HT Update Week Ending 28th April 2023

Friday 28th April 2023

This concise weekly HT Update is generally published every Friday afternoon.  It’s a simple opportunity for you to also feedback/ask questions via the link at the bottom of each Update.  Feedback received, where appropriate, will be responded to and published by Monday afternoon on the school website link. 

Key messages from this week

Calendar: Key events in school next week: Monday 1st May is the May Day Holiday with the school closed to students and staff;  on Tuesday we hold our S3 Student Voice Council meeting;  Wednesday and Thursday is our S3 DofE Bronze Curricular Qualifier; and on Thursday we’ll hold S1 and S2 Student Voice Council meetings 

Staffing Update: This week we welcomed another batch of student teachers to our school.  Taylor Kimmond (Science), Cameron McGovern (Science), Tom Scott (Music) and Raegan Fielding (PE).  This is an important part of our work as often students return as Probationer Teachers and subsequently permanent members of staff.  We also welcomed our Invigilation Team this week, led by Sandra Ingram.  This team do a fabulous job supporting the arrangements around the SQA Diet.

BGEd Awards Ceremonies:  Further to my note last week on this the dates for the BGEd Awards Ceremonies have changed due to multiple bookings in the Assembly Hall.  Apologies for the possible confusion.  The updated dates are highlighted below.  Students and families will receive more information in mid-May.

• Melville – Monday 26th June 10.30am (this is a change)
• Mount Esk – Tuesday 27th June 10.30m (this is a change)
• St Leonard’s – Monday 26th June 1.45pm (no change)
• St Anne’s – Tuesday 27th June 1.45pm (no change)

Easthouse PS Consultation: On Wednesday 3rd May HMIe staff will visit the school as part of the Easthouses PS project and the associated adjustment of our catchment area. We’ll ‘lose’ a few streets who feed Bonnyrigg PS, and ultimately us, to the new Easthouses and ultimately Newbattle CHS. There is an opportunity for staff and students to give their views.  In addition, there will be a parent/carer session at 6.45pm via Teams on the same day.  This is scheduled to last no more than 30 minutes. We’ll send out the Teams link to all parents/cares on Wednesday morning.  Although the public consultation is now closed this visit is an important part of the process.  Details are still accessible on the Midlothian website click here.

New S6 Induction: We are finalising arrangements for our Induction Day for the new S6 (current S5) when they return from Study Leave. This is scheduled to be on Wednesday 31st May. This means all new S6 will be off timetable that day.

If you have any feedback/questions relating to this update please submit them via the link below

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Take Care

Campbell Hornell and Ali Mitchell,  Head Teachers

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