Ready Steady Go Now
Lil Liza Jane
Carrion Crow
Flying High
Fiddle Time
Ready Steady Go Now Practice
Fiddle Time Practice
Primary 5 Dalry A String Task Pack
This is D
C Sharp Now
Knock Knock
Here Comes B
Off to School
Wake Up
Get Abroad
Clear Blue Sky
This is G
Jogging in the city
Perfect Match
F sharp now
Venice and Vivaldi
Here Comes E
Starlight
Missed It
Hopefully all families have seen the parent pay email requesting that certain resources are returned to school this week and also regarding pickup of personal items.
This is just a reminder that we need all reading books, textbooks and other literature to be returned to the school this week so that we can redistribute them to the new classes in August.
If you have had a specific resource allocated to your family to support particular learning needs do also check your email for messages regarding return of these.
If you are unsure please either ask your class teacher on twitter or email admin@dalry.edin.sch.uk
Again this is hopefully a reminder that personal belongings of the children that were left in school are ready for collection. You should have been contacted if there is something for you.
Any uncollected items will need to be disposed of at the end of this week.
The school is open during normal hours this week for collection of belongings and drop off of resources only. Please follow all general social distancing guidelines from the Scottish government on the day and all specific instructions on site. If it is busy you may need to queue for a few minutes.
You should have received our final home learning survey of 2019/20 by parent pay email earlier this week.
This is a Parent Survey to let us know what has worked well in lockdown, what needs to be improved and how the school can support you when schools reopen in August.
If not it is on this link
P7 pupils visited the playground yesterday as part of their transition project to leave their goodbye messages to one another and to the school.
We surprised Raul in P6, who was visiting with his sister Christina, by presenting him with the Citizenship Award. Raul was presented with this award for consistently demonstrating our school values. ‘Together we are respected, responsible, included and kind’.
Later that afternoon Aoife was surprised when she arrived and was presented with The Cup of Kindness for demonstrating a consistently kind and caring attitude throughout her time at Dalry.
Mr D popped into the playground an presented both Meda and Andrei with his Mr D PE Superstar awards. It was lovely to see so many of our P7 pupils and their parents one final time across the day safely in a socially distanced manner.
Thanks to Miss Curran for organising the transition event so well, and for taking the time to say goodbye to her children and their families who were able to visit as part of their daily exercise.
Please click the following link to read a letter from City of Edinburgh Council updating us on the latest plans to reopen schools.
https://www.edinburgh.gov.uk/downloads/file/27455/letter-to-mainstream-parents-and-carers
If you need help with translation into an additional language please contact the translation service using this link https://www.edinburgh.gov.uk/languages
We have had the below statement to staff by the CEC Equalities Steering group (education). We thought you would share it directly as you will no doubt be interested to hear of the work going on to react positively to the challenges put forward in the wake of recent events.
Black Lives Matter
Recent events in the US, in particular the shocking death of George Floyd, and the global response are shining a light again on the harmful and persistent issue of institutionalised racism. We fully recognise that it is no less an issue in the UK and Scotland. We have a list of similar deaths of black citizens, and we have witnessed the disproportionate effect of COVID-19 on people from Black, Asian and minority ethnic backgrounds.
We are heartened by the concern and support expressed by pupils, parents and staff from across our learning communities in recent days. We are all rightly asking what more we can and should do to support our Black, Asian and minority ethnic pupils and colleagues.
We re-affirm and strengthen our commitment to confronting and addressing racism and discrimination in all its forms through strong anti-racist leadership, teaching and youth work. Our recent engagement with BAME young people and partner organisations has shown that there is much more that we can do and we will continue to listen and learn. We have started by implementing a revised anti-bullying procedure supported by training for senior leaders and pupil Equalities groups and we are working to ensure that Black history and its role in our city is a core part of a decolonised and inclusive curriculum. We will increase training for all school staff and have set up a working group as part of a national commitment to increasing diversity in the teaching workforce.
We believe that our schools have a vital role to play in tackling racism and creating a city where all are treated with dignity and respect. We want all our children and young people to thrive and lead in a diverse and complex world. We do not underestimate the challenge of this deep-rooted problem. We are fully committed to making a difference, harnessing the compassion, energy and creativity of our children, young people, families and staff to make Edinburgh a city where there is no place for discrimination or injustice.
On behalf of,
The City of Edinburgh Council Equalities Steering Group (Education)
The National Parent Forum of Scotland are holding an online Q&A for parent with the deputy First Minister regarding the return to schools in August.
Full details on their website here https://www.npfs.org.uk/2020/06/10/parent-qa-with-deputy-first-minister-john-swinney/
Here’s today’s final events!
And head over to Mr D’s Twitter page to see some of the amazing videos and pictures of you all taking part.
Well done everybody for making this week such a success by taking part!
Dalry Primary Edinburgh 