Meet the Team

The school newsletter is now being produced by the

schools media group. The group members are Ellie,

Lee, Umar, Neelum , Kyle and Christina. The newsletter

will now be issued every three to four weeks.

Edinburgh College Links

Edinburgh College links have started and all the pupils have been enjoying learning about the college environment and getting to know their tutors and other students.

Granton Campus on a Monday - Introduction to Art and Design with class 5A

Granton Campus on a Tuesday afternoon – Entry to Learning 2/3 , Josh Brown, Sam Paterson, Caitlin McCall, Scott Mackie.

Sighthill Campus on a Thursday morning – Entry to Learning level 1/2 , Ste-phen Smith, Umar Ather, Joe Pomphery, Jack Johnstone.

Other pupils will link in semester 2 after Christmas.

Transition

Meetings

Transition meetings have begun on Thursday’s starting with our S6 so we can start planning their next steps. The meeting’s will then continue with S5 and S4 so please look out for your appointment.

Reminder the school has a twitter account @PilrigPark

Headteacher

Hi everyone and welcome back to a new school year at Pilrig Park. As you may have noticed Mr Millar and his pupil

media team have taken over the production of the newsletter which will be issued every 3/4 weeks. The pupils

were keen to be responsible for displaying their news to the wider school community and I always like to encourage

their writing and ICT skills. I think that for the first issue we must focus on the amazing effort pupils (supported by

Parent/Carers) have made with their new school uniform. I have to look twice when a pupil walks past me in a blaz-

er and tie because they look so grown-up. The pupils are also telling me that they feel very responsible in their new

outfits. As I have said in previous letters black and white uniform including blazers can be bought at a reasonable

cost in the supermarkets but feel free to contact us for further advice. We have had an excellent start to the new

term with smaller class sizes and a recognized S6 and the new S1’s are so hard-working and mature that they have

fitted in perfectly. I look forward to meeting you all over the course of the year and hope you have a great week-

end. Best Wishes, Miss Chad.

Issue 1 09/09/16

Pilrig Park visits the Book Festival

On Tuesday 30th

August a group

of pupils went

to listen to Dan-

ny Scott, author

of the Scotland

Stars F.C. football books, at the Edinburgh Book Festival.

Danny is from Penicuik. He grew up loving football and

still does even though he supports Hearts! Danny has

been a goalie for many years and plays for the Edinburgh

Writers football team all over Europe.

Danny’s books are about a football mad boy who moves

schools and is desperate to get into the school football

team. This is not always easy. Read the books to find out

how Callum Ferguson (his fictional character gets on).

During the course of the reading somehow Sarah and Frankie managed to get on stage with Sarah holding the football

World Cup!!

After the reading, pupils who bought one of Danny’s books, had the books signed by the author. We asked Danny if he

could visit us at Pilrig Park and guess what, he said “Yes”.

After School Clubs

Active Schools have organised for two After School Clubs in Pilrig Park starting 14th September Basketball Club on a Wednesday Multi Sports Club on a Thursday Both Clubs start at 3.15pm and finish at 4.14pm. Please contact Jill for more details: Jill Coleman| Active Schools Coordi-nator Disability and Inclusion Mobile 07920768288

Staffing

At the end of the summer term new staff were appointed.

We welcome Mrs Sawyer to our science department,

Mr Tzinoudis (Mr T) who will teach Life Skills and Scottish

History. Miss Morin who will be the base teacher for the

blue group and Stephen Paton our new PSA.

Mr T Mrs Sawyer Stephen Miss Morin

PE Kit

Just a reminder to everyone that they should bring in appropriate kit and footwear on the days that they have PE and also a water bottle if possible.

Thanks

Mrs Lockie

The newspaper group met with two of our senior pupils

Question: What are your names?

Kyle and Caitlin: My name is Kyle Pryde and I am Caitlin McCall. Kyle is

Depute Head Boy and stand in Head Boy on a Monday and Tuesday when

our Head Boy is on work experience. Caitlin is Head Girl.

Question: What group are you in?

Kyle and Caitlin: We are both in 6B.

Question: What ages are you?

Kyle and Caitlin: Kyle: I am 16, 17 in March; Caitlin: I am 16, 17 in October.

Question: What do you like about the school?

Kyle and Caitlin: Kyle: I feel you are treated with respect here. Caitlin: It is a friendly school, we look after

each other.

Question: Would you change anything at the school?

Kyle and Caitlin:

Kyle: maybe a brighter coloured tie.

Caitlin: The playground needs more climbing frames; a shelter would be nice and could we have some skipping

ropes?

We also asked Kyle and Caitlin a few more questions. We found out that they became Depute and Head after

a school election and an interview. It was a bit scary but OK. Both Caitlin and Kyle can travel independently at

times. Kyle likes to see his pals in his spare time and Caitlin likes to go to The Yard and play with her cats.

They both love Art. Caitlin’s favourite cake is chocolate but Kyle has no preference. When they leave school

Kyle would like to go to college to train to work in childcare. Caitlin too would like to go to college. She would

like to become a hairdresser. They both hope to start a college link after Christmas.

Edinburgh Leisure

Edinburgh leisure were in school to offer taster sessions to all our

pupils. Everyone involved enjoyed the activities.

Dates for your Diary

Monday 19 September 2016, Autumn holiday

Monday 17 October - Monday 24 October

2016, mid term break

New School Uniform

Speech and Language Therapy Dept

Speech and Language Therapy Dept (Clare Macaulay and Lesley Beckett) have

changed days to a Wednesday this year. You can get in touch by phoning the

school, a message in school diaries and parents nights.

Some pupils showing off the new school uniform.

The uniform helps create a strong ethos and sense of

belonging for pupils – it creates pride in our school.

Don’t they look smart!!