MUIRHOUSE Youth Development Group’s minibus was the victim of arson on Saturday afternoon.
All at MYDG are devastated as this will have a massive impact on the project’s programme and what they are able to offer local young people.
If you have any information please contact @PoliceScotland on 101
Kind-hearted Demi gets her hair chopped to support childrens charity
Local girl Demi Lamb had her tresses chopped off to support the Little Princess Trust yesterday. Continue reading Hair today, gone tomorrow!
Spartans Community Football Academy are hosting a sportsday for local primary schools on Wednesday 24th May. This is the fourth year of this annual event and primary 7s from Craigroyston, Forthview, Pirniehall, St David’s and Ferryhill primaries are all set to attend. Continue reading Spartans all set for school sports day
Leonardo-Finmeccanica Engineers challenge outmoded stereotypes on National Women in Engineering Day
Recent research conducted by EngineeringUK confirms that a host of organisations, including universities, media outlets and search engines are still guilty of reinforcing gender stereotypes through their choice of engineering images online. Their study revealed that 85% of engineering image searches and 81% of stock engineering images featured men. Continue reading Local girls get a taste for engineering at Leonardo
Spartans Community Football Academy are hosting a Girls Football Fun Day for local primary schools on Friday 10 June. This will be the second year of this annual event and Craigroyston, Ferryhill, Trinity, Pirniehall, St Davids and Wardie P6 & 7 girls will be taking part.
Medals for all at sporting event
Spartans Community Football Academy at Ainslie Park was the venue for North Edinburgh’s very own Olympic Games earlier this week. Continue reading Everyone’s a winner at Spartans Olympics
The city council has confirmed that an independent inquiry into school closures will commence after the summer holidays. Continue reading PPP school closures: independent inquiry confirmed
This is the latest information we have on next week’s arrangements:
Nursery children should attend the school on Tuesday 19 April.
Parents should bring morning pupils to Craigroyston High School reception at 08:45am and collect from the same place at 11:20am.
Parents should bring afternoon pupils to Craigroyston High School reception at 12:05pm and collect from the same place at 2:40pm.
| Class | Teacher | Temporary location | Phone | Transport |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| AM | Mrs Cross, Mrs McCabe and Mrs Chatir/Miss Porteous | Cramond Primary School, Cramond Crescent, EH4 6PG | 312 6450 | Bus |
| AM | Mrs Greenhalgh and Mrs Smith | Queensferry Primary School, Burgess Road, South Queensferry, EH30 9NX | 331 1349 | Bus |
| PM | Mrs Cross, Mrs McCabe and Mrs Chatir | Cramond Primary School, Cramond Crescent, EH4 6PG | 312 6450 | Bus |
| PM | Mrs Greenhalgh and Mrs Smith | Queensferry Primary School, Burgess Road, South Queensferry, EH30 9NX | 331 1349 | Bus |
We aim to have nursery pupil arrangements in place from Tuesday and further information will follow.
All pupils should report the main entrance at Craigroyston Community High School at 9:00am. They will again be met by Craigroyston Primary staff.
Pupils should be collected at the following times:
All children will be provided with a free packed lunch.
FORTHVIEW
All P1 to P7 and nursery pupils should report to the West Pilton Neighbourhood Centre on West Pilton Grove at their normal time on Tuesday 19 April, where they will be taken by bus to their alternative locations, listed below.
Parents should then collect their children from West Pilton Neighbourhood Centre at normal pick up times.
There will be no breakfast club. We will provide free packed lunches for all pupils.
North Edinburgh Childcare will contact parents directly about arrangements.
| Class | Teacher | School | Phone | Transport |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| P1a | Rona Bean | Granton Primary, Boswall Parkway, EH5 2DA | 552 3987 | Bus |
| P1b | Lucy Watson | Granton Primary, Boswall Parkway, EH5 2DA | 552 3987 | Bus |
| P2a | Susan Ewing and Morag Robertson | Canal View Primary, 4 Hailesland Place, EH14 2SL | 442 3894 | Bus |
| P2b | Fiona Bogie | Canal View Primary, 4 Hailesland Place, EH14 2SL | 442 3894 | Bus |
| P3a | Elaine Harvey and Sarah Jordan | Leith Walk Primary, Brunswick Road, EH7 5NG | 556 3873 | Bus |
| P3b | Alison Chalmers | Leith Walk Primary, Brunswick Road, EH7 5NG | 556 3873 | Bus |
| P4a | Stuart Harris | Leith Walk Primary, Brunswick Road, EH7 5NG | 556 3873 | Bus |
| P4b | Alice Jones | Leith Walk Primary, Brunswick Road, EH7 5NG | 556 3873 | Bus |
| P5 | Damien Couty | Fox Covert Primary, Clerwood Terrace, EH12 8PG | 339 3749 | Bus |
| P5/6 | Grant Chisholm | Fox Covert Primary, Clerwood Terrace, EH12 8PG | 339 2383 | Bus |
| P6 | Jude Thomas | Fox Covert Primary, Clerwood Terrace, EH12 8PG | 339 2383 | Bus |
| P7a | Niall Heron | Leith Primary, St Andrew’s Place, EH6 7EG | 554 4844 | Bus |
| P7b | Sarah Muldoon | Leith Primary, St Andrew’s Place, EH6 7EG | 554 4844 | Bus |
| Nursery | Susan Maclennan and Sarah Jordan | Wester Hailes Education Centre, 5 Murrayburn Drive, EH14 2SU | 442 2201 | Bus |
| Nursery | Jennifer Taylor | Hope Cottage, Cowan’s Close, East Crosscauseway, EH8 9HF | 667 5795 | Bus |
All pupils meet their class teacher on the Astroturf at their normal start time (8.40am) on Tuesday 19 April.
Pupils should be collected from the Astroturf at 3pm.
For the safety of the pupils, please do not park on the streets around the school. You should enter the school by the main gates, drop the children and leave immediately by the side gate. This will help keep the children safe.
Morning and afternoon nursery children should report to the Astroturf at their normal times on Tuesday 19 April.
Morning pupils should be collected at 11:40am from the AstroTurf.
Afternoon pupils should be collected from the AstroTurf at 3pm.
There will be no breakfast club. We will provide free packed lunches for all pupils.
North Edinburgh Childcare will contact parents directly about arrangements.
For all absence, and to contact school staff, please call 07570585468 from Tuesday 19 April. Please do not contact host schools directly.
| Class | Teacher | School | Phone | Transport |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Nursery AM | Lorna Manus | Abbeyhill / Brunstane Primary | 661 3054 / 69 4498 | Bus |
| Nursery PM | Lorna Manus | Abbeyhill / Brunstane Primary | 661 3054 / 669 4498 | Bus |
| P1A | Jennifer Mann | Abbeyhill Primary, Abbey Street, EH7 5SJ | 661 3054 | Bus |
| P1B | Claire Mitchell | Abbeyhill Primary, Abbey Street, EH7 5SJ | 661 3054 | Bus |
| P2A | Ann Maguire | Flora Stevenson Primary, Comely Bank, EH4 1BG | 332 1604 | Bus |
| P2B | Katie O’Mahony | Wardie Primary, Granton Road, EH5 3NJ | 552 3896 | Bus |
| P3A | Sophia Godard | Abbeyhill Primary, Abbey Street, EH7 5SJ | 661 3054 | Bus |
| P3B | Rose Hammett | Abbeyhill Primary, Abbey Street, EH7 5SJ | 661 3054 | Bus |
| P4A | Fiona Herbert and Anna Arnot | Davidson’s Mains Primary, Corbiehill Road, EH4 5DZ | 336 1184 | Bus |
| P4B | Chelsea Tidy | Wardie Primary, Granton Road, EH5 3NJ | 552 3896 | Bus |
| P5 | Natasha Millar | Wardie Primary, Granton Road, EH5 3NJ | 552 3896 | Bus |
| P5/6 | Fiona Herbert and Louise Cobban | Davidson’s Mains Primary, Corbiehill Road, EH4 5DZ | 336 1184 | Bus |
| P6 | James McNeil | Davidson’s Mains Primary, Corbiehill Road, EH4 5DZ | 336 1184 | Bus |
| P7A | Joyce Forsyth | Flora Stevenson Primary, Comely Bank, EH4 1BG | 332 1604 | Bus |
| P7B | Nikki Paterson | Flora Stevenson Primary, Comely Bank, EH4 1BG | 332 1604 | Bus |
ST DAVID’s
All pupils meet their class teacher on the Astroturf at their normal start time on Tuesday 19 April. Pupils should be collected from the Astroturf at normal times.
For the safety of the pupils, please do not park on the streets around the school. Please enter the school by the main gates, drop the children and leave immediately by the side gate. This will help keep the children safe.
Morning and afternoon nursery children should report to the Astroturf at their normal times on Tuesday 19 April and be collected at normal times.
There will be no breakfast club. We will provide free packed lunches for all pupils.
North Edinburgh Childcare will contact parents directly about arrangements.
For all absence, and to contact school staff, please call 07342 908521 from Tuesday 19 April.
Please do not contact host schools directly.
| Class | Teacher | School | Phone | Transport |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| P1A | Mr Brendan Creaney | St Ninian’s RC Primary School, 150 Restalrig Road South, EH7 6JA | 661 3431 | Bus |
| P1B | Mrs Nicola Murphy | St Ninian’s RC Primary, 150 Restalrig Road South, EH7 6JA | 661 3431 | Bus |
| P2 | Mrs Karen Magill | St Mary’s RC Primary, 63 East London Street, EH7 4BW | 557 2455 | Bus |
| P3 | Miss Aoife Lambert | Hermitage Park Primary, 9 Hermitage Park, Edinburgh EH6 8HD | 554 2952 | Bus |
| P3/4 | Mrs Marion Ruthven/Mrs Caroline Par | St Francis’ RC Primary, 20 Moffat Way, EH16 4PY | 621 6600 | Bus |
| P4 | Mrs Aileen Hughes | St Francis’ RC Primary, 20 Moffat Way, EH16 4PY | 621 6600 | Bus |
| P5 | Miss Folan | Remain at St Paul’s Annexe, St David’s Primary | 07342 908521 | |
| P5/6 | Miss Hancock | Remain at St Paul’s Annexe, St David’s Primary | 07342 908521 | |
| P6 | Miss Fallon | Remain at St Paul’s Annexe, St David’s Primary | 07342 908521 | |
| P7 | Mrs Pam Hamilton | Hermitage Park Primary, 9 Hermitage Park, Edinburgh EH6 8HD | 554 2952 | Bus |
| Nursery AM | Mr Kenneth Innes | Viewforth Early Years Centre, 18 Viewforth Terrace, EH10 4LH | 229 6667 | Bus |
| Nursery AM | Mr Kenneth Innes | Lochrin Nursery, West Tollcross, EH3 9QN | 229 7743 | Bus |
| Nursery PM | Mr Kenneth Innes | Viewforth Early Years Centre, 18 Viewforth Terrace, EH10 4LH | 229 6667 | Bus |
| Nur PM | Mr Kenneth Innes | Lochrin Nursery, West Tollcross, EH3 9QN | 229 7743 | Bus |
Exciting adventures for Rowanfield
Half of displaced pupils now have temporary new homes
The majority of the pupils affected by school closures have now been allocated new school places by the city council. Arrangements made today now mean that over 4,400 pupils have alternative education provision in place.
Among these are Rowanfield Special School pupils, who will move from Drylaw and will be based at Pilton Youth & Children’s Project tomorrow and Friday.
Plans have also been put in place for Rowanfield pupils to have a full day of outings tomorrow thanks to offers from various Edinburgh organisations. They will be visiting Edinburgh Castle and Dynamic Earth in addition to a trip to the National Museum of Edinburgh (above).
Craig Fletcher, Senior Learning Manager at Historic Environment Scotland, who run Edinburgh Castle, said: “We were recently approached by Rowanfield to ask if we could accommodate a visit to the Castle for their pupils. We normally require 10 days notice but due to the exceptional circumstances our bookings team were able to accommodate them at short notice. We are happy to welcome them and hope they have an enjoyable time exploring this iconic place.”
Details for where Rowanfield will be next week and what they’ll be doing will be confirmed as soon as possible!
Other arrangements conformed include: S1, S2 and S3 pupils from Drummond Community High School will join their senior pupils back at the school tomorrow (14 April). This means all Drummond pupils are now back in their school.
S3 pupils at both Firrhill High and Royal High Schools will return to their schools tomorrow (14 April) and join senior year pupils.
Craigour Park Primary pupils will be going to various other primary schools from Friday (15 April).
All Craigroyston Primary pupils will now be going to Craigroyston High School on Friday.
Braidburn pupils will be relocating to several locations from Friday (15 April). Staff will be contacting parents directly to update them on the arrangements for their own individual child. Transport arrangements are being put in place that will allow children to be taken directly from their homes to their host schools.
Further information on nursery pupils from Craigroyston Primary will be put on the Council website and the Council is hoping to have arrangements for nursery pupils at Castleview Primary in place from Tuesday.
In the past three days the Council has now put in place alternative arrangements for the majority of pupils, with all the arrangements for the schools having been communicated to parents directly and are available on the Council website.
Work is ongoing to identify alternative arrangements for the remaining pupils. The Council anticipates all affected primary and special school pupils will be allocated new school places by Tuesday (19 April) next week as Monday is a Spring Bank Holiday.
Positive discussions have been taking place with the Scottish Qualifications Authority who have agreed that verification and examining visits for all subjects that were due to take place this week will be rescheduled with individual schools.
SQA continues to work with the five schools to provide advice and support, if they require any additional resources. All pupils taking exams will be in their schools with their teachers by tomorrow.
Council Leader Andrew Burns said: “Having rightly prioritised arrangements for those children taking examinations in the coming weeks, the two special schools were next to be addressed and I’m pleased that these are now in place. I want to pay credit to the Chief Executive and his team for their work since Friday on what has been a huge logistical challenge for the Council.
“We have now put in place alternative education arrangements for the majority of pupils, and work continues to identify alternative options for other primary and S1 to S3 pupils. We will communicate to parents as soon as we have further information.
“I fully recognise the significant inconvenience to parents caused by these closures and I want to thank them for their patience as we continue to work through this issue. I’m sure they understand the steps we have taken to ensure the safety of their children.
“The SQA have been very supportive to our situation and I must thank them for the steps they have taken regarding verification and examining visits and help with additional resources.
“I also want to pay tribute again to the response from the organisations, both public and private sector, who have come forward with offers of help and accommodation – most recently Historic Environment Scotland who have today agreed to give a tour of Edinburgh Castle for the children of Rowanfield Special School.”
The programme of structural surveys arranged by the Edinburgh Schools Partnership is continuing this week.
The Council will update parents directly, via text message, the Council website(www.edinburgh.gov.uk/
Tonight’s the night at Muirhouse Shopping Centre
Dull old Muirhouse Shopping Centre will be transformed into a local winter wonderland tonight when Community Action North (CAN) kicks the Christmas season off in style!
Why are we doing this? During the first phase of the Community Action North project we spoke to dozens of local groups and hundreds of local people – and one of their biggest complaints was about the state of the shopping centre. Everyone agrees it’s not the most welcoming environment, so we decided to do something about it – even if only temporarily. And when Urban Union kindly offered to donate a real Christmas tree we thought: if places like Corstorphine, Morningside and Stockbridge can have public Christmas trees, why not Muirhouse too?
It’s taken a while to organise and has presented a number of challenges – I’m sure Santa’s Christmas present run is easier to plan – but we’re almost there and tonight we hope local people will join us to celebrate our community at a very special time of year.
We’ve been working away to make the Centre look a little bit brighter – children from the local primary schools created some brilliant snowflake stencils and these are now being painted on the walls by a team from Tomorrow’s People, supported by Austeja from North Edinburgh Arts.
Our Christmas tree, a mighty twenty-two foot Norwegian Spruce, was delivered and erected yesterday and will be decorated today. We’ll also be adding some more lights around the Centre to give it that festive feel. There’s still a lot to be done, but we’ll get there!
So what could possibly go wrong? Well, quite a lot – as many local people have been quick to point out! However we’ve looked at all the possibilities, we’ve weighed up all the risks and we’re giving it a go. Christmas is a time of hope, of new beginnings and more than anything it’s about children – and we believe our local children deserve to have their own tree, here in their community.
Among tonight’s highlights:
The festive fun kicks off at 5pm. Santa Claus is coming to Pennywell tonight – we hope you will too!
Andy and Dave, Community Action North CAN
