Keep the kids entertained this Easter at the biggest club in town
Looking for reliable and fun holiday childcare this Easter? Keep the family active and entertained with a range of adrenaline pumping and entertaining activities at Edinburgh Leisure’s holiday clubs. Book for a day or a week and there’s even the opportunity for an early drop off and late pick up at no extra cost.
The winning design for the national roll-out of Scotland’s Baby Box is a forest fairy tale scene complete with Highland cows, squirrels and the Loch Ness Monster. It will feature on boxes to be given to every new-born from this Summer until March 2019. Continue reading Winning baby box design revealed
Emotional abuse and neglect will be a criminal offence
New legislation to criminalise emotional abuse and neglect of children will be introduced in Scotland, Minister for Childcare and Early Years Mark McDonald has announced. The Children and Young Persons (Scotland) Act 1937 will be updated to recognise the impact of emotional abuse and neglect, as well as physical harm. Continue reading New law to protect children
A challenge designed to instil a love of reading in young people is being extended to reach an additional 173,000 children across Scotland. The First Minister’s Reading Challenge will now be open to children in Primary 1 to Primary 7, after the success of the initial scheme which was for primaries 4 – 7. Continue reading :’Happy readers make good learners’: reading challenge extended
Edinburgh police officers are inviting local children to an arts and crafts and face painting session at the Tesco store in Duke Street on Saturday 4th March.
The officers will be at the store between 11am and 4pm giving away wristbands, pencils and pens and refreshments supplied by the store. Children will be invited to dress up as police officers and sit in the police car, and there will also be a DJ and other fun activities provided by Tesco at their 80’s themed event.
This event is a follow-on from two successful community-based ‘Meet the Police’ pilot projects at the Sheriff Court and Stenhouse Primary School aimed at building trust between communities and the police with a particular emphasis on children.
Police Constable Tracey Gunn said: “We want to encourage children and families to think about the ways the police keep them safe but also to raise awareness of the rights and responsibilities of the police towards the public and vice versa.
“We will also showcase our work with offenders and their families, in particular our booklet ‘My Daddy and the Police’ and will gather feedback as to how better to build trust within the communities we serve. I am looking forward to meeting families at Tesco’s on Saturday 4th March and hope they will find it a fun and informative day.”
Tracey is the driving force behind the creation of the Police Liaison Officer position at HMP Edinburgh. It was the first in Scotland and initiatives and ways of working she has introduced have been adopted at other prisons in the country. It’s key in developing positive working relationships between local police and the prison.
If you regularly follow Police Scotland’s Facebook page you may have seen Tracey’s flagship scheme, “Meet the Police”, which is being rolled out in prisons across Scotland and local communities through events at courts, supermarkets, libraries and schools.
Tracey continues to develop her work and is currently working on a short film made with prisoners that aims to steer young people who are involved in low level offending or those at risk of offending away from more serious crime, by showing them the harsh realities of being involved in organised crime and prison life.
Police in Edinburgh are seeking the public’s help following confirmation of the death of teenager Blake Ross on Monday night. Continue reading Did you see Blake?
Figures produced by the Scottish Children’s Services Coalition (SCSC) have highlighted dramatic increases in the reasons pupils are being identified with additional support needs (ASN) in Scotland’s schools. Continue reading Urgent action needed in schools to address childrens’ mental health
Keep kids happy this half term and splash around as a family
Edinburgh Leisure is running new fun sessions every weekend, starting 20 February at their six pools across the city: Ainslie Park, Dalry, Drumbrae, Glenogle, Gracemount and Leith Victoria. Continue reading Half term fun with Edinbugh Leisure
The Scottish Government yesterday launched a new Future Me campaign as part of the Read Write Count early years initiative, encouraging families across Scotland to share their children’s dreams for the future. To mark the launch, children and parents took part in a Future Me session and reading from award-winning children’s author, Simon Puttock at Riverside Museum in Glasgow. Continue reading Taking the time to dream: Future Me launched
A new campaign encouraging parents or guardians to talk to children about their dreams for the future will be launched this week by the Scottish Government. The Future Me campaign aims to raise the aspirations of children and improve vital literacy and numeracy skills which will last a lifetime. Continue reading Future Me campaign launches this week
