With fewer seniors attending classes this past week, school corridors and social spaces have been much quieter. The prelims are running smoothly and, over the coming days, exam scripts will be marked and graded so that students can learn and do even better in their finals in May. Over the past week, it has been pleasing to see so many senior pupils coming in to school to access additional support from staff.
- Earlier this week we
sent information to all families on how to apply for concessionary bus
travel cards which will enable all aged from 5-21 to access free bus
travel in Scotland from 31 January. In addition to applying online,
applications can also be made via City of Edinburgh Council libraries. It
is advised to book an appointment via the following
link.
- In an effort to promote
the benefits of cycling, Students in our Eco and sustainability group
would like to invite you to sign their online petition which aims to
persuade the City of Edinburgh Council to improve cycling lanes to our
school. The Link to the petition is here: https://chng.it/RtVtcRgy
- A reminder that the public
consultation phase of the Edinburgh Slavery and Colonialism Legacy Review
is still live and is open till 19 January 2022. As James Gillespie
(whose bequest led to the founding of our School) was a merchant who
made his fortune from the sale of tobacco products, this consultation has
added significance for our school community. The online survey can be
found here: www.edinburgh.gov.uk/slaverycolonialism
Background information to the Review is being hosted on the
Council’s website here: www.edinburgh.gov.uk/edinburghslaverycolonialism
- Several of our Gaelic
pupils are entering short films in this year’s annual prestigious FilmG
competition. Please have a look and vote for the JGHS entries!
- S1 Pupils https://www.filmg.co.uk/filmichean/caite-bheil-tescos/?lang=en
- Sadie Drye
(S6) https://www.filmg.co.uk/filmichean/a-coiseachd-tron-choille/?lang=en
- Tony
Gallagher (S6) and friends https://www.filmg.co.uk/filmichean/meirlich-an-fainne-aisling/?lang=en
- The
next Parent Council meeting will be held online on Wednesday 26 January at 7pm.
Further details will be circulated next week. There will be the
opportunity on the night to ask questions via the Q&A typed chat
facility, but if you want to raise an issue in advance please send it to
the PC email jghscouncilcomms@gmail.com
and we will try to include it in the updates. You can find the
recording of the last PC meeting at: https://jghsparentcouncil.org/.
- Edinburgh Council is
holding open meetings for parents in January and February to discuss
the impacts of Covid on school communities and parental engagement.
The meetings are on Tuesday 11 January, Tuesday 25 January, and Tuesday 22
February (all from 6.15-7.15pm) and parents are welcome to join any of
them through this link: Click here to join the meeting. This is an opportunity
to let the Council hear from parents about how changes, such as parents
not being in schools for school events, are affecting school communities,
and the Parent Council encourages parents to attend to raise any issues.
For more information contact: Parental.Engagement@edinburgh.gov.uk
- Covid-19: information.
- Please ‘phone or email the school to tell if your child tests
positive for COVID. Include test date and whether it was a LFD (Home
test) or PCR.
- Anyone testing positive for a Lateral Flow Test (Home Test) should
immediately self-isolate in line with current Government Guidelines.
- Taking regular lateral flow tests and getting vaccinated are among
our best mitigations to limit the spread of Covid. You can find out where
to get lateral flow and PCR tests on the NHS website. The vaccination
booster programme has expanded, so you may now be eligible to book yours.
But, again, the NHS
website has the information you’ll need.
- Please continue to access the NHS Guidance so that you will know when you should get tested for Covid19.
- Teenage booster (Diphtheria/Tetanus & Polio and Meningitis ACWY) – this will be on Wednesday 2 March 2022. This is for all S3s and
any S4-6s who didn’t receive the booster in S3. Please return any
outstanding forms to us as soon as possible. If your child in S4-6 did not
receive a form, this means they already received the booster in S3.
- HPV vaccine – this will be on Wednesday and Thursday 6-7
April 2022. Forms will be distributed shortly.
- Dates:
- 13 January Student Awards Agency of Scotland (SAAS) -
online presentation at 6pm
- 17 Jan to Fri 21 January - S2 pupils will be given
career path and course choice info on during PSE classes
- 21 January S2 pupils will be emailed their username and
pin-code to access Tools, where they will make their choices
- 25 and 27 January S2 Parents’ evenings
(Online)
- 2 February - closing date for S2 choices
- 2 March Teenage booster (Diphtheria/Tetanus
& Polio and Meningitis ACWY)
- 6-7 April HPV vaccine
- Congratulations to:
- Nikolas Katsantonis (1L2) who recently passed his
grade 4 piano.
- Nora Trew-Rae (S5) who sang with the
Royal Conservatoire of Scotland Junior choir on The BBC programme
'Reflections at the Quay' on Christmas day. https://www.bbc.co.uk/iplayer/episode/m0012z3y/reflections-at-the-quay-christmas-special
- Cathryn Gardiner (S2) and Orla Holt (S2) who have been selected to take part in an event hosted by
Strathclyde University to promote engineering for S2 girls. They gained 2
out of 150 places available across Scotland on the back of personal
statements they wrote outlining the personal qualities and personal
ambition they have for an engineering career.
- And finally, very best wishes to all students who are
involved in taking prelim exams over the next 3 weeks. We recognise and
acknowledge that taking any exams is stressful. Please do your best to
reassure all that the prelims are a rehearsal for the final exams in May
and will provide an excellent opportunity to reflect, to learn and to do
even better for the final exams.
My quote for the week: “Do not train children to
learning by force and harshness, but direct them to it by what amuses their
minds, so that you may be better able to discover with accuracy the peculiar
bent of the genius of each.“ (Plato)
Donald
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