Burnbrae Primary School

Information to Parents
Burnbrae Primary works in Partnership with Your Space Scotland Ltd to support children’s mental health and emotional wellbeing. We are aware that this is an unusual time for children and their families with uncertainty, anxiety, and potentially experiencing overwhelming feelings. Your Space continues to offer a service to families who may require support. This support will can be accessed remotely. If you are a parent and would like to arrange a time to talk contact Your Space at  Burnbraesupport@yourspace-scotland.comYour Space would then arrange to speak with you via a secure video link or by phone.
Further information can be found at www.yourspace-scotland.com

Burnbrae Primary School offers Primary Education Social and Complex Needs Provision at the Burnbrae Road campus with the Early Years Centre and  Complex Needs Provision situated at the shared campus with St Mary’s RC Primary on Rosewell Road. Both the Social and Complex Needs Provision which caters for ten children in two classes and the Complex Needs Provision which caters for forty children in four classes, attract children from across Midlothian who will benefit from specialist input in smaller classes in partnership with their base school.  Please view the virtual tours below……

Dear Parents/ Carers

Please see link below to a statement that has gone onto the Midlothian website regarding the decision by the DFM not to close schools early at the Christmas Break.

This month we are giving our website a refresh, you can keep in touch with our latest news by downloading our free school app.

PARKING UPDATE AT BURNBRAE PS

We kindly request you do not use the staff car park during the hours of 8:15am – 4:00pm. If you are parking in one of the two disabled bays please ensure your blue badge is on display.

We would also ask families not to park on the road directly outside the school as this can block the pedestrian crossing and causes issues for coach drivers.

“The school run”

Here are some simple rules for when driving your child to school:

• Leave early enough to park where it won’t create a problem for other children.
• Drop your child off where they can safely walk a short distance to school. Some schools have designated pupil drop-off zones. Never leave your car in a drop-off zone.
• Only park in disabled parking spaces if either you or your child has a blue badge.
• Never park on school zig-zags. It blocks visibility for children and school crossing guides, and for other motorists seeing the children crossing.
• Never park on footpaths. It can force pedestrians onto the road. The Scottish Government is in the process of making it an offence to park on a footpath.
• Never park across a resident’s access/driveway.
• Never park across “dropped kerb” crossing points at junctions. It causes difficulty for prams and wheelchairs.
• Never park on yellow lines. They have been painted wherever parking can cause problems for other road users.

If you break any of these rules you are putting other children attending the school at risk. How would you feel if your child was at risk?