P7 – S1 Transition 2020

Welcome to St Augustine’s RC High School. We are delighted to hear that you will be joining us in August 2020 and look forward to meeting you soon.

Information for Parents and Carers is further down this page.

I am sure that you will be facing a range of emotions at present in connection with school – excitement at moving to a new school, sadness at leaving old friends and Primary teachers, worried, anxious, joy to name but a few!

Unfortunately, due to the coronavirus, we have been unable to have our normal transition visits- either in your Primary School or inviting you and your parents to make an appointment in St Augustine’s. At the time of setting this page up, I do not know whether we will be able to meet face-to-face at all before the summer. We are, however, planning to make your transition to St. Augustine’s as smooth as possible.

Some of you may have been looking at some of the documents which have been put on the St Augustine’s P7-S1 Transition Teams Page to find out information about the school. However, I am aware that some schools are using other ways for home-schooling and some people (myself included) are more confident looking at a website rather than trying to find things on Teams!!!

Here are some documents which may help you feel less anxious about moving to High School.

Here is a sneak preview of some of the activities you will be doing as part of your transition days. Moving-on-Up-promotion-FINALDownload
Apologies for not posting this first thing this morning, but I have had some problems logging onto the computer. For task 1, please do not feel that you have to go to your Primary school but you may wish to email them or upload the activity to teams or seesaw or however you are normally working with your Primary 7 teacher. Moving-On-Up-Pupil-Pack-P7-transition-to-S1–Day-1 Apologies again – the links don’t appear to work – the “Hopes and Dreams” video is at https://www.bbc.co.uk/teach/teacher-resources-for-students-transitioning-to-secondary-school/zb68y9q and the favourite things about secondary article is at https://www.bbc.co.uk/bitesize/articles/z7b9scw Download
Here are the activities for Day 2 – Moving-On-Up-Pupil-Pack-P7-transition-to-S1-FINAL-Day-2Download
Here are the activities for day 3 – entries should be submitted to your primary school. Good luck Moving-On-Up-Pupil-Pack-P7-transition-to-S1-FINAL-Day-3Download

Keep coming back to this page or checking the Teams group as there are new things being added.

Welcome to St Augustine’sDownload
Pupil Support at St Augustine’sDownload
some-useful-informationDownload
Map-with-busesDownload
FloorplanDownload
S1-Timetable-QuizDownload
S1-Timetable-Quiz-AnswersDownload
moving-on-top-tips-for-pupilsDownload
Here is a list of clubs which ran last session to give you an idea of what is on offer. Extra-Curricular-Clubs-2019-20Download

You may also find the following website helpful: https://www.bbc.co.uk/bitesize/tags/zh4wy9q/starting-secondary-school/1

You may also wish to view our LipDub video for a virtual tour of the school if you have not visited it previously. It can be found at https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=btUPxCuoRyg

Our Pupil Support Leaders would normally have visited you in your Primary schools this term but have unfortunately not be able to do so. Here is the powerpoint they would have discussed with you. 2020-Visit-to-the-Primary-SchoolDownload
ADDED 15/06/20 – Here are some questions which have been asked so far by pupils. some-pupil-questions-and-answersDownload

Information for Parents and Carers

Dear Parents and Carers, Welcome to the St Augustine’s Community. Please find below a powerpoint which contains the information which we would have given you, had we been able to meet in the school tonight. Please do not hesitate to contact me if you have any questions. 

Virtual-p7-Parents-Evening-June-2020-WelcomeDownload
A welcome letter from our Parent Council – Download

Parents and carers may find some useful information on the Education Scotland Website https://education.gov.scot/parentzone/learning-at-home/covid19/transitions/ added 28/05/20

Here is Parent/ Carer guide to the “Moving on up” p7-S1 Transition Guide produced by Edinburgh Council. The pupil activities will be uploaded to our teams page as well as this page. Moving-On-Up-Parent-Carer-Leaflet-FINALDownload
Here is a leaflet from Parenting Across Scotland which has top ten tips for parents and families Starting-high-schoolDownload

Uniform
Ties are normally available to purchase from the school office for £7. However, there is nobody there at present. They will be available to purchase whenever we return to school. Applications for free schools meals and clothing grants can be made at https://www.edinburgh.gov.uk/food-clothing/free-school-meals-school-clothing-grants


School transport – APPLICATIONS MUST BE MADE BY JUNE 30th
You can apply for school transport if you are attending your catchment school and the distance of your main residence from school is over three miles for secondary school. Further information is available at https://www.edinburgh.gov.uk/support-pupils/school-transport/1

You can also download and print out this form if you would prefer. It should be emailed to schooltransport@edinburgh.gov.uk HOME-TO-SCHOOL-ASSISTED-TRAVEL-SCHOOL-TRANSPORT-All-School-Applicati._-1Download