A short video has been launched to help explain the new SchoolPay system. This has been shared on the council’s Facebook and Twitter accounts.

Please click on the link below to find out more.

Here are some pictures of today’s inservice days where staff from St Gabriel’s came to StMartins to share good practice in the classrooms and beyond. We visited St Gabriel’s to talk about some of the great work that is going on down there.

So the October holidays have been and gone and we look forward to welcoming back all pupils tomorrow morning.
Over the next couple of weeks, I will be continuing to update the St Martin’s school website to ensure that the content is relevant and informative.

Please keep your eyes peeled for new posts, your children’s work and the goings on with it the school.

Please pass the word around that both the school website and the school twitter feed are tools to keep informed about school life.
You can access them on:
@stmartinsrcps

https://www.edubuzz.org/stmartins/

Many thanks for your continued support.

Please find attached the School Improvement Plan for session 2018-19

Parent Friendly SIP and S&Q Jun 2018 Final

SIP 2018 2019 Authority version

School uniform and summer dresses

Heriot-Watt University is opening its doors on 18^th and 19^th May for an Exploration Weekend with a series of family-friendly hands-on lab visits, cultural events, exhibitions and lectures

What does it feel like to stand on a wind turbine in the middle of the North Sea, operate the controls of an underwater robot or journey to the sea bed using 3D visualisation?

This May, all this and more is on offer to the public as Heriot-Watt University opens its doors for an exciting weekend of sea themed events at the Edinburgh Campus. Continue reading EXPLORE HERIOT-WATT THIS MAY AS DOORS OPEN TO THE PUBLIC →

Are you who they’re looking for?

We urgently need more people to take the plunge and find out about fostering with East Lothian Council.

East Lothian Council’s Education and Children’s Services spokesperson Councillor Shamin Akhtar says:

‘We have children and young people who need foster carers urgently. The demand is always growing and we need more people to come forward very soon and give their love and support to some vulnerable children and young people who really, really need them.

‘As you know, we set great store in East Lothian in keeping our looked-after children in or very close to East Lothian, so that very vulnerable children don’t have to change schools or lose touch with their friends and wider families. Not every fostering agency thinks this is important but we do – we really see the value in not sending children far away from everyone and everything they know. So, I’d just like to say how grateful I am to all our current foster carers for choosing to Foster East Lothian and for the fantastic job they do – they make a difference every day. I hope that there will be a number of people reading this article now who will also be able to make that difference and be the ones that our children so desperately need.’

School and nursery to re-open tomorrow Monday 5th March. Please ensure that all children  enter the main door of the school building on arrival. All children can gather in the main gym hall before being dismissed to class. Please read the following information which contains advice from east Lothian council.

Schools and Nurseries

All East Lothian Council schools, nurseries and specialist education provision will re-open tomorrow (Monday).

We are working closely with providers who transport pupils from more isolated rural areas (outwith towns and villages) to and from our schools. Transport providers will contact parents directly if there are any difficulties collecting pupils from these locations due to road conditions.

There has been a huge amount of effort by our teams to clear snow from pathways – thanks to parents and residents for their assistance with this. Please be aware of surface conditions given the low temperature. Ensure children walking to school have appropriate footwear and are dressed to the conditions. In the interests of the safety, children and young people should go straight into the school building on arrival.

Kind regards

Stephanie McDonald

Dear parents/carers

I will be going into school today to assess the situation and feeding back to the authority.

I will keep you informed as the day continues.

Thanks

Stephanie McDonald