Dear Parents/Carers I hope you are well. I will also be emailing you later today with some final information on plans for August. In the meantime, I want to share the very good news that last night, Craigmount student, I Rahim in S5, won the very prestigious Paolozzi Art Prize. This is an amazing achievement […]
News section: Head Teacher
Head Teacher update Friday 26th June 2020
Published on: 26 June 2020
Head Teacher update 24th June 2020
Published on: 24 June 2020
Dear Parents/Carers I hope you are well. You will have been following developments in education yesterday and know about the latest plans for August. I understand a further communication from the centre is coming out about this soon. In the meantime, we will email our usual Wellbeing Wednesday updates this afternoon. Stay safe. T Rae […]
Head Teacher update Friday 19th June 2020
Published on: 19 June 2020
Dear Parents/Carers I hope you are well. Later today an email will be sent to you with further details of the plan for August opening. This will also include details on an opportunity to gain Dynamic Youth Awards. I also received some brilliant news yesterday about some dynamic Craigmount S3 students, as two of our […]
Head Teacher update Tuesday 16th June 2020
Published on: 16 June 2020
Dear Parents/Carers I hope you are well. I have no further information I can update you with on the City of Edinburgh model shared with parents and carers last Friday. This remains the preferred attendance model that Edinburgh schools have been asked to plan around. We are continuing to do this. As intimated yesterday, some […]
Head Teacher update Monday 15th June 2020
Published on: 15 June 2020
Dear Parents/Carers I hope you are well. You should have received a letter directly from City of Edinburgh on Friday afternoon outlining the council decision on the preferred model for blended learning in August, and information about session dates in session 2020-21. In this council letter it indicates that Head Teachers will communicate further details […]
Head Teacher update Friday 12th June 2020
Published on: 12 June 2020
Dear Parents/Carers I hope you are well. I want to start by flagging up that a further parent communication will be coming out from City of Edinburgh around the preferred Edinburgh model for opening in August. This will be on the council website when ready. Looking at the calendar, I realise it would have been […]
Head Teacher update Thursday 11th June 2020
Published on: 11 June 2020
Dear Parents/Carers I hope you are well, and received the Wellbeing Wednesday DHT update email yesterday. I am pleased to share this individual debating success from Mr McPake. “F Simonnet-Lefevre became the first Craigmount debater ever to be selected for the Scotland debating team this week. He will represent his country alongside four other debaters […]
Head Teacher update Tuesday 9th June 2020
Published on: 9 June 2020
Dear Parents/Carers I hope you are well. Yesterday I was able to sit in on the excellent online presentations from Craigmount students taking part in the final of a national business competition aimed at girls, Growing Future Assets. I was very impressed with the level of preparation, confident delivery and team work shown by K […]
Head Teacher update Monday 8th June 2020
Published on: 8 June 2020
Dear Parents/Carers I hope you are well. I have no further whole school updates since my email sent to all parents and carers on Friday. However, I want to share some encouraging information received from Mrs Stevens (CL Science/Biology) about the start made in Higher biology. Higher Biology ( Mrs Stevens, CL Science The higher […]
Head Teacher update Thursday 4th June 2020
Published on: 4 June 2020
Dear Parents/Carers I hope you are well. I also hope you have had a chance to read the DHT updates email sent yesterday to all parents and carers. This morning all school promoted staff met again and were able to have detailed and fruitful discussion around the parent/carer and student feedback on online learning. This […]
Head Teacher update Tuesday 2nd June 2020
Published on: 2 June 2020
Dear Parents/Carers I hope you are well. Today we have a team of staff in the school managing the fortnightly food parcel drops. I am very pleased that these are now supplemented with items supplied by our partner, the Corstorphine Community HUB, and very grateful to them for their extra support for Craigmount families. Mrs […]
Head Teacher update Monday 1st June 2020
Published on: 1 June 2020
Dear Parents/Carers I hope you are well and were able to take advantage of the good weather and the slight easing of the restrictions at the weekend. The letter sent from the Chief Education Officer on Friday set out the position around Phase 1 for City of Edinburgh so this morning I have nothing further […]
Head Teacher update Thursday 28th May 2020
Published on: 28 May 2020
Dear Parents/Carers I hope you are well. I also want to flag up the Wellbeing Wednesday updates sent to all parents and carers yesterday. As you can see, your feedback is being used to help us refine the online learning. Please continue to ask your young people to contact the House team if any support […]
Head Teacher update Wednesday 27th May 2020
Published on: 27 May 2020
Dear Parents/Carers I hope you are well. As always on Wellbeing Wednesdays I want to promote the activities of our five House teams, who are encouraging wellbeing activity. Today the House teams will also share a link for a short film the staff made recently which they want to share with students. We hope you […]
Head Teacher update Tuesday 26th May 2020
Published on: 26 May 2020
Dear Parents/Carers I hope you are well. I want to start by thanking Calum and Aina in the new S6 for delivering the first ever “Craigietalks”. This initiative was planned after they took part in a senor student conference for all Scotland’s schools early this year. They returned with the idea of seniors offering supportive […]
Head Teacher update Monday 25th May 2020
Published on: 25 May 2020
Dear Parents/Carers I hope you are well. I also hope you had a good weekend, despite the unseasonal weather. I want to focus on one thing in today’s post, the recent announcements for teachers to return to schools in June, and the planned openings for students in August. The links below contain the details. Key […]
Head Teacher update Friday 22nd May 2020
Published on: 22 May 2020
Dear Parents/Carers I hope you are well. Thanks to those of you who have already completed the two-question survey shared in a link by Mrs Coull on the DHT update on Wednesday. Your feedback is really valued and helpful to us with the on-going development of wellbeing strategies and online learning. House teams have also […]
Head Teacher Update – Thursday, 21st May 2020
Published on: 21 May 2020
Dear parents/Carers I hope you are well. I also hope you have received and have now read the detailed DHT updates email sent yesterday afternoon. Mrs Coull’s wellbeing update also included a survey to help us with the on-going development of wellbeing and remote learning and it would be very helpful if you could take […]
Head Teacher update Wednesday 20th May 2020
Published on: 20 May 2020
Dear Parents/Carers I hope you are well. There will be the usual Wednesday DHT email update this afternoon so this morning all I want to share is that this is Mental Health Awareness Week. House Teams are promoting activities around this with students. Following on from the information I posted from Pupil Support Leaders last […]
Head Teacher update Tuesday 19th May 2020
Published on: 19 May 2020
Dear Parents/Carers I hope you are well and had a good May weekend. Our online learning resumes this morning. Please share with our young people that staff are very pleased with engagement since the change of timetable. This week it would be great if we could ensure all students accessed work and made contact with […]
Head Teacher update Friday 26th June 2020
Published on: 26 June 2020
Head Teacher update 24th June 2020
Published on: 24 June 2020
Dear Parents/Carers I hope you are well. You will have been following developments in education yesterday and know about the latest plans for August. I understand a further communication from the centre is coming out about this soon. In the meantime, we will email our usual Wellbeing Wednesday updates this afternoon. Stay safe. T Rae […]
Head Teacher update Friday 19th June 2020
Published on: 19 June 2020
Dear Parents/Carers I hope you are well. Later today an email will be sent to you with further details of the plan for August opening. This will also include details on an opportunity to gain Dynamic Youth Awards. I also received some brilliant news yesterday about some dynamic Craigmount S3 students, as two of our […]
Head Teacher update Tuesday 16th June 2020
Published on: 16 June 2020
Dear Parents/Carers I hope you are well. I have no further information I can update you with on the City of Edinburgh model shared with parents and carers last Friday. This remains the preferred attendance model that Edinburgh schools have been asked to plan around. We are continuing to do this. As intimated yesterday, some […]
Head Teacher update Monday 15th June 2020
Published on: 15 June 2020
Dear Parents/Carers I hope you are well. You should have received a letter directly from City of Edinburgh on Friday afternoon outlining the council decision on the preferred model for blended learning in August, and information about session dates in session 2020-21. In this council letter it indicates that Head Teachers will communicate further details […]
Head Teacher update Friday 12th June 2020
Published on: 12 June 2020
Dear Parents/Carers I hope you are well. I want to start by flagging up that a further parent communication will be coming out from City of Edinburgh around the preferred Edinburgh model for opening in August. This will be on the council website when ready. Looking at the calendar, I realise it would have been […]
Head Teacher update Thursday 11th June 2020
Published on: 11 June 2020
Dear Parents/Carers I hope you are well, and received the Wellbeing Wednesday DHT update email yesterday. I am pleased to share this individual debating success from Mr McPake. “F Simonnet-Lefevre became the first Craigmount debater ever to be selected for the Scotland debating team this week. He will represent his country alongside four other debaters […]
Head Teacher update Tuesday 9th June 2020
Published on: 9 June 2020
Dear Parents/Carers I hope you are well. Yesterday I was able to sit in on the excellent online presentations from Craigmount students taking part in the final of a national business competition aimed at girls, Growing Future Assets. I was very impressed with the level of preparation, confident delivery and team work shown by K […]
Head Teacher update Monday 8th June 2020
Published on: 8 June 2020
Dear Parents/Carers I hope you are well. I have no further whole school updates since my email sent to all parents and carers on Friday. However, I want to share some encouraging information received from Mrs Stevens (CL Science/Biology) about the start made in Higher biology. Higher Biology ( Mrs Stevens, CL Science The higher […]
Head Teacher update Thursday 4th June 2020
Published on: 4 June 2020
Dear Parents/Carers I hope you are well. I also hope you have had a chance to read the DHT updates email sent yesterday to all parents and carers. This morning all school promoted staff met again and were able to have detailed and fruitful discussion around the parent/carer and student feedback on online learning. This […]
Head Teacher update Tuesday 2nd June 2020
Published on: 2 June 2020
Dear Parents/Carers I hope you are well. Today we have a team of staff in the school managing the fortnightly food parcel drops. I am very pleased that these are now supplemented with items supplied by our partner, the Corstorphine Community HUB, and very grateful to them for their extra support for Craigmount families. Mrs […]
Head Teacher update Monday 1st June 2020
Published on: 1 June 2020
Dear Parents/Carers I hope you are well and were able to take advantage of the good weather and the slight easing of the restrictions at the weekend. The letter sent from the Chief Education Officer on Friday set out the position around Phase 1 for City of Edinburgh so this morning I have nothing further […]
Head Teacher update Thursday 28th May 2020
Published on: 28 May 2020
Dear Parents/Carers I hope you are well. I also want to flag up the Wellbeing Wednesday updates sent to all parents and carers yesterday. As you can see, your feedback is being used to help us refine the online learning. Please continue to ask your young people to contact the House team if any support […]
Head Teacher update Wednesday 27th May 2020
Published on: 27 May 2020
Dear Parents/Carers I hope you are well. As always on Wellbeing Wednesdays I want to promote the activities of our five House teams, who are encouraging wellbeing activity. Today the House teams will also share a link for a short film the staff made recently which they want to share with students. We hope you […]
Head Teacher update Tuesday 26th May 2020
Published on: 26 May 2020
Dear Parents/Carers I hope you are well. I want to start by thanking Calum and Aina in the new S6 for delivering the first ever “Craigietalks”. This initiative was planned after they took part in a senor student conference for all Scotland’s schools early this year. They returned with the idea of seniors offering supportive […]
Head Teacher update Monday 25th May 2020
Published on: 25 May 2020
Dear Parents/Carers I hope you are well. I also hope you had a good weekend, despite the unseasonal weather. I want to focus on one thing in today’s post, the recent announcements for teachers to return to schools in June, and the planned openings for students in August. The links below contain the details. Key […]
Head Teacher update Friday 22nd May 2020
Published on: 22 May 2020
Dear Parents/Carers I hope you are well. Thanks to those of you who have already completed the two-question survey shared in a link by Mrs Coull on the DHT update on Wednesday. Your feedback is really valued and helpful to us with the on-going development of wellbeing strategies and online learning. House teams have also […]
Head Teacher Update – Thursday, 21st May 2020
Published on: 21 May 2020
Dear parents/Carers I hope you are well. I also hope you have received and have now read the detailed DHT updates email sent yesterday afternoon. Mrs Coull’s wellbeing update also included a survey to help us with the on-going development of wellbeing and remote learning and it would be very helpful if you could take […]
Head Teacher update Wednesday 20th May 2020
Published on: 20 May 2020
Dear Parents/Carers I hope you are well. There will be the usual Wednesday DHT email update this afternoon so this morning all I want to share is that this is Mental Health Awareness Week. House Teams are promoting activities around this with students. Following on from the information I posted from Pupil Support Leaders last […]
Head Teacher update Tuesday 19th May 2020
Published on: 19 May 2020
Dear Parents/Carers I hope you are well and had a good May weekend. Our online learning resumes this morning. Please share with our young people that staff are very pleased with engagement since the change of timetable. This week it would be great if we could ensure all students accessed work and made contact with […]
