So lovely to welcome our new S1 pupils and our S6 students back today. It was so nice to see the building with pupils in it again! 😀Lots of smiling faces at the end of the day and the sun shone 🌞! Looking forward to seeing the new S4 and 5 tomorrow. 👍🏻
Sun down at P7 camp. What a joy to have been able to drop in and visit all the fabulous pupils and staff from
@BilstonPrimary
@MauricewoodPS
and
@RoslinPS
. Can’t wait to welcome them to Beeslack!
We are delighted to announce our senior pupil leadership team our Captains are Lauren Westwood, Ben McFarlane and Gemma Gerstenberger. Our vice- captains are Jacob Wood, Megan Wynne and Chloe Mitchell. Well done everyone and we are looking forward to working with you! 😀👏👏
Tissues at the ready for the last day of term tomorrow. We say a massive farewell and thanks to Mrs Anderson DHT, who has decided to retire early after 27 years at Beeslack. We will miss her! 😢😢 but wish her well in her next chapter.
Things that make you smile in challenging times - passing the school toilets at lunchtime and hearing young people singing happy birthday at full volume while washing their hands!
@mideduteam
@midgov
1/2 Many thanks to the incredible staff & pupils at
@BeeslackHigh
- this week has been a challenge, however, much has been achieved, the team work, camaraderie & kindness has been amazing.
Many thanks to all of our school community for your support and well wishes this week. It’s been a sad and emotional week and the compassion and resilience of the team has shone through. Wishing pupils, parents and staff a restful break and a happy Easter.
#strivetobe
Well the day has finally arrived, the count down is done and the last date is crossed and John Ryan is skipping around the school! After 36 years teaching and 31ish of them in Midlothian (15 in BCHS) the next chapter is about to begin. THANK YOU from all of us in
@BeeslackHigh
This would have been prom night for the class of 2020 - we are sorry we can't celebrate your time at Beeslack with you tonight but we hope it won't be too long before we can raise a toast to you and wish you well for the future. Cheers 🥂🎉🎉👏
It has been a real pleasure to welcome the girls and staff from Edinburgh Girls High School Malawi to
@BeeslackHigh
today. An even bigger treat was to hear the girls sing...absolutely beautiful!
All pupils will return in full on Monday the 17th August.
Very detailed information covering all aspects of school life is being collated - this does take time and we will get this to you this week. Many thanks for your patience. We can't wait to see all our pupils again.
Lovely to have welcomed our S6 Leavers back today to mark the end of their time at Beeslack with a final assembly, yearbooks, a quiz, a pizza lunch and a game of rounders in the sun. We wish them all well for the future. ‘Once a Beeslack pupil, always a Beeslack pupil!’
Meet the team...Shaun Tobyn, Thea Thomson, Lauren Marr and Sinead Timoney. Well done and looking forward to working with you next session.
#strivetobesuccessful
👏🎉
Great first day back, really lovely to see everyone.😀 Our new S1 were fabulous and looked amazing in their school uniform. Thanks to parents/carers for supporting us with our high standards of dress.
#partnership
#strivetobe
Today is the beginning of a new teaching and learning adventure
@BeeslackHigh
- Lets face this challenge together, we won't always get it right but as a team we will succeed
#strivetobesuccessful
#strivetoberesilient
Have a great day of on-line learning. Stay safe and healthy😀
Week one of on-line learning is done! We hope the laptops are closed and tablets are away and you take a well earned break from the screen. Thanks to all the pupils for your engagement this week and to the staff both at home and in the hub for making it all possible! 👏👏👏
Another amazing concert tonight- there are not enough words to describe how brilliant it was. Huge well done to all the performers and the staff team! 😀🎉🎷🎹🎻🎸🎼
Busy few days in school; staff reconnecting, planning and preparing for tomorrow. We are all looking forward to meeting our new S1 pupils and seeing our fabulous S6 pupils again.
#strivetobe
We are a community school, we look out for each other! Let’s make tomorrow great! 😀
Another spectacular array of talent in the concert and exhibition tonight. Not enough words to describe how good it was. Well done to everyone involved.
#strivetobesuccessful
🎉👍🏻😀
What a great first day - S1 pupils are settling in well and adapting to secondary school life. S6 buddies have been brilliant supporting the S1s! Not forgetting S2-5 who have returned smiling and eager to learn. Looking forward to day 2 already!
#strivetobe
😄
Another great day. S1s have been brilliant all week and are really settling in. Lovely to see our S2 and S3 pupils back ready and set to go next week.
Huge thanks to our wee group of S6 students who have attended everyday to support the S1s - great job! 👍🏻😀
#strivetobe
Well done to all the performers at our summer concert last night. What a great evening. Thanks to all the
@beeslackmusic
staff and instructors - couldn’t do it without you.
Many thanks to the PE staff, particularly Mr Cairney for organising a spectacular sports day to finish off our activities days. Thanks also to Mr Neil and Mrs Donoughue for all their time and effort organising activities day & to all staff for providing support so willingly.
Very much looking forward to welcoming our new S1 pupils to the Beeslack Community tomorrow. A busy few days planned, lots of great activities and learning planned. 😀
#strivetobecurious
#strivetobeawesome
What an afternoon - so lovely to see everyone and celebrate your time at Beeslack. Good luck and keep in touch, we really love to hear how you are doing! Remember
#strivetobe
A whirlwind couple of days being back with staff and today our incredible young people! It's a joy to see everyone and hearing about all the adventures of the summer holidays. Special mention for our new S1 who have joined the Beeslack team, welcome! 👏😁
Well done to Niamh who was recently chosen to play for the Edinburgh district Girls Rugby team that played 3 matches against other regions in Scotland. Niamh has also been selected for the Scotland Girls Training Camp which starts this weekend.
Our winning
@ypi_scotland
team enjoying hot chocolate this morning with Miss Black. The boys also received a lovely email from the D’Cafe complimenting them on the compassion they demonstrated on their visit to the cafe.
#strivetoberespectful
Congratulations to Team Beeslack for an amazing performance at the Spar Cup today. We are looking forward to the next round at the Oriam. Thanks to
@PenicuikAthYFC
for letting us borrow strips. Hopefully we will have our brand new kit by the next round!
Well done to our superb Baristas for their efforts tonight at the S1 parents evening. We had so many parents making positive comments about your contribution.
This course from
@BeeslackHE
has been a great addition to our curriculum.
Well we have made it! A huge thank you to the Beeslack Community - pupils, staff, parents/carers. Have a relaxing summer and please...step away from the computer! Thanks also to the pupil contributions for
#makeateachercry
- we really do miss you all and it made our day. 😀😪
Congratulations to Ruby Quinn S2 who has qualified to represent Scotland at the European Championships in Dublin this year for baton twirling. She has qualified in 4 events; this is an amazing achievement well done Ruby!
S1 and S2 pupils are receiving their Chromebooks today. Great job by
@mrneil_CS
and the Equipped for Learning team. Couldn't have gone better and even better lots of smiling pupils! 😁👏👏 S3 pupils will receive theirs on Monday.
A gentle reminder-all of our pupils should wear a mask tomorrow (unless medically exempt). Pupils should wear their mask in corridors, social areas and toilets. We are a community school- we look out for each other, Let’s do our bit to stop the spread.
#strivetoberesponsible
Congratulations to Sophie McDonald who has passed her Grade 8 Clarinet with distinction..what a great achievement - well done Sophie!
@beeslackmusic
🎉🎼...
Happy New Year to all the
@BeeslackHigh
community. 🤞🏻crossed for a brighter year ahead, whatever 2021 brings we will get through it together.
#strivetobe
#staysafe
Following a rigorous recruitment process we are delighted to announce that the senior pupil leadership team for session 2018-19 will be Alex Mason, Erin Shanks, Eilidh Brown, Nina Hamilton, Paul Smith and Cameron Russell. Well done everyone!
New Microsoft teams are being formed for senior phase pupils - check the website for the timetable when work will be posted. Thank you for your patience as we get these up and running. Well done to all the staff team for pulling this together 3 weeks earlier than planned. 👍🏻😀
Wishing all of the
@BeeslackHigh
community a restful break next week. Never have we needed it more! A huge well done to all of Team Beeslack for making it through the term. Everyone has stepped up, the positive ethos, strong relationships & school values have shone through.
The council has announced plans to build a replacement for
@BeeslackHigh
within
@EdinburghUni
Easter Bush Campus. We're finalising an agreement with the uni to buy the land for the school, which will be a STEM Centre of Excellence.
Lots of farewells today. Best wishes to Ms Ingram, Mrs McRae, mrs Albuquerque, Mrs Paton, Ms Thomson. 😪😪 Good luck for the future and a huge thank you from all
@BeeslackHigh
.
#strivetobesuccessful
Another busy day - our S1 pupils are still smiling and enjoying their new timetables. Staff are still smiling and S2-6 are back to business as usual! Friday tomorrow and an early finish for all!
#exhausted
#strivetobe
😄
What a special evening tonight was thanks to our brilliant young people.
@BeeslackHigh
Awards ceremony was an absolute delight. Well done to all! 🎉👏👏🎉🎉
Well done to all our students today. The staff team are very proud of you all and we have seen great progress as a school in our attainment journey. The Senior leadership team are here to help with any queries. Remember to contact the school by email if you have any questions.
We are looking forward to welcoming all of our students back tomorrow. A particularly big welcome to all our new students in S1 and those joining us in other year groups this term.
#strivetobesuccessful
Our S1s are really settling in. Fantastic attention during assembly this morning which was based on
@matthewsyed
's book "How to be Awesome". It was impressive to see almost all of our S1 pupils had heard of a growth mindset........ they are all going to be awesome this year!
Loving the Midlothian Music Service Virtual concert- so lovely to hear and see our students!
@beeslackmusic
oh how we miss them! 🤩🤩🤩👏👏 well done everyone!
Great to see so many parents/carers at our transition evening tonight. Looking forward to working with you all in the new session. Fabulous S6 support to - well done everyone and Emma in particular for her presentation.
#superproud
Celebrating
#feelgoodfriday
with these fabulous S1 pupils. Hot chocolate with them was an absolute delight- positive, happy, confident and enjoying school.
#strivetobe
A great effort by team Beeslack tonight in the next round of the Spar Cup. The girls put in some great performances and the new strips looked great! 🩷🖤⚽️💪🏻
We've made it to lunchtime and the new S1 pupils are still smiling - some exhausted but all good. Lunch seemed to go down well with a packed out dining hall and they are all set for a good afternoon! 😀