Is it really nearly December? Really? Well the upcoming Bank Holiday weekend seems to suggest it is. We hope you enjoy the long weekend and we’ll see everyone back to school on Tuesday 30th November. Until then, here’s this week’s news…
Roving Reports weekly summary
Here’s what the classes said to our P7 Roving Reporters Ava, Lilly, Lena and Fergus yesterday…
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P1P have been really busy learning about which food comes from plants or meat.
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P1/2W have been learning how flour and bread are made as well as doing French numbers to 10.
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P2S have been making natural compost using leaves.
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P3DF were learning about King Midis and were also making vegetable soup.
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P3/4C have been real busy learning about climate change and also farming.
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P4/5W have been doing arrays including rows and columns.
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P5M were really excited to make things out of plastic.
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P5/6M in maths were doing the grid method as well as spending more time in the secret garden.
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P6BB used pictures to write. They also went to the secret garden.
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P6/7D really enjoyed making up games in P.E with Miss Douglas.
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P7W really enjoyed going to represent Edenside in athletics at Galashiels.
Dates for your diary
- Monday 29th November > School closed for St Andrew’s Day holiday
- Tuesday 30th November > Back to school (even though some SBC schools are closed)
- Wednesday 1st December > Our new PE teacher, Mr Andy Sutton, joins Team Edenside!
- Monday 13th December > Crazy Christmas fortnight begins! Details below.
School Improvement update
As a new feature on our weekly bulletin, we thought we’d try and share regular updates on some school ‘business’ that goes on in the background to help our school ‘be the best we can be’. This week, we welcomed our first official visitor into our school, our SBC schools manager, Gilliam McKenzie. It was brilliant to be able to show her around our school, observing COVID restrictions, to showcase some of the excellent learning and experiences our children enjoy.
Our Health & Wellbeing Curriculum
As you know, we are developing our Health & Wellbeing curriculum at the moment. SBC have recently produced a helpful information leaflet that explains the various programmes and supports that are available across SBC schools, from ELC to secondary. Why not take a look??
Early Learning and Childcare survey
Would you be able to spare a few minutes to complete a survey about your experience of nursery (Early Learning and Childcare)? You may have a child in our nursery right now or your wee one may have come through a nursery in the past 2 years. Either way, your input matters. The following link will take you to the SBC website and the SBC-wide survey > https://scotborders.citizenspace.com/social-work-integration/provision-of-elc-2021
COVID vigilance
Please take a moment to note the following important points:
- Continue to be vigilant in identifying symptoms in your child (temperature, new continuous cough, change in sense of taste or smell). If your child shows any of these, please keep them off school and get them tested.
- When awaiting test results, your child will need to remain at home, hopefully just for 24 hours, until the test result comes through. If the test result is negative, your child can come back to school.
- If your child gets a positive test result, they will need to isolate for 10 days. In this event, we will provide a ‘home learning’ work pack, if your child is well enough to complete it. This is a support not an expectation.
- If anyone else in your household tests positive for COVID 19, please contact us at school to discuss the possible implications for your child.