vaping, there are a number of options proposed, to ensure the UK Government and devolved administrations take the most appropriate and impactful steps, building on existing evidence.

The consultation closes on 6 December 2023 and you can respond via the online survey.

Headlice

A reminder to all that it is the responsibility of parents and carers to regularly check your child’s hair for headlice. Long gone are the days of the ‘nit nurse’ and letters sent home to affected classes. Up-to-date guidance can be found via the NHS here: https://www.nhs.uk/conditions/head-lice-and-nits/ Our school nurse Mel Davidson is happy to talk to parents about ways to best manage this issue as well. Mel can be contacted via the school nursing service office number 0131 446 4644.

Baby Bank

Thinking of Becoming a Pupil Support Assistant?

ASD Supports

We hope that you have all managed to book an appointment to meet with your child’s class teacher to discuss their progress in learning. There is so much we can’t wait to share with you. Pupils have been working hard and mums, dads and carers have a big part to play in deciding what the next steps in their learning will be. Come along to hear the good news and have a say in what happens next. Click HERE to book an appointment.

Cold & Wet Weather Dressing

Like most primary schools, we try to ensure pupils stay outside for breaks and lunch times in all but exceptionally stormy weather. Rain will not stop us! However, children do need to bring appropriate cold weather clothing with them such as a warm jacket with hood and robust footwear. If anyone requires financial support to obtain items such as winter jackets and school shoes please get in touch with Kerry, our CHAI Money Advice worker who can support with accessing grants.

Congratulations to Our Pupil Council

Congratulations to our wonderful Pupil Council some of whom will service for another year and some who will start as new reps for their class. Our pupil councillors acts as role models for others within the school and contribute towards decision making processes on behalf of their classmates, such as Pupil Parliament and celebrating others’ wider achievements.

A New Parent/Carer Engagement Opportunity

A coalition of NHS Boards have commissioned independent research to explore with parents and carers a number of themes: How they support their child’s learning at home in terms of relationships, sexual health and parenthood (RSHP) topics; what they know and think about the RSHP learning going on at school; how they want home and school to work together (so that children and young people get the best learning experiences); and finally, what would help parents and carers at home in their role as their child’s teacher on all these matters.

The project is called the Chat and there are a number of ways that parents/carers can get involved. The first opportunity is to be part of a group conversation about this area of learning. This can happen in different ways, described here www.thechat.scot

CHAI Newsletter

Haver a look at the most recent CHAI newsletter with information about free childcare.

Click to access 23_08_CHAI_Newsletter.pdf

Support with ASD for Parents Through Tailor Ed

Our next run of Parent Info Sessions start this week and kick off with a brand new session that gives an overview of the things we’ve found it important to think about when seeking to support the wellbeing of a neurodivergent young person.

Sessions run online on Wednesdays at 1pm and are then repeated at 8pm on Thursdays. Simply click the link below to join the call. Note that there is a different link for each meeting. This time round we’re asking for your name and email address when you join the meeting to help us keep track of who is attending. Participate how you feel comfortable, using the chat if you like. No obligation to keep your camera on – although it is nice to see a few faces!

If you’d like to attend any of these sessions you can simply look out for the email the week of the session with the link. If it’s the first time you’re joining a session, or you haven’t previously provided us with any of your details then please click the link below and complete the form.  We’d be grateful if each attending parent completes the form.

The first part is essential info so we know who plans to attend and can send you the link.  The second part is only necessary if you or your family have not received support from Tailor Ed before and we don’t hold any of your information. The third section is optional information that our funders ask us about who is accessing and benefitting from our services.

https://forms.office.com/e/NeNK44E0ZK

Topic	Daytime 1pm	Evening 8pm
An overview on neurodivergent wellbeing	27/9	28/9
Sharing with your child that they are neurodivergent	4/10	5/10
Sleep	11/10	12/10
Energy management	25/10	26/10
Emotion Regulation	1/11	2/11

ND Well

The NDwell service is for children and young people aged between 5 to 24 years old and/or their parents, who live in the City of Edinburgh and are neurodivergent. This includes children and young people with a diagnosis of autism, ADHD and intellectual disability and those awaiting diagnosis.

Please find attached information on the next NDwell Drop ins which are running at Craigmillar Library on Tuesday the 14th of November and 12th of December from 10.30am -12pm

The NDWell Drop in Service can provide-

• a listening ear from a skilled and experienced support worker, access to information, resources and guidance as needed, referrals to their own services where suitable, as well as their partners or signpost you to other services that will best fit your needs. To book a slot to attend please email NDwell@barnardos.org.uk

NDwell also run a series of young people and parents information and support sessions and courses. These are suitable for parents of primary and secondary age children.

Find information on this terms’ dates for Zones of Regulation a 4 part course and sessions on -wellbeing, sharing with your child that they are neurodivergent, sleep, energy management, emotional regulation at https://tailoredfoundation.co.uk/online-parent-information-sessions-autumn-23/

For information on the children and young people’s Understanding Autism or Wellbeing groups and/or to request a place contact NDwell@tailoredfoundation.co.uk 

Autism Parent Info Sessions- High School

ASL Service and Psychological Services together with NHS partners are coordinating a series of 6 Autism Parent Information Sessions for parents and carers of autistic children in attending City of Edinburgh, mainstream High schools. The sessions are appropriate for parents, grandparents or carers. Young people themselves should not attend. Parents of children without a formal diagnosis are welcome to attend. The sessions will take place at lunchtime each week on Microsoft Teams. Interested parents should book a place follow the details on the attached flier, book via Eventbrite or contact 0131 4692850.

Mindroom Parent and Carer Peer Support Group –For parents and carers of neurodivergent children and young people in Edinburgh. Future dates attached.

These groups are to help parents and carers to share their knowledge and lived experience of supporting neurodivergent children. Peer support is when people use their own experiences to help each other.

Each monthly online group will have a topic where parents and carers can share information, resources, and strategies. To sign up to the Parent and Carer Support groups or to find out more information about any of Mindroom services. Tel: 0131 370 6730 Email directhelp@mindroom.org Website: www.mindroom.org

Information on other Autism supports are on our Support for Families webpages.

Pilmeny Juniors Group

ELOSCN Work Opportunity

LEITH BREAKFAST CLUB

We are looking for energetic, dedicated staff for our

Leith Breakfast Club setting.

The Club runs from Leith Primary School Monday to Friday 7.15 -9am, we offer an attractive salary and free childcare.

If you are interested in applying for this position, please e-mail reception@eloscn.com or click on the QR code below.

Well Done to Our Leithers of the Week!

Emily	P1/2	Emily has been trying exceptionally hard in phonics and writing. This week she was working super hard on her sentence writing and was able to independently write a sentence during group time. Keep up the hard work Emily!
Grace	P1a	Grace was a fantastic role model on our Autumn walk on Wednesday. She was sensible and showed good listening. Grace also worked really hard on her Autumn task with her partner and identified signs of Autumn from our walk.
Haneen	P1b	Being kind to classmates and sharing whilst playing.
Max	P2	Max took on the responsibility of sorting our class ipads, when we couldn’t login into them! He used his great digital literacy and problem-solving skills to save the day! Well done Max, you’re putting those skills to good practical use!
Macy	P3	Macy was a brilliant partner during our Buddy Class lesson this week. She showed kindness and responsibility and was a helpful partner, making a new friend in the process. Well done Macy!
Ivy	P3/4	Ivy wrote a fantastic description about a haunted house. She used varied openers and correct punctuation. I was very impressed with her beautiful picture too! Well done Ivy.
Evan	P4	Evan has been working so hard in Maths both in school and at home, and has made lots of progress. Well done!
Stefan	P5a	Stefan has trying his best and working on the school vision of achieving his best. Keep it up Stefan!
Charlie	P5b	Well done for producing .good writing using a variety of openers and demonstrating responsibility
Struan	P6	For showing skill and dexterity in constructing a tricky 3D shape from a net. Well done Struan.
Ben	P6/7	Ben has come back from the holidays with a positive attitude and worked really hard this week to stay on task and make good choices. Well done Ben!
Erin	P7	Erin has been really applying herself to her technologies learning, using creativity to make an exciting film.

We enjoyed our first whole school Celebration Assembly this morning. Many thanks to all the parents and carers who sent in photos of their young people achieving great things out side of school and being ready to take on new challenges. We also enjoyed seeing examples of home learning from across the year groups, particularly the P5s who had created amazing dioramas of the solar system as part of their study of space this term. Congratulations to our JRSOs, Lara, Dina, Alex and Ewan who ran a very successful road sign and reflective jacked design competition. The winners were Pippa, Heaven’ly, Evan, Cordy and Erin with Skand the overall winner for the P1-P3 category and Annabelle the overall winner for the P4-P7 category. There were special Over-and-Above mentions for Jaydon SB and Esmee for their brilliant leadership skills. It was a real delight for us to learn about all the amazing achievements of our young Leithers both in and out of school. They should all feel very proud of themselves.

Parent/Carer-Teacher Consultations

This event will take place on Thursday 2nd November 4pm-6.30pm and Friday 3rd November 1pm-3.30pm. Primary 1/2 will take place on Wednesday 1st November 3.30pm-6pm and Friday as above. We are awaiting a small technical issue to be resolved with our booking system Parents Booking. When this has been fixed the booking details will be sent out swiftly, hopefully early next week. We look forward to seeing you soon to discuss your child’s progress with their learning.

Leith Links Activity Hub

The council’s Parks and Greenspaces team are keen to get your feedback on their Activity Hub proposals. The link to the consultation is here: Leith Links Activity Hub – City of Edinburgh Council – Citizen Space.  The proposals can be seen here:

ND Well Support

Salvesen Mindroom Centre: Parent & Carer Peer Support Events

Our Fabulous Hard Working Leithers of the Week

Ibra	Primary 4	For always trying his best and taking pride in everything he does.  Well done!
Cormac	Primary 3	Cormac has been trying particularly hard in his maths groups recently. Really impressed with your times tables facts, well done Cormac!
Kaleb	Primary 5b	Kaleb showed impressive leadership skills during our co-operative learning group work last week. He completed the tasks to a high standard, ensuring that everyone took part, as well as encouraging his team mates too. Well done, Kaleb!
Liam	Primary 1/2	Liam always tries his best in class. He is ready to listen and learn and is an exceptional role model to his peers. Well done Liam!
Noor	Primary 5a	Noor has an excellent persevering attitude, she tries her best at all tasks and has very good listening skills. Well done Noor.
Christopher	Primary 6/7	Christopher has made many positive choices this week and shown great progress with his numeracy and reading skills. Well done Christopher!
Jack	Primary 5b	Jack is always ready to learn. He is a great listener, follows instructions promptly and is a fantastic role model. Thank you Jack!
Dino	Primary 6	For his mature attitude and insightful answers in the I heart sessions as well as Health and wellbeing. Well done Dino!
Mayar	Primary 1b	Mayar has shown excellent engagement and progress in phonics through excellent listening skills. Well done Mayar!
Nathan	Primary 3/4	For setting a good example to others in class. Great job Nathan!
Jayden	Primary 2	For showing super listening skills in class. Really well done Jayden!
River	Primary 7	River was really focused in his writing this week and created lots of exciting similes to use in his character description. Well done, River!

October Break

Have a lovely October break. We look forward to seeing the children on Tuesday 24th October at 8.50am

We were all very glad to be back to our normal routine this week after the support staff strike days the week before. The darker mornings seem to be with us already and we discussed in assembly ways to make sure we get to school on time every day. We have also been looking at the importance of celebrating the accomplishments of Black British Women during this year’s Black History Month as women, especially Black British and moreso Black Scottish women have been missing from our history books. We know that some of our brilliantly talented girls at Leith Primary will be the successful Black and minority ethnic Scottish women of the future!

Goodbye Mr Mackenzie!

Staff and pupils bid a fond farewell to Mr Mackenzie last week as he set off for his new life in the beautiful Perthshire hills. Whilst the recruitment process for his replacement takes a little longer than hoped, we welcome back Mrs Cook as the interim teacher of Primary 7.

School Photos This Wednesday

Individual school photos will be taken this Wednesday. Sibling groups can also be taken if brothers and sisters attend Leith Primary School or Nursery. Support with ensuring your primary-aged children is wearing school colours would also be greatly appreciated.

Dogs in School

We love hearing about our pupils’ furry friends at home. Many of the school staff are dog owners too. However, we regret that dogs cannot be brought into the school grounds: playground, nursery garden and the school or nursery buildings, unless they are a trained, certified support dog visiting us with an appointment. For the comfort of some of our littler Leithers, we also ask that if you are waiting for your child with your dog, that you do so away from the narrower walkway beside the blue fence. Thank you so much in advance for your support with this.

School Attendance

The local learning community primary schools that feed into Leith Academy are working together this year to tackle poor and late attendance at school as part of a whole city drive to improve the school attendance across Edinburgh, post COVID.

Poor school attendance has a very close link with poorer progress in learning and problematic behaviour, wellbeing and friendships. Any attendance that falls below 95% can begin to impact negatively on these aspects of a child’s development.

We understand that many children get unwell from time-to-time and need to stay at home. Occasionally there are valid reasons such as a close family bereavement or important hospital appointments where absence is fully understandable. These types of infrequent absence are not what is being targeted.

A parent’s legal responsibility to ensure their child attends school every day unless there is an exceptional reason not to. If a child must stay off school for an exceptional reason, the reason must be communicated to the school either via the absence line, by email, by text or in person. A letter can also be sent in when the child returns to school explaining the exceptional reason for the child’s absence from school. This is the standard expectation in all Scottish schools.

Some of our pupils who have recurring absences from school have no reason recorded for their absence, even when prompt text messages are sent out to parents/carers requesting this information. In some circumstances, we are able to identify patterns of absence such as Fridays and/or Mondays for some children and their siblings. Sometimes recurring absence without reason is on sporadic days with no clear pattern.

These types of absences without a reason being given to the school can, over time, have a catastrophic impact on a child’s overall progress, mental wellbeing, confidence and friendships.

As much as possible, we want to see a complete reduction in this type of absence for our pupils.

We know the reasons behind poor school attendance can often be complex. Our intention is not to judge or blame parents and carers but to do whatever we can to get pupils into school as close to every single day as we can. If we know what the main issues are behind these absences we can try our best to match up the right types of support.

Please always let us know the reason why your child is off so we can provide you with the best kind of support if it is needed.

Any child who has an absence rate of under 95% with a large number of unexplained absences will receive a letter from school and may be invited in for a meeting with the Head or Depute Head Teachers. Any child whose absence falls below 85% may be referred to the Educational Welfare Service or to Social Care Direct if no acceptable reasons for the absences are given.

Did you know that if you take a two-week holiday during school term time, the highest attendance you can achieve is 94.7%?

Did you know that if you are 15 minutes late for school every day, it’s equal to two full weeks absence by the end of the school year?

Did you know that there are 190 days in a school year?
That means 175 days are left for watching TV, sleeping late, going shopping, attending appointments, playing games, etc.

Every day counts

Anxiety Group for Children Aged 7-11

Some of Our Recent Leithers of the Week

Aris	Primary 1/2	Aris is an extremely respectful member of our class. He is always ready to listen and learn. Well done Aris! Keep up the good work!
Excellence	Primary 1/2	Excellence always tries her best. She is ready to listen and learn and has shown a great attitude towards her learning.
Caelan	Primary 1a	Caelan has gone above and beyond this week. He has been working super hard during our phonics sessions and has been extremely kind by helping others tidy things away he he hasn’t even been playing with! Amazing work, Caelan!
Pippa	Primary 1a	Pippa is an extremely kind and respectful friend. She shows kindness to all and is always happy to show new pupils around and look after them. She has also been working really hard with her maths this week. Thank you for being so kind, Pippa!
Anaya Khan	Primary 1b	Anaya has been exceptionally responsible and helpful in class. She has also been very ambitious with her writing this week. Well done Anaya!
Mayar	Primary 1b	Mayar has shown excellent engagement and progress in phonics through excellent listening skills. Well done Mayar!
Abdallah	Primary 1b	Abdallah has been a lovely friend to his classmates.
Linda	Primary 3	Linda has been persevering with reading and writing this week and always tries her best. Well done Linda!
Ariana	Primary 3	Ariana has a smile and a kind word for everyone she meets. She is a very good role model for kindness at Leith Primary. Well done, Ariana!
Ivy	Primary 3/4	Ivy has been doing exceptionally well in Maths learning about positions and directions.  She programmed the Beebot to go to the right location every single time!  Well done Ivy.
Alex	Primary 3/4	Alex always makes the right choice and is willing to help his peers whenever they need help. He works hard and is always ready to learn. Well done Alex.
Tamer	Primary 4	Tamer has really been showing he is Ready, Respectful and Safe this week. Well done!
Lucia	Primary 5a	Lucia has been achieving her best. She has done a number of home learning activities showing her dedication to her learning. Well done.
Diego	Primary 5b	Diego has been a responsible and helpful digital leader, helping take care of our iPads and supporting his peers. Thank you Diego!
Alexa	Primary 6	For taking the initiative in her own learning.  Alexa was able to use the letters the class were practising and type them into her ipad and practice them there.  Well done Alexa!
Bikari	Primary 6/7	Bikari continues to work hard everyday and always gives 100% effort to his work.
Leland	Primary 6/7	Leland has been trying hard to focus more in class and this week has produced great work in our Numeracy and handwriting lessons.
Georg	Primary 7	Georg is always ready, respectful & safe in class and sets an excellent example to others – well done Georg!
Jack	Support for Learning	Jack is always ready to learn. He is a great listener, follows instructions promptly and is a fantastic role model. Thank you Jack!

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.