The City of Edinburgh Council has announced more arrangements for pupils who do not have a school to go to following closure of some school buildings.
On their website they have announced arrangements for pupils at Craigour Park Primary School:
Pupils should arrive at school at 8:45am on Friday 15 April where they will be met by staff at the Astroturf.
Class groups will then either
- walk, accompanied by staff, to their alternative school
- be escorted to buses.
All children will return to the school and should be collected from the Astroturf at 12:25pm.
Buses will pick up children for the Childcare Connections After School Club from Craigour Park Primary. Parents should contact the After School Club for collection arrangements.
We will provide free lunches for all pupils.
There will be no nursery on Friday and we will update you when we have confirmed details for next week.
On Tuesday 19 April, all pupils should attend at 8:45am.
P1 and P2 should be collected at 2:30pm and P3-P7 at 3:05pm.
Full details of all contingency plans for Craigour Park Primary School are here.
For Craigroyston Primary School there are arrangements for a return to school on Friday:
All Craigroyston Primary pupils should report to Craigroyston Community High School on Friday 15 April. Report to the main entrance where you will be met by Craigroyston Primary staff.
Castleview Primary pupils will be relocated to Castlebrae Community High School from Tuesday 19 April.
For pupils of Rowanfield School there are arrangements for tomorrow and Friday:
Pupils will be based at Pilton Youth and Children’s Project on Thursday and Friday this week.
We will provide free lunches for all pupils on both days.
Transport will be provided by children’s normal providers.
Details for next week will be confirmed as soon as possible.
For the pupils of Braidburn School there are alternative arrangements in place :
Pupils will relocate to five locations from Friday 15 April. These are
- Redhall School
- Oaklands School
- St Augustine’s High School
- Barnardos Caern Project
- Hillview Residential Centre.
Staff will contact parents directly to update them on the arrangements for their child.
Transport arrangements are being put in place that will allow children to be taken directly from their homes to their host schools.
For pupils at The Royal High School there are arrangements for some more pupils to return:
S3 students should return to school tomorrow Thursday 14 April at 9:40am and at normal start time on Friday.
S4 to S6 students returned today.
Please report to the old front door beside the assembly hall. Do not try to enter through any other entrances.
An update for S1 and S2 students will follow later this week.
For pupils of Gracemount High there are arrangements for older pupils first:
S4 to S6 students are to report to Liberton High School’s main hall at 9:30am on Wednesday 13 April. They will be met by Mr Hunter and his leadership team.
We will provide free lunches.
More details of transport etc here.
For Firrhill High School these are the plans:
S3 students will return to school tomorrow and should report to the Assembly Hall at 9:30am.
S4 to S6 students returned today (Wednesday 13 April).
An update for S1 and S2 students will follow later this week.
For Drummond Community High School pupils the arrangements are simply to go back to their own school:
All pupils should return to school tomorrow
- S1-S3 students should report to the concourse at 9am.
- S4 to S6 students returned today.
Arrangements about lunches here.
Some pupils of Craigmount High School will be moved to Tynecastle
S4 to S6 students should attend Tynecastle High School tomorrow (Thursday 14 April) at the following times
- S5 and S6 – 9am
- S4 – 10am
Students should report to the main entrance on McLeod Street, where senior staff will direct them to the hall. You should wear school uniform and bring books, jotters and equipment.
We will update you on S1 to S3 later in the week.
More details on transport etc here.
The council says they are working closely with the SQA about practical exams:
All practical exams that were due to take place this week have been postponed and will be rearranged.
We will update students when we have more information.
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