Another very busy day

After the excitement of last night's hugely successful African children's choir concert I arrived at school today with a spring in my step and very much looking forward to the day ahead.

My first meeting of the day was with Rev Karen Campbell, the minister at Marchmont St Giles. Our meeting gave us the opportunity to explore how we might work together in the future. Our school has much to gain from further developing partnerships in our local community and beyond. 

Immediately after this meeting I met with headteachers from our neighbouring secondary schools to discuss areas of mutual interest. This included curriculum structures and how each of our schools is progressing with Cfe.

At lunchtime I met with Dr Judith McClure along with Cat and Leanne (both senior pupils) and Mr Irvine (Curriculum Leader for Modern Languages) to explore how we continue to develop Chinese Studies at Gillespies.

In the evening we had a very well supported Open Night where we welcomed P7s and their parents from our local primary schools to visit our school. The evening was very well attended and, based on initial feedback, ran very went smoothly. Mrs Kinnear (DHT) will write to all of our P7 families to get further feedback and offer further opportunity to anyone who wishes to find out more about our school.