Communications
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School Lunch / Breakfast Club Reminder
All School Lunch and Breakfast Club bookings for the first week back after the Easter holidays must be received by midnight on Wednesday 31st March.
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Normal Finishing time on Thursday 1st April
Just a little reminder that it is normal finishing time on Thursday.
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Parent-Teacher Meetings
Please see attachment with regards to the upcoming Parent-Teacher consultations.
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Balgreen End of Term Arrangments
We are due to finish school at lunchtime on Tuesday the 22nd December. Primary 1a, 2a, 3a, 4a, 5a, 6a and 7a will finish at 12noon. Primary 1b, 2b, 3b, 4b, 5b, 6b and 7b will finish at 12.15pm. This is to support social distancing and to help maintain pupil bubbles.
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Balgreen COVID information guide
Attached is a guide containing COVID information and how any positive cases are managed. We also want to remind you that if a child has any of theses symptoms at home, or present with them when in school, they cannot be in school and you will be asked to collect them immediately. - a new or continuous cough - a temperature - loss of taste or smell We are know that there are many bugs affecting families at the moment...
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Grow and Learn in Nature Award
P6 pupils will be taking part in the Grow and Learn in Nature Award as part of their work on Outdoor Learning. The sessions will take place at Saughton Park on a Tuesday afternoon and each class will attend on a fortnightly basis. Sessions will start for P6a on Tuesday 8th December and P6b will attend on 15th December. Sessions will continue from the first Tuesday back after the Christmas holidays until the end of March 2021. Pupils are required...
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Balgreen Christmas Events 2020
Please see the attached document for details of school Christmas events.
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Christmas cards and Covid
We ask that children do not bring in Christmas cards or party invitations from home to give to their friends or classmates. As part of infection control procedures, we are trying to limit the amount of items moving to and from school. Class teachers will not be able to distribute these items. Children will be designing cards for another class as part of our Christmas celebrations in school. Thank you for your support.
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Parent Information Session for Autism Spectrum Disorders
Attached is a leaflet about parent information sessions for children with Autism Spectrum Disorders. If this is of interest to you, please follow the instructions for signing up to the meetings.
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Christmas Lunch December 15th
Please note that if you have pre-booked a school lunch on ParentPay for Tuesday 15th December you will have to go on and re-book because that day now has the Christmas Lunch menu choices. Your selection will have been cancelled for that day. Please also note that ParentPay will be carrying out essential maintenance on the site this Wednesday (25th November) so bookings for breakfast club and lunches must be made by 8:00 pm. Apologies for any inconvenience caused.
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Rolling out Microsoft Teams
Attached is a letter with some further information about how we are using Teams at Balgreen and code of conduct. Term Ahead Letters and Homework Walls for this term will be available via your child's Class Page on Teams. Please get in touch should you have any questions.
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October Newsletter
Attached is a newsletter letting you know about some of the developments that have been taking place at Balgreen this term.