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HEAD TEACHER'S NEWSLETTER
Friday 30th August 2024
Friday 30th August 2024
Ailsa, Katie and Summer lead the House assemblies this week to introduce the new positions of Junior Leader for S3, and further details can be read in their blog below. It was their first public speaking role and assembly since being appointed to the roles and they spoke confidently and clearly.
The team is currently deciding each of their strategic focuses for the year such as linking with primaries as part of transition. They will introduce themselves to the Parent Council at Monday's meeting and also speak at next Wednesday’s Awards ceremony.
Ms Holmes held a meeting with S6 for their upcoming Dalguise residential on 6-8 September, including a reminder to pack plenty of shaving foam for the infamous, extremely messy and extremely good fun foam fight on Saturday afternoon.
The forecast for the weekend is sunny, fingers crossed!
Jodie Hannan
Key Dates
Monday 2 Sep: MGS PC Online briefing 7-8pm meet.google.com/xov-dovm-tto
Wednesday 4 September: Prize Giving Ceremony 6:30-8:30pm.
Friday 13 September & Monday 16 September: September weekend. All pupils and staff resume on Tuesday 17 September.
Parents’ Evenings dates
All Parents’ Evenings are in person 5-7pm.
Bookings should be made via your child’s teacher’s Google calendar.
Tuesday 24 September: S1
Wednesday 23 October: Senior Phase (combined S4-S6)
Tuesday 29 October: Senior Phase (combined S4-S6)
Wednesday 11 December: S3
Tuesday 21 January: S2
More information regarding S1 parents evening bookings will be sent out on or before the 12th September 2024.
MGS website and School Handbook for parents
Our website is live!. Please head over and have a look, it has lots of useful information for parents - including our School Handbook and the School Calendar. The school calendar is now in Google format so you are able to add it to your own calendar should you wish.
If you would like to do this click the '+' sign that's at the bottom right of the school calendar, as shown in image below. This will mean you're kept up to date with all our events, e.g. Parent Consultations, Reporting dates, etc.
Senior Phase tracking reports
The first tracking reports for Senior Phase will be issued to pupils and parents in the week beginning 23 September. In line with our focus on attendance, your child/ren’s attendance in each class will be included in this report so that we can identify any concerns with attendance and progress as early as possible.
Year group attendance
Improving attendance to improve attainment is one of our school improvement priorities this year and we expect pupils’ attendance to be at least 90%. We are tracking pupils’ attendance carefully throughout the session and more information about our attendance strategy will follow. I hope parents and carers find this weekly update on each year group's attendance useful.
S1: 94%
S2: 88%
S3: 88%
S4: 88%
S5: 94%
S6: 92%
‘Achieve’ online study resource
I purchased this subscription in January and it has been well received by pupils, parents and teachers.
New S4 pupils can access the resource here https://achieve.hashtag-learning.co.uk/user-start/?next=/ and use the code 9ZELGg4e to link to the MGS account. This information is also in the S4 year group classroom.
Parent Council dates
Monday 2 Sep: MGS PC Online briefing 7-8pm meet.google.com/xov-dovm-tto
Monday 7 Oct: MGS PC AGM – in person, in school 7-9pm. There will be a focus upon curriculum and course choice led by Mrs Watson, DHT Curriculum, 7.10-7.40pm, followed by AGM business.
Thursday 21 Nov: MGS PC Online briefing 7-8pm meet.google.com/oxc-fwdh-pmz
Thursday 23 Jan: MGS PC Online briefing 7-8pm meet.google.com/vnh-jkwe-kkd
Thursday 13 Mar: MGS PC full meeting – in person, in school 7-9pm
Tuesday 20 May: MGS PC Online briefing 7-8pm meet.google.com/tkd-rakc-dor
Monday 16 June: MGS PC full meeting – in person, in school 7-8pm
Medical
Flu vaccination will take place on 12th and 13th December 2024. Pupils will receive a form this week from their register teacher. If you did not receive a form please go and see Ms Harvey in Medical room.
All pupils who have Asthma please have your inhaler with you in your school bag at all times
C Harvey
School Medical Assistant
Head Team Blog
Head Team Blog
Hi everyone Katie, Ailsa and Summer here! We hope you all had a great week!
Our main focus this week was appointing the junior pupil leadership team. This opportunity is for the S3 year group only but we encourage anyone that is in the junior years to apply for this role when they are also in S3. This is something we have never done before but we hope it will help bridge the gap between senior and junior pupils. Our plan for the junior leaders is for them to shadow us in different school events, including prize giving and parents evenings. We also hope that they can bring a different, younger perspective on school life and can therefore help us tackle issues we face in school. This role is a great opportunity to make a big impact in our school! If you haven't already applied the application form is on the S3 Google classroom, the application closes on Sunday so if this sounds like something you would be interested in then please apply! We look forward to reading your applications and if you have any questions please let us know!
Our email addresses are:
mg19khorrell@edubuzz.org
mg19amckinnie@edubuzz.org
mg19sstirling@edubuzz.org
Musselburgh Communities Day
iPayimpact App available
iPayimpact App available
The iPay App is now available for quicker payment of school meals, ties and other funds. Please make sure when paying using iPay that you are paying into the correct fund.
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