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Category Archives: Latest News
Spring Newsletter 2024
Read our latest newsletter here or download your own copy. Here you will find what has been happening along with dates for events in this final term.
Severe Weather Plan
Read what will happen in the event of severe weather or another eventuality such as loss of heating/water, forcing our school to close.
Severe Weather Plan for Hawthornden PS
Newsletter – December 2023
Find out what is happening at Hawthornden. Read our latest newsletter here or download your own copy. Take time to also look at the calendar for December 2023.
Free Literacy Toolbar – Read and Write
You may be aware of the Literacy toolbar Read&Write. We We use this toolbar to support learning in school. It is installed on all pupil iPads and Chromebooks. Midlothian Council was part of a video case study on the positive impact of this resource on our young people.
Midlothian has negotiated a world-first deal which means that you can now download the toolbar at home, on up to 5 devices, completely free.
Please use this link to download Read&Write Free for Families | Texthelp. You will be asked for the school’s postcode (EH19 2NZ) and then be given instructions on what to do next.
New P1 Drop In Session
Is your child due to start school in August 2024?
You are very welcome to come and visit the school, look round our P1 classrooms and meet the current P1 team on Thursday 16th November between 3.30 and 4.30pm.
Newsletter – November 2023
Newsletter – August 2023
Read the first newsletter of the new session 2023/24! Dates for your diary for throughout the school year are included. Find out when your child’s class assembly is or when you can come in for PAT PALS (Pupils as Teachers and Parents as Learnerrs)!
Download your own copy or read it here!
Activity Week at Hawthornden
In the final week of the school year we had activity week. It was a lot of fun for everyone at Hawthornden, including staff! We would like to thank the PTG for sponsoring this. Watch the video to see what happened at Hawthornden!
Newsletter – June 2023
We have nearly made it to the end of another school year. Read the latest newsletter to find out what has been happening and what is coming up. Download your own copy or read it here.
