We also enjoyed lots of fun activities in school- thanks to P7 for organising 🤩

It has been so fantastic having our pupils back at school this week. We want to recognise and celebrate all of the hard work our children and families put into making Learning@Home successful. Thank you and well done! Here is a video of everyone’s learning 🤩

Learning@Home Celebration

What sea creature loves maths? … … …. A RAY! 😆

All pupils and staff are invited to wear red on Friday 19th March for Red Nose Day!

Looking forward to welcoming everyone back to school tomorrow 😊

Good evening,

Message from Lynn Brand headteacher and NHS Lothian

As you may already know, we are aware of a person in the school who has tested positive for COVID-19. We have been working closely with NHS Lothian Health Protection Team and following all national guidance.

A number of people have now been contacted because they have been in close and sustained contact with the case and the tracking process is now complete.

These contacts will need to self isolate and appropriate guidance and advice has been given.

If you have not been contacted directly to tell you your child is a close contact, then your child should attend school as normal.

Enhanced cleaning and infection control measures are in place in line with national guidance. The school is safe and remains open.

If you have any concerns in the meantime, or if you need to book a COVID-19 test because your child has developed symptoms (high temperature, a new continuous cough and/or a loss or change in sense of smell or taste) please visit the NHS Inform website www.nhsinform.scot  or for non-clinical advice call 0800 028 2816.

Please note that a test should only be booked if you or your child has these specifics symptoms.

Remember to stay at home if anyone in the household has symptoms of COVID-19.

For further information you may find this Frequently Asked Questions document useful :

https://www.nhslothian.scot/Coronavirus/Parents/Schools/Pages/default.aspx

Best wishes,

Lynn Brand

Message from Lynn Brand  headteacher and NHS Lothian

We are aware of a person in the school who has tested positive for COVID-19. We understand that this is a worrying time but would like to reassure you that we are working closely with NHS Lothian Health Protection Team and following all national guidance.

A number of people are currently being contacted because they may have been in close and sustained contact with the case and will need to self isolate.They will be given appropriate guidance and advice.

An update via Parent Call will be sent to you as soon as the tracking and tracing process is complete.

If you are not contacted directly to tell you your child is a close contact, then your child should attend school as normal.

Enhanced cleaning and infection control measures are in place in line with national guidance. The school is safe and remains open.

If you have any concerns in the meantime, or if you need to book a COVID-19 test because your child has developed symptoms (high temperature, a new continuous cough and/or a loss or change in sense of smell or taste) please visit the NHS Inform website www.nhsinform.scot or for non-clinical advice call 0800 028 2816.

Please note that a test should only be booked if you or your child has these specifics symptoms.

Remember to stay at home if anyone in the household has symptoms of COVID-19.

For further information you may find this FAQs usefulhttps://www.nhslothian.scot/Coronavirus/Parents/Schools/Pages/default.aspx

Best wishes,

Lynn Brand

We have worked in partnership with our families to develop and improve our remote learning approaches. We welcomed the opportunity to share our journey so far and discuss the strategies we have used to support pupil engagement , participation and motivation during remote learning.

Click on the link below to read the report from Education Scotland including a case study of our school 🏫

https://education.gov.scot/media/wpyhakng/national-overview-of-practice-in-remote-learning-8-supporting-pupil-engagement-participation-and-motivation.pdf

This week Ms McNiven is here with a story about a cat who decides to cook but doesn’t quite read the whole recipe! Find out what happens in The Witch’s Cat and the Cooking Catastrophe!

We love to read at Tollcross! For book week, we asked the adults at school to share their favourite books with you. The video is quite long as once we get started talking about books it is hard to stop us! 📚 We would love to hear about your favourite books too.