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29th June - The City Council held a community consultation meeting recently on the proposal for a partial decant to Darroch School site during the JGHS Building replacement project. A newsletter was also sent home via pupils, confirming that the Scottish Futures Trust will release the funds for the new school project in financial year 2014-15. The local authority has already set aside funds to start the project, so the consultation for decant looks at relocating S4-S6 in time for building work to start Jan 2013. In our response to the City Council, we are supportive of the general proposal and confident that the School Management Team is working to ensure minimum disruption to learning and teaching throughout. However, we have stressed that the transfer to Darroch should be planned to take place over the summer break (June 2012) as it would be far too disruptive to carry out at any other time.

15th June - The Children & Families Department has issued a consultation document about the proposed decant and have asked the Parent Council for comments. Please send any responses to Ann Henderson via the School Council e-mail address (at bottom of page) by 26 June.

Further information on the rebuild is on the Buildings Renewal Page.

June Newsletter

A School Council Newsletters was issued in the middle of June. Click here to view it. You can find all the previous Newsletters via the link at the top of the page.

News:

Booksale Sat 26th June!

On the last Saturday of term, we ran a booksale in the School Library, with past papers and revision guides. It was a great success, despite the short notice, and we raised £175 for School Council Events group funds, which will find its way back into school for small projects and grants. Parents and students also received a percentage from their sales. Thank you to all who donated books. We will continue collecting, and run another sale during the Senior School parent consultation evenings in the autumn. If you wish to donate, either contact the School Council direct, or leave at School Reception, clearly labelled with your own contact details. Thank you!

Session dates for the coming year (2010-2011) have been amended to include an additional 'in-service's day for staff to take forward Curriculum for Excellence. Therefore students resume on THURSDAY 19TH AUGUST.

full details here.

Edinburgh School Budget Cuts

Letter sent 09 Feb 10 from Ann Henderson, Chair of the School Council to local councillors with replies received so far.

Budget - The Children and Families Budget 2010 - 2013 as presented by the City Council Resources Manager

Minutes of Meeting - Minutes from the meeting on 16 December 2009

Letter to Edinburgh Council - Letter from JCHS Council to Gillian Tee, Director of Children and Families

Parents Letter - Suggested Letter for Parents to send to Local Councillors

Please let the School Council know if you have any views that you wish us to include in our meetings with councillors, City Council, and with other Parent Councils. Thanks.

School heating system - Boiler replacement work to commence

The City Council has advised us of the schedule for some work on the outdated heating system. It will be timed to avoid disruption to exams.

This is earlier than the initial reports, and it appears that the Council has responded to submissions from the School and from parents.

Click here to view letter.

OTHER LINKS

Video - introduction to a parent toolkit launched by Learning Teaching Scotland in January.

CfE Conference - Presentation given by Karen Prophet, Curriculum for Excellence Strategic Lead at City of Edinburgh Council, at the Parents Conference in September. There is also a list of FAQs and a link to the Learning and Teaching website.

AGM - agenda, treasurer's report and other background information from the Annual General Meeting in October, which included a session on the school rebuilding programme.

FACE - Newsletter produced by Edinburgh City Council for Families and Children in Edinburgh (FACE), which any parent can sign up to receive directly.

Starting Secondary School - A leaflet for parents of children starting in S1.

Dress Code - Points raised during and following a School Council meeting about the School Dress Code.

Health Questionnaire: - A health questionnaire was sent to each family in October 2007. This report summarises the main findings.