All posts by Hilary Buchanan

Nursery – Easter Attendance

Dear Parent/Carer,

As you know Sanderson’s Wynd Nursery is open during the Easter school break from Monday 3 – Friday 14 April 2023, when the schools are closed. The nursery is closed Friday 7 and Monday 10 April 2023.

Please use the link below to inform us if your child will not attend nursery during part or all of the Easter break by Wednesday 29 March 2023.

https://eastlothianconsultations.co.uk/education/easter-attendance-2023

During this period, normal attendance protocols are in place and you should report any absences. As the school office will be closed from 12pm on Friday 31 March until Monday 17 April 2023 and the school absence line will not be staffed during this time, please email nurseryattendance@elcschool.org.uk in the first instance, or if this isn’t possible, telephone 07718662056 to report the absence.

If you haven’t informed us your child will not attend nursery during the period mentioned above and your child does not attend, a member of nursery attendance staff will contact you to find out the reason for absence. Please let us know in advance if your child will be absent.

Lunches

Please ensure you have booked your child’s lunches in SchoolPay before Monday 3 April 2023, for days your child is attending. Friday 14 April 2023 is a Friday for the Monday/Tuesday group – please bear this in mind if you need to order a lunch for that day.

Questions or Queries

When schools are closed during holiday periods, our Centre Manger Danielle Sackree is the lead in our nursery setting. As always, the first point of contact is the nursery staff to support you with any initial questions or queries you may have, but if you need to speak to our Centre Manager, the nursery staff will put you in touch.

Nursery – February Week 2023

Dear Parent/Carer,

As you know Sanderson’s Wynd Nursery is open during the February week from Monday 13 – Friday 17 February 2023, when the schools are closed. During this time, your child will be able to attend on their usual days, either Monday/Tuesday/Friday or Wednesday/Thursday. Monday 20 February is an in-service day – school and nursery are closed to pupils. School and Nursery will resume as normal on Tuesday 21 February 2023.

If your child will not attend during the February week or to report an absence

Please use the link below to inform us if your child will not attend nursery during part or all of the February week by Wednesday 8 February 2023.

https://eastlothianconsultations.co.uk/education/february-attendance-2023

During the February week, normal attendance protocols are in place and you should report any absences. As the school office will be closed from 12pm on Friday 10 February until Tuesday 21 February 2023 and the school absence line will not be staffed during this time, please email nurseryattendance@elcschool.org.uk in the first instance, or if this isn’t possible, telephone 07718662056 to report the absence.

If you haven’t informed us your child will not attend nursery during the period mentioned above and your child does not attend, a member of nursery attendance staff will contact you to find out the reason for absence. Please let us know in advance if your child will be absent.

Lunches

Please ensure you have booked your child’s lunches in SchoolPay before Monday 13 February 2023, for days your child is attending. Friday 17 February 2023 is a Friday for the Monday/Tuesday group – please bear this in mind if you need to order a lunch for that day.

Questions or Queries

When schools are closed during holiday periods, our Centre Manger Danielle Sackree is the lead in our nursery setting. As always, the first point of contact is the nursery staff to support you with any initial questions or queries you may have, but if you need to speak to our Centre Manager, the nursery staff will put you in touch.

Active Schools Term 2 Timetable

Good Afternoon,

Please see our Term 2 Active Schools Timetable with many classes available for pupils throughout East Lothian.  We have extended our paid clubs to allow more affordable access to sports clubs with coaches.  Our goal is to eventually make these clubs free with the assistance of volunteers.  If this is something you would be interested in then please do not hesitate to contact myself on mcampbell2@elcschool.org.uk.

All activities can be found here at the link below:

https://eastlothian.bookinglive.com/home/active-schools/active-schools-tranent/

Active Schools Timetable Tranent Term 2

Thank you

Michael

Michael Campbell

Active School Coordinator – Tranent Cluster

East Lothian Council | Ross High School | Tranent, East Lothian EH33 2EQ 

To View and book all Active Schools classes, visit: www.eastlothian.gov.uk/activeschoolstranent

Active Schools – Rock Climbing Club

Active Schools are delighted to announce that their Active Schools Rock Climbing Club will be returning this week on Fri 13th January for 5 weeks.  The club will be available for all pupils P4-7 and only 6 spaces available per block.  They will have another 4 week block in Feb for pupils who miss this opportunity.

Sign up will be available at 6pm tomorrow on the below link

https://eastlothian.bookinglive.com/home/active-schools/active-schools-tranent/tranent-as-rock-climbing

I look forward to seeing you all there.

Michael

Michael Campbell

Active School Coordinator – Tranent Cluster

East Lothian Council | Ross High School | Tranent, East Lothian EH33 2EQ 

To View and book all Active Schools classes, visit: www.eastlothian.gov.uk/activeschoolstranent

School Milk Term 2 22/23

The School Milk Term 2 22/23 fund is now open if you require to pay for milk.  This covers the period 04/01/23– 31/03/23 and the cost for the Term is £14.25.  The fund will remain open until Wednesday 14/12/22.   You will need to pay online through School Pay and we will not accept any cash or cheque payments.

If using a mobile phone and have difficulty seeing the milk fund:-

  • Click on the 3 lines on the top right hand corner of the page
  • Select Accounts
  • Click on your child’s account

The next screen should list all the available funds and you should see School Milk Term 2 22/23.

Please do not pay milk to Preorder school meals as this fund is for school lunches only and payment for milk only relates to P1 – P7

P1 Enrolment Process – August 23

Please click on the link for information regarding the P1 Enrolment  for August 2023 https://www.eastlothian.gov.uk/p1-enrolment . This link contains information for parents/carers about the P1 enrolment process for those children age-eligible to start P1 in August 2023.    A P1 enrolment information sheet for Parents/Carers is also attached per the link below.

P1 enrolment information for parents – Aug 23 intake

The online P1 enrolment form on the East Lothian Council website will be ‘live’ until Monday 28 November 2022

Free Football Club at Ross High

Active Schools still have some spaces available for their FREE football club at Ross High on Tuesday.  This club is run by our train coach Lewis who works with the Football Development team at Meadowmill.  This is a great block of sport to get pupils an opportunity to participate in high quality football coaching.

Sign up is available here:

https://eastlothian.bookinglive.com/home/active-schools/active-schools-tranent/tranent-minikickerst2/

Suitable for all age groups P1-7

Thank you

Michael Campbell

Active School Coordinator – Tranent Cluster

Nursery – October Week 2022

  • The school office will be closed from 12pm on Friday October 14th until Tuesday 25th October, and the school absence line will not be staffed during this time. Tuesday 25th is an in-service day – school and nursery are closed to pupils. School and Nursery will resume as normal on Wednesday 26th

 

  • Please make sure you have told us of any changes to your contact details.

 

  • Please ensure you have booked your child’s lunches in SchoolPay before Monday 17th October 2022, for days your child is attending.

 

  • Friday October 21st is a Friday for the Monday/Tuesday group – please bear this in mind if you need to order a lunch for that day.

 

  • When schools are closed during holiday periods, our Centre Manger, Danielle Sackree is the lead in our nursery setting. As always, the first point of contact is the nursery staff to support you with any initial questions or queries you may have, but if you need to speak to our Centre Manager, the nursery staff will put you in touch.

If you have told us you intend to send your child to nursery during the period mentioned above, staffing has been put in place for them. If your child does not attend, a member of nursery attendance staff will contact you to find out the reason for absence. Please let us know in advance (if possible) if your child will be absent