STARTING P1 AUGUST 2021
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New School Canaan Lane
As you may know, a new school will open at Canaan Lane in our neighbourhood in August 2022. This new school is the new catchment school for some families in our school community. Full details can be found on the Council website at New south Edinburgh primary school on Canaan Lane – The City of Edinburgh Council
A new name is to be chosen for this school and all of the relevant school communities have been asked to give their views on this new name. Please see the message below from the City of Edinburgh Council manager responsible for this.
There has been a lot of discussion with the Education Committee Convenor and Vice Convenor and interest from other local elected members in the process.
To date, as a result of these discussions, 3 potential names for the school have emerged. These are:
1. Canaan Lane Primary School – the reason for this choice is self-explanatory due to the name of the road where the school is being constructed.
2. Falcon Hall Primary School – this name has been chosen as the land the new school is being built on was once part of the Falcon Hall estate which has led to lots of the local streets and the play park using the “Falcon” name.
3. Saroj Lal Primary School – please see the information below provided by Vineet Lal (Saroj’s son) which covers the reasons for the option being included. Further information is also available on the school website:
You should note that we have ruled out North Morningside Primary School as a potential name due to the administrative difficulties created by having schools with similar names.
If any parent or child in our school community would like to vote on the name they prefer, or suggest another name, please do so HERE. I will then pass this information to the senior manager responsible.
Once city council receive any further suggestion, it will finalise the options to be put into a preference survey with the Convenor and Vice Convenor. The intention is that the survey will run for the first couple of weeks at the start of the new session in August and we will provide further details then on how everyone can vote for their preference.
Further information on Saroj Lal, provided by her son. More detailed information about Saroj Lal and the work that she did can also be found on the school website.
SAROJ LAL: A LOCAL MORNINGSIDE STORY AN EDINBURGH ICON A SCOTTISH ROLE MODEL
Saroj Lal was a leading figure in Edinburgh and Scotland during the 1970s, 80s and 90s, fighting against racism, injustice and discrimination. She defended the rights of black, Asian and elderly people, and fought for equality for women and refugees. She helped communities to learn English, and minority group children to learn their mother tongue, traditional music and dance. She worked with many people to help her do this – the government, the immigration department, the local council, the police, schools, libraries, hospitals, prisons, social workers, charities, churches, temples and mosques. She even took a lonely patient all the way back to India to reunite him with his parents. It was in her nature. Saroj battled hard for things to change and improve, and she made life better for so many children and their families. Right here, in our city.
Saroj Lal Primary School_SCHOOL INFORMATION PACK 10.06.21
Below you can find updated Parent and Carer Programmes, Activities and Groups in South Central Edinburgh and Liberton/Gilmerton Edinburgh, running from January – June 2019.
PACS Booklet South East South Central Jan 2019
PACS Booklet South East Lib Gil Jan 2019
All updated Programme, Activities and Group booklets for each area of Edinburgh can be downloaded from www.edinburgh.gov.uk/pacs
All Parenting Programmes are regularly updated and are listed at www.joininedinburgh.org/parenting-programmes
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Growth Mindset (Carol Dweck) General Information:
Standard,Quality and Improvement Plan
Phase 2 of the rollout of a 20miles per hour (mph) speed limit goes live on 28 February 2017. The second phase is the largest construction phase in the scheme stretching from Granton to Portobello, Duddingston to Morningside, Gorgie to Murrayfield.
You can find out if your street is changing to 20mph by checking our interactive map.
The introduction of the new 20mph limit relies on signage and road markings alone. Existing speed humps or other traffic calming will remain unchanged. Larger 20mph signs will mark the entrance and exit of a 20mph area where the speed limit changes. These signs will be supplemented by smaller repeater signs or road markings with speed limit roundels.
While many cities in the UK, Europe and beyond have already brought in 20mph (or 30km), Edinburgh is the first city in Scotland to roll out 20mph limits in this way, with many other areas, including East Lothian, keen to bring in slower speeds.
Slower speeds bring many benefits to places and people. They help to reduce the risk and severity of collisions, encourage people to walk and cycle and spend more time in an area. The project extends 20mph speed limits to approximately 80% of Edinburgh’s streets, while retaining a network of roads at 30mph and 40mph on key arterial routes.
Further information is also available on the Council’s website at http://www.edinburgh.gov.uk/20mph and on our Facebook page at http://www.facebook.com/edin20mph
Regards
20mph Team
