Welcome to Hillwood Primary School’s website!

A wee goodbye message from Mrs Higgins

 

When the teachers get in on chocolate fun week….

 

Teachers can enjoy chocolate fun week too! pic.twitter.com/nxYmPG9zGW

— Hillwood Primary (@HillwoodPS) June 25, 2020

Hillwood Primary virtual tours and welcome to your new class

Please have a look at the amazing virtual tours that the class teachers have made for you. We hope you enjoy them.

 

 

Nursery to Primary 1 Transition information

Please see our two presentations with voiceover information. These replace our normal meeting we would have in school and contain the same information. Please have a look at both presentations. After that if you have any specific questions please use the link below to a form where you can send them to us.

https://forms.office.com/Pages/ResponsePage.aspx?id=af6sSGo3tUKfacnke7-5xG2rjL0myHtLlS4vv9g6s6pURDFDOUVGVThGTUtOWU1STUU4NEJYQ0hWUy4u

Transition 2020 presentation

 

play based presentation P1 transition

 

Click the link below for important information for nursery parents who have children moving into P1.

parent_carer 07052020

 

 

Happy #SchoolUniformDay! We hope you are joining over 60 schools across the city who are taking part in wearing our school uniform as we home learn today? Do share photos with us!We can’t wait to see you.

#stayconnected

 

 

At Hillwood we work hard with our parents, pupils and staff to create a warm and welcoming environment where pupils can learn and grow.  Hillwood is a fantastic place to learn and work. As a former P7 pupil said we are “A small school with a big heart!” Our school community is proud of this statement and live up to it daily. To find out more about Hillwood Primary and what is happening this term, please explore our website, follow us on Twitter @HillwoodPS or use the ‘Contact Us’ section of the website to get in touch.

I look forward to seeing you soon.

Carol Morwood

Head Teacher

Please scroll down to read Hillwood’s latest news!

COVID 19 and school closures

If you have any questions or queries please contact us at:

admin@hillwood.edin.sch.uk

We will get back to you as soon as possible.

Coronavirus

Please be assured that we are currently following Scottish government advice and guidance. We look forward to seeing the children at school until we are told otherwise. Please see below for current updates:

CORONAVIRUS: Please refer to the NHS Scotland website for information:
http://www.nhsinform.scot/illnesses-and-conditions/infections-and-poisoning/coronavirus-covid-19
For updates please visit: http://www.gov.scot/coronavirus-covid-19

Winter Respiratory illness – advice

Key advice for parents and carers from NHS Lothian:
In the home the risk of catching or spreading flu/cold like illness can be reduced by:
• Regular hand washing with liquid soap and running water
• Covering nose and mouth when coughing or sneezing
• Using a disposable paper tissue, disposed off immediately after use.
• You can teach your child to sneeze into the ‘crook’ of their arm rather than their hands, if they don’t have a tissue. https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=mQINuSTP1jI
• Good general cleaning of surface that everyone touches often e.g. TV remote, light switches, door handles, toilet flushes and tap heads.
• https://www.nhsinform.scot/illnesses-and-conditions/infections-and-poisoning/common-cold
• https://www.nhsinform.scot/illnesses-and-conditions/infections-and-poisoning/flu
Children should not return to school until completely well and 48 hours after symptoms have stopped.

World Book Day – more ideas!

World Book Day – Thursday 7th March

We are all looking forward to our ‘Big Booky Breakfast’ and other book related activities on World Book Day. We are encouraging children to think of unusual places to read their favourite books. Look at where our staff were reading on Friday afternoon!

Fire Skills training with Smart Play Network

Mrs Higgins and Mrs Lessels spent a really productive morning yesterday at fire skills training. They were making popcorn, muffins in orange skins and bread on sticks. They are now going to bring those skills back to nursery! Thank you to the Smart Play network for another great session.

African dance and drumming workshops

What an amazing afternoon P4-7 had with Phil from ABC Creative music learning African drumming. We are looking forward to the next session on 4th March. 

Harvest Drive – road closure

Please note that from Monday 14th January for 2-3 weeks there will be essential roadworks taking place on Harvest Drive. This will mean that Harvest Drive will remain closed during this time. We have been in touch with the bus company so that they are aware of this. If you use this route to get to school you either need to go along the A8 to the airport or look for alternative places to park and walk through to the school. Please click on the link to open the map. cec – harvest drive, newbridge – road closure – tbc 14th jan 19 (3 week…

Hour of Code

P6/7 spent a fun-filled afternoon at Craigmount High School for an Hour of Code where they wrote their own dance algorithms for Marty the Robot using Scratch software. They also enjoyed learning how to write code using ‘Code Monkey’. The children proved that Hillwood has plenty of budding computing talent so watch this space!

Christmas Fair

Thank you to everyone who helped make Hillwood’s Christmas Fair a huge success. It was fantastic to welcome members of the community through our doors to enjoy home bakes, face painting, tombola, children’s crafts and much more. The event has already raised an incredible amount of money which will fund a trip to the panto for the whole school!