Parents' Site

Information for parents on Newbattle High School, and how to support your child's study at home

Parents' Forum and Parents' Council

Information about the school

UPDATED! Download our Parents' Year Planner 2012-2013 - an at-a-glance reminder of all important dates such as holidays, reports and parents nights for all year groups. The planner comes in two parts: general dates and dates for specific year groups (last updated September 2012).

• UPDATED School Handbook - important information for all parents. This document was comprehensively updated in 2012 to include answers to all the issues parents ask us about most often (updated December 2012)
• Parents' Forum and Parents' Council
• S1/S2 homework timetable (updated September 2012)
• School holiday dates
• School uniform and dress code
• Extra-curricular Groups and Clubs
• Opportunities for trips away (this year's foreign visits: Paris - Rome - DANA Cup - London - Andorra - S2 University Week)
• School Meals
• What to do if you child is off school
• Educational Maintenance Allowance (Midlothian Council website)
• Who do I contact? Who is my child's guidance and homeroom teacher? (updated July 2012)
• Free School Meals and Clothing Grant (Midlothian Council website)
• Educational Maintenance Allowance (Midlothian Council website)
• School Buses (Midlothian Council website)

Travelling home from school by Lothian Buses? Check when the bus is due in real-time using our Bustracker screen!

What courses can my child study?

• Prospectus: Which Course? Course options in S3
• Prospectus: What next? Course options in S5/S6
• List of school Departments

External Links for Parents

Education Scotland is the national body supporting quality and improvement in Scottish education.

Its website includes a parentzone, which can help you find out more about some of the key areas you will hear of in the course of your child’s learning including Transition, Assessment, Qualifications and Broad General Education.  To see what you can do to help your child have a look at “Supporting learning at home” and “Get involved” 

You can find parentzone at
http://www.educationscotland.gov.uk/parentzone

How can I help my child study at home?

• Extra-curricular help offered by the school
• Some departments offer online study resources within school. These can be found on the departmental pages.
• External link - yourhomework.co.uk - expert advice to help with homework
• Correction codes: a poster showing the marking codes we use when marking work

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Our Newbattle Parent Council has set up a school account with an online organisation called The Giving Machine. This allows you to donate a percentage of the purchase price of your online purchases to the school. It does not cost you a single penny, and often is combined with special offers from the major retailers.

If you would like to support the school fund in this way please log onto www.TheGivingMachine.co.uk and enter your details and choose Newbattle Community High School as your preferred charity. It only takes a minute.