On Friday morning, with Councillor Kevin Keenan and Councillor Georgia Cruickshank, I had the opportunity to visit Sidlaw View Primary School and Jessie Porter Nursery School in their new school buildings on Harestane Road.
This two-stream, two-storey primary school has a co-located but separately managed nursery school which incorporates the Young Mothers’ Unit. Overall, the new building was designed for an anticipated maximum of 400 pupils, with 100 FTE nursery places and nine places for babies / under two year olds, for mothers attending Baldragon Academy next door.
Mrs McCaffery, Head Teacher of Sidlaw View and Mrs Ferrier of Jessie Porter showed us round. Their two co-located schools have admirable facilities and well defined approaches to learning that are already taking advantage of their enhanced facilities.
