Our congratulations go to Mrs McAdam and her husband on the birth of their new baby Tom! He was born on 5th June weighing 8lbs 3oz.

Hayley Berry competed in the Scottish Schools Athletics Association event on Saturday and performed like a professional! Her attitude and desire to win was apparent from the off and she managed the following results:  Shotput Gold Championship record 11.17m and Discus Gold 31.45m. This was a PB for her in the shotput and she has also met the entry requirements for inclusion in the GBAA at Bedford in both the shotput and discus later on in the year. As always she has done herself, her parents, Law Athletics club and the school proud!

Following the collapse of an external wall at Oxgangs Primary School in Edinburgh in January 2016 North Lanarkshire Council undertook extensive visual inspections of the new school estate and these did not show any reasons for concern. Since then the Report of the Independent Inquiry into the Construction of Edinburgh Schools has been published. Amongst the findings it was suggested that visual inspections should also be supported with intrusive surveys to provide assurance on wall construction. We have therefore decided as a precautionary measure to undertake exploratory inspections of school walls. Structural Engineers will be undertaking an initial walk round of schools to familiar themselves and this will be followed by an inspection of the external walls in selected areas to determine cavity

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