Some of our senior pupils attended the Fair Trade Conference for schools today. We learned a lot about how Fair Trade works to produce tea, coffee, chocolate and even footballs! We even made fantastic fruit smoothies from the power of a bike!

Our next Parent Council meeting will be at 6.15 on Monday 3rd October in the school. On the agenda so far are The review of School Crossing Patrols, The Halloween Party and other fundraising activities.”

Congratulations to our three winners in our competition to identify TeamGB medal winners.

Congratulation to Sarah Story on winning her 12th Gold Medal for cycling at the Paralympic games !

We are very proud to support Sarah Storey at the Paralympic Games in Rio and wish her the best of luck from everyone at Tollcross Primary in her attempt to win her 12th Gold Medal.

Here is a copy of the Active Schools information sent to all parents at the beginning of term. There is something for everyone and spaces are still available. Please click on the link below to download information about Active Schools at Tollcross.

Active Schools August 2016

Meet the Teacher

Friday 9th September

12.45 – 1.30 pm

All parents and carers are warmly invited to come along and meet the class teachers. This is an opportunity to look at resources and see the classroom environment your children learn in everyday. We look forward to welcoming you.

It was lovely to see everyone back at school today. Our P7s in their red sweatshirts and our  P1s in their new school uniforms. We welcomed lots of new pupils to our school today and enjoyed seeing all our friends 🙂

From Sunday 31 July, the legal speed limit in streets across much of Edinburgh’s city centre and rural west area went down to 20mph, the first phase in a planned rollout of lower speeds across the Capital.

The new speed limits are designed to increase safety for all road users in Edinburgh as well as creating a calmer, more people-friendly environment in shopping and residential streets.  A network of key arterial roads across the city will be retained at 30mph and 40mph, resulting in a modest impact on journey times overall.

Our phased 20mph rollout between now and early 2018 brings to fruition many years of planning and public consultation and the network has been designed in line with robust criteria in partnership with key stakeholders such as Police Scotland and Lothian Buses.

Police Scotland will enforce the new limit, focusing on areas where particularly high levels of contraventions are recorded. Anyone caught breaching the limit risks a £100 fixed penalty and three penalty points on their licence.

We have long recognised that a majority of city residents want to see speed limits reduced in the city centre, around residential areas and in busy shopping streets.

Phase 1 ‘go live’ marks the start of sharing these benefits right across the Capital.  Further information and a detailed map of the 20mph network is available at www.edinburgh.gov.uk/20mph or visit our Facebook page at www.facebook.com/edin20mph.