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Standards and Quality Report and School Improvement Plan

Hawthornden’s Standards and Quality Report and School Improvement Plan

Our Standards and Quality Report reviews the progress we have made over session 2021-22, with our School Improvement Plan setting out priorities for this session, 2022-23. Read more about it here or download your own copy.

Hawthornden Standards and Quality Report (2021/22) and School Improvement Plan (2022/23)

Parental Involvement and Engagement Census

The Scottish Government has asked all 32 local authorities to undertake this Parental Involvement and Engagement (PIE) census with parents in their local authority area. Questions will focus on the experience with the child/children’s school overall, so you only need to fill it in once if you have more than one child at Hawthorden.

What does the PIE Census ask?
The PIE Census questionnaire was designed to cover the main areas discussed in the National Action Plan on Parental Engagement. These have been condensed to fit the following themes: ‘Parental Engagement’, ‘Parental Involvement’, ‘Learning at home / in the community’ and ‘Family Learning’.

How long will it take?
The survey has been tested and completion time of the questionnaire is between 10 and 15 minutes.

How can I access this?

Click here to access the PIE Census Questionnaire.

Or use a camera app to access it via this QR code.

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

For more detailed information and FAQs click here: PIE Intro & FAQ

New Twitter Account – @MidParents

There is a new Twitter account which Midlothian Council will be using to share information and updates with parents, in addition to what schools already do. You can find the Midlothian Parent Partnership Twitter account by searching for @MidParents. 

P1 Transition – June 2022

This is for parents who have a child starting at Hawthornden in Primary 1 in August 2022.

Our Primary 1 teachers for 2022/23 have created social stories for you to share with your child to help them learn about Primary 1. This includes photos of their teachers and other staff who will be there to help them, what their classroom will look like and what happens during the school day. Click here to read or download them.

P1 Transition 2022

Celebrating Pride Month at Hawthornden

🌈🫶As Pride Month starts tomorrow, the children have created badges to sell as part of our celebrations. These are the 7 winners from each stage within The Den. These will be available to purchase at a price of 50p. All money raised will go towards resources for our school.

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Social Media and Messaging – What Parents Need to Know

Police Scotland have been in school working with Primary 4 and 5 to provide input on social media and messaging services. To provide support for parents Police Scotland have shared handouts for ‘what parents need to know’.

You can find these handouts in the Digital Support and Information section of our website or click on these links:

Instagram

Snapchat

Tik Tok

Youtube

Whatsapp

This is a current issue for children at Hawthornden. Please access these resources to help you support your child/children.

Raising Attainment and Improving Pupil Achievement – We need you!

Just like we give feedback to the children about what they do well at and their next steps, we would like to get some feedback from our parents about learning and teaching at Hawthornden. This is so we can continue to work on raising attainment and improving pupil engagement.

Please take time to share your experiences and thoughts by answering the questions on this online questionnaire. Click here to start answering the questions. 

Please complete this by Monday 30th May.

Thank you in advance for your time and working with us to make Hawthornden better. Remember our motto is ‘Learning today, tomorrow, forever’.