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Denominational Status
Non-denominational & Co-educational

School Roll
Current school roll is 160 (including Nursery). 

House Structure
The children are placed in three houses which are Tweed, Teviot and Leader.
Children are usually allocated to the same house as the rest of their family. 

School In Context
Earlston Primary School first opened in 1876.  The Primary School building was originally joined onto Earlston High School prior to the High School being relocated to a new site in 2009. 

Local Community
Earlston Primary School has fantastic links with the wider community.  Parents and wider family are always welcomed into the school.  The Primary School has good partnerships with Earlston High School and the other primaries that feed into this secondary school.  Strong links with partner agencies support us in meeting the needs of all children.

 
Accommodation
The layout of the classrooms is in line with Curriculum for Excellence levels. Early level (Nursery and Primary 1) are located on the ground floor. Our Nursery has direct access to an outside play area. First level (Primaries 2 to 4 and Speech and Language) consists of 2 classrooms. These are found on the firsy floor. Second level (Primaries 5-7) are in the upper area in self-contained classrooms.
Other facilities include, one large hall, a canteen, learning support base, staff base and resource area. The Leadership Team and Business Support Assistant each have separate offices. The base for Active Schools Coordinator is also situated in the school.

Playground
We are very lucky at Earlston Primary School to have large school grounds.  The playground surface is made up mostly of tarmac.  There is garden space at the side of the building and a state of the art Multi-Use Games Area (MUGA).
 
Security
In the interests of safety for all concerned, all visitors coming to the school must enter by the main entrance and then report to the School Office where they will be requested to sign our visitor’s book.
 
In order to ensure the security of all pupils, parents or designated adults should bring/collect all Nursery children to/from Nursery classroom.
 
It is very important that the school has accurate and up-to-date contact details for all pupils so we can contact parents/guardians quickly in an emergency.

Playground Supervision
An adult presence is provided in the playground from 8.40am and break times in terms of the School (Safety and Supervision of Pupils- Scotland) Regulations, 1990. No child who is having a school meal or packed lunch is allowed to leave the school playground during lunchtime. During inclement weather, children will be supervised in the school building before school, at morning interval and at lunchtime.

Early Years  
For information relating to our early years setting, please refer to the Early Learning and Childcare Hub Handbook.

School Uniform and Dress Code
At Earlston Primary we seek your co-operation in sending your child to school wearing the school uniform. School uniform encourages children to take pride in belonging to the school and fosters a ready to work attitude.
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UNIFORM
dark coloured school trousers or skirts
white shirt, polo shirt or blouse
navy blue sweater / cardigan
black shoes
blue & white checked summer dresses
 
PRIMARY 7 UNIFORM
As above but with a light blue sweater / cardigan
(This distinguishes them when helping with school duties or when representing the school within the community).

PE KIT
black or navy shorts
white polo or T-shirt
black/white sandshoes or indoor trainers
 
Jumpers, jackets and polo shirts can be ordered from Border Embroideries website. Clothing ordered will be embroidered with the school badge. The school badge is shown on the cover of this handbook.
 
PLEASE MARK ALL PERSONAL ITEMS OF CLOTHING OR PROPERTY WITH YOUR CHILD'S NAME OR INITIALS AS MANY ARTICLES ARE IDENTICAL.

 
 
 

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