Congratulation to one of our Tollcross pupils who won a silver medal for the vault in a gymnastics competition, we are very proud of you !
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Hola Madrid
A big thank you to the staff and pupils at Colegio Joaquin Blume in Madrid for the wonderful welcome we received when we visited the school last week. It was very interesting to find out how bilingual education is developed at Joaquin Blume and to speak with the staff and pupils. We were really impressed by the children’s skills in English and enjoyed visiting classes. We are looking forward to May when the Spanish teachers will visit Tollcross. Hasta Luego !
Congratulations to Nukso
Nuko’s poster has won the Safer Internet Day competition organised by Edinburgh City Council and Police Scotland. Safer Internet Day promotes safer and more responsible use of online technology and mobile phones, especially amongst children and young people across the world. Nukso will attend the Edinburgh event on Tuesday 11/2/14 to collect the prize, an ipad mini for our school. Well Done Nukso, we are all very proud of you !
War Horse
Primary 7 and some Primary 6s attended a performance of War Horse at the Festival Theatre this afternoon.
We were all moved by the powerful story of a boy and his horse set against the backdrop of the First World War.
As always our children were perfectly behaved and a credit to Tollcross. 
Hola from Madrid !
Hello to everyone at Tollcross. We went to visit our Spanish partner schools today and it was really interesting.The staff and pupils were very keen to find out about Tollcross Primary and welcomed us to their school. We visited classes and were treated to a performance of the school song. We will be back in schools tomorrow and I will give out the information circles P6 made. Will update the blog with more information tomorrow. Hope everyone is having a good week at Tollcross. Adios
School Clubs
There are still a few places available at the following school clubs for P4-7
Monday 3.20 -4.20pm Athletics
Tuesday 12.30 – 1pm Tennis
Wednesday 3.20- 4.20pm Basketball
Thursday 12.30 – 1 pm Street/ Break dance
Please contact the school office for more details.
Cute Little Pompom Hedgehogs
Pupils in P1, P2, P3 and P6 worked together to make these cute little pompom hedgehogs at Golden Time.
A Wonderful Assembly from Primary 3
Thank you to Primary 3 for a very informative assembly today. Lots of great singing and some very interesting facts about Scotland, well done !
Religious Observance at Tollcross Primary
Pupils will attend Assembly each week. The focus of these varies across the year. Each year, every class organises an Assembly for all pupils, staff and their parents. We also have Assemblies which tell the children about Religious Festivals from many world religions, including Christianity. This session these Assemblies include, amongst many other festivals;
24 October Harvest
12 December Advent
19 December Nativity
9 January Epiphany
6 March Lent
24 April Easter
Parents are free to withdraw their child from all or any of these Assemblies. Please note however, they are not worship and will not include prayers.
Active Schools at Tollcross Primary
Thank you to Jonathan and Lesley Anne for coming along to our school assembly on Thursday to talk to us about all the exciting activities available this term. Booking forms have gone out in school bags and pupils are advised to book as soon as possible to secure a place. Also thanks to Emily who came along to show us some cool stuff you can knit and to talk about the knitting club she will be running. It was great to see the dance demonstration from the Street Dance Club… watch out Diversity !
For more information on Active Schools please click on the link Active Schools
Tollcross Primary School 