January INSET Portal
All links and session information for the Digital Learning Festival and SEAL training can be found on the January INSET Portal.
Rights Respecting School Award for Penicuik High School
UNICEF have confirmed we have achieved the Bronze award. This is excellent news for Penicuik High and well done to all involved. We will now start working our way towards the Silver award. Our aim is to make Penicuik High School a place where children’s rights are...
Pushkin Prize Creative Writing Competition
Congratulations to S2 pupil Iona Ogilvie who is one of 12 winners from throughout Scotland of this year’s Pushkin Prize for Creative Writing. Iona, who had to submit three pieces of creative writing for the competition, will now spend a week at Moniack Mhor writers’...
Newtongrange pupils visit St Anne’s Sheltered Housing
A group of pupils from Newtongrange Primary have made a series of visits to St Anne's Sheltered housing in the village. During the final visit they were recorded by Black Diamond Community Radio. The visits have involved the children speaking to residents about...
Saltersgate- RSA Schools Art Award 2019
A big congratulations to Shaun Shirkie from Saltersgate School for being awarded ‘Highly Commended’ in the RSA Schools Art Award 2019. Shaun and his family, his art teacher Amy Collop, and Head Teacher Stephen Buggy all attended a Private opening at the Royal...
Boardmaker Launches in Midlothian Libraries
Boardmaker is launching in Midlothian libraries with free* access for families and practitioners. Boardmaker is symbol based software that can be used with anyone who needs additional support with communication. It can be used to create: •symbolised leaflets/posters...
School Websites
It is often reported web site use is declining in favour of social media but our school websites on Edublog are still pretty popular. This past school year we have had over £1.3 million visits from 281,296 unique visitors, viewing nearly 2.3 million pages. Schools...
Stobhill Primary Achieve Green Flag Status
Stobhill Primary School are delighted to announce that they have achieved 'Green Flag' status after working towards it for the last two years. The Eco Committee and the gardening club have been working so hard on the following topics in order to gain green flag...
Rosewell- Pupil Reading Journey Awards 2018
At the First Minister’s Reading Challenge Celebration Event on 20 June 2018 at The Hub in Edinburgh, the First Minister, Nicola Sturgeon, presented 9 Pupil Reading Journey prizes . We are delighted to share that Noah from Rosewell Primary School was awarded the Pupil...
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