School Club Information and Other Activities
Breakfast Club (Monday - Friday):
Runs from 8:00am - 8:30am (Monday - Friday) in the Gym Hall - please enter from the side entrance - please note breakfast stops being served ay 8:20am to allow staff to tidy up.
After School Clubs at Kirknewton Primary:
Simply Play (Monday - Friday):
Simply Play will be based at East Calder (Monday, Tuesday, Wednesday, Thursday and Friday) from 29th March, 2024. Pupils attending should meet Simply Play Leaders in the Hall and a mini bus will collect children from the school car park - Please contact Simply play directly for any information/queries.
Muddy Boots Club:
Muddy Boots group - Muddy Boots is an afterschool gardening club that is open to all pupils from Nursery through to P7 and we ask that parents accompany their child to the club. It runs once a month (weather permitting) on a Wednesday after school. The session lasts approx 45 mins in the back playground.
Balerno Schools Pipe Band (Tuesday Mornings):
To join please email: balernoschoolspipeband@gmail.com - They teach at Kirknewton primary on Tuesday mornings and have limited spaces for beginner pipers and drummers this term. They teach children from P4 upwards.
Lessons are £6 a session although support with funding can be requested. Practice chanter or drum pads would be required and the cost of this is £30. Other than that, instruments and uniforms are provided by the band. Most learners would be in a position to join the band within a couple of years of starting lessons.
Destination Judo (Friday)
Please contact Colin Woods colin@destinationjudo.com
Local Area Active School Info 2021 (PDF, 73 KB)(opens new window)
P6/P7 Girls Football
WCHS are running free after school girls only football sessions on Wednesdays 3.30 - 4.30pm on their 3G pitch. If your child is P6 or 7 and would like to attend just fill in the MS form - link below.
The MS form must be completed before attending so we have all medical and emergency contact info for your child. If you filled this in last term you do not need to fill it in again.
Transport is not provided. Sessions will run every Wednesday during term time.
If this is your first session then please go to school reception when you arrive and they will arrange for someone to show the girls where to change and where the 3G pitch is. If your child has attended before they should just make their way up as usual.
When collecting your child please collect them from the Community Entrance at the front of school.
Form must be completed before attending https://forms.office.com/e/AwXacnP8zs