Author: Royal Mile Primary School

I am sure many of you have been trying out some of the activities on the grids shared this week.

This site from the Royal British Legion has lots of information about the events leading up to V.E Day and the national and international events planned to mark the 75th anniversary. I especially like how they remind us that working together and helping each other then made all the difference, and that by doing this now we can beat the coronavirus and stay safe.

https://www.britishlegion.org.uk/get-involved/remembrance/remembrance-events/ve-day-75

Edinburgh Evening News have also been in touch to say that they are publishing a series of articles about VE Day this week.

We would love to hear about and see what you try this week, so please remember that you can comment on blogs, send us an email to admin@royalmile.edin.sch.uk or Twitter!!

Can I also pass on my good wishes to families observing Ramadan during this month.

Take care, stay safe and be kind to each other. – – – .-. …/ .- – – . … … .- – .

Dear everyone,

I hope that you are well. I am missing all of you and we, the school staff team, are always thinking about you.

These certainly are unprecedented times and as we move forward into the final term of this academic year we are having to be inventive and creative in ways we never imagined!

The Royal Mile Staff have been amazing. We have followed some pretty sharp learning curves and done pretty well! I know you will join me in thanking our staff for the support they have been providing in person in the Hub schools and online in the Blogs and posts.

There are some really important life events coming up for our young people. Transitions from one year stage to the next for everyone. For our Primary 7 pupils that means moving on to High School and the move from nursery to primary school for younger children. We don’t know just now what that will look like but we are already planning and thinking about how we can make it as supportive and enjoyable as possible. These are important milestones and we will be marking them in some way. Something unique and special to Royal Mile just as every year!

We are also looking at reporting to you all at the end of session and what that will look like this year. We will be following the guidance of the Scottish Government, Education Scotland and City Of Edinburgh Council as we move forward with this.

It is very important that we all keep in touch and make sure we are able to be in contact. Please email and let us know if you change any of your details. If you are in touch with other families and they are not getting messages from us – maybe ask them to email us new addresses or telephone numbers to admin@royalmile.edin.sch.uk

Thank you for your patience and understanding as we all work together at this challenging time. Please take care, be kind to each other and stay safe and well.

Nicola Jessop

I wanted to say thank you to everyone who sent me a joke – Julia in P4 sent me lots – and send one back to you!

‘My mum said I would never be able to make a car out of spaghetti! She was shocked when I drove PASTA! hahahahahaha

I have seen some fantastic pictures of arts and crafts people have been doing, and often using recycled materials like Anwen in P6. I have also enjoyed learning about orang-utan from Miss Brunner. In my garden just now we have a fox who visits and so I thought I would share this link to a story about Gaspard the Fox featuring Peter the Cat https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=CR9Crv7DGbc and social distancing. This link shows you how to make a Gaspard of your own https://youtu.be/PyUNbIGAr4I.