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HEAD TEACHER'S NEWSLETTER
It’s been such an enjoyable first week and we have all been commenting on how positive, cheerful and respectful our young people are. We are gradually getting used to the school roll being a little smaller, and the corridors a little less busy.
As usual, a lot is going on in school, and we welcomed the newest additions to our school roll this morning with over 50,000 bees moving into the apiary this morning. We’re buzzing to have them (I know, sorry)!
Next weekend’s residential to Dalguise is eagerly anticipated by all staff and S6 pupils, and on that note, I now need to find my fancy dress costume!
Have a lovely weekend.
Jodie Hannan
Head Pupil Team
Introducing our Head Pupil Team- don’t they look great!
From left, James Blakeley, Depute Head Pupil, Eva Hills and Charlie Devine, Head Pupils, Eleanor Myles and Isaah Majid, Depute Head Pupils.
All five will be at Monday’s Parent Council briefing to introduce themselves and we look forward to working with them all this year.
Staff
We say farewell and thank you to Mrs Cullen who retires from the office today. Mrs Cullen has been with the Grammar for 13 years, and we wish her all the best for a long and happy retirement.
Key Dates
Monday 28 August: Parent Council briefing online meet.google.com/gzw-gobv-yep.
Mr Harpham, CL Mathematics, will be joining us for part of the Head Teacher report to gather parents’ ideas on how we can support parents to support their childrens’ learning, specifically focused at this point on S1 as part of their transition to secondary school.
S6 PE, PSE and study periods
A reminder to all S6 pupils that they must all attend core PE and PSE classes as usual as attendance continues to be monitored. In addition, S6 pupils who have study periods 1 and 2 and or periods 6 and 7 should be studying at home. You must sign in at P3 and or sign out at lunchtime.
Senior Pupil Induction Sessions
Last week we delivered two sessions to our senior pupils to help them navigate the start to a new aspect of their time in school. We covered what it means to be a role model to others, our values, workload, expectations, the pupil agreement, courses and reporting, careers and pathways and the year ahead, including events and opportunities.
S5 and S6 pupils worked on some team building skills, too.
Many of our pupils demonstrated excellent concentration and engagement and gave us a real sense of excitement for our senior school for the year to come.
“It comes down to this, we are what we do. We are the type of people we choose to be. We show the world who we are by the way we live our lives. By the decisions we make.”
Senior Parent Information Evening
Thank you to those parents/carers who could attend the senior information evening last week. If you were there, we would welcome any feedback you might have using the form here.
If you would like to ask anything specific about the pupil experience in S4/5/6, please email jcraigie@musselburghgrammar.elcschool.org.uk
More information will be shared in the coming weeks to all parents S1 - S6 regarding tracking and monitoring for pupils in Musselburgh Grammar.
Thank you.
Ms Craigie (DHT Caird House)
Breakfast Club
Our breakfast club is open to all young people at Musselburgh Grammar School. Breakfast club runs every day in the nurture room (B24) from 8am-8:20am and we have lots of breakfast snacks available including cereals, toast and fruit. We look forward to welcoming everyone along.
Employability Pathway 2023
Please save the date, all welcome. If you are a business or know of any businesses who would like to secure a spot. Please contact the school or alternatively email, employability@musselburghgrammar.elcschool.org.
Active Schools
We are delighted to announce that our Active Schools programme will be starting up from Monday 28th August. We have a huge range of sport and physical activities on offer for our pupils to join this term and we are excited to welcome along our new S1’s.
Our Extra – Curricular programme here at Musselburgh Grammar School plays a big part of our pupil’s high school experience and is a great way for our pupils to get active, learn life skills, meet new friends and promote their wellbeing.
We aim to make all of our activities inclusive to all and understand that everyone has differing needs and requirements. We will try to make reasonable adjustments where possible and will always be open to engaging with pupils and parents/carers to ensure this happens.
Our Active Schools Activities are FREE to ALL. To sign up your child to attend any of our activities please see our link below, and our attached QR CODE.
https://eastlothian.bookinglive.com/home/active-schools/active-schools-musselburgh-grammar
If you require any further information please do not hesitate to contact our Active Schools Coordinator, Jade Hall on jhall1@elcschool.org.uk
Let's try and make 2023/24 our most active year yet!
The Wrap Up, with Charlie & Eva
Hi everyone! Welcome back to another edition of ‘The Wrap up, with Charlie & Eva’. We trust you’ve had a great first week back at school following the summer holidays and are settling back into your routines.
It's time to get up and get active! Active schools is making its return to MGS very soon. So, for those of you who are eager to get into new sports or activities, get ready as lots of opportunities to get involved are coming up soon!
For all of our S5/6s who have taken number buddies this year, it's time to get your maths hats on because number buddies is starting next week. Mr Devine has sent out all of the study material to you through email so make sure to look over that so you're prepared.
Musselburgh Grammar School's pupil voice has seen a restructuring this year, replacing the group of pupil voice council members with a system involving the head & deputy head pupils, the house captains, along with several smaller groups of pupils from a wide variety of age groups! Stay tuned for an upcoming assembly where you can learn more and sign up if this new structure interests you.
Dalguise is next week!! Many S6 pupils will know the yearly sixth year trip to Dalguise takes place from Friday the 1st of September, to return on Sunday the 3rd of September. You know what that means! All of you who are going get ready to prepare your costumes sorted for your fancy dress and lace up those dancing shoes ready for your performances because the time is fast approaching!! Just remember to be in the hall for 8:45am on Friday for registering, and keep an eye on the S6 Dalguise google classroom for the itinerary details.
For details and photos from the upcoming Dalguise trip, check out the MGS Dalguise twitter account @mgs_dalguise, and any information about pupil voice will be coming on the MGS Pupil Voice twitter account @MGSPupilCouncil.
We’ve been Charlie and Eva, MGS’s had pupils. This has been ‘The Wrap up, with Charlie & Eva’, we’re very excited to be back and to have everyone back in school. We’re wishing everyone reading this a fantastic week, and a great school year ahead!
Modern Languages
Unfortunately, Mr Licastro, our new French and Italian teacher at Musselburgh Grammar School, is unwell and has had to take some extended leave from school.
All senior phase classes have been taken over by other language specialists in the department, as have most junior phase classes. However, there are a handful of classes which will be on general cover until Mr Licastro returns. Although this has been unavoidable, the few classes on general cover will receive at least one lesson per week from a language specialist in the department, with consolidation work to complete during their period of cover.
Should you have any queries, please contact Mr Jordan in the Modern Languages department at sjordan@edubuzz.org.
Lost Property
There is a lot of lost property in Ms Harvey’s room. Please come and check if any of these items belong to you.
Medical
Flu vaccinations will take place in October 2023. The dates will follow soon and forms will be issued soon too. Thank you, C Harvey.
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