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F o l l o w u s o n T w i tt e r : @ R o s l i n P S

Dear Parents/Carers

I can’t believe it is that time of year again where

we bid farewell to our P7s. What a wonderful

year they have had. There are so many

highlights. The many leadership responsibilities

they have. Their enthusiasm and motivation at

camp with such positive feedback from Mr Burt

and Miss Pow. The P7

cookery partnership with

Edinburgh College. They

simply blew us all away

with their delivery of a 3

course meal to all

parents. We plan to

continue this partnership

next session offering it

also to our new P6s.

From the success of this

I am now negotiating

with the college to see if

we can get students who are studying sport,

health and fitness to come and do placements

here. This is still at the very early stages and I

will need to see how it develops. The Junior Tour

Guide programme goes from strength to strength

and a highlight was when the community and

parents were invited to Rosslyn Chapel and also

the Stirling event were Eva Young, Eva Longwe

and Eilidh McLean represented Roslin. As you

know we are part of the Oor Wullie City Trail

which has just launched in Edinburgh. I hope

that many of you will be able to find our 2

sculptures. One is based at Edinburgh Citylink

Bus Station and the other in Ocean Terminal.

The arrival of our bus with Roslin Primary on it

created great excitement for us all! All of the

children have had busy productive years

extending their learning and finding out new

things. I am very proud of all the children at

Roslin for their

achievements this last

session. This comes about

through very good

learning and teaching and

positive partnership with

parents and all of the

community. I would like

to wish you all a lovely

summer holiday where you

can spend quality time

with your children and I

look forward to seeing all

the fresh faces in August – particularly our new

P1 cohort!

Mrs Jo Wilson Head Teacher

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Bowls, football & cricket in the MUGA.

Invaluable Life Skills delivered to all the pupils by our “Heart Start” trained staff.

Mrs Hamilton showing how germs spread.

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Kic Dance was a huge success with all the children—especially the P1s and P2s.

Badminton was a challenge for all but thoroughly enjoyable.

P7s putting P4s through their paces.

Warm ups!

Master Mason triumphed at the Roslin Sports Day. Led by House Captain, Bryce Gray, the children were delighted at their win following a very compet-itive set of events across the school.

Thank you to all who helped on the day, including the S3 students from Dalkeith High School.

Learning Council

Eco Committee

Health Team

JTG

House Captains

JRSO

Buddies & Prefects

Peer Mediators Jotter Monitors

Roslin Tour Guides

Junior Librarians

SEIC The following link is a film produced by the

South East Improvement Collaborative

(SEIC) to promote the work of the group.

The SEIC covers the Borders, the Lothians,

Edinburgh and Fife. The purpose of the

SEIC is to encourage teachers to work

proactively and collaboratively to share

best practise and ideas and therefore

develop the best possible learning environ-

ment and opportunities for children. The

recently produced promotional film

features Roslin Primary 7 teacher, Mr Burt,

who was part of a collaborative workshop,

along with filming that was done within our

own Primary 7 classroom.

https://vimeo.com/340657543/5695f6cf0f

Internet Safety We had a very successful and well received Internet Safety talk for parents/carers on Tuesday 11th June. The presentation was given by our Digital Learning Development Officer, Colin McCabe, who covered topics such as:

Internet Safety; Keeping Personal Details Private; Parental Controls on PCs, Laptops and Elec-

tronic Devices.

We fully intend to have Colin in again next year to cover more topics and hope that you can join us.

In the meantime, please find link below to the presentation (also on our school website).

https://docs.google.com/presentation/d/1auWAHpmKlT1ZWoDmZBwSrb6fBWI68dBn-

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We were approached by Edinburgh Children's Hospital Charity (Edinburgh Sick Kids) partners with the ARCHIE Foundation, Glasgow Children's Hospital Charity, Wild in art and DC Thomson Media to take part in the nationwide "Oor Wullie Bucket Trail" Challenge.

It is designed to be an opportunity to get children enthusiastic about arts and crafts, as well as engaging them in important topics of conversation like Scot's language, Health and Wellbeing and raising money to help support others. We have raised nearly £450 already for the ECH Charity with various activities in school.

Each pupil designed their own Oor Wullie on paper and Ava McDonald was our school winner with her "Oor Learning" - Growth Mindset design. Her design was recreated as a mini sculpture and will be part of the Edinburgh City Bucket Trail—https://www.oorwullie.com/the-trail/

Scottish Citylink Bus Company also invited us to take part in their partnership nationwide competition and the winning design was recreated in a mini sculpture to be placed in Edinburgh Bus Station AND the design

will take pride of place on the side of one of their coaches!

Eva Young won this fantastic competition with her "Oor World" - Flag design.

The bus even visited our school and was fantastic to see!

Our P7’s have had a fantastic year and have been a credit to our school.

We wish them all the very best for the future.

Goodbye Moving On

Best Wishes

Good Luck

Au Revoir

Staff In Service Days:

Thursday 15th & Friday 16th August 2019

Tuesday 17th September 2019

Monday 21st & Tuesday 22nd October 2019

Monday 6th January 2020

Monday 18th May 2020

TERM 1 Staff Resume

Pupils Resume

Thursday **

Monday

15

19

August

August

2019

2019

Mid Term All Break Monday 16 September 2019

Staff Resume

Pupils Resume

Tuesday*

Wednesday

17

18

September

September

2019

2019

All Break Friday 11 October 2019

Staff Resume

Pupils Resume

Monday*

Wednesday

21

23

October

October

2019

2019

Term Ends Friday 20 December 2019

TERM 2

Staff Resume

Pupils Resume

Monday*

Tuesday

6

7

January

January

2020

2020

Mid Term All Break Friday 7 February 2020

All Resume Monday 17 February 2020

Term Ends Friday 3 April 2020

TERM 3

All Resume

Monday

20

April

2020

May Day Monday 4 May 2020

All Resume Tuesday 5 May 2020

Victoria Day Monday* 18 May 2020

Pupils Resume Tuesday 19 May 2020

Term Ends Friday 26 June 2020

Dates for the Diary: 28 June—School closes at 12.25pm for

Summer Break. No nursery on this day.

19 August—School Resumes

23 September—Individual/Family Photographs

15th November—Flu Immunisations

Midlothian Council

School Session Dates 2019/20