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As we reach the end of another successful school year, I would like to take this opportunity to reflect on what has been a fantastic Summer Term and to thank everyone who has played a part in making Blackness Primary School such a special place to learn and grow.  This year has been filled with many achievements, successes and memorable experiences, with a small selection from term 4 available throughout the newsletter. None of this would have been possible without the dedication, commitment and hard work of our entire school community…

Firstly, I would like to thank our leadership team, teaching staff and support staff for their commitment to our pupils. Every day they go above and beyond to provide the highest quality learning experiences, care and support for our children. Their passion, professionalism and determination to continually improve our school is truly remarkable.

I would also like to extend my thanks to Friends of Blackness for their continued support throughout the year. Their commitment to our school and willingness to work alongside us helps strengthen the positive partnerships that are so important to our success.

To all of our parents and carers, thank you for your ongoing support and for working in partnership with us. Together, we continue to ensure that Blackness is a school of excellence where children are supported to achieve their full potential. The positive relationships between home and school are one of our greatest strengths and we are incredibly grateful for your trust and encouragement.

Most importantly, I would like to congratulate our wonderful pupils. They are at the heart of everything we do and continue to make us proud every day. Their enthusiasm, resilience, kindness and dedication to their learning have been evident throughout the year. They are a credit to themselves, their families and our school.

To our Primary 7 pupils, as you prepare to move on to the next stage of your educational journey, I would like to wish you every success, happiness and fulfilment in the years ahead. You will be greatly missed by everyone at Blackness. Over the past seven years, you have grown into confident, responsible and caring pupils who have made a lasting contribution to our school community. You have been excellent role models for our younger pupils and have embodied the values that make Blackness such a special place. We are incredibly proud of all that you have achieved and have no doubt that you will continue to accomplish great things in the future.

As one chapter closes, another begins. In August, we are delighted to welcome our new Primary 1 pupils and their families to Blackness. We look forward to supporting them as they begin their own journey with us. We know that our new Primary 1s will quickly become valued members of the Blackness family, creating their own memories, achievements and successes over the next seven years.

This year has also been one of significant improvement and achievement. I am delighted that we have successfully met our attendance stretch aim, as well as our overall literacy and numeracy stretch aims. We have also continued to strengthen our inclusive practice and learning environments, ensuring that every child feels valued, supported and able to succeed. Staff have engaged in professional learning focused on pedagogy, including differentiation and the development of metaskills, helping us further enhance learning and teaching across the school. We look forward to sharing our new School Improvement Plan with you in August as we continue our journey of growth and excellence.

I wish all our pupils, families and staff a happy, safe and restful summer break. We look forward to welcoming everyone back in August for another exciting year ahead.

Miss Taylor
Head Teacher

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Welcome to our Blackness Primary School family. Over the last few weeks our soon to be P1 pupils have been busy touring our school, meeting their class mates and their teachers.

We look forward to seeing as many of you as possible at the Teddy Bears Picnic on August 13th at 11:30AM

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What a fantastic day! The children and adults enjoyed playing on the go-karts, zip wire, swings, trampolines, bouncy pillow. Each class visited the animals. The children were displayed excellent behaviour which was commented on by other visitors and staff.

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Primary 1a have had great fun taking part in a Kodály music session this week. Through songs, games, movement and rhythm activities, the children explored music in an engaging and enjoyable way. It was wonderful to see their enthusiasm, confidence and creativity shine as they learned together.

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Primary 1b had great fun on the International Day of Play and the start of the FIFA World Cup. We wore our fandanas, sang Scotland songs, learned about sun safety and had lots of fun playing. We even joined a citywide teams call.

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Primary 2 had a wonderful time participating in a sensory workshop led by parent, Lisa Melrose.

Lisa was fantastic with the class and used her experience of leading baby sensory classes to help us explore our senses in a fun and engaging way. She brought along lots of interactive activities, including tasting different fruits and smelling a variety of spices and fruits. We also had the opportunity to touch and feel different textures while learning many amazing facts about how our senses work.

It was a truly wonderful workshop that everyone thoroughly enjoyed. The children had a fantastic time, and even Mrs Thomson learned something new!

A huge thank you to Lisa for sharing her time, expertise and enthusiasm with Primary 2. We are very grateful for such a memorable learning experience.

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The children in P2a have been learning all about the life cycle of a chicken. We were extremely fortunate to welcome Ritchie (Kit H’s dad) into class with their chicks so he could tell us all about them. He kindly allowed everyone to hold the chicks and explained what they need to stay safe, healthy and well cared for.

Ritchie told us about the incubator he used when the chicks were still eggs and explained how the chicks now snuggle under a warm plate which mimics their mum. We also saw photographs of the hens they own and used a special light to look inside eggs to see whether there might be a chick growing inside.

It was a wonderful experience for all of the children. Kit H and Sylvie were experts too, and we learned so much from them both.

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Mrs Claire Gibson visited Primary 3 to tell us about the opportunity to join the NYCOS choir. She introduced us to some of the singing games that the choir play. We had the chance to sing as a group and some of us were brave enough to sing on our own. We all took part in activities that helped us understand rhythm and keeping time together. These were quite tricky but great fun. Perhaps some of us will be part of the NYCOS choir in the future.

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Primary 2B have been learning about road safety. Liz our lollipop person came into class to discuss crossing the road safely with us. The pupils had lots of questions for her and enjoyed getting to hold her lollipop sign. Before she left she very kindly gave the pupils traffic light coloured lollipops! Thanks to Liz for visiting us and all the hard work she does keeping us safe crossing the road.

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This term P3/4 have been learning about healthy food, the benefits of a healthy lifestyle and where food comes from. We visited Sook Kitchen where we discussed how the chef sourced produce. We also had an opportunity to create a healthy sandwich for the weekend menu, thinking about different elements that would keep it tasty and nutritious. Sharyn showed us around the kitchen, and we tasted some of the amazing healthy treats on offer. Delicious!

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P4 have been enjoying P.E sessions down at Magdalen Green. They were learning how to tackle long distance running and focusing on tactical play while playing rounders. We enjoyed having the parent helpers play with us.

We also really appreciated having Jayden's Dad come in to help us with our singing and choreography for Surfin USA which was part of our class performance to parents.

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During this term, P5a used the Meta Skills of communicating, leading and creating while demonstrating their understanding of their class novel, The Lion, the Witch and the Wardrobe. They enjoyed writing and performing skits based on the chapters within the book. They also learned various shading techniques when using oil pastels to create the book’s famous lantern peeking through their wardrobe book reviews.

During this term, we have studied varied aspects of the sciences; Space, Renewable resources, Scientific experiments, Biomes / Habitats and Endangered animals. The class embarked on a journey to the Botanical Gardens to examine plants in varied biomes. The class learned the importance of light within the photosynthesis process.

The class has also been learning how to include persuasive techniques within their writing. We all agree that the using a growth mindset and The Power of Yet phrase, is a helpful strategy for climbing out of the pit  of discouragement. We believe that promoting an end to cyberbullying and recognising how to keep safe online is an important message for kids to know. We have enjoyed our recent cricket gym sessions and have focused on improving our skills, teamwork, and sportsmanship.

P5a, I am very proud of your hard work and determination to achieve in all areas of the curriculum this year. It is truly wonderful to watch you strengthen your presentation skills! Wishing you a lovely holiday and an amazing transition to P6!

With gratitude,

Mrs Courtney McConnell

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Well good Workshop:

This term P5B had the opportunity to learn more about habits and behaviours through a drama workshop. We then put our knowledge of all the learning to test and had a class performance at the end to an audience.

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A big thanks to everyone who supported the Crispie Cake Company! We have one session left to sell and so far have made £90 towards buying sensory toys/fidgets for each class. The pupils have enhanced their current skillsets and learned some new ones too! Enterprise projects are always so well supported by the school community and it's a big thanks to you all that we can give our children experiences of the world of work

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This is such a busy time of year, and this term has been no exception for Primary 6a. We started the term with bikeability. This allows the children to progress from whatever level they are in biking, from complete beginners to confident cyclists. Bikeability had a big impact on the class with many children learning to ride their bike for the first time and others learning to ride their bike confidently outside the school grounds. This culminated in a very long bicycle ride for most of the class, down to the V & A museum and back up through Magdalen Green - a fantastic achievement. Later this term the class had the opportunity to learn some life skills from medical students as part of the Dr. Me Workshop, and what to do when they have a cut or graze, or even a cold. We have also had a creative writing workshop from local author, Anna Stewart and two music workshops from Fischy music, celebrating Scotland's music. On top of all of this we have had Sports Day, a whole school trip and presented the Primary 6 gathering - a very busy time indeed!

Most importantly the children took part in buddy training with Mr Ferrier and took over as buddies from the P7s earlier this month. They have proved themselves to be very responsible members of the school community willing to give up their own time to support the younger pupils which is exactly what we hope our senior pupils will do. Primary 6a you have shown you are more than ready for the responsibilities that go along with Primary 7 which you will be before you know it - very well done indeed, we are very proud of you.

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P7 took part in a workshop, led by Graeme McKerracher, parent volunteer who works for Trussel Trust. It is part of a 2-session workshop introducing the children to language like activism, social change and justice.

Inspired by the political interests and actions of the Primary 7 pupils, Graeme gave the pupils a deeper look at Events, Patterns & Trends, Systems & Structures and Mental Modes of large scale current political issues. Pupils in teams discussed and discovered the definition of key vocabulary of Activism. Graeme also shared some historical figures and their respective movements with the pupils.

Pupil voice:

James

“When Graeme was teaching us, he was talking about how people can make a difference in the world your in.”

Annabel

“When Graeme was teaching us, I learned that anyone can change the world."

Freddie

“I liked learning about activism and how to do it correctly. I also like to learn about Mary Barbour and Martin Luther Kings speech and how it impacted the world.”

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What a term to finish off our P7 year!

It has been non-stop with activities and events in the classroom and series of trips out and about. P7 have been hard at work finishing off assessments and learning before they transition onto their high schools. We have had events at local high schools allowing lots of new relationships to be built.

We have had visitors in to teach us the importance of activism and social justice, medical students educating us on services to use when we are unwell and doctors who volunteered in Nepal and met Freddie Flintoff!

We have made bread dough, visited the V&A (again), where some of our Trashion Show pictures were placed in the Catwalk exhibition, written and performed original songs based around our favourite foods, participated in another House Afternoon and Sports day and visited Active Kids in a whole school trip. We also were let loose in Craigtoun Park for our P7 Leavers Trip and enjoyed a buffet from Clarks Bakery.

In class we celebrated David Attenborough's 100th birthday and enjoyed working with perspective art, taking inspirating from Van Gogh with our bedroom sketches and the impact of colour. Of course, we have linked a lot of our learning to the World Cup and Scotland!

Finally, as we prepare to say goodbye to Blackness Primary School, we wrote letters and poems for our future P1s to help them feel welcome and ready to join after the Summer.

A wonderful last term to celebrate a wonderful group of children - still so much to come: a disco, shirt signing, Leavers Gathering and our final morning at School!

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This term every pupil was offered the opportunity to design a bird house for their House team. We were inundated with entries and the house captains narrowed it down to 4 entries per house. These were then sent to our local Amazon distribution centre at Riverside and their employees voted for their favourite as they were providing a £15 Gift certificate for each winner. We are looking forward to the winning entrants painting their bird boxes in the coming weeks and having them out in our playground next session.

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Our Outdoor learning group have visited the Botanic Gardens throughout the school year, They have thoroughly enjoyed the opportunity to learn in our local environment and extend their knowledge on plants, their habitats and the importance of urban Green Spaces. They were so disappointed to hear the news that the garden is to close and wrote some chalk messages in support of rallying against the planned closure. A huge thanks to Keith Skene for all his work with the group!

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P5a participating in some Cricket training during gym lessons. Coach Keegan, who is a South African bowler and currently plays for Forfarshire, has been teaching the class about the wonderful sport of cricket.

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We have been creating a display to celebrate our global family.

At Blackness, we are incredibly proud to be a mosaic of cultures.

Our school brings together pupils from 31 different countries, bringing a world of traditions and perspective right into our classrooms, our pupils speak many languages and our community follows five main religions.

This incredible mix makes our school a unique, welcoming and exciting place to learn.

Next session we hope to learn even more from each other. Our UNCRC Ambassadors will be organising a culture day - look out for more information.

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This term P5 we went on our trip to the Dundee Botanical Gardens. There were lots of activities for us to enjoy like creating some of our own art out of recycled natural materials as well as a scavenger hunt to learn facts all about the Botanic gardens. Everyone had a great time and learned a lot about our plants topic.

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The children all looked fantastic. The sun was shining and there was plenty of dancing. A fun filled fabulous evening!

Thank you to Lisa Melrose, Friends of Blackness and our wonderful P7 teachers for putting together such a great event.

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International Day of Play and FIFA World Cup day.

What a tremendous effort made by all! It was great to see lots of Scottish colours and the children (and staff) enjoyed a range of play and football related activities.

This all links to UNCRC article 31 every child has the right to relax, play and take part in a wide range of cultural and artistic activities.

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Pictures from the P6&7 Netball Festival 18/06/2026 at DISC.

There were 2 Blackness teams:

Team 1 - played 4; won 1 and lost 3

Charlotte Gibson

Olivia McBrearty

Dylan Kettles

Rachel Easson

Carah Sinclair

Sophie Hands

Vaishnavi Hari

Raghad Mekawy

Team 2 - played 4; won 1; drew 1 and lost 2

Freya MacLeod

Etta Davidson

Belle Calder

Lizzie Douglas

Lois McClean

Mya Jones

Ruby San

Imogen Forbes

Amy MacDougall

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Dundee music instructors came together to put on a concert for our pupils and what a treat it was.

Here a few pictures captured at the event.

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What a fantastic morning! Thank you to all who attended, to staff, parent and pupil volunteers and to Friends of Blackness for organising.

Here are just some of the photographs from our Summer Fair.

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Zones of regulation ambassadors sharing emotional regulation resources with the P1s and P2s for their calm corners.

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The Blackness Penguins attended the citywide Basketball final. They were spectacular!
Well done everyone in the team and thanks to Jack for being there with you.

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The Blackness School Football Team enjoyed an incredibly successful season this year. The boys won their league in style, winning every match and playing some fantastic football along the way.

Their success didn't stop there, as they also lifted the Linton Cup after a tense and hard-fought final against St Joseph's.

Pictured are the boys celebrating their league and cup triumphs. We are incredibly proud of their commitment, teamwork, sportsmanship and achievements throughout the season. Congratulations to all involved!

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Over a number of weeks, the choir rehearsed a repertoire of songs from around the world with our volunteer, Heather Miranda. The choir practised correct breathing techniques, learned to sing in cannon and learned to identify phrases in a piece of music. Their performance was beautiful, professional and well polished. Well done, performing to a very large audience isn't an easy task and yet our choir did so with composure.

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House Winners Reward - Picnic in the Park

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Congratulations to Thistle House, who after a closely fought competition, won with the highest number of points for this session! Throughout the year the lead swung back and forth with three different houses earning termly rewards this year. To celebrate their success a Picnic in the Park was held Wednesday 24th June at Victoria (Balgay) Park. The sun shone and the pupils across stages enjoyed playing on the equipment and ball games. It's lovely to see the positive relationships that have been built between children of different ages and interests!

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We are thrilled to announce that our school has been officially awarded the Silver: Rights Aware accreditation from UNICEF UK Rights Respecting Schools programme!

We are committed to embedding children's rights into our school's ethos, policies and daily practice.

Congratulations to our fantastic UNCRC Ambassadors, they have worked all year delivering rights in gatherings, and helping with rights displays around school and in classroom. Thank you too for your support, discussing learning shared via the Padlet at home, sharing your opinions through surveys and to those parents who joined our accreditation meeting.

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Carla, or Miss D as the pupils call her, has worked with us at Blackness for the last eleven years and has been a highly valued member of our support staff. Her ability to build relationships with pupils and support them with their learning and their emotional wellbeing has been pivotal to their participation and progress in their learning. Her calm and approachable nature make her a trusted adult for many of our children. She will be much missed by staff and pupils alike! We all wish her well in her future career working for Angus council!

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We are delighted to announce that Blackness Primary School has officially achieved the prestigious Silver Digital Schools Award!

Over this session, led by Mrs Fairfield and Mr Pound, our staff and pupils have worked incredibly hard to showcase how we use digital tools to enhance our curriculum, promote online safety, and build essential 21st century skills.

This is a fantastic milestone for our school community. We look forward to continuing our digital journey as we prepare our learners to thrive in an evolving digital landscape.

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It is with mixed emotions that we announce the retirement of Ms Ruth Sloane, effective at the end of this school year. Ruth has been a teacher for thirty eight years. Graduating from Northern College, Dundee.

Over the past eight years, she has been an integral part of our Blackness Primary School family. Ms Sloane has inspired many pupils with her passion for literacy, dedication to growth and a great school show. While we will deeply miss her presence in school, we wish her a joyful and well deserved retirement.

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Staffing and Classes for Session 2026-27

Primary 1a- Mrs Finlay

Primary1b- Mrs Dingwall

Primary 2- Mrs Stewart/ Mrs MacDonald

Primary 2/3- Mrs Thomson

Primary 3- Miss Montieth

Primary 3 /4 – Miss Allen

Primary 4- Miss Riley

Primary 5- Miss Stewart

Primary 5/6- Mrs McConnell & Mr Tarbett (Fri)

Primary 6- Mr Pound

Primary 6/7- Mrs Fairfield

Primary 7- Mr Pullar

Supporting learners: Mrs Nivison

Raising Attainment and Reduced Contact Time (RCT) staff: Miss Anderson, Mrs Stephen-Pont and Mr Tarbett.

Principal Teacher: Mrs Cuthbert

Depute Head Teacher: Mrs Allan

Head Teacher: Miss Taylor

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With thanks for her years of service, we announce the retirement of Fiona Kelbie, School and Family Development Worker, at the end of term.

Over the past six years, Fiona has worked with many in our Blackness Primary School Community, from offering a listening ear to parents, to supporting our pupils emotional growth, connecting and signposting to services and supporting the development of our Cost of the School Day plan.

We wish Fiona a happy retirement filled with wonderful moments with her granddaughter!

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Miss McIntyre has been a wonderful addition to our Blackness family this year. Having completed her first year of teaching with us, she is moving on and to Mill of Mains Primary School. We wish her every success in her new adventure.

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Click on the picture to see our UNCRC slideshow.

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Thursday 2 July - P7 Leavers Gathering

Friday 3 July - Term ends at 12 noon

Monday 10 - Friday 14 August Holiday Club - invitations sent

Thursday 13 August - Teddy Bears Picnic 11:30AM -12:30PM

Autumn Term

Monday 17 August - P1 pupils visit to new classroom

Monday 17 August- FoB Committee Meeting

Tuesday 18 August - Pupils resume

Friday 21 August - P1 Stay and Play, 2PM - invitation in P1 transition information

Friday 28 August - P1 Stay and Play, 2PM - invitation in P1 transition information

Tuesday 1 September, 5PM - P7 Parent Residential Meeting

Wednesday 9 September - Thistle House Lunch

Wednesday 16 September - Bluebell House Lunch

Wednesday 16 September, 5PM - Early Level Curriculum Evening

Thursday 10 September - FoB P1 Beetle Drive

Wednesday 23 September - Heather House Lunch

Thursday 24 September - FoB Parent Get Together

Wednesday 30 September - Primrose House Lunch

Wednesday 30 September - Friday 2 October - P7 Douglaswood Residential

Tuesday 6 October - Parent/ Teacher Meetings (more information to follow)

Thursday 8 October - Parent/ Teacher Meetings (more information to follow)

Friday 9 October - Fun Fit Friday - Raising money for digital resources (more information to follow)

Friday 9 October - Term ends

Autumn Holiday

Monday 12 October - Holiday starts

Friday 23 October- Holiday ends

Winter Term

Monday 26 October - All resume

Thursday 5 November - P6 Parent/ Career Residential Meeting

Wednesday 11 November - House Afternoon - come dressed in house colours

Thursday 12 November - In service day, schools closed

Friday 13 November - In service day, schools closed

Monday 16 November- FoB Get Together

Wednesday 18 November - Bluebell House Lunch

Wednesday 25 November - Heather House Lunch

Saturday 28 November - Winter Fair

Wednesday 2 December - Primrose House Lunch

Wednesday 9 December - Thistle House Lunch

Tuesday 15 December, 11AM - P1 Nativity

Thursday 17 December - P3- P7 to REP Snow Queen

Friday 18 December -Church Service

Monday 21-Wednesday 23 December -Christmas Parties (more information to follow)

Wednesday 23 December - Term ends

Christmas Holiday

Thursday 24 December 2026 - Holiday starts

Wednesday 6 January 2027 - Holiday ends

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If you a query/ question please phone or email our school office on

01382 435939

blacknessprimary@dundeeschools.scot

When emailing please included the intended recipient in the subject line.

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Head lice are tiny insects that live in hair. Nits are the empty egg cases attached to hair that head lice hatch from.

Head lice are a common problem, particularly in school children aged 4 to 11.

They're largely harmless, but can live in the hair for a long time if not treated and can be irritating and frustrating to deal with.

Signs of head lice

Head lice can be difficult to spot, even when the head is closely inspected.

They're very small whitish or grey-brown insects that range from the size of a pinhead to the size of a sesame seed.

Less reliable signs of head lice include:

small white eggs or nits (egg cases) in the hair behind the ears or at the back of the neck

an itchy scalp

a rash on the back of the neck

feeling as though something is moving in the hair

How to spot head lice

The only way to be sure someone has head lice is to find a live louse by combing their hair with a special fine-toothed comb. This is called detection combing.

You can buy detection combs from your local pharmacy, supermarket or online. Combs with flat-faced teeth spaced 0.2 to 0.3mm apart are best for removing head lice, although combs with smaller gaps can be used to remove eggs and nits (egg cases) after treatment.

Detection combing can be carried out on dry or wet hair. Dry combing takes less time, but wet combing is more accurate because washing with conditioner stops head lice from moving.

How to get rid of head lice and nits

Treatments to get rid of head lice are available to buy from pharmacies, supermarkets and online.

The main treatments are:

Everyone with head lice in your household should be treated on the same day.

If a treatment doesn't work the first time, you can:

try it again

try a different treatment

get advice from your school nurse, health visitor, pharmacist or GP

Lotions and sprays for head lice and nits

There are several different products that can be applied to the scalp and hair to kill head lice, including:

dimeticone 4% lotion or lotion spray - applied and left for 8 hours (usually overnight)

dimeticone 4% spray gel - applied and left for 15 minutes

mineral oil and dimeticone spray - applied and left for 15 minutes

isopropyl myristate and cyclomethicone solution - applied and left for 5-10 minutes

Some treatments need to be done twice - 7 days apart. This makes sure that any newly-hatched lice are killed.

Detection combing should usually be done 2 or 3 days after finishing treatment, and again another 7 days after that, to check for any live head lice.

Always check the pack or leaflet to see if a product is suitable for you, particularly if:

you're pregnant

you're breastfeeding

your child has head lice and is less than 2 years of age

Your pharmacist can recommend a suitable treatment and advise you on how to use it correctly if necessary.

When to get professional advice

Your pharmacist can advise you about treatments for head lice and nits if you're not sure which is best for you or your child.

Make sure you carefully follow the instructions that come with the treatment you choose.

Find your nearest pharmacy

You can get advice and treatment on head lice and nits directly from a pharmacy.

How head lice are spread

Head lice are spread by direct head to head contact. They climb from one person's hair to another's.

Head lice:

can't fly, jump or swim

are very unlikely to be spread by objects like hats, combs and pillows

don't have a preference for dirty, clean, short or long hair

only affect people

can't be caught from animals

Once detached from the hair, head lice will usually die within 12 to 24 hours.

Preventing head lice

It's very difficult to prevent head lice.

You may want to consider regular detection combing if you're concerned about your children or yourself. For example, on a weekly basis.

Lotions and sprays don't prevent head lice and should only be used if a live louse has been found in your or your child's hair.

Staying off work or school and washing clothing and bedding on a hot wash is unnecessary, as it's unlikely to help prevent the spread of head lice.

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Information on the signs of head lice and nits, how to spot them and what can be done to treat head lice

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Dear parents/carers,

Here is some useful information from Occupational Therapy.

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Angus and Dundee Child Health Occupational Therapy

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We aim to enable children to be as independent as possible in their day to day occupations. Occupation is our fancy word for the activities you want to do, need to do and are expected to do.

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