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! ☀️📚

Our Book Sale will be available next week.

Opening times-

Wednesday 1st March throughout the school day and open at Parent Interview times until 6.30pm

Thursday 2nd March from 11am until 12 noon and 2.30pm to 3.30pm

Friday 3rd March 11am until 12 noon and at Parent Interview times until 3.30pm.

Nursery parents are very welcome to come to the sale after collecting children from Nursery.

All children will receive a £1 World Book Day voucher on Monday next week. This can be used at our sale or any booksellers.

The Book Day parade will be on Thursday 2nd at 9.10am in the school playground. Please come and see the wonderful costumes.

Theme – Storybook Heroes and Villains

P4, P5, P6 and P7 took part in a very entertaining and informative ‘Body Builders’ workshop.

A fun morning! 

Have a great holiday week.

From 27th February to 3rd March it will be Book Week in school.

During the week there will be lots of reading activities and competitions to celebrate World Book Day on 2nd March.

We will also have our very popular Dressing Up Parade on the morning of March 2nd. This year’s theme is Heroes and Villains and all children from Nursery to P7 are welcome to join in. Please come and see the amazing costumes as we walk round the playground at 9.10am. There will be prizes for the best costumes!

The Scholastic Book Fair will be here from Tuesday to Friday, with a selection of books to buy for children from Nursery to P7. This sale was incredibly successful last year so we are hoping for another super selection of books.

More details about all these events will be in the next newsletter and updates will appear here on the blog.