St Joseph's Parent Council

Dear Parents / Carers

RE: Picnic in the Park

On Wednesday 24th June 2026, we would love to invite you to join us, if you can, for a fun picnic in Saughton Park. P1-7 will spend the morning in the park as a reward for all their hard work this session. The classes will walk there after their register has been completed at approximately 9.10am.
We would love for as many adults as possible to attend and spend the morning having fun with the children. We do not require any additional adults to walk with the children so please meet us at the park at approximately 9.40am.
The children will get to play in the playpark, explore the walled gardens and play games on the grass field/basketball court.
All children should bring some snacks and a drink to have when they are there. Please also be aware of the weather on the day. Providing a coat if it is to be cold and damp and sun cream and hat if it is to be warm and sunny. In the event of heavy rain, we would have to cancel the trip. A message will be sent out in the morning to all families if this is the case.
Classes will make their way back to school at approximately 12pm in time for lunch.
What a great way to end a fabulous year! We look forward to having fun with as many of you as possible.

Yours sincerely

Mr P Wilson

Acting Deputy Head Teacher

Primary 1 class assembly today - parents welcome at 11.30.

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The Card-Making Group have made a lovely selection of Father's Day cards for anyone to take home - along with our wee display to check out!

Lunches for our return to school in August are now available to order on parentpay.

It seems such a long way off just now but booking now saves remembering to book over the holidays.

Reminder school closes on Friday 26 June at the usual Friday times.

Thank you to all our helpers today 👏👏👏👏👏
Im sorry I never got photos of all of you 🙈
Without your offers of help we wouldnt be able to put these events on for all the children so huge thanks to everyone whether you helped for 10 minutes or the whole day - we really do appreciate you all ❤️

Thank you to all our local supermarkets for supporting our childrens sports day! Your generosity meant that we could supply every child with free fruit & water today 💦🍎🍌🍊
Hermiston in the Community
Scotmid Community
Asda
Tesco Corstorphine
Edinburgh Gyle - Morrisons in the Community
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Well done to our winners of the raffle!

1st prize winner is Ilay in primary 6. You have won a scooter!

2nd prize winner is Rory in primary 1. You have won an ice skating voucher!

3rd prize winner is Ava in p6. You have won an Airthrill voucher!

Well done winners 👏👏👏👏👏👏

We are planning to go ahead with Sports Day tomorrow at 9.15am even if there is some light rain. Please dress your children for the weather. If the weather creates unsafe conditions, we will have to postpone or abandon and we would then find an alternative date to complete events with the children in school. Unfortunately, this may mean the new date would be at short notice meaning parents may be unable to attend. Thank you for your understanding and please pray for dry weather tomorrow.



We will be joined by Ally and Emma from Parents For Future Scotland tomorrow at Sports Day. Our Learning for Sustainability Leadership group have been working on the Edinburgh Cleaner Air Programme this session and our next step is to try and get a 'walking bus' set up to support children travelling to school without the use of a car. Ally and Emma are going to share information about this at Sports Day. They will have a stall set up at the relaxation rehydration station behind the bike shed. Please go over and chat to them about our plans.

To order milk for next year for your child the parentpay account is now open.

The cost of milk for the whole year is £45.60 which you may pay in full, alternatively, should you wish to split the cost, then please pay £25.60 covering August to January then a further payment of £20 will be requested in January to cover February to June.

Please make payment promptly in order for your child to receive milk on their return to school in August.