Craigroyston Community High School

Measles infection in Lothian
Measles cases have been confirmed in Lothian over the past month in teenagers and young adults.
Please do not send your child to school if they have any symptoms suggestive of measles infection.

Symptoms
The symptoms of measles include fever, lethargy, runny nose, conjunctivitis, cough and a red, blotchy rash which starts at the head spreading over the chest and limbs. The rash generally fades within ten days.

If your child has developed symptoms suggestive of measles, you should keep your child at home and contact your General Practitioner for further advice by phone (or NHS24 if out of hours on tel. 111).
This is very important in order to avoid the spread of measles to other people.

People with measles are infectious from around five days before the rash appears until four days after the rash appears and should self isolate at home during this time.

MMR
The best protection against measles is two doses of MMR.

http://www.immunisationscotland.org.uk/vaccines-and-diseases/mmr.aspx

Measles Awareness poster

NHS Lothian Health Protection Team October 2016

Senior Phase 1:1 iPad at Craigroyston
As part of the school’s digital strategy, all S4 – S6 pupils will be issued with an iPad. The intended purpose of issuing iPads is so that they can be used as an educational tool in the classroom and at home. Hopefully you will have heard of the upcoming project and we are inviting all S4 – 6 parent/carer(s) into school on the 24th August, 2016, thats next Wednesday evening, to sign for their child’s iPad and agree to the Home School Agreement. You will find more information on our website here.
In the meantime, if you have any questions, please feel free to contact the school. We look forward to seeing you.

Education Summit at Craigroyston
Craigroyston is honoured to have hosted this event – and also very pleased to have been given the opportunity to share with the delegates some of our approaches that have proven successful over the last few years. Read all about it in our features section here and click on the Education Summit 2016 tile.

Planting the STEM seed at Craigie
Some of our students take on a STEM project with Edinburgh electronics company Leonardo – read all about it here

Expressive Arts Showcase ‘Try Everything’

Tickets will be available to buy Friday 6th May, be there!

Craigroyston Students Apprenticeship Success
This article is in the International Engineering Journal March 2016. These students have now completed their Pre-Apprenticeship with the company and are ready to embark on their Apprenticeship in the Summer – click here to read more about it. Well Done boys!

Career Ready Programme Graduates!
I am pleased to announce that after two years of being involved in the Career Ready Programme some of our pupils graduated at Perth Concert hall. Career Ready is a programme of study for 16-19 year olds, that sits alongside students’ school coursework. It is delivered by employer volunteers who provide masterclasses, mentoring, workplace visits and internships to help our students compete with the best in the country.

Pupils have been working with a business mentor who has supported them throughout the 2 year course to increase their employability skills, well done to our fantastic students! I would also like to thank our business supporters – Royal Bank Of Scotland, Bank of Scotland, Standard Life, Scottish Water, Scottish Government and the Scotsman

Pictured above are our 8 graduates this year. Well done and all the best, you are now Career Ready! Mrs Gray.