Dear Parents and Carers,
We are so excited to welcome you to East Craigs! We do hope that your child will settle well and that your family will have a long and happy association with the school.
Our aim at East Craigs is to build and maintain effective partnerships between home, school and the wider community.
Moving on from Nursery or home to Primary 1 is a very important step in your child’s life and it is important that we all work together in partnership to ensure that your child has the best possible start to their school life.
If you have any concerns, please do not hesitate to contact the Senior Leadership Team. We will be only too happy to help and if necessary will make an appointment for you to speak to a member of staff.
P1 transitional East Craigs 2025-26
Kindest Regards,
Lisa Bradley – Depute Head Teacher
Useful information
Applying to P1 or deferring entry to P1
School registration opens for a short period once a year, usually around November. Learners attending nursery are often notified via their nursery shortly before the registration window opens.
Primary Schools Open Day
If you are intending to register your child for school, don’t forget that the Primary Schools Open Day is held every November. If you are considering applying for East Craigs Primary School, we would be delighted to see you!
P1 School hours
The school hours for Primary 1 will be as follows:
| Monday, Tuesday, Wednesday, Thursday | Friday | |
| Morning Start | 8:50 a.m. | 8:50 a.m. |
| Morning Break | 10:15 a.m. | 10:15 a.m. |
| Morning Re-Start | 10:30 a.m. | 10:30 a.m. |
| Lunch Break | 12:10 p.m. | 12:15 p.m. (End of day) |
| Afternoon Start | 1 p.m. | |
| End of Day | 2.45 p.m. |
Please ensure that your child is in the playground line at 8.50 a.m.
P1 entrance is the via the footpath which runs behind the houses on Bughtlin Market.
NOTE all children will finish at a slightly earlier time on their first day and will attend full-time thereafter:
- Wednesday 13th August 9:15am – 2:30pm
- Thursday 14th August 8:50am – 2:45pm
- Friday 15th August 8:50am – 12:15pm
Uniform and free uniform hub
Most children in East Craigs wear school uniform. The wearing of this uniform promotes self-esteem as well as pride in our school and we very much like to encourage this.
More details about East Craig’s uniform can be found on the uniform and free uniform hub page.
What to bring to school
- School bag (labelled)
- Reusable water bottle (labelled)
- Healthy snack for break time (in a labelled box or bag)
- Packed lunch in a labelled box/bag or order School lunch via ParentPay* by midnight the Wednesday before (available free for every p1-p5 pupil)
- Weather appropriate jacket (labelled)
- Indoor shoes/plimsoles (labelled)
*Details on how to register for ParentPay can be found on the useful links page.
East Craigs school houses
At East Craigs we have 3 different houses: Barnton (blue), Almond (red) and Maybury (green). Your child will be allocated to a house and will work to earn points for their house across the year.
Meet the teachers
Teachers for Session 2025/26
P1A
Miss Hannah Treanor
P1B
Mrs Jayne Wilson (Mon – Wed)
Mrs Sharon Sime (Thu-Fri)