MUSSELBURGH GRAMMAR SCHOOL
HEAD TEACHER'S NEWSLETTER
The welcome back assemblies on Wednesday focused on the importance of our school value of respect and what this looks like and sounds like in school to make sure the Grammar has the best possible environment to learn and teach in. This includes following all the uniform, lateness and devices policies, as well as the one way system and treating all students, staff and our school building with respect at all times.
We all look forward to a successful term, and I wish you all a happy and healthy new year.
Kind regards,
Jodie Hannan
Staffing:
A number of colleagues are leaving us for the next stages of their career. Farewell and best wishes to:
Ms Murphy, Maths, takes up a new post in Midlothian when her maternity leave ends in early February.
Mrs McSherry, PE, has now moved to a full time permanent teaching post at Knox Academy.
Mrs Marshall, CDT, moves on to a teaching post in Edinburgh next week.
Mr Bowman, CDT, takes up a teaching post in Australia at the end of January. Recruitment for this post is still to be finalised and classes will be rotated amongst CDT teachers in the short term.
Mr MacKay, PT Maths, moves to a post in Fife in mid February. This full time permanent post will be advertised nationally.
Mr Lynch, Computing, takes up post in Edinburgh towards the end of January. Mrs Stewart, supply teacher, will cover this timetable Wednesday- Friday until May.
Welcome to
Mr Dineen who joins us as temporary full time Teacher of Physics until June.
Mrs Clark who joins us as full time temporary Teacher of Nurture until June.
Ms Paterson, MCR Pathways coordinator, working with our more vulnerable young people at risk of disengaging from education.
Industrial Action
The next days of industrial action are Wednesday 11 and Monday 16 January and secondary schools are closed that day. Information regarding Wednesday 11 January was sent to all pupils and parents/ carers before the Christmas break.
S4 Parents' Evening
This was originally scheduled for Wednesday 11 January but due to industrial action that day staff will not be available. It has now been rescheduled to Tuesday 17 January 5-7pm and separate communication re booking slots will be sent to parents by the office.
Kayla and Rory's Weekly Rundown
Hi and Welcome back to our weekly rundown! We wanted to start by wishing everyone a very Happy New Year and all the best for 2023 - we hope getting up for school this week hasn't been too difficult!
As a reminder for our S6 pupils a form has been put on the year group classroom so you can put your preference for who you are sharing a room with for Dalguise, please fill this in ASAP.
Kayla also really enjoyed speaking to you all and seeing everyone in Assembly this week, it was great to see everyone together.
House Points
S6 Prom
A reminder that payments for the S6 Prom on 9th June 2023 are now available to pay via SchoolPay. All details of payment instalments are available on school pay with further information on the S6 Google Classroom posted by Miss Holmes. It is important that these payments are made to ensure prom can take place.
If you have any issues with payment, please do not hesitate to contact Miss Holmes as soon as possible.
Snow Ball
Thank you to all of the organisers of the Snow Ball at the end of term, it was a fantastic festive evening.
Assembly
Thank you to the RME Department for organising the Christmas Assembly on the last day of term. Pupils from Hindu, Sikh, Non-Religious and Muslim backgrounds spoke about what the festive period means to them and their families. Congratulations and thank you to Aarush Gosian, Yuva Gnanamurugan, Karam Singh, Abby Ogilvie, Shehwar and Frazeen Hyder who shared their thoughts. Also, to Jamie Fleming and Kayla McKinnie for reading the Bible passages chosen by Rev. Janice Andrews.
Sharing and Celebrating Achievement
MGS wants to hear from YOU! Have you or your young person done something that deserves recognition? Let us know by filling out the form below so that we can share and celebrate all the good things you do:
https://docs.google.com/forms/d/1iQ_zxHtE2pmJnW5JYn1x2QYM0E0DnI7gxBqugbVkX-0/edit
Medical - Polio, Diphtheria and Meningitis Vaccination
All S3 students will be vaccinated on Thursday 23rd February 2023. There will also be some S4, 5 & 6 catch up vaccinations. Please return your forms and direct any questions to Ms Harvey. Thank you.
Lost Property
There are lots of jackets, jumpers, etc. Please come and see if these belong to you. Thank you, Ms Harvey
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.