As we reach the September long weekend here are some updates for Families from the last week at Leith Academy;
Mentors in Violence Prevention, MVP – We held two great training sessions (see pic) on this important work, led by Mrs Simpson, Ms Allan et al. See update below;
The MVP training days went well again. We have 47 mentors in total this year, 21 returning S6 mentors and 26 new mentors. The plan now is for groups to prepare for their S1 and S2 session delivery at the end of the month/beginning of October. This is important work, see their website here New Mentors in Violence Prevention (MVP) resource | News | Education Scotland
Date for S4,5,6 Parents – Our ‘How to pass your qualifications’ evening is always a busy event. See email sent from Ms Watson to Families about our event on 22nd September starting at 6.30pm.
Family learning event – See poster and email sent to S1 and S2 Families. This is a popular event every year.
Upcoming dates / visits – We have been approached by several ministers for visits based on the ongoing work we are doing to support our community of Leith, for info just now with more details to follow;
-22nd Sept we welcome Miles Briggs MSP
-23rd Sept we welcome Foysol Choudhury MSP linked to Skills work with Ch4
-25th Sept we welcome Jenny Gilruth Cabinet Secretary for Education, linked to the skills work we are doing
-26th Sept we welcome Cllr James Dalgleish, Education Convenor for Edinburgh Council linked to our LGBTQ Gold Charter award
We will keep all updated on each event and hope the young people involved in meeting them enjoy the experiences.
Trip – Igniting change – On the theme of societal agency and young people having a voice, we had several youngsters at the Corn Exchange to discuss steps we can take around Fireworks, Bonfires, Anti social themes and Blue light services to try and make them safe and enjoyable events for all. Important work for our young adults to be involved in. See picture.
S1 Teambuilding – We had a super S1 Teambuilding event led by our Pupil support team. The events are liked to our Leith Skills for Life and our S1’s certainly demonstrated them throughout the day.
Hoping you all have an enjoyable long weekend and we will see our young people in Leith uniform ready to learn on Tuesday.
