St Martin's Primary School

Good afternoon to everyone! Hope you are all keeping safe and warm.

We are aiming to re-open St. Martin’s school and nursery in line with East Lothian Council’s recent post on their website. Please view this for an overall picture of East Lothian circumstances and safety guidance.

With particular reference to St. Martin’s circumstances we are pleased to say that, weather permitting, we will be re-opened for the full day. School meals will be provided as normal although there are changes to the menu (see below for more details) 

The P4 and P5 trip to the Pantomime at the Brunton Theatre is due to go ahead provided that the bus company risk assessment is safe. After speaking to the bus company director we are optimistic that if weather conditions do not deteriorate the trip will go ahead.

In terms of access to the school on Monday morning pupils will only access the main gate and main door to the school as the rest of the playground may not be accessible. Nursery pupils will access their normal door. The gate at the back of the school will remain closed. Class teachers will be responsible for supervising pupils on their departure from school.

The Christmas Dinner scheduled for the 8th December will now take place on the 14th December.

All of these arrangements are subject to change depending on weather conditions deteriorating severely. Please continue to check the website for further information.

Thank you for your co-operation during these challenging times. We are really looking forward to the children returning to school and making preparations for Christmas.

Keep safe and warm this weekend!

Best wishes,

Miss Lavelle

Changes to Menu

Monday – Roast Beef or Macaroni

Tuesday – Fish fingers or Tomato pasta

Wednesday – Chicken pieces or Cheese salad

Thursday – Haggis, veg Haggis or Lasagne

Schools

Due to the continuing severe weather conditions, it has been confirmed that ALL East Lothian schools will remain closed to pupils on Thursday 2 and Friday 3 December.

The forecast for Wednesday night is for worsening weather conditions with snowfalls of between 5 and 10cm and falls of 20-30cm in some parts of the county.

Major efforts to open up safe access routes to schools will continue during the rest of the week. East Lothian Council appreciates that these closures are causing major inconvenience to parents and carers. However, every effort is being made to re-open schools in the face of unprecedented severe weather conditions and transport difficulties.

Further updates for this week will be added here in due course with information also being available on Radio Forth and school websites.

School staff should continue to follow the Policy on Employee Absence due to Adverse Weather conditions.

Access to learning resources at home

During the adverse weather, and at any other time, parents, carers and children are able to access a wide range of learning materials though our innovative eduBuzz.org web site. You can find a wide range of learning resources, suggested research activities and homework tasks – either on your own school’s Edubuzz pages or on any of the other school sites.

Our teaching staff are adding to and updating this information on a regular basis and many of them are available to contact by email. Edubuzz also gives you access to over 1000 other sites and the opportunity to network with more than 2000 contributors across East Lothian.

For a full list of Edubuzz school sites, including your own school, go to http://shortlinks.edubuzz.org/schoolsites

The following information was published on the East Lothian Council web site on Tuesday 30th November 2010 at 3pm.

All East Lothian schools will remain closed to pupils on Wednesday 1 December. Also information on refuse collections roads, sports centres, libraries and more…

Schools

Due to the continuing severe weather conditions, it has been confirmed that ALL East Lothian schools will remain closed to pupils on Wednesday 1 December. Major efforts to open up safe access routes to schools will continue during the course of tomorrow (Wednesday). East Lothian Council appreciates that these closures are causing major inconvenience to parents and carers. However, every effort is being made to re-open schools in the face of severe weather conditions and transport difficulties.

Further updates for this week will be added here in due course with information also being available on Radio Forth and school websites.

School staff should continue to follow the Policy on Employee Absence due to Adverse Weather conditions.