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HEAD TEACHER'S NEWSLETTER
I hope you all enjoyed the long weekend, and how nice to have another so quickly afterwards!
SQA exams are still going very smoothly in school. I know how stressful exam time is for parents as well as the young people themselves, and that you’ll all be counting down the days until it’s over!
It’s business as usual for S1-3 pupils in school, and there’s lots going in the last few weeks before the timetable changes on 5 June.
Hoping the sun shines for us all on this long weekend.
Jodie Hannan
Key Dates
Monday 8 May: School closed for bank holiday Monday to celebrate the coronation
Monday 22 May: School closed to pupils for Inservice Day
Staffing Update
Welcome to…
Mr Melvin, who joined us in the PE faculty on Tuesday 2 May on a permanent full time basis.
And to Mrs Coyle who joined us in Maths this week on a temporary part time basis until the end of the summer term.
School Improvement Planning for Session 2023-24
We’ve had a really positive response to the Carer/Parent survey - thank you!
I’m going to leave the survey open until Wednesday 10 May 2023 if you’ve not yet had the chance to share your views. You can click here to access the survey.
Some really useful information has come from it already and we very much value your feedback.
Calum Blair
Acting Depute Headteacher
SQA
Well done to all learners who have been completing exams. Week 2 has gone very well, with the invigilation team complimenting our MGS candidates on their polite and purposeful approach.
A reminder that all exam candidates should attend in full school uniform and should not bring devices such as phones to their exam.
National 3 and 4 learners please note that your unit deadline is fast approaching. All passes must be attained by 15th May in order for us to process passes to meet the SQA deadline of 19th May for August certification. It has been great to see many of you in school this week working with staff.
Upcoming Deadlines:
15th May - unit completion for N3/4 courses
10th May (at the very latest) - submission of AH English Portfolio: Writing and AH Geography Project–folio
23 May - submission of Higher Photography Project
Miss Chisholm
S3 Bronze DofE
Our S3 Bronze Duke of Edinburgh group completed their training expedition this week. 18 pupils journeyed along the John Muir Way from Torness to Traprain Law, camping at Belhaven Bay. Working in teams, pupils plan their two day route, carry all their equipment, plan and cook their meals on trangia stoves and camp overnight. We walked over 50k steps so it’s safe to say there were some sore feet and shoulders! The expedition is the culmination of months of preparation and training. We are very proud of our amazing pupils who showed excellent team work, resilience, motivation and determination throughout the expedition. Pupils will now have an opportunity to reflect on their practice before doing the final planning for their assessed expedition in two weeks time!
A huge thank you to our staff volunteers Ms Ferguson, Mr Brown, and Mr Mells for their assistance, as well as ELC Outdoor Learning for providing equipment.
Mrs Dias and Mrs Orsi
Employability Pathway 2023
Construction Group
The Employability Pathway is for pupils who are sitting 2 or less National 5s. Meetings were held in school and emails went out to remind pupils.
Please note, if no parental consent has been returned, unfortunately due to H&S, pupils will not be permitted to take part when we are going on events out with the school.
We will publish a weekly timetable of events due to last minute changes.
Construction Group
Childcare/Retail/Business
All of the above events are in school, pupils must enter by the rear door due to examinations
Please appreciate pupils are sitting exams, keep the noise to a minimum
Pupils to meet in the rear social area to be registered
Art Exhibition
‘Art = Effort!’
Sports Awards Evening
We are delighted to announce that our annual Sports Awards Evening will be returning this June! Our award ceremony is a great way for us to showcase and recognise our young people's talents and sporting achievements. To let us know of your child's sporting achievements from this academic year 2022/23 please complete our simple google form using our QR code below.
If you have any photos you would like to share of the achievements please email them across to our Active Schools Coordinator Jade Hall on jhall1@elcschool.org.uk.
Our form will close on Friday 12th May!
Sports Mentions
This weekend Jack Dewar, Ben Liddle, Kerr Steel, Denim Walker and Thomas Douglas will be competing in the Scottish Cup FINAL with Musselburgh Windsor Community Football Club’s U15s. Best of luck boys- we are all rooting for you! ⚽️
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Lost Property
There are a number of items of lost property. Please check with Ms Harvey if you are missing items. If not claimed before end of summer term, all will be donated to British Heart Foundation.
Newsletter Archive
There's an archive section on the newsletter site with all of the previous newsletters organised by date. It can be viewed by clicking on 'Archive' in the menu or using this link: https://bit.ly/ht-newsletter-archive.
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