Some key points as we enter the 2 week Easter holiday;
Easter Revision – This begins next week and emails have been sent to Families from Ms Watson to those who have signed up to attend classes and receive support.
Vote for Leith! – You’ll see we feature in the Blue Coin slots in stores. Please help us support Breakfast Club that provides children with free breakfast if they need it.
With approx. 35% of children in our community living in poverty, Leith Academy Breakfast Club aims to help tackle inequality by offering free breakfast and healthy snacks to our pupils. Thank you!
STV News – We were featured on the news this week linked to some of our curriculum work based on cyber security, online safety and keeping children safe. See link of our pupils and Mrs Steele on camera New course helping pupils learn cybersecurity awareness | STV News
S6 PROM – This should now be paid, please use your Parent Pay account to settle any outstanding balance.
S6 Breakfast morning – Our S4 and S5 study leave begins on Wednesday 23rd April at 3.16pm. Our S6 final day is Thursday 24th April, for your info these are some guide times –
-9.30am S6 arrive
-10am breakfast morning (clubhouse)
-10.40am theatre for farewell speeches
-11am close and depart to study leave
Raising Teens with confidence – Recommended for parents and carers of children aged p6/p7 and high school. These sessions are often very positively received by Parents, see details below;
Craigteninny Community Centre 9 Loaning Rd, Edinburgh EH7 6JE
May 14th, 21st, 28th, and June 4th, 11th,18th 2025 – 6.00pm-8.00pm
P7 Rugby Festival – We had over 500 youngsters from P7’s across Leith and wider city yesterday for a brilliant day of activity. Well done to all involved, especially our excellent U14 Girls Team who were the coaches / referees for the tournament.
Future of Seafield in young hands – We had City planners in yesterday with our S3’s providing some excellent pupil voice on what features they would like to see in the newly planned waterfront area. Thanks to Nicole for pulling this together.
Family Easter activities – The council has a dedicated page on their website to support Families…..
https://www.edinburgh.gov.uk/family-activities/whats-families-holidays There is a page dedicated to providing a list of free and low-cost activities to do in the run up to and during the Spring school holidays on the Family Holiday Activities page on the Edinburgh council website.
Support for Parents & Carers – The Support for Families webpages are a comprehensive one stop shop to explore services and supports available for families. It includes sections on financial support, ASN support, parenting support and much more. There is a link on the school website. Please click here for information – Support for families – The City of Edinburgh Council
Hoping all have a great Easter break and we will see all young Leithers return in our Leith Academy School uniform ready to learn on Tuesday 22nd April 2025 for an 8.30am start.
