Loretto RC Primary School, Musselburgh

Entries from November 2011 ↓

Primary 6

It has been a busy term for us in primary 6. We have been learning rugby with rugby specialist, Gavin Hume. He has also been teaching us about health and hygiene. We have just completed our topic on the Titanic and we finished it off with a great assembly. We are now moving on to [...]

Nursery St Andrew’s Celebrations

We have been finding out about Scotland, and the different places we all live. We have been drawing pictures of our homes. To celebrate St Andrew’s Day we made pictures of thistles, baked shortbread and danced to Scottish music. Here are some photographs of us having fun! Beneath the photos is our shortbread recipe. It [...]

CHRISTMAS FAIR & OTHER NEWS……

Christmas Fair The Christmas Fair is nearly upon us and we are still looking for donations for our various stalls; bottles (of anything large or small for the bottle stall), raffle prizes, gifts, books, toys (good condition) and hamper items and remember home baking on the day! We hope everyone is able to join us [...]

Calendar Front Cover Winner!

Congratulations to Emma McAlpine from Primary 7 who won the design for the school calendar front cover. We are all delighted for you. Well done, Emma!

The Pupil Council

The Pupil Council are as enthusiastic as ever and are enjoying meeting up regularly.  Each class now has their very own Pupil Council box where pupils can voice their ideas. We are currently looking into buying new themed bins for the playground and exploring the chance to trial a variety of on-line learning resources which cover a wide range of curricular [...]

Well done Primary 1/2

Well done to Primary 1/2 who sang well and performed well at their Assembly on Noah’s Ark. The children were a credit to the school with their lines and the effort they had put into creating their animals masks. Thank you to all the families and friends who were able to attend and who shared [...]

Industrial Action 30th November – School Closure

The school will be closed to all pupils on Wednesday 30th November. Please find attached a letter from Don Ledingham, Executive Director of Education and Children’s Services, regarding the Industrial Action by Trade unions on Wednesday 30 November. Letter regarding Industrial Action on 30th November

Loretto Football Tournament

On Monday morning boys from Primary 5, 6 & 7 got into three teams and took part in a football tournament on the school football pitch. Mr Bonnar was referee and Mrs Ramage kept score. The boys played really well and there was some skillful team work and some spectacular goals scored. Everyone involved thought it was a [...]

School Action Plan

Following the HMIE inspection of the school, the school action plan can be downloaded from the information and policies page of the website.

Primary 3 Roman Assembly

Our Assembly was all about the Romans. We have been learning about Romans in class. I dressed up as a Roman for our Assembly and my mum enjoyed coming to see it and so did my Uncle Rickie. I thought our Assembly was really good and my toga was really special. Next, we are going to [...]