Rehearsals are underway for our opera performance. Looking forward to welcoming parents and carers this afternoon. The performance will take place in the school gym hall, doors open at 2.15 !

P4, P5, an P6 have been working in collaboration with the Scottish Opera on a production of Tam o’Shanter. Rehearsals have gone really well and we are ready to perform. Parents are invited to attend the performance tomorrow (Thursday 16th March) at 2.15pm in the school gym hall. Pupils in P4, P5 and P6 should wear comfortable clothing to school tomorrow to help with changing into costumes quickly.

What a SUPERB performance from the Tollcross Choir at the Glee competition tonight. 

Our feedback included “…better than the West End”! 

Thank you to the choir and Mrs Ewen for all of your hard work and dedication. 👍🏼

Tollcross Primary School Choir will be taking part in the Glee School Challenge on Monday 13th March at the Assembly Rooms. The Show starts at 6pm and ends at 8.45pm. The children have been working incredibly hard and are very excited about performing. Tickets are for sale and can be bought online at http://www.frissonfoundation.org.uk (£8 adult, £5 concessions)Choir members will be taken after school to the Assembly Rooms accompanied by staff and parent helpers. The finish time is 8.45pm and children are to be collected by parents from the venue. 

P6 and P7 were fantastic at yesterday’s cross country race.

Well done to our winner and many Pupils that got through to the final! 

All pupils that attended were a credit to Tollcross and we are very proud.

Amazing result! 

QPhase 2 of the rollout of a 20miles per hour (mph) speed limit goes live on 28 February 2017. The second phase is the largest construction phase in the scheme stretching from Granton to Portobello, Duddingston to Morningside, Gorgie to Murrayfield.

You can find out if your street is changing to 20mph by checking our interactive map.

The introduction of the new 20mph limit relies on signage and road markings alone. Existing speed humps or other traffic calming will remain unchanged. Larger 20mph signs will mark the entrance and exit of a 20mph area where the speed limit changes. These signs will be supplemented by smaller repeater signs or road markings with speed limit roundels.

While many cities in the UK, Europe and beyond have already brought in 20mph (or 30km), Edinburgh is the first city in Scotland to roll out 20mph limits in this way, with many other areas, including East Lothian, keen to bring in slower speeds.

Slower speeds bring many benefits to places and people. They help to reduce the risk and severity of collisions, encourage people to walk and cycle and spend more time in an area.

The project extends 20mph speed limits to approximately 80% of Edinburgh’s streets, while retaining a network of roads at 30mph and 40mph on key arterial routes.

Furthest information is also available on the Council’s website at http://www.edinburgh.gov.uk/20mph and on our Facebook page at http://www.facebook.com/edin20mph

The dress as a favourite book character competition winners were-

Leo P1B – as Tintin

Lewis P3B – as Sherlock Holmes

Maia P6  – as Pippi Longstocking

The Harry Potter book quiz competition winners were-

Archie P4

Abby P6

All the winners received a £5 book voucher to spend at our Book Fair!

Congratulations to everybody who took part in our competitions and thanks to all our mums and dads for your support.

Brilliant effort from pupils and teachers for our ‘hero’ and ‘villain’ world book day dress up.

Thank you to all the parents that came along for the sunny parade! ☀️📚