What’s happening at Ferryhill

The NHS have provided us with reference points regarding the evolving outbreak of respiratory illness in China, centred around Wuhan in Hubei province. No cases of this illness have been confirmed in the UK and the risk to people in this country is low. As it is winter, most respiratory illnesses in the UK and China are due to the common cold and other viruses including influenza.

Information for the general public is at https://www.gov.uk/guidance/wuhan-novel-coronavirus-information-for-the-public  

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Inspired by Jacques Cousteau, ‘Finding Nemo’ and David Attenborough’s Blue Planet pupils from Ferryhill Primary School have embarked on their own subsea adventure.

Their primary 5 pupils set their imagination loose on encounters with dolphins, wild swimming and wreck diving and created a set of striking semi-abstract collages.

The exhibition will run until the 1^st of February 2020 and can be viewed during regular library opening hours.

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The Edinburgh Children’s Partnership Services Plan is hoping to gather the views of parents, carers and parent councils. We would appreciate if you could take 5 minutes to complete this survey as an individual parent or carer. The survey is open until 29th January 2020.

https://www.surveymonkey.co.uk/r/ecsppc

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The Department of Art and Design is delighted to announce that Ferryhill Primary School has a winner.

The jury of the Winter Windows Competition, a partnership between Edinburgh’s Christmas and the City of Edinburgh Council, selected Mahiya’s design of a ‘Fox in a Festive City’ from 255 submissions from school all over Edinburgh.  

Mahiya was invited to the winners’ reception at the City Chambers and received a certificate from the Honourable Lord Provost himself. The judges were so impressed that, in addition, she received a special commendation from the Arts & Creative Learning team, who singled out her design out for the strong layout and use of colour.

Lorna MacDonald, the Principal Officer for Arts and Creative Learning at City of Edinburgh said

 “The little urban fox and his wee footprints in the snow clinched it for me – really gorgeous and it looks stunning enlarged and lit up.”

Mahiya’s design is on display in West Parliament Square, just outside the registrar’s office at the City Chambers. If you happen to be in the Old Town over Christmas, please go and see it.

Tinderbox runs a free music hub for young people near you. The hub is on Tuesdays from 6pm to 8pm. It is free to attend and open to children and young people aged 10 – 18 from complete beginners to experienced young musicians. Everyone is welcome.

Our next term of weekly hubs will run from Tuesday 22nd October till Tuesday 17th December. To find out more information about this event please click here.