CONSULTATION ON FREE BUS TRAVEL FOR PEOPLE UNDER THE AGE OF 19 LIVING IN SCOTLAND The Scottish Government is consulting on Free Bus Travel for Under 19s and intends to launch a new statutory national concessionary travel scheme for young people living in Scotland up to their 19th birthday. It is anticipated that legislation would… Continue reading Free bus travel for under 19s consultation
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P1 enrolment is now live!
If you have a child due to start school in August 2021, you need to register online for your catchment primary school. The system is now live and this link will take you directly to the form you need to complete: www.edinburgh.gov.uk/p1registration
P1 enrolment for August
P1 enrolment for August 2021 If your child’s date of birth is between 1 March 2016 and 29 February 2017 they are due to start primary school in August 2021. There is no P1 Open Day this year due to Covid restrictions. New P1 Parents/Carers will have received their P1 Enrolment letter. Between 2nd November and 13th November, parents/carers should go to the link below and… Continue reading P1 enrolment for August
Vision, values and rules PowerPoint
I hope you find this PowerPoint outlining our journey to creating our vision and values useful. vision-values-rulesDownload
A Very Special Golden Anniversary
Thursday, 20.8.2020, was a special day in the life of our school. We celebrated exactly 50 years since Mrs Saroj Lal came to teach at South Morningside. She was an inspirational woman who fought hard to promote social justice and equality over many years. We would have loved to have a whole-school assembly to mark… Continue reading A Very Special Golden Anniversary
Harvest Time!
Eons ago, in early March, some of our one planet groups, led by Ms Gould, were busy planting and sowing vegetables in our Comiston Road playground ‘allotments’. One lockdown and five months later... look at our beautiful harvest! potatoes, red onions and pea pods, ‘help yourself‘- tomorrow morning at the main school gate!
Deanbank & Canaan Lane – Short Term Overview maps
Over the summer, the work preparing for the build of a new primary school on Canaan Lane has been progressing at full speed. This of course has had, and will continue to impact on our Infant Annexe at Deanbank. Edinburgh Council and the contractors have shared a document outlining the planned work on the site,… Continue reading Deanbank & Canaan Lane – Short Term Overview maps
Happy Summer Everyone!
Here is one last video from the staff at SMPS for the school year 2019-2020, to wish you happy, fun and healthy Summer holidays. We are very much looking forward to seeing everyone in August! Stay safe and healthy and enjoy the well-earned vacation, even if it a staycation this time. https://vimeo.com/432455960 Password: summer
Happy Wellness Wednesday Everyone!
Continuing our theme from last month’s ‘Mental Health’ focus, we will be celebrating Wellness Wednesday every week with some ideas that can support all of us during School closure and beyond.This week our focus is: Stay Active! After an amazing sports day and brilliant sports IDL topic we want to keep the momentum going! We're… Continue reading Happy Wellness Wednesday Everyone!
It’s Wellness Wednesday at SMPS
Continuing our theme from last week's 'Mental Health' focus, we will be celebrating Wellness Wednesday every week with some ideas that can support all of us during School closure and beyond.This week, we are concentrating on Mindfulness and Meditation. Try some mindfulness or meditation today to look after your wellbeing. You could try a few… Continue reading It’s Wellness Wednesday at SMPS
Mental Health Awareness Week at SMPS
South Morningside Primary want to raise awareness about the importance of looking after your mental health and wellbeing. We are going to use this week to share some ideas that children, adults and whole families can do to look after their wellbeing. It is Mental Health Awareness Week this week. To celebrate this we will… Continue reading Mental Health Awareness Week at SMPS
Oh Help! Oh No! it’s a…
(...so not a Gruffalo this time!) Axel Scheffler, award-winning illustrator of 'The Gruffalo' and other wonderful books, has teemed up with writers and scientists to create this free, downloadable book about the Coronavirus. Read more about this project, and download the book, or read online, on the Nosy Crow website
IDL topic this term: It’s the 80s! Here we go again!
Our Interdisciplinary Learning (IDL) for P3-7 this term is going to be a joint topic which we hope will offer everyone a bit of fun and light relief, as parents take a trip down memory lane with their children... South Morningside Primary are very excited to announce that we are going back to the 80s! … Continue reading IDL topic this term: It’s the 80s! Here we go again!
Habits of Happiness
Lovely Mrs Clark (P3C teacher) has created this mindfulness instruction-video and we thought that all of our children (and parents! and grandparents!) would enjoy trying this out. Mrs Clark, together with SMPS parent & kids' yoga teacher Vanessa Charlton and Anxiety UK therapist Samantha Littlejohns have been practising Mindfulness with P3 for the past few… Continue reading Habits of Happiness
New Covid-19 Guide from the Scottish Government
The Scottish Government has published a new document regarding Education matters during school closures. It is titled "Coronavirus (COVID-19): supporting pupils, parents and teachers - learning during term 4", and is accessible through the gov.scot publications page here, or download a copy of the 11-page document by clicking the Download button below Download If you… Continue reading New Covid-19 Guide from the Scottish Government
Back to (home) School
We hope everyone has had a lovely holiday, and would like to welcome you back to a new term at school. The weather has certainly participated in helping us welcome in the Summer Term, and though, at present, we might continue with our learning from home, we wish everyone a successful and enjoyable term ahead!… Continue reading Back to (home) School
‘All right,’ said the Gruffalo, bursting with laughter. ‘You go ahead and I’ll follow two metres after.’
Some of our favourite story books have recently been transformed to be more relevant for this time. You can read more about that here. Meanwhile, special story books have been created to help children and parents understand more about the Corona virus and how to deal with it. We think these are really excellent- clear… Continue reading ‘All right,’ said the Gruffalo, bursting with laughter. ‘You go ahead and I’ll follow two metres after.’
Active Schools A-Z
Working out with Joe is great, but here is even another treasure of ideas for staying fit and well during school closures: Edinburgh Council's 'Active Schools' (who provide many Sports' clubs at our school in peace time) are launching their A-Z daily activities , starting with the letter A. You can find the challenges either… Continue reading Active Schools A-Z
Helping children cope with anxiety around Covid 19
We are all a little overwhelmed by the information about the Coronavirus and the illness it brings, Covid19. The document below contains advice for parents, carers and people that work with children and young people about how to make it easier for all of us to deal with our life in the time of Corona,… Continue reading Helping children cope with anxiety around Covid 19
Edinburgh Learns: Teaching, Learning and GIRFEC during school Closure
"Edinburgh Learns" , an Edinburgh-Council framework set up to support parental engagement and involvement in our schools, have produced a new document for parents/carers and school staff to help us all with our Learning in the time of Corona. The attached , updated version, includes guidance about learning, teaching and GIRFEC matters arising during the… Continue reading Edinburgh Learns: Teaching, Learning and GIRFEC during school Closure
Read our latest newsletter!
Find out everything that has been going on at South Morningside! Newsletter December 2018
thank you for the toys!
We are overwhelmed by your generosity for the toy appeal. The box is literally overflowing with toys, which will make a wonderful present for children living in poverty.
what makes South Morningside unique?
We are thinking about our vision, values and aims, and have been asking lots of parents for the word (or words!) that sums up for them what makes SMPS unique. This is the word cloud so far, and we will update it as we get more responses. Please join in and either give your word… Continue reading what makes South Morningside unique?
Welcome back!
It has been lovely to welcome all of our children back to school- we have had a really positive start to the term. The P3 children have settled in so well at Comiston Road, and we are looking forward to the new P1 children starting properly next week. We are proud of our South Morningside… Continue reading Welcome back!
P1 Enrolment for August 2020
Information regarding P1 Enrolment for August 2020 – South Morningside Primary Infant Annexe: If your child's date of birth is between 1 March 2015 and 28 February 2016 they are due to start primary school in August 2020. Registration Day : Thursday, 7th November To register your child, we will need to see: • Your… Continue reading P1 Enrolment for August 2020
A Day in the life of the One-ery…
Enter the Infant school at Deanbank, climb the stairs and you will notice a gorgeous hand-painted sign decorating the door on the left : The One-ery Behind it, P1-aged children are not sitting at desks, as they might in a traditional P1 setting. Instead, they are engrossed in a plenitude of activities designed by staff… Continue reading A Day in the life of the One-ery…
Introducing… the One-ery!
We are very excited about introducing the One-ery system. Staff are busy setting up a fun, friendly, stimlating environment for our new pupils, in which there will be 6 learning zones rather than the traditional P1 class-rooms this year. Please read more about this here: One-ery presentation.
Welcome To South Morningside!
Quick Links SMPS Pupil Journeys (learn more in our ‘Curriculum’ pages) Link to School lunch Menu Term Dates Webpage Site Map South Morningside Primary School is a non-denominational school for children from nursery to P7. It serves the areas of Morningside, Greenbank and the Braids in the south of Edinburgh. WELCOME Dear parents Welcome to South Morningside Primary. … Continue reading Welcome To South Morningside!
Fairwell Mrs McRae
At the whole-school Easter Assembly at church this morning, Mr Urquhart thanked Mrs Rosemary McRae for being a PSA at our school 'for longer than anyone can remember'. We recently celebrated Mrs McRae's retirement with a special staff dinner, and Mrs McRae gave a fantastic speech, in which she recalled some highlights and anecdotes from… Continue reading Fairwell Mrs McRae
We are now a ParentPay School
Today we say goodbye to ParentMail and welcome ParentPay to South Morningside! This is primarily a financial tool, which will enable parents to pay for school outings, lunches etc. via an online facility. It will also be used to communicate messages to parents, however during the first few weeks we will revert to using hard… Continue reading We are now a ParentPay School
Reading Challenge Launched Today!
At a special assembly this afternoon we are launching the "First Minister's Reading Challenge" at South Morningside. It's all about reading for pleasure, whether at home or at school. Because we are currently in the midst of our 'Scottish whole school topic' weeks, Mr Urquhart is going to open the assembly with a reading from… Continue reading Reading Challenge Launched Today!
Nativity!
What a pleasure to be the audience for the dress rehearsal of the P1s Nativity show 'Christmas Counts!'. No group of angels, sheep, shepherds and Roman soldiers have ever been so cute! (yes, we say this every year, but we really mean it!) If you are lucky enough to have a ticket for tomorrow's show… Continue reading Nativity!
Canoeing on Loch Morlich 23-11-16
I think it's safe to say that the most beautiful place on planet Earth, on the 23rd November at sunset, was Lake Morlich, in the Scottish highlands. I wasn't there, but our P7s were. These stunning photos are by Archie Lang. ( More Lagganlia highlights will be posted soon!)
Important notice regarding ooVoo (video-chat app)
There have recently been a number of referrals to social care direct involving children’s innocent use of the face time app Oovoo being exploited by predatory adults. The following message from the City of Edinburgh council's 'Child care and protection' team has been shared with all families via parentmail. OoVoo is a high quality video chat… Continue reading Important notice regarding ooVoo (video-chat app)
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