August 21, 2026 by paulewinglps

Weekly Newsletter 21st August 2026

This week at Liberton Primary

This week our P7s have been at Benmore Residential Outdoor Centre. Despite it being a very rainy week, they have had a wonderful time gorge walking, climbing, abseiling, kayaking and more.
Another group of P7s stayed in Edinburgh and had a great time in school and around the city, including a trip to the National Museum of Scotland and even a sneaky visit to Costa.
On Thursday our P1s had their first assembly experience and learned two new songs.
Also on Thursday P5b began their block of swimming lessons at Gracemount Leisure Centre.

Coming up

On Monday our Treetops Library will start for our P4 to P7 pupils. Thank you to the volunteers from the LPSA who support this brilliant resource for our children.
On Tuesday our P4 classes will be taking part in Light Lab Workshops in school.
On Thursday our Assembly for P4-7 will introduce our first Building Resilience unit of the year: Respect Yourself.
Also on Thursday P5B will continue their swimming lessons.
On Friday musicians from Tinderbox will be in school promoting free violin lessons at Craigmillar Library and the free music club and instrument loan at Moredun Library.

Curriculum Evening/Meet the Teacher Evening Tuesday 1^st September 6.30pm to 8pm

Please see the email with information on our Curriculum Evening/Meet the Teacher event on the 1^st September. We look forward to welcoming all our families then.

Mr McGee

On Tuesday Mr McGee spent his last day working at Liberton Primary School after 35 years. He is returning to the school on September 3^rd for a special assembly where we will be able to say thank you for his service to our school community and wish him the very best for his retirement.

Football Coaches wanted

Following last week’s newsletter thank you to parents who have put themselves forward to coach our P5 and P7 teams. We are still looking for parents interested in coaching our P4s and P6s. Opportunities are available to school teams to take part in Saturday morning friendly fixtures throughout the year and to do this we need parent coaches to work with the team and to make arrangements for the matches. If you are interested, please get in touch to discuss details.

Reminders

Flu Vaccination Forms: Vaccination forms were sent home with children this week (P7 pupils will bring theirs home next week). If you would like your child to have the vaccination in school, completed forms should be returned by Friday 28^th August. The NHS team will be collecting the forms on Monday 31^st August.

Toys: Children should not bring toys into school as it can cause upset when they are lost or used by others. This includes resin animal toys.

Make-up: Children should not wear make-up in school.

Car Park: A reminder that disabled spaces in the car park should only be used by blue badge holders. Please do not park on the double yellow lines or block access to Inch View Care Home. All other families should access the school through the gates on Gilmerton Road, Glenallan Drive and Inch Park.

KIC Forms/Annual Data Checks/Photo Permission Forms: Forms have been sent home with your child this week. Please complete and return the forms to school as soon as possible to ensure we have up to date information on file.

Would you like to work in a school?

The City of Edinburgh Council currently has vacancies for Supply Pupil Support Assistants and Pupil Support Workers. See the links below. The adverts close on 26^th August

PSA: https://myjobscotland.gov.uk/councils/city-edinburgh-council/jobs/supply-pupil-support-assistant-primary-secondary-city-wide-483832

PSW: https://myjobscotland.gov.uk/councils/city-edinburgh-council/jobs/supply-pupil-support-worker-special-schools-city-wide-483836

Scripture Union Club

The Rock is a Scripture Union club run by parents for children in P6&7. It meets at school on Thursday lunchtimes 12.20-13.05 in the huts and involves fun, activities, games, drama, craft, stories, and a chance to explore the Bible. It’s very informal, and children can come along every week, or whenever it suits them. Children require parental permission to attend – forms will be available for the children in class next week. For more information, e-mail Graeme Shanks at graeme@bruntsfield.org.uk

On Saturday 22nd August, 11am–2pm, Gracemount Mansion Gardens will be hosting a FREE Summer Garden Party – a relaxed, joyful event for the whole community, with no booking required.

This is a wonderful opportunity for local families to come together at the end of the summer, enjoy the outdoors, try something new and feel connected to their community.

There is something for everyone – from toddlers to grandparents, from the sporty to the creative, from the sociable to those who simply want a peaceful couple of hours in a beautiful garden.

We believe in the power of community – in neighbours knowing neighbours, children playing together, and everyone feeling they have a place where they belong. This event is a celebration of exactly that, and we’d love your families to be part of it.

We would be very grateful if you could share this with your families through your newsletters, social media channels or notice boards. A digital flyer is attached here.

Practical details:

📅 Saturday 22nd August 🕔 11am – 2pm 📍 Gracemount Mansion Gardens, Top of Gracemount House Drive, EH16 6FD ✨ Completely free | All ages | All welcome | No booking required

Mindroom – Support Group for Parents

We are happy to share that Mindroom will be restarting the monthly online Parent and Carer Peer Support group for Edinburgh parents and carers of neurodivergent children.

Our sessions are to help parents and carers share their knowledge and lived experience of supporting neurodivergent children. Each session will have a theme where parents and carers will have the opportunity to chat, to share strategies, anecdotes and what they have found useful.

The group will be facilitated by Ellen Cowan (Parent and Carer Support Specialist) and Pauline Hamilton (Parent and Carer Support Specialist).

Please find attached our flyer for you to share with any parents and carers you feel may be interested, and this includes details of how they can sign up to the group. The first group is on Thursday 10th September at 10.30-11.30am.

Updated Incredible Years 2.0 programme

This latest version incorporates refreshed materials, activities, and resources designed to better support today’s families. The session includes updated videos, handouts, and practical tools. The programme runs over 14 weeks and is evidence based, supporting parents and carers of children 3-5 years to build positive relationships and develop strategies to support emotional regulation.

Applications can be submitted online via the Incredible Years Application . These can be completed directly by parents and carers.

Where and when

Goodtrees Neighbourhood Centre

5 Moredunvale Place, EH17 7LB

Day: Thursdays

Time: 10am – 12pm

Dates: 22 October 2026 – 11 February 2027 (term-time)

Cameron House Community Centre

34 Prestonfield Avenue, EH16 5EU

Day: Mondays

Time: 12.30 – 2.30pm

Dates: 21 September 2026 – 8 February 2027 (term-time)

August 14, 2026 by paulewinglps

Weekly Newsletter 14th August 2026

Welcome back to a new school year. It has been wonderful to see everyone after the summer holidays. The children are all looking fabulous in their school uniform and have come back ready and enthusiastic for learning. We are particularly delighted to welcome our wonderful new P1 pupils who have made a brilliant start to their time in school.

This week at Liberton Primary

Thank you to our staff team who spent Monday and Tuesday (as well as time during the holidays) preparing for the new term. As well as making sure our school building was ready to welcome everyone, our staff also spent time on further developing our plans for this year to support pupils across the school.
On Wednesday we welcomed our pupils from Primary 1 to Primary 7 back to school.
On Thursday we had our first assembly of the year for P2 to P7 and shared some of our plans for the year with the children
Also on Thursday our P4 and P5 pupils had a workshop with our cello and violin teachers to see if they would be interested in learning an instrument.

Coming up

All next week many of our P7s will be attending Benmore Residential Outdoor Centre. I’m sure they will have a brilliant time, and we are looking forward to hearing their stories when they get back. Thank you to the staff who volunteer their time to provide this additional opportunity for our pupils.
There will also be a group of P7s doing lots of great activities in school and around Edinburgh.
On Thursday P5b will begin their block of swimming lessons at Gracemount Leisure Centre.

Curriculum Evening/Meet the Teacher Evening Tuesday 1^st September 6.30pm to 8pm

Please see the email with information on our Curriculum Evening/Meet the Teacher event on the 1^st September. We look forward to welcoming all our families then.

Football Coaches wanted

Opportunities are available to school teams to take part in Saturday morning friendly fixtures throughout the year. To do this we need parent coaches to work with the team and to make arrangements for the matches. At the moment we require coaches for P4, P5 and P6. If you are interested please get in touch to discuss details. Thank you to the parents who already support our P7 team as well as our Libby Lightning girls teams.

Reminders

Labelling Clothes: Please clearly label your child’s school uniform, coats, shoes, bags, water bottles etc. If items are labelled it is very easy to get these lost or forgotten items back to your child. We do have a lost property section in the reception area where non-labelled items are displayed.

Make-up: Children should not wear make-up in school.

Medication: If your child requires medication in school, please come to reception at drop off or pick up time to complete the relevant forms and hand in any medication.

Scripture Union Club

Starting this Thursday!!! The Rock is a Scripture Union club run by parents for children in P6&7. It meets at school on Thursday lunchtimes 12.20-13.05 in the huts and involves fun, activities, games, drama, craft, stories, and a chance to explore the Bible. It’s very informal, and children can come along every week, or whenever it suits them. Children require parental permission to attend – forms will be available for the children in class next week. For more information, e-mail Graeme Shanks at graeme@bruntsfield.org.uk

June 25, 2026 by paulewinglps

Transition information photobooks

To help pupils and families prepare for a new class next year, Mrs Osborne our Pupil Wellbeing Teacher, has made a photobook for each of the new classes in our school, with photos of their classroom, key areas of the school and key staff. These can be downloaded from the links below.

1A transition photobook Download

1B transition photobook Download

2-3 transition photobook Download

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2B transition photobook Download

3A transition photobook Download

3B transition photobook Download

4A transition photobook Download

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5A transition photobook Download

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June 19, 2026 by paulewinglps

Weekly Newsletter 19th June 2026

This week at Liberton Primary

Our P6s have had a brilliant Activity Week including a fabulous trip rock-climbing at the EICA in Ratho, they also got involved in lots of activities in school including crafting, volleyball and judo.
On Tuesday P4 had their final Seasonal Walk of the year, looking for signs of summer, thank you to all the parents who have helped on these trips over the year.
Also on Tuesday, our P3A children had their final session at Forest Schools and our Young Carers group loved their visit to Costa Coffee for their end of term celebration.
On Wednesday we had our Meet the Teacher sessions for pupils getting ready for next year, which this time also included video calls from the USA and Australia.
On Thursday World Cup Fever overtook our assembly for P4 to P7 as we played out the tournament using rock/paper/scissors. In the end Sweden ran out victors of the Liberton World Cup after a very close final with Cape Verde. (Unfortunately Scotland did not make it to the play off stage. Fingers crossed our real team will do better!)
Also on Thursday our School Choir were at the Usher Hall to take part in the Big Sing. It was a fabulous event and the children sang beautifully.
Today we welcomed back our P7s from their High School Transition Days and celebrated our Nursery Class graduation where the children sang beautifully for their families.

Coming up

On Monday we will have our last Headteacher Forum meeting of the year and will be discussing our plans to add new playground equipment for our children next session.
On Monday night our P7s will have their end of year celebration with a Bowling and Pizza night at the Corn Exchange.
On Tuesday we will have our final Loose Parts Play day of the year.
On Wednesday we will have our P7 Leaver’s Assembly at 1.45pm. We look forward to welcoming the families of our P7s to share in the celebration.
Our community choir will be performing their Summer Concert on Thursday at 3:30 p.m. All members of our school community are very welcome to attend.
Friday will be the last day of our school year, and we will celebrate with a final assembly in the morning before piping our P7 children out of the school at 12pm. After school many of P7s will take part in their traditional foam fight. Please note that children from other year groups should not take part in this as it is part of the P7s celebration.
All children will be dismissed at 12pm on Friday as we begin our summer holidays.

Mrs Mills

Next week we say a very fond farewell to Mrs Trish Mills, our Early Years Officer who is retiring after working for the last 28 years in our Nursery Class. Trish has been a wonderful support to our school over these years and has supported literally hundreds of children through their first steps in education. I’m sure you will join me with wishing her the very best for the future.

Growing Success

Well done to P3B who have won the prestigious Mary Howie Shield from the Royal Horticultural Education Trust Lothian for their excellent work in learning about growing and farming, including growing their own potatoes, strawberries and tomatoes.

Uniform for Next Term

Over the summer lots of families will be buying new uniform for their children. Please remember that branded items with the school badge are not required and to use our LPSA uniform recycling stalls which are available at events throughout the year. Also please note that black jumpers and hoodies are for our P7 pupils only and that for children in P1-P6 all tops/jumpers/dresses/cardigans should be yellow or green. On PE days children should still wear school uniform t-shirts and tops, however they can wear black joggers on those days.

School Lunches

Pleased remember to book your child’s school dinners for August on ParentPay, by Wednesday 24^th June.

Milk

Any parents who have asked for milk for their child, please remember to pay via ParentPay by the end of term.

Medication

It is school policy to return all medication to the pupil’s home at the end of the summer term. We are able to send inhalers and creams home with children and will do this on the last day of term (Friday 26^th June). If your child has an EpiPen or medication in the form of tablets or liquids, these need to be collected from school on the last day of term.

Please be aware that any unused medication left in school will be taken to a chemist for safe disposal and new medication should be provided at the start of term in August.

If your child still requires to have medication in school next term, please bring the medication on the first day back. We will set up a table outside the front office for you to hand medication in and complete the relevant paperwork which gives us consent to administer the medication to your child.

If your child has an ongoing Health Care Plan, please keep this and bring it in at the beginning of term to be reviewed and updated.

School Crossing Patrol Vacancy

The City of Edinburgh Council are recruiting crossing patrol guides in the local area. More information can be found at School Crossing Patrol Guide – Citywide – 14939_1781020053 | City of Edinburgh Council | myjobscotland. The closing date for the vacancies is the 23^{rd of} June 2026.

Term Dates from 2027 to 2029

Please find attached the Term Dates from 2027 to 2029.

LPSA Uniform Recycling Scheme – Uniform Request Form

Our aim is to promote the recycling of uniform and make school life as sustainable as possible and so all uniform donated to the LPSA is available free of charge for anyone who could make use of it.

You’ll find the link to our online ordering form here (https://forms.gle/CzzV9pPQabMNjMiBA).

On submitting a form, the LPSA will check our donations and get in touch with you directly to let you know what we have. It couldn’t be simpler!

Bridgend Farmhouse

See the attachment for the range of activities for families at Bridgend Farmhouse this summer.

Something special is coming to Gracemount this June…

On the longest day of the year – Saturday 20th June – Gracemount Mansion Gardens will be hosting a free midsummer celebration, and we’d love you to be there.

From 5pm to 8pm, come and enjoy an evening of world-class dance, live music, free hot food, crafts and community. No tickets. No booking. Just turn up and enjoy.

Here’s what we have waiting for you:

The gardens will be alive with international dance performances – including a spectacular end-of-term showcase by the Cosmic Dance School with children and adult South Asian dancers, ECCS chinese children’s dancers, and Scottish street dancers from RMB. Watching these communities share their culture in one beautiful space on a midsummer evening is something you won’t forget.

And if that wasn’t enough, Aisling O’Dea, First Violinist, will be performing Little Black Cat Stories. A world-class musician, right here in our neighbourhood!

There will also be live music and a DJ, parkour, storytelling, science projects, nature play and workshops, seed-sharing, gardening skills, shiatsu massage, a Polaroid photo booth, flower headband making and other arts and crafts. Oh, and free hot food and drinks for everyone.

Whether you come for five minutes or stay all evening, whether you’re 5 or 85, whether you live in Gracemount or further afield, this evening is for you.

Come and be part of this beautiful community.

Saturday 20th June 5pm – 8pm Gracemount Mansion Gardens, Top of Gracemount House Drive, EH16 6FD Free | All ages | All welcome | No need to book

Support for Families from the City of Edinburgh Council

Support for families – Find a range of supports from Mental health, finance, activities, parenting supports and more. If you are unable to find something in particular, you can receive advice and signposting from the CEC Parent and Carer Support team by emailing supportingparentsandcarers@edinburgh.gov.uk

Family holiday activities – A list of free and low cost activities is brought together for the Spring, Summer and Winter holidays by the Whole Family Wellbeing Team.

Wellbeing webpages – Find a range of services and activities that support children and young people’s mental health and wellbeing. Support includes Mental health and wellbeing, youth groups and opportunities, young carers support, Training and employment support and more.

Cost of living – Find a range of support including housing and homelessness, money, bills and energy, food support, debt advice and support and benefits calculator.

Discover! – A holiday programme for low-income families that provides meals and activities for primary school-aged children and their families. to access, school make a recommendation for the family. Details are in the attached leaflet.

Dates for your diary

Monday 22^nd June – P7 Bowling Night

Wednesday 24^th June – P7 Leavers’ Assembly

Thursday 25^th June – Choir Concert 3:30 p.m.

Friday 26^th June – Term ends 12pm

June 15, 2026 by paulewinglps

Weekly Newsletter 12th June 2026

This week at Liberton Primary

It was lovely seeing so many of our families at the LPSA Summer Fair on Saturday. Thank you to the brilliant team who put the event together and to everyone who donated items and came along on the day.
On Monday our Strings and Brass musicians played brilliantly at their Summer Concert. It was lovely to hear how their skills have developed over the year.
On Thursday our Primary 7 put on two incredible performances of Madagascar: The Musical Jr. Firstly, to the school on Thursday morning and then to parents and families in the evening. The amazing talent and teamwork from the whole year stage was amazing. We are very proud of them!

Coming up

From Tuesday to Friday next week our P6s will have their activity week which will involve a range of activities including volleyball, judo, music and craft and will start with a session of rock climbing at the Edinburgh International Climbing Centre in Ratho.
Good luck to our P7s who will spend Tuesday to Thursday at their new High Schools for their Transition Days
On Tuesday P4 will have their final Seasonal Walk of the year, looking for signs of summer along the Hermitage of Braid.
Also on Tuesday, our P3A children will have their final session at Forest Schools and our Young Carers group will be visiting Costa Coffee as an end of term celebration.
On Wednesday we will have our Meet the Teacher sessions for pupils in P1 to P6 in the morning and in the afternoon we will welcome our new Primary 1 pupils for their induction session.
Wednesday will also be the last Loose Parts Play day of the year.
On Thursday our assembly will be for P4 to P7 and will be a review of the year.
On Friday we will end the week with our Nursery Class graduation.

School Crossing Patrol Vacancy

Term Dates from 2027 to 2029

Please find attached the Term Dates from 2027 to 2029.

Meal Bookings

The menu is live on ParentPay for next term. Meal bookings can now be made for August and beyond. Please ensure you book for the week we return, by Wednesday 24^th June if you would like your child to have school lunches.

Liberton Primary School Community Choir Concert

Our community choir will be performing their Summer Concert on Thursday 25^th June at 3:30 p.m. All members of our school community are very welcome to attend.

Free Tennis Lessons

See attachment for a fantastic opportunity for any pupils P3-7, who receive the Free School Meal and Uniform Grant, to come and try a week of tennis at Liberton High School the last week of the summer holidays.

Summer Event at Valley Park

Please find attached the flier for the Umbrella Hub and the Parental Employability Team’s Summer Event at Valley Park on 10 July. It promises to be a great day and there will be support for families to link in with. Also note there is a free lunch, always a draw!

CEC parent and carer survey

The Children, Education and Communities service in the Council has developed a survey for parents and carers to help consider how they shape and improve their service. Please see link to survey – Parent and Carer Survey 2026 – Fill in form. We would be delighted if you would take the time to fill out this survey and submit it by 28 June 2026. Survey information will shortly be available on our website.

Support for Families from the City of Edinburgh Council

Family holiday activities – A list of free and low cost activities is brought together for the Spring, Summer and Winter holidays by the Whole Family Wellbeing Team.

Cost of living – Find a range of support including housing and homelessness, money, bills and energy, food support, debt advice and support and benefits calculator.

Dates for your diary

Tues 16^th to Thu 18^th June – High School Transition Days

Monday 22^nd June – P7 Bowling Night

Wednesday 24^th June – P7 Leavers’ Assembly

Thursday 25^th June – Choir Concert 3:30 p.m.

Friday 26^th June – Term ends 12pm

June 5, 2026 by paulewinglps

Weekly Newsletter 5th June 2026

We look forward to seeing you all at the LPSA Summer Fair on Saturday from 11am to 1pm

This week at Liberton Primary

On Monday we had our last Libby Leaders of the session. At our Assembly on Thursday each of our groups fed back to the school on the brilliant work that they had done, ranging from making art with residents of Inch View Care Home, to organising book giveaways and promoting road safety in our community. We are very proud of all their efforts.
Today children are looking very bright as they came to school dressed up, dressed down or dressed Summery. Thank you for all the donations of items to be sold and won at the Summer Fair.
Also today P5B created beautiful artworks with plants from our local environment as part of a cyanotype printing workshop with the Every Inch Matters Orchard project.

Coming up

On Monday we will be hosting our Strings and Brass Summer Concert at 2.15pm. Families of our String and Brass players are very welcome to attend. Tickets are not required and the doors open at 2.05pm.
On Tuesday the Book Bus will be in school for P1-3.
Also on Tuesday P3A will continue their Forest Schools adventures.
On Thursday our School Nurse, Susan Cochrane-Brown will be at Liberton for a school nurse health drop in for parents/carers. Parents can drop in and chat informally about health issues and be signposted or offered advice as needed. See attached poster for information.
We are all greatly looking forward to our P7 pupils performing Madagascar: The Musical Jr, to the school on Thursday morning and to parents and families on Thursday evening (please note that the show is not suitable for children under school age to attend).

Liberton History Booklet

Well done to P4b who have created a brilliant booklet on the history of Liberton and The Inch. It is filled with interesting facts about our local community. Look out for it on sale at our School Fair tomorrow!

Meal Bookings

Liberton Primary School Community Choir Concert

Our community choir will be performing their Summer Concert on Thursday 25^th June at 3:30 p.m. All members of our school community are very welcome to attend.

Leaving Liberton Primary

Summertime can be a popular time for families to move home. If your child will not be returning to Liberton Primary after the Summer, can you please let us know so that we can make arrangements. Many thanks.

CEC parent and carer survey

Support for Families from the City of Edinburgh Council

Family holiday activities – A list of free and low cost activities is brought together for the Spring, Summer and Winter holidays by the Whole Family Wellbeing Team.

Cost of living – Find a range of support including housing and homelessness, money, bills and energy, food support, debt advice and support and benefits calculator.

Discover/Active Schools Summer Camp

In partnership with Discover, Active Schools are once again running a Multi Sports Summer Camp in the 1^stand 6^th week of the holidays @ GRACEMOUNT HIGH SCHOOL;

**PLEASE NOTE THE CHANGE IN DAYS & TIMES FROM PREVIOUS CAMPS**

WEEK 1 = 30^th June – 2^nd July from 9am to 2pm (3 Days)

WEEK 6 = 4^th August – 6^th August from 9am to 2pm (3 Days)

The structure of each day is as follows:

9am – 9.45am – Registration & Breakfast (Parents can stay for breakfast with children or can leave)

9.45 – 9.50am – Get ready for activities (Any parents depart and children move to hall for first sports activities)

9.50 – 10.50am – Activity 1

10.55 – 11.55am – Activity 2

12.00 – 12.45pm – Lunch

12.50 – 1.50pm – Activity 3

2.00pm – Finish & Pick Up

RECOMMENDATION CRITERIA

Discover is a programme developed to support families in poverty or at risk of poverty. Many of these families may meet one or more of the following criteria:

family struggling to meet basic necessities (food, shelter, fuel, clothing, utilities or toiletries)
meet criteria for both free school meals & school clothing grant
school have made a recommendation for family to food bank and/ or school uniform bank in the past 6 months
family living in temporary accommodation
receiving means tested social security benefits

Families can contact Mrs Osborne at Liberton Primary for more information.

Liberton and District Community Council – New member needed

Our Local Community Council is looking a volunteer to join for the next 3 years. The only qualification is that the person lives in our catchment.

Details of what the role entails can be seen in this link

St Mary’s Episcopal Cathedral Children’s Come and Sing Event

St Mary’s Episcopal Cathedral in Edinburgh are hosting a Children’s Come and Sing event on Friday 19^th June for children in P3-P7. This is always a very popular event so we ask anyone interested to sign up as soon as possible to avoid disappointment. The afternoon will start at 2pm with an informal performance for parents at 4pm. https://www.cathedral.net/event-details-registration/childrens-come-and-sing-st-marys-2

Dates for your diary

Saturday 6^th June – LPSA Summer Fair 11am -1pm

Monday 8^th June – Strings and Brass Concert 2.15pm

Thursday 11^th June – P7 Show – Madagascar Jr

Tues 16^th to Thu 18^th June – High School Transition Days

Monday 22^nd June – P7 Bowling Night

Wednesday 24^th June – P7 Leavers’ Assembly

Thursday 25^th June – Choir Concert 3:30 p.m.

Friday 26^th June – Term ends 12pm

May 29, 2026 by paulewinglps

Weekly Newsletter 29th May 2026

This week at Liberton Primary

On Monday our P5 classes had a great time visiting Bannockburn as a follow up to their Scottish history work this term.
Thank you to the parents who joined us for the Liberton Primary School Association meeting on Monday night.
On Tuesday we had an excellent Sports Day for P1 to P7. It was lovely to see children both collaborating and competing in such a positive spirit and in such lovely weather. Thank you to all our families who turned out to support.
On Wednesday the children greatly enjoyed the production of Pinocchio from M&M Theatre Company.
On Thursday our P6s showed off their amazing artwork at the Creative Connections showcase event at the Fruitmarket Gallery. As a celebration of our partnership with the Fruitmarket the work that the children have been doing with our Artist in Residence has been given a full gallery-quality display. The exhibition is on all weekend and is free to visit, so if you are in town, please do check it out.
On Thursday our assembly launched our Building Resilience – Take a Moment topic for our younger year groups. We spent some time doing some quiet breathing and also some very energetic dancing.
Today P5A took part in a fabulous cyanotype printing workshop as part of the Every Inch Matters Orchard project. They used plants from Inch Park to create beautiful pictures which we will display in school.

Coming up

On Monday we will have the last Libby Leaders of the session. Our many groups have done brilliant work this year across a huge range of activities to develop our sustainability work in school.
On Tuesday P3A will continue their Forest School adventure
On Thursday our assembly for P4-7 will be a chance for all our groups to share how they have been able to Make a Difference to their school, local community and the world through their Libby Leaders work.
On Friday children can come to school dressed up, dressed down or dressed Summery in anticipation of our LPSA Summer Fair. Donation items can be brought in to be sold and won at the fair’s tombola/raffle.
Also on Friday it will be the turn of P5B to be taking part in cyanotype printing workshops as part of the Every Inch Matters Orchard project.
We are looking forward to seeing you all at the LPSA School Fair on Saturday 6^th June from 11am to 1pm. Volunteers are still needed to cover stalls if you can spare an hour or two during the fair please get in touch by email lpsa.communications@gmail.com

Meal Bookings

School Car Park

A reminder not to park on the double yellow lines in our school park as this prevents emergency vehicles accessing Inch View Care Home. Parking is available 2 minutes’ walk away on the road into Inch Park. As you pass through our car park DRIVE SLOWLY to keep our children and families safe.

Leaving Liberton Primary

Liberton Primary School Community Choir Concert

Our community choir will be performing their Summer Concert on Thursday 25^th June at 3:30 p.m. All members of our school community are very welcome to attend.

School Nurse Drop-in Sessions

Our School Nurse, Susan Cochrane-Brown will be at Liberton for a school nurse health drop in for parents/carers on 11^th June. Parents can drop in and chat informally about health issues and be signposted or offered advice as needed. See attached poster for information

LPSA Summer Fair

The summer fair is always a lot of fun and a lovely day for the whole school community. The fair will be on Saturday 6th June 11am – 1pm.

We need volunteers to be able to run all the stalls. If you are able to help for an hour or the whole fair we would love to hear from you. If you have a skill that you would like to share at the fair like massages, painting, bike maintenance, face painting, French, Spanish etc we are open to families bringing their own ideas.

We will be looking for some home baking nearer the time and prizes for the tombola and raffle.

Support for Families from the City of Edinburgh Council

Support for families – Find a range of supports from Mental health, finance, activities, parenting supports and more. If you are unable to find something in particular, you can receive advice and signposting from the CEC Parent and Carer Support team by emailing supportingparentsandcarers@edinburgh.gov.uk

Family holiday activities – A list of free and low cost activities is brought together for the Spring, Summer and Winter holidays by the Whole Family Wellbeing Team.

Wellbeing webpages – Find a range of services and activities that support children and young people’s mental health and wellbeing. Support includes Mental health and wellbeing, youth groups and opportunities, young carers support, Training and employment support and more.

Cost of living – Find a range of support including housing and homelessness, money, bills and energy, food support, debt advice and support and benefits calculator.

Discover/Active Schools Summer Camp

In partnership with Discover, Active Schools are once again running a Multi Sports Summer Camp in the 1^stand 6^th week of the holidays @ GRACEMOUNT HIGH SCHOOL;

**PLEASE NOTE THE CHANGE IN DAYS & TIMES FROM PREVIOUS CAMPS**

WEEK 1 = 30^th June – 2^nd July from 9am to 2pm (3 Days)

WEEK 6 = 4^th August – 6^th August from 9am to 2pm (3 Days)

The structure of each day is as follows:

9am – 9.45am – Registration & Breakfast (Parents can stay for breakfast with children or can leave)

9.45 – 9.50am – Get ready for activities (Any parents depart and children move to hall for first sports activities)

9.50 – 10.50am – Activity 1

10.55 – 11.55am – Activity 2

12.00 – 12.45pm – Lunch

12.50 – 1.50pm – Activity 3

2.00pm – Finish & Pick Up

RECOMMENDATION CRITERIA

Discover is a programme developed to support families in poverty or at risk of poverty. Many of these families may meet one or more of the following criteria:

family struggling to meet basic necessities (food, shelter, fuel, clothing, utilities or toiletries)
meet criteria for both free school meals & school clothing grant
school have made a recommendation for family to food bank and/ or school uniform bank in the past 6 months
family living in temporary accommodation
receiving means tested social security benefits

Families can contact Mrs Osborne at Liberton Primary for more information.

Liberton and District Community Council – New member needed

Our Local Community Council is looking a volunteer to join for the next 3 years. The only qualification is that the person lives in our catchment.

Details of what the role entails can be seen in this link

St Mary’s Episcopal Cathedral Children’s Come and Sing Event

Dates for your diary

Saturday 6^th June – LPSA Summer Fair 11am -1pm

Monday 8^th June – Strings and Brass Concert 1.45pm

Thursday 11^th June – P7 Show – Madagascar Jr

Tues 16^th to Thu 18^th June – High School Transition Days

Monday 22^nd June – P7 Bowling Night

Wednesday 24^th June – P7 Leavers’ Assembly

Thursday 25^th June – Choir Concert 3:30 p.m.

Friday 26^th June – Term ends 12pm

May 22, 2026 by paulewinglps

Weekly Newsletter 22nd May 2026

This week at Liberton Primary

Last Friday we had a brilliant Football Fun Day in celebration of Liberton Lightning’s 10^th Birthday. Thank you to Mr Roberston and all our past players from Liberton High School for supporting the event. Thank you also for all the donations for training equipment for the team. If you have not had a chance to hand in your money you can still do so at the office.
On Tuesday the Book Bus was in school and our P3s continued their Forest Schools adventure.
On Tuesday and Wednesday it was wonderful to see so many of the children who will be joining us in August at our transition play afternoons.
On Wednesday P4 had a great time singing and dancing at the Fischy Music Concert at Liberton Kirk.
On Thursday our P1s presented a fabulous Learning Showcase Assembly featuring all their work on growing and life cycles.

Coming up

On Monday our P5 classes will be visiting Bannockburn as a follow up to their Scottish history work this term.
On Monday evening at 7.30pm the Liberton Primary School Association meeting will be held on TEAMS. All parents and carers are very welcome. If you would like the link to join, email lpsa.communications@gmail.com
On Tuesday we are hoping for good weather for our Sports Day for P1 to P7. Children should have brought home a letter this week with information on their team. See below for timings for the day.
On Wednesday an M&M Production of Pinocchio will visit the school for children in P1-P7.
On Thursday we are very excited for our P6s who will be taking part in the Creative Connections showcase event at the Fruitmarket Gallery. As a celebration of our partnership with the Fruitmarket the work that the children have been doing with our Artist in Resident will be given a full gallery-quality display. The exhibition will be on all weekend so if you are in town, please do check it out.
On Thursday our assembly will be for P1-3 and will launch our Building Resilience – Take a Moment topic for our younger year groups.
On Friday P5A will be taking part in cyanotype printing workshops as part of the Every Inch Matters Orchard project.

P1-7 Sports Day

We look forward to seeing you all at our Sports Day on Tuesday 26^th May. The (approximate) timings for the morning are as follows:

9.20 Children assemble in Inch Park in their potted sports teams.
9.30 Potted Sports in teams
10.30 Flat races P1 – P7 (see below)
11.00 Adult races and presentation of award to the winning country.

School Car Park

Bikes and Scooters

Bikes and scooters should not be ridden in the playground as they are a risk to younger children.

Bikeability

Unfortunately Mr Moir is injured at the moment and unable to run our usual Bikeability sessions for P5 and P6. This will be postponed until after the summer.

Leaving Liberton Primary

Pinocchio Pantomime

On Wednesday 27^th May, the children will watch a performance of Pinocchio in school. A reminder that the cost of the show is £2.45 and is available to pay on ParentPay. Thank you to all who have already paid.

Parent Volunteers for our School Library

The LPSA are looking for volunteers to help at the school library on Monday. Parents/carers/grandparents welcome! Even one hour a month would be welcome. You don’t need experience, we will offer training. Email lpsa.communications@gmail.com for more information.

LPSA Summer Fair

The summer fair is always a lot of fun and a lovely day for the whole school community. The fair will be on Saturday 1st June 11am – 1pm.

We need volunteers to be able to run all the stalls, attached is a list of stalls if you able to help for an hour or the whole fair we would love to hear from you. If you have a skill that you would like to share at the fair like massages, painting, bike maintenance, face painting, French, Spanish etc we are open to families bringing their own ideas.

We will be looking for some home baking nearer the time and prizes for the tombola and raffle this will come home as a leaflet with your child.

Support for Families from the City of Edinburgh Council

Family holiday activities – A list of free and low cost activities is brought together for the Spring, Summer and Winter holidays by the Whole Family Wellbeing Team.

Cost of living – Find a range of support including housing and homelessness, money, bills and energy, food support, debt advice and support and benefits calculator.

Dates for your diary

Tuesday 26^th May – Sports Day (am)

Wednesday 3^rd June – Sports Day (Reserve date) am

Saturday 6^th June – LPSA Summer Fair 11am -1pm

Monday 8^th June – Strings and Brass Concert 1.45pm

Thursday 11^th June – P7 Show – Madagascar Jr

Tues 16^th to Thu 18^th June – High School Transition Days

Monday 22^nd June – P7 Bowling Night

Wednesday 24^th June – P7 Leavers’ Assembly

Friday 26^th June – Term ends 12pm

May 15, 2026 by paulewinglps

Weekly Newsletter 15th May 2026

This week at Liberton Primary

This week we celebrated One World Week across the school where children learned about stories from around the world and many classes heard in person or on video call about life in different parts of the world. On Wednesday we had another absolutely amazing Food Festival, the hall was packed with families sampling the wonderful food from Romania, Egypt, USA, China, Belgium, Palestine, South Africa, Scotland, Brazil, The Levant, Thailand, Malaysia, Canada, Pakistan, Algeria and Gambia. Thank you so much to the families who were so generous in providing this amazing opportunity for our children.
On Monday, P7 visited the Risk Factory to learn about keeping safe in a wide variety of situations.
On Tuesday, our Fruitmarket Gallery Artist in Residence, Alice Dansey-Wright worked with our P6 classes in preparation for their upcoming showcase in the gallery.
Well done to our P7’s who played in the second round of the Inspectors Cup on Wednesday and our P6/7 Girls in the first round of the Summer Cup. Unfortunately both teams did not make it through to the next round this year, but both put in great performances for the school.
At our assembly on Thursday our P4-7 classes shared their learning from our Building Resilience: Take a Moment unit.
Today we celebrated Liberton Lightning’s 10^th Birthday with a Football Fun Day. Thank you to the parents and former pupils who supported the day and thank you to all the girls who have represented the school so wonderfully over this time. Thank you especially to Mr Robertson, who founded the team 10 years ago, and has tirelessly driven its successes over these 10 years. I have asked him to share the story of Liberton Lightning’s amazing development over the last 10 years (see below).
Also on Friday P5-7 were treated to a concert from Liberton High School’s partner school from Lulea, Northern Sweden alongside former pupils of our school. The children were treated to music from Scandinavia as well as famous TV and movie themes.

Coming up

On Monday the school will be closed for the Victoria Day Bank Holiday.
On Tuesday the Book Bus will be in school and our P3s will continue their Forest Schools adventure.
On Tuesday and Wednesday we will welcome children who will be joining us in August for P1 transition play afternoons.
On Wednesday P4 will be going to a Fischy Music Concert at Liberton Kirk.
On Thursday it will be the turn of our P1s to present their Learning Showcase Assembly ay 9.10am. All families of our P1 children are very welcome to attend.

Retirements

This summer we will be wishing a happy retirement to our two longest serving members of staff. At the end of term, Mrs Trish Mills will be retiring from her role as Early Years Officer in our Nursery Class and in August, Mr Ian McGee will be retiring from teaching. We will be celebrating both of these wonderful members of our school community in the months to come.

Strings and Brass Concerts Date

Our Strings and Brass players will perform in their Summer Concert on Monday 8^th June at 1.45pm.

Pinocchio Pantomime

On Wednesday 27^th May, the children will watch a performance of Pinocchio in school. A gentle reminder that the cost of the show is £2.45 and is available to pay on ParentPay. Thank you to all who have already paid.

Parent Volunteers for our School Library

The Liberton Lightning Story

On the 15th of May, 2026, Liberton Lightning, the Liberton Primary School Girls’ football team, celebrates our 10th anniversary. I founded the team in 2016, at the request of a small group of P5 girls who were finding it difficult to take part in playground football. With numbers fluctuating between 4-10 players for our first year, we soon began to grow, with 60+ P4-7 players training each week, throughout the school year.

We are grateful to have received over £10,000 of funding over the years from National Lottery Community Fund Awards for All Scotland, Rangers Youth Development Company, RG Fire & Security, Liberton Primary School Association and recently, from the sponsors of our 10^th Anniversary strips, The Veterinary Wellness Centre. Other than for Peffermill pitch rental in winter, we do not ask our parents and families for money, so the generous grants and donations we have received have allowed us to fund strips, equipment and our own storage container. I am grateful to the coaches, parents, former players and school staff who have volunteered and contributed to our success over the years, without which it would have been impossible to keep going. A special thanks goes to Alan Thomson, who has been with me, every Tuesday and every cold, wet Saturday morning since the beginning.

In 2019, I organised the inaugural Inch Park Cup, in conjunction with Paul Doig of Edinburgh South, which was subsequently our first trophy, winning on penalties versus Craigour Park. We have picked up several trophies over the years, as well as an appearance in the final in last year’s EPSSA Summer Cup, but our team is much more than winning trophies.

My primary goal with Liberton Lightning is give our girls an opportunity to represent our school and give them a positive experience of team sports. The aim is that this will empower our girls with confidence, experience, team-building and transferrable skills, so that they are equipped to continue football, or try other sports or activities, in high school and beyond. When I hear from former players, of which there are over 250, it is evident that many of them have further developed as footballers, have had success in other sports, or have become involved in other clubs. After all these years of Tuesday evenings and Saturday mornings, I still find it enjoyable to see the progress our players make from week to week, witnessing their enjoyment of every game, regardless of the scoreline. Go Libby Lightning!

Mr Robertson

Dates for your diary

Monday 18^th May – Victoria Day Bank Holiday

Thursday 21^st May – P1 Learning Showcase Assembly

Tuesday 26^th May – Sports Day (am)

Wednesday 3^rd June – Sports Day (Reserve date) am

Monday 8^th June – Strings and Brass Concert 1.45pm

Thursday 11^th June – P7 Show – Madagascar Jr

Tues 16^th to Thu 18^th June – High School Transition Days

Monday 22^nd June – P7 Bowling Night

Wednesday 24^th June – P7 Leavers’ Assembly

Friday 26^th June – Term ends 12pm

May 8, 2026 by paulewinglps

Weekly Newsletter 8th May 2026

This week at Liberton Primary

On Monday the school was closed for the May Day holiday.
On our In-service Day on Tuesday staff spent time making plans for next year as well as developing our numeracy curriculum and tools for pupil support.
Well done to our P6 football team who played in the first round of the School Board Cup on Wednesday, unfortunately they lost their first two games but finished the night with a tremendous victory over Sciennes Primary.
On Thursday our assembly for P4-7 was in preparation for our upcoming One World Week.

Coming up

Next week will be celebrating our wonderful international school with One World Week. This year our class focus will be on Stories from around the World. Thank you to the parents and carers who have volunteered to share stories with their child’s class or those who have offered to help with our Food Festival. If you would still like to help, please feel free to get in touch by contacting the office.
On Monday, P7 will visit the Risk Factory to learn about keeping safe in a wide variety of situations.
On Tuesday, our Fruitmarket Gallery Artist in Residence, Alice Dansey-Wright will be working with our P6 classes.
On Wednesday we will be holding our extremely popular One World Week Food Festival. See below for more information, we look forward to seeing you there!
Good luck to our P7s who will be taking part in the second round of the Inspectors Cup on Wednesday evening.
On Thursday our assembly will be P4-7 and will be a chance for classes to share their learning from our Building Resilience: Take a Moment unit.
Good luck to our P6/7 Girls as they take part in the first round of the Summer Cup.
On Friday we are celebrating Liberton Lightning’s 10^th Birthday with a Football Fun Day. See below for more details.
Also on Friday a P5-7 will be treated to a concert from Liberton High School’s partner school from Lulea, Northern Sweden.

Liberton Primary School

One World Week Food Festival

Wednesday 13^th May from 3.15pm to 4.15pm

Gym Hall

Come along and try food from all around the world!

Thailand, Malaysia, Canada, Egypt, Pakistan, The Levant, USA, South Africa, Belgium, China, Romania, Brazil, Palestine and Scotland.

Entry donation £1 per person

Pupils, parents and carers all welcome

(Pupils from P1 to P3 should be accompanied by an adult)

ALLERGIES: As parents will be offering food with ingredients from different countries which has been prepared in different homes we are unable to make any assurances regarding allergens.

If your child has food allergies please be aware of this. There will be a selection of branded/wrapped items available for children with dietary requirements.

Young Carers at Liberton Primary

Well done to our Young Carers who entered a Creative competition with EYC recently and won £100 to spend on their brilliant ideas. Our Young Carers group will meet again on Tuesday 12^th May, Tuesday 2^nd June and Tuesday 16^th June this term. If you would like more information, please contact Mrs Osborne. suzanne.lorrain-smith@liberton-pri.edin.sch.uk

Liberton Lightning is 10!

Our wonderful girls football team was founded by Mr Robertson 10 years ago. To celebrate this amazing achievement, we will be hosting a Football Fun Day on Friday 15^th May. Throughout the day children will get the chance to take part in football related activities. We will also have a dress down day and children CAN wear football strips if they wish!

Umbrella Hubs at Valley Park

See attachment for lots of free fun activities for families at Valley Park in May.

Dates for your diary

Wednesday 13^th May – One World Food Festival

Friday 15^th May – Football Fun Day

Monday 18^th May – Bank Holiday

Thursday 21^st May – P1 Learning Showcase Assembly

Tuesday 26^th May – Sports Day (am)

Wednesday 3^rd June – Sports Day (Reserve date) am

Thursday 11^th June – P7 Show – Madagascar Jr

Tues 16^th to Thu 18^th June – High School Transition Days

Monday 22^nd June – P7 Bowling Night

Wednesday 24^th June – P7 Leavers’ Assembly

Friday 26^th June – Term ends 12pm