Dear Parents and Families ,

We have had a number of complaints this week, when the weather has been better, from our close neighbours about families from our school using the green space at the front of the flats  on Fortrose Street.

May we ask that our families remember that the residents at the lower levels of these apartments often have mobility or care issues and require as peaceful an environment as possible.

Our neighbours are concerned at the level of supervision and respectful use of the small grassed area and entry points of the flats as well as school related litter in the area.

We have been advised that the issue  has become so problematic and impacted adversely  on residents housing experience that a referral will be made to the community police if matters do not improve.

Our school has always played an esteemed and affirmative role within our community, and we greatly value the opinions and support of all of our neighbours.

Please help us to restore the social equilibrium in Fortrose Street by respecting our neighbours requests to reduce noise and carefully supervise any young people using the grassed space and do not use the courtyard entrance as a play area.

On a secondary matter, our school has suffered significant damage to our outdoor classroom and extensive littering over eveings/weekends recently ,which reached a peak over the Jubilee Weekend.

Our Janitorial Team faced such a large scale clean up on Monday that it was prioritised by potentially harmful litter and we were unable to complete this sweep  before the children came into school and the operation continued well into the morning. Debris from alcohol, food and substance misuse was strewn across every playground and the MUGA. With our valued partners in Afty many make shift interventions have had to be applied in recent weeks because of horrendous vandalism and tagging of school property.

We know how challenging it was for our families to raise the funds for the creation of structures that improve children’s quality of outdoor play; it is demoralising having to assess the damage which is being inflicted every day. We have referred this to our community police team . We would appeal to anyone using the social spaces on campus (although not condoned) to do so respectfully. If you are aware of any information that may help our policing team resolve this antisocial behaviour please contact our office or SLT who will act as a conduit to Police Scotland

Many thanks

The Hyndland Team