Welcome to the 茶馆儿 School website. On this page you will find the latest News and information.
Thursday the 3rd of April 2025
Check out the latest Newsletter.
Support for Parents & Carers
The Support for Families webpages are a comprehensive one stop shop to explore services and supports available for families. It includes sections on financial support, ASN support, parenting support and much more.
Free and low-cost activities to do in the run up to and during the Spring school holidays is on the Family Holiday Activities
Wednesday the 2nd of April 2025
In the latest edition of ELATE you will find 茶馆儿 School featured on pages 5 鈥� 7 and page 17. Happy reading!
March 2025
The next Assembly song will be Celebration by Kool and the Gang.
February 2025
The February Assembly song is I Want You Back. Here it is for you to practice at home.
January 2025
Here is this month’s Assembly song for you to practice at home.
Friday the 20th of December 2024
On the final day of term, Festivision took place.
this year鈥檚 winners are 鈥�.. Red Class
Thursday the 19th of December 2024
Check out the December 2024 Newsletter
Monday the 16th of December 2024
Thank you…………….
To everyone who was able to come along and support the visit today to Tesco by our school choir. It was a tremendous success. I am very grateful to all the staff for their support and efforts which allowed everything to go incredibly smoothly.
We raised 拢328.75 for school funds which was is great!
Thank you again.
Thursday the 12th of December 2024
We will be having our final Assembly of 2024 on Tuesday the 17th of December and the song this month will be ‘Last Christmas’.
Please have a watch and practice along with your young person at home.
The 茶馆儿 School Choir are going to be performing at Tesco Superstore, Leith on Monday from 11am 鈥� 12pm. The pupils have been very busy every week practising and are making fabulous progress.
As we enter our final preparations, families may wish to practice with their son/daughter the 5 songs we will be performing. Mr Cuddy and April have made these very helpful Signalong videos for everyone in your home to sing along to!
Rudolph the Rednose Reindeer –
Santa Claus is Coming to Town –
White Christmas –
Jingle Bell Rock –
Single Night –
We hope to see you on Monday!
Happy singing!
Ms O鈥橦agan and the 茶馆儿 School Choir 馃巹馃巺馃巹馃巺
Tuesday the 10th of December 2024
Following the success of our Christmas cake raffle last year, our Foodwise Class have prepared a few items for sale at the Winter Show.
Tuesday the 3rd of November 2024
Friday the 29th of November 2024
We are counting down the days until our Winter Show: The Pilrig Express!
Don鈥檛 forget to return slips to let us know how many tickets you require. In the meantime here is a wee taster of what is to come!
We look forward to welcoming parents/carers to the school on Wednesday 11th December at 1.30pm.
Tuesday the 12th of November 2024
Our next Assembly will be on Tuesday the 26th of November. Purple Class will be presenting on the theme – Respect.
The song for this Assembly will be ‘Loch Lomond’. Below is the video for you to practice along with your young person at home. This song will also be part of the ‘Winter Show’ which will take place on the 11th of December, so keep practicing so that you can join in yourself on the day.
The Upmo Experience Rock Show
We are very excited to welcome “The Upmo Experience” rock band to 茶馆儿 School on Thursday 28th November for an exclusive rock show.
They will be performing for pupils and staff during periods 3 and 4. We are all very excited for this event!
Thank you Upmo.
Planning a clear out?
茶馆儿 School has a ‘Ragbag’ clothes recycling container at the entrance to the School car park. Any money made from this goes directly to the School. If you have any old clothes, send them in to school with your young person, and they will be added to the collection. The more we collect, the more the School will benefit.
They accept:- wearable clothes, paired shoes, handbags and belts.
Thursday the 10th of October 2024
Check out the first Newsletter of the year here.
Thursday the 10th of October 2024
The next School Assembly will be on Tuesday the 29th of October and this months song will be the Coldplay song ‘A Sky Full of Stars’.
Here’s the video showing body percussion and signalong for the song. Please enjoy practicing at home with your young person.
Friday the 4th of October 2024
Monday the 23rd of September 2024
As part of our Celebrations of Cultures this year we have a created a Cultural Calendar.
Below is the calendar for the first term. Click here to see the calendar for the full year.
Wednesday the 11th of September 2024
One of our pupils showed fabulous leadership skills at the Young Ambassador Conference at Heriot Watt University on Tuesday 10th September. We are so proud of him!
Thanks to Sarah Murphy our Active Schools Coordinator for all her support. @ActiveSchoolsED
Friday the 30th of August 2024
The first meeting of our Pupil Council for 2024/25 took place on Wednesday with Ms O鈥橦agan as part of our Pupil Voice lessons. We have representation from each year group.
Keep tuned for updates on our work!
Wednesday the 28th of August 2024
Breaking news!
Eco-Schools Scotland Green Flag Award!
We have just been informed that we have been awarded our first ever Green Flag!
We were commended for having a large inclusive Eco-Committee and for all our work on recycling and reducing food waste.
A massive Thank You! to Ms Wheat for all her hard work in putting this application together along with all the work of our dedicated Eco-Committee. We are so proud of what we have achieved!
Friday the 28th of June 2024
Check out the bumper Summer Newsletter here
Wednesday the 26th of June 2024
A message from the staff to the pupils that are leaving us this Summer.
Wednesday the 26th of June 2024
The Latest ELATE News. Check out page 12!!
Wednesday the 26th of June 2024
Preparations are underway for this morning’s Leaver’s Assembly and tonight’s Ball!
Wednesday the 12th of June 2024
A message from Active Schools.
Dear Parent/Carers
Active Schools Edinburgh are excited to share with you our upcoming Summer ASN programme of activities. These activities include swimming, cycling and multi-sport opportunities across three high school venues. Please see the attached booklet which highlights the specific age and ability groupings for each activity. Our coaches and teachers will provide an opportunity for your child to learn new skills but most importantly we aim for them to have fun while taking part in sport and physical activity. When signing up please select the ability level appropriate for your child where appropriate.
Bookings go live 11.06.24 and close 21.06.24
We expect these to book up very quickly and will create a waiting list for those that don鈥檛 manage to get a space. Book Online: and search using the code listed in the booklet or Click Booking Codes in the table in the attached booklet to take you to the booking pages.
Many Thanks
Active Schools Edinburgh.
Wednesday the 29th of May 2024
Our new 茶馆儿 ECO Code developed by the ECO Committee in collaboration with the Pupil Council and further consultation with all pupils and staff.
Friday the 10th of May 2024
Thursday the 25th of April 2024
DYW Skills Week
Next week is DYW (Developing the Young Workforce) Skills Week. Here is the plan for the week.
Wednesday the 24th of April 2024
Breaking news! Gold School Sport Award!
We have just been informed that we have been awarded a sportscotland Gold School Sport Award for 2024-2026.
The Gold School Sport Award is recognition of our achievements in putting sport at the heart of the school鈥檚 planning, practice and ethos.
A massive Thank You! to Mr T for all his hard work in putting this application together. We are so proud of what we have achieved!
#SchoolSportAward
@sportscotland
Thursday the 28th of March 2024
Check out the latest Newsletter
We hope everyone has a great holiday, and finally………
Wednesday the 20th of March 2024
Wednesday the 13th of March 2024
Coming soon鈥︹�︹�︹�︹��..
茶馆儿 School Productions presents…
The Wizard of Oz!!!!
Dates for your diary:
S1 鈥� S3 Wednesday 22nd May, doors open 1pm
S4 鈥� S6 Wednesday 29th May, doors open 1pm
Requests for tickets will be coming out after the Easter holidays!
Wednesday the 13th of February 2024
Edinburgh’s Vision for Inclusive Education- Have Your Say!
On behalf of Lynne Binnie, Head of Education – Inclusion
We are now into a period of public and colleague engagement to help inform how we take forward the recommendations of the Collaborative Improvement, an expert review into inclusive education in Edinburgh. The flier attached has information on how colleagues working in schools, CEC support services, partner services and parents and carers can get involved and share their views on these improvements. Opportunities include:
- Vision for Inclusion Locality Events
- Edinburgh鈥檚 Vision for Inclusion Survey: the survey is now live and can be completed on the council鈥檚 consultation Hub at
We want as many voices as possible to be represented in these engagement opportunities.
Wednesday the 28th of February 2024
Invitation to help shape Edinburgh’s Vision for Inclusion
Sent on behalf of Lynne Binnie
We are moving into an exciting period of engagement to help inform how we take forward the recommendations of the collaborative improvement and the next steps of the inclusion review.
To kick start the engagement stage we are holding Vision for Inclusion engagement events. You can find further information about these in the attached flier.
There will also be opportunities to share views via a questionnaire and further communication will be shared on this in due course. There will be a questionnaire designed for pupils and opportunities for them to engage with this process.
If you have any questions, please email them to inclusion@edinburgh.gov.uk
Dr Lynne Binnie – Head of Education – Inclusion
Wednesday the 7th of February 2024
Wednesday the 10th of January 2024
Resources from this evening’s Relationships, Sexual Health, and Parenthood information session can be found here.
Friday the 22nd of December 2023
Merry Christmas from all the staff at 茶馆儿 School. We hope you have a lovely holiday.
Friday the 22nd of December 2023
FESTIVISION results are in.
This year’s winners were the Yellow Class with their brilliant video – Dominik the Donkey. Well done Mr Cuddy and the Yellow Class.
Friday the 22nd of December 2023
The latest Newsletter can be found here.
Thursday the 23rd of November 2023
Here is the video from the amazing assembly Red Class did this week promoting one of our school values 鈥淏e Safe鈥�.
Get ready for the event of the year – The Spirit of 茶馆儿 – A Valuable Snowman
This will be a live event on the 20th of December at 1:15pm.
Make sure you let the school know if you are coming along and how many free tickets you would like.
Monday the 30th of October 2023
Check out the new page of Signifier songs created by the amazing Ms Vogiatzaki, as part of our Inclusive Communication. Enjoy practicing them at home!!
Friday the 13th of October 2023
Check out the October Newsletter
Tuesday the 10th of October 2023
Rights Aware!
Fabulous news! 茶馆儿 School has now achieved Rights Respecting Schools Silver Level!
Thanks to all the hard work of Ms Kirkwood, Ms Karefylakis and the Pupil Voice Steering Groups it is with immense pride that we are delighted to let everyone know that 茶馆儿 School has met the standard for UNICEF UK鈥檚 Rights Respecting Schools Award at Silver: Rights Aware! The report we received detailed a high commitment and passion by staff for advocating for the rights of all the young people in their care. The School Values tree that greets visitors to the school gives pupils a voice to say which articles they have learned about and are important to them. Furthermore, there was clear evidence that our young people have been actively involved in affecting change through sharing their views, needs and wants. We are really looking forward to receiving our banner and certificate and will be sharing some photos of our proud pupils with these as soon as they arrive.
Now the work begins to achieve GOLD!!!
Monday the 9th of October 2023
A new Boardmaker poster with our school values can be found displayed in all our classes.
You can see it on our Visions, Values and Aims page.
Monday the 25th of September
Due to industrial action, the school is closed to pupils on Tuesday the 26th, Wednesday the 27th and Thursday the 28th of September.
Please see below for Learning Grids for each of these days.
Friday the 22nd of September
Check out our new page on Inclusive Communication.
Tuesday the 29th of August 2023
Here is a social story about getting the flu vaccine.
Wednesday the 28th of June 2023
Check out the Summer Newsletter here
Friday the 2nd of June 2023
Throughout session 2022 / 23 the pupils and staff of 茶馆儿 School have revisited our vision, values and aims. We would like to hear what our families and wider community think of our all our hard work. Please share your thoughts through the following email address: Admin@pilrigpark.edin.sch.uk
Check out the updated Visions, Values and Aims
Friday the 2nd of June 2023
Article 15 The Right to be part of a Group. We had great fun designing our flags and hats to represent the Burning Blues. Burn baby Burn Disco Inferno is our tune.
Wednesday the 31st of May 2023
Parents and carers of current S5 pupils should check out the following article.
Wednesday the 31st of May 2023
It was lovely to have Margon from The Green Team back in school today. We had great play based learning with the parachute. We made a den and sat under it. We played games. We also used the magnifying glasses and went on a big hunt with our minibeast classification key.
Monday the 15th of May 2023
Our young people have been working hard on decorating our whole school RRSA and Values Tree. They have been writing hearts and leaves with Articles important to them and what they enjoy. Goals of Education Article 29. The Right to Play Article 31. The Right to participate and be part of a group Article 15 and so much more. Celebrating International Children’s Day UK and Mental Health Awareness Week Article 24.
It鈥檚 here.
The trailer for 茶馆儿 on a Summer Holiday. Enjoy.
COMING SOON…
Wednesday the 19th of April 2023
Check out pages 8 and 20 of the latest ELATE Newsletter here
Friday the 31st of March 2023
Enjoy the Easter holidays everyone. Here is the Easter Newsletter .
Wednesday the 8th of March 2023
Today is International Women’s Day.
For this Women’s Day, Miss Morrison, Miss Kirkwood, Miss Vennelle and Mrs Tupper are being interviewed by our Senior learners, and are sharing their thoughts on women in Education.
Some wall displays created as part of Fair Trade Fortnight.
Thursday the 2nd of March 2023
Today we are celebrating World Book Day 2023 by decorating doors as book covers.
Everyone worked hard on these. Well done.
They all look great.
Monday the 27th of February 2023
茶馆儿 School had their name in lights at Tyncastle Stadium yesterday as many pupils, families and staff enjoyed free tickets to the ladies Capital Cup between Hearts Women and Hibs Women!
Friday the 24th of February 2023
Please select the link below for activities which can be attempted at home during the days of industrial action.
Tuesday the 31st of January 2023
Pupils and staff gave a very warm welcome to Mr Jamie Hepburn MSP who visited us today to find out more about the positive destinations of the leavers of our school. We shared with him what our pupils would like to do when they leave 茶馆儿.
Monday the 30th of January 2023
Today we launched our 10 key signs for communication.
Tuesday the 24th of January 2023
Thursday the 12th of January 2023
Oh yes we are!
On Thursday the 19th of January we are all going to see Snow White and the Seven Dwarfs at the Festival Theatre.
Check out the Visual Story below.
Tuesday the 10th of January 2023
Friday the 6th of January 2023
Friday the 16th of December 2022
Today saw 茶馆儿 School hold our first ever Silent Disco! It was brilliant to see the return of whole-school events for all pupils and staff. A fantastic time was had by all, especially a certain Mr Cuddy who was absolutely loving being the DJ!
Monday the 12th of December 2022
Check out the latest update-from-the-parent-council
Wednesday the 7th of December 2022
We are delighted to announce that 茶馆儿 School has successfully achieved the first stage of our Rights Respecting School Award journey – Bronze: Rights Committed. Our steering Group Blue Class and Clyde Class led by Miss Kirkwood and Ms Karefylakis are delighted that our whole school has been recognised in this way. We have all been working hard on this during our Pupil Voice sessions throughout the school and linking it meaningfully to all we do such as Pupil Council, Eco Committee, Health Group etc. We are about to commence our training for Silver. We have submitted our RAG for Silver and we hope to achieve the next stage of our RRSA Journey Silver as soon as we can! We will keep you updated of our progress via our school website and Twitter.
Well done everybody!
Wednesday the 30th of November 2022
Today we had the honour of inviting Tam, our dear Alice鈥檚 husband, and Alex from St Columba鈥檚 Hospice, to receive a donation from Mrs Tupper and Lauren of behalf of the 茶馆儿 School community in memory of Alice, who we miss every day. 馃挋
Wednesday the 30th of November 2022
Our friends at the Botanics have once again asked 茶馆儿 School to be involved in something VERY special!
Queen’s Green Canopy Project at Royal Botanic Garden Edinburgh
We have been asked to contribute to the Queen鈥檚 Green Canopy initiative by helping the experts plant an avenue of cherry trees at the Royal Botanic Garden Edinburgh commemorating the late Queen Elizabeth鈥檚 70 years as sovereign and underscoring the importance of school gardening projects. The planting is presided over by the research institute鈥檚 Regius Keeper Simon Milne MBE, a member of Her Majesty’s bodyguard, the Honourable Corps of Gentlemen at Arms.
Check out our Proud Moments page to find out how they got on.
Click on this link for our new Pupil blog page.
Our display on Anti bullying, Kindness, Protection from Harm and Non discrimination for our Rights Respecting Schools Award journey. Pupils from Blue helped Chloe and Miss Kirkwood with the Kindness display.
Check out the new page celebrating our Proud Moments.
Thank you to the Parent Council for the Leavers hoodies
茶馆儿
茶馆儿 School
12 Balfour Place
Edinburgh
EH6 5DW
Tel: 0131 467 7960
E-mail: admin@pilrigpark.edin.sch.uk
Twitter@pilrigpark
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