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Hi i am in p4a miss findleys class this is the best school ever.I love my teacher i like football and everything like maths and music with mrs mutuzak i hate going home i just want to stay there all night it just so brillient ting so bye

Kia ora Towerbank School. I was a past pupil at Towerbank in 1961-68 last few years was at the Annexe in Bath Street great memories of this school and Miss Little who was my last teacher. Always remember Mr Brown the school janitor he was a good man. I have lived in New Zealand since 1973 and often think of home. The web page is great. Best wishes to staff and pupils.

hii, first day at high school. so tired missing all of you already! i'll visit you all oh espeicially mrs morrison! x

YO! The holiday is almost over! I can't wait till P6! & ARDEONIG! ( i have no idea if ardeonig is spelt right ) PEACE OUT!

Hey i will miss towerbank so much but i will come down at lunch and see you all bye xxx

I will miss all the teachers and the people that i knew.
I will never forget the Qualy, me and amy.

Heyyyyyy Towerbank, I will miss you guys so much when i go to high school
Iona Xx
p.s Towebank is the best school ever!!!!!!!

This website is cool!
I do not go to this school but my Mum did when she was a child! I go to Gilmerton Primary School and I am in P5!

I love TB so much and I am so sad to leave and I will miss you all :(

yo dudes
im home a trip wiv my school it waz great bu da beds wer sooooooooo uncomfy da best bit waz jumpin off a cliff in2 freezzzzzin old water lol lol
miss all of u dat i know see ya soon!
xoxoxoxoxoxoxoxoxo
p.s bye bye bye bye

hey towerbank,
I cant believe its been half a year since i left im doing fine and i hope yous are all good yourselfs and especially ( sorry if it is spelt wrong !) my old class.
anyway g2g bye bye bye bye xoxoxoxoxoxox

Hi Douglas here can't wait till p7 benmore will be the best.
I am getting Miss Pringle again it will be fun as she is a great teacher. I am going to Spain again. I loved the show (little prinsess) it was funny it was sad when she looked out of the window and sang a song which is the best song in a show. We are the children of towerbank school. Bye p6a and hello p7a I hope all the p7s injoyed the two day vistit.

bi from douglas wilson



p6a

Towerbank is actual Banter! i love mr barker mrs morrison and ms duncan OBV!!!! love towerbank and i will miss it! porty magazine is tiday x

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Hey Towerbank, can't believe that it has been two years since I left the school .. am glad to see some familiar faces on the guestbook page. P7A .. I want to wish you all the best as you make the journey into High School ... I wish that I could have been there for your graduation, however Mr. L may be moving onto another part of the world, which is exciting! If there is any way that I can make it to the ceremony, you know I will be there!

hey guys,hows u? I just been 2 Benmore! it was actually AMAZING! thanks to mrs Morrison Ms Duncan Colin Mcmillan Mrs Crammond + Mrs forbes!
And obv the instructors at Benmore!
P.S it shows me and mrs morrison need more practise of reading a map
LOL
loe you always towerbank :) Xxx

Well done P7s! News of your success have reached us in Spain!
I miss you all at Towerbank but am glad to hear that Morro and the team have made it to the final. Best of luck and keep the good work up!

Ms Moreno

I am in p3b its 2009 I think TOWERBANK is GREAT!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!


LOVE CHLOEXXXXXXXXXXXXX

Hello, this is Amy MacDonald, I was in Towebak until last year( P4A, 2008) We moved to Spain and we now live in Costa Brava. I'd like to say that I miss all of my friends from Mr Hepburns'class. I hope to visit Towerbank in August. My school here in Blanes is called after the writer Joaquim Ruyra and it reminds me of Towebank.

How lovely to see how much current pupils love the school as much today as I did from 958-66: fairytale unicorns mural in the school hall; bouncing a tennis ball from across the playground off the little ledge that runs round the building; the whole school playing British Bulldog every playtime and lunchtime in the playground -before it was banned.
My brother Alan remembers one verse of the school song. You can really belt it out - it's uplifting and ... well a bit over the top but ... och nostalgic and great!

School is the cradle and strength of a nation
Forth from its gates springs the youth of today
Filled with the power and the strength of creation
New worlds to fashion, old orders to sway
Towerbank we praise thee... etc

A comment on a school forum suggests Mrs Dale wrote it but I think it long predates her reign.
Looking forward to the concert when you get it together?

Hi. My name was Catherine Potter and I attended Towerbank from around 1953 until I went to Portobello High in or around 1962.
I am now living in Canada and wondered if anyone has any pictures of that period as most of mine have been lost over the years.
Would love to hear from you all

Towerbank is the best school in the world and Mr Hepburn is the BEST TEACHER EVER!!!!!! I love the Towerbank website!!!!!!!! :-)

I went to Towerbank at the age of 5 in 1956. I spent two happy years there before my parents moved to Duns in Berwickshire. Unfortunaltely, I cannot remember all that much about the school as it was so long ago.

Hello! Today P6 did a k'nex challenge! It was really hard!

Hello everyone at Towerbank! How is everyone?! I missed fitness day today because I felt sick! I wish I wasn't ill today but I feel a bit better now!

P.S. P6A ROCKS!!!

Hi it is me Jon-luke for all people that do not go to Towerbank it is an eco friendly school and is trying to be the first fair trade primary school. We had pyjama day which raised money for red nose day. We also have a fair trade healthy tuck shop which gives a fair amount of money to the farmers who grow it TOWER BANK ROCKS.

Hi I went to Towerbank in 1951 from Canada I made a lot of friends and loved it there Miss Reid was my teacher for almost 3 years made friends with Helen Carnel David Fergusen Denise Hutchison I wonder where you all are now? Cheers Jean.

Hi I am in p5a Mr Hepburn's class. I love Towerbank as a school because it's loads of fun Towerbank ROCKS.

Towerbank is great!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!

I love Towerbank.

Towerbank is the best school ever and Mr Hepburn is the best teacher I have ever had.

Hello again!!! Woo Hoo!!! Pyjama day was today it was really great fun! It was a little bit embarassing going to get lunch in my pj's!
Katie and Alex K did a sponsered "smile"ance
( I announced them) and we raised 75p for comic relief! Well its better than nothing!!!

Hello :P
Towerbank :)
When is Benmore ??????
XxXxXx
P.S. I love TB !:)!

Hi I'm in Mr Hepburn's class just saying hi 2 all my friends ! TOWERBANK IS GR8!
We miss u Layla!

Hi P5a, just wanted to say thanks again for the warm welcome you gave me during my placement. I really enjoyed my time with you and was so impressed with all the great work you are doing, keep it up!

Hiya!!! Towerbank is great! I miss Ardeonaig!!! The high ropes ROCKED!!!!!! It was amazing!

P.S. P5s going next year I just suggest to have fun! Try everything even if you're scared! And have FUN!!!!

Greetings from New Zealand

I attended Towerbank Primary for a few months in 1985- While my parents travelled around Europe. I stayed with an Aunty in Portabello I was five and returned home to New Zealand unbeknownst to me - with a strong Scottish accent.
I will return to Edinburgh later this year

cheers- Alli

Primary 6 have just come back from ARDEONAIG!. It was HUGE fun! The best bit was probably the high ropes although pelting the teachers(especially Mr. Hepburn) was MASSIVE FUN also.

Dear Primary 5a,
I am really missing you all at the moment.
I will be coming to visit you all soon ok.

I just found this site - fabulous! I left Towerbank in 1957 and now live in South Wales. I still think fondly of the old school and my teacher Miss Marnie. I wonder if any pupils from these days are still around.

Peter Nisbet

Today I am going to camp with Miss Sinclare, Miss Pringle, Mr Hepburn and Mrs Cramond. I can not wait it is going to be the best .

It's GR8 at Towerbank & I enjoy it all! Catherine, Rosie & Jessie are the best friends ever & they ROCK!!! GO TOWERBANK!!!! U ROCK!!!! BLAH BLAH BLAH!!!!

hi i so miss towerbank sooooooooooooooooooooooooooooooooooo much and i miss all my friends Catherine, Charlie, Kate, Rosie, Tilly, Emma, Lizzie and Shannon and Miss Findley, Mr Hepburn,Mrs Gilmor, Mrs Rosy, Miss Dean, Mrs Bullimore and Mrs Scates.TOWERBANK ROCKS

Towerbank is a fab school! I will really miss Towerbank when i go up to high school in June this year :(
Ella x

Hi it's Charlie in p5a and my teacher is Mr Hepburn. At the moment our project is Mary Queen of Scots. I have great fun learning about her in class. I'm guessing that's because Mr Hepburn makes it so fun!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!

Towerbank RULES !!!!!!!

Hi

Tower bank school is a great school. It is fun and the playground is big. There are playground helpers, lots of nice teachers, the best head teacher and lots more nice staff.

TOWERBANK ROCKS! MR HEPBURN ROCKS AND HE IS COOL!

I had a good xmas can not wait to go back to P7B. I will miss TowerBank when i go up to S1 in June 2009.

I love Towerbank I will miss it so much when I go up to high school in 2009 :D

Hi my name is Emma
and i go to TowerBank Primary School.
It's a brilliant eco school
and the fairs are super.
The fair raises money for educational things.

bye

I was at Towerbank Primary School! I recall all the good memories and of course some of the bad ones too! Mrs Gilmour was the best headteacher alive man! And all the other teachers were very very good aswell.. I hope to come back and visit again soon, as I am now in 3rd year at Portobello High School.. Secondary and primary school are both far different from each other but my teachers from Towerbank are much better remembered(in a good way)!

I like Towerbank my teacher is Mr Hepburn and he is
a good teacher. I like my head teacher Mrs Gillmore she is the best.

I really like Towerbank and my teacher Ms Doran is really nice.

Miss Findlay is the best teacher in the school and Mr Hepburn is a kind teacher too.
I like playing in the playground too.

I was a pupil at Towerbank in the 1970's and I like your website, the school looks really great and I love the new garden! I wish we'd had a garden to enjoy when I was at the school! I was in Mrs Munros' class before I left for Portobello High School. I'm sure the school has changed a lot since I was there :)

I go to Towerbank and I think it rules. I'v got loads of great friends and a cool teacher. TOWERBANK ROCKS!!!

Towerbank is the best school ever.It has a big ash pitch and abig playground.

Hi, i am so happy to be at Tower bank school.i am in p4a and it is so fun and i will never leave.Soon my brother will join and it will be great.Hope you all join.Bye.xxx

i go to Towerbank it is awesome. im in p7 and i love it mrs morrison is my teacher she is soooooooooooooooooooooooooooooooooooooooooooo
nice i love this school
(looking forward to benmore it will be brilliant)
thank you to all the teachers who have made this such a lovely school

Hi I am in p6 and so far it has been great!!! I can't wait till WE go to camp(ARDIONIG!). I also wan't to say hi to MR. L! I had MR.L in p1 and he was great! Oh well see ya!

Hi, I am Brodie and I am in P5a and Towerbank school is a great place to go as it is beside the prom, it is easy to make friends and I love playing in the massive playgrounds. I also like the big classrooms as it is better than tiny ones.!

Towerbank is a good place for fun. I am in p6a and i can't wait till camp it will be good and fun. This website is very good. This christmas both the p6s are doing a show. I can't wait. TB ROCKS because it is by the prom and every body is nice and kind. I would never move.

Hi, Karen Morham here. I went to Towerbank school some years ago..! My son Scott is in P5a and I think Towerbank is a great school.

I go to towerbank and I love It. In primary 1 I had Mrs Hambelton and I had 3 teachers in primary 2, who were Mrs Downswell, Mrs Jefforson and a student teacher who's name I forgot. I had Mrs Hambelton again in primary 3 and Miss Findlay in primary 4. I now have Mr Hepburn in primary 5. All off my teachers have been nice.

hey
Tower Bank rules
and so does Mr Hepburn
Towerbank is a great place guys
all ofyou will LOVE IT !!!
i go there and i am in p5a
its cool
how about you give us a
message
come on!!!!!!! and go on
links as well to learn more
its a brilliant school
and go to the art festival
it's good
COME WOW!!!!!!!!
I SAY "i love this schoolll
it's the best school in the world !!!!!!!!!!" bye xx

I go to Towerbank and it's the best, my teacher is Mr Hepburn and my favourite subject is maths!!!

Mr Hepburn helps me in maths very well!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!

I go to Towerbank do you know why because it..........ROCKS!!!!!!! and it is the best school ever.

Towerbank is the best school in the world because the teachers are great and lots more.

Towerbank is a great school Mr Hepburn is my teacher in P5 he makes all lessons fun and he is also an amazing teacher!
Mrs Gilmour is my head teacher she is great as well and makes all things fair and wonderful at Towerbank!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!

Towerbank is the best school ever !!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!

Was reading the guestbook and spotted "Ross Macpherson, Canada" who left in 1982. Same year
as me.

I think I know who you are and we were in the same class!! :0)

I go to Towerbank and it's a great school and my teacher Mr. Hepburn it's really nice

Towerbank rocks!!!!!!!

I love my school!!! I just moved into primary seven this year! It's really exciting being top of the school! Cant wait to learn more stuff!!! I love our school! It's great!!!!!

Towerbank school rocks

Long time no speak, hello to all who can still recall me at Towerbank, mr l checking in to say hello. I am still in Miami, coping with the heat. have just spent the summer touring California, Arizona and Nevada... very different to the scottish summer! Was wonderful to see some of you when I was back in June, hopefully will be back next June to say goodbye to P7. Enjoy 2008/2009 .. work hard!

P7 is the best because you get more independence and you do much more fun stuff and both the teachers who teach p7 are so sound they are really nice.

I'm in p7 so far it has been great i loved the expressive arts week!!!

Towerbank is the best school ever because all of the people are friendly.


P.S our janny is cool

Dear Mrs. Mason and all the staff at TB, I like the trips and diners and I like the school.

I attended towerbank 1971 - 1978, it's the best school ever, I have great memories of my time there. Portobello is the greatest place to be brought up!!!


Laura Weir, Bathgate

I am now in p5B and we have Ms.Dean again for the second year!!!(so glad)we love you miss dean!

Hi all at Towerbank, hope you all had a great holiday,very hot here in Spain,regards to all.

i love TB it is an amazing school and our head teacher mrs gilmour has made a wonderful difference to the school and mrs rosie is our wonderful deputy head who is making the eco school all coming together ps p7 is wonderful i love towerbank

Hello Hello Hello! How's everyone doing back at TB? Hope everyone has had a nice holiday. I see from the Kids Zone there's an awful lot going on at Towerbank!

I'm really excited about going into Primary seven! Towerbank is an amazing school!!!!!!

Hi ,
I was a student from 1956 to 1963 I think, give or take a year.I note Annette McDonald was there mid 1950. Previous entry 2007.
My teacher, who moulded me was a Mr Schapelle, a round faced shorter man whom I remember fondly ( sometimes) Anyone else remember me?? Some names that come to mind from my class are
Sandy Flockhart, leslie Cairns, Ian Williams, Hugh Main, Fiona ? went to leaving dance together, any one out there want to communicate, I am in Australia.
Best Regards,
Sandy

Hi!
We love our class!!! and our teacher (Miss Doran)
It's so good! :D
TB WE LOVE YA!!!!!

I think Towerbank is a great school for making friends and learning to do a variety of different things.

HI!! miss the school and the teachers but high school is v. fun apart from the stairs!! =]

Primary 6a/b are doing the back pack challenge I think its a good idea ! lol ! TB is the best !

Towerbank is a great school and it is lovely inside and in 2 weeks time I'm going to run the Fun Run.

I think that Towerbank is so cool
it really is the greatest school!
My teacher ,Mrs Mason ,is ace
She's more than just a pretty face!
and all my friends are so much fun
Towerbank....you're number 1!!!!!!!!!

It's really great. I liked the web site and maybe you could put a video of the school on your site so that we can visit it on line.

Bumped into your lovely website. Have been supply teaching for many years and look forward to one day coming to your school.
Well done!

hi go TB it rocks

Hi Towerbank!! My teachers are the best ! [mrs.Skelly and Mrs. Duncan!!] they are no.1
janet x

heyya Towerbank!!
Towerbank is so good it has really good teachers [ms. Duncan and mrs. Morrison!!][P7]
P7 is the best! =]
hazel .... x

Hey everyone at Towerbank, Mr. L dropping in to say a quick hello to everyone. Loving my time in Miami, the weather is amazing, no cold or rainy days for me anymore. I do miss all my past students who made my time at Towerbank a very special one. A special thank you to all the staff, especially the L.A.'s, who helped me on my journey .. I have very fond memories of you all. Can't wait to see you all in June! :-)

Tower Bank Rocks

Hiya i loved Towerbank when i used 2 come the best teacher i ever had was Miss Hardy in P3 in 1997. xox

What an impressive school! Everyone is working very hard and I really enjoyed seeing all the childrens work.

Towerbank is the best school ever. It has really nice teachers especially Miss Duncan

Towerbank is gr8 !!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!

I think that Towerbank is a GREAT school!

I think Towerbank is a great school and we do lots of great things like going on the computers and I really like my teacher Ms Pringle.

Towerbank is fun and I like it because of the big playgrounds.

GO TOWERBANK!

Towerbank school is great. You get to do loads of art at this school.

I like Towerbank because it is fun and you can make loads of kind and good friends.

I like Towerbank because it is fun and it has nice Teachers. Go Towerbank

I think Towerbank Primary is a good School because there are many things to do.The best is that you can make so many friends.

Good website although it's a pity to see the parent's page so out of date.

(From Towerbank Web Team - Thanks for your comment we have now updated the Parents' Pages.)

your web site is so cool it is so bright

loved it nice bright colours in fornt page.

I LOVE the website, its so good to know whats going on in the schoo like the plans for the school as i used to come as a pupil and now work in the after school club. I tried to get onto the kids zone and was unable to but will try again later to see what you have there. Keep up the good work with the eco-code and things. I hope you can achieve your next eco-flag when it is time. I know you won't have any trouble getting it though.

i go to this school and my teacher is miss dean and miss bullimore

Hi everybody,how are you doing? Missing you lots but I'm enjoying the highschool but I don't like climbing the buildings eight floors.I would love to come and vist but the time factors of the school are different. lots of hugs and kisses oooxxx

One of my best friends goes to this school. Her name is Jessica Boyd. The school looks very good and very welcoming.

Hi guys would love to know if u remember me arond the mid 70-78 and to find out what you guys up 2.

Hiya!

I really miss Towerbank!

Hope you're all having a fab year!

Sylvia xxx

Hi Towerbank its me Kristofer O'Keefe who used to go to your school i love the website

I was at Towerbank from 1959 to 1966 so I don't thnk any of my teachers are still there.....!! I was really lucky to be there, right beside the beach where we sometimes got to play football as our PE lesson! I remember the school with a lot of affection.

Great site, I left Towerbank a few years ago.....well, 1982 to be exact. and still have fond memories of the teachers and clerical staff. They added to the foundations that made me who I am today! Good luck, and best wishes for the future, to Portobello's best school!

Ross Macpherson, Canada

Hello, I couldn't resist emailing. I was a pupil in the late 70's and 80's. head teacher then was Mr Jackson. I have many fond memories of Towerbank, and I miss the beach dearly. I am currently living with my American husband in Massachusetts USA, and have a little girl and a baby boy. Best of luck to you all, and congratulations on your eco-friendliness. I remember the first signs of a garden being started when I was in my last year there or so.

I was a pupil at Towerbank Academy in the mid-1950s. One of my teachers was Miss Jeffries. I remember walking to school and back along the promenade, and climbing onto the backs of the seats to escape the waves that crashed over when it was stormy. I'm hoping to find some photos of the period - and even a photo of Miss Jeffries to see if she is how I remember her!

Hi I am a former pupil of Towerbank. I attended the school from 1962 - 1969 and it was a fantastic time in my life. My teachers were Mrs Cass, then Mrs Buchan and finally Mr Rutherford who used to take us down to the beach where the boys used to play football and the girls would go for a walk along the beach. Love your website and would like to visit my old school sometime. Keep up the good work :-)

Hello Tower bank! I used to go to this school it was a brilliant school and i wish i could go back for a day! miss it loads.Hi to all the teachers from eve! x

Hi, I am an old pupil and was at the school 1956/7 to1963/4. I think.
Great to see the site and read about current affairs.
Also like the Portobello Reporter for local information.
Keep up the good work.
Sandy Burnside

I attended Towerbank in 1955. My teacher was a Mr Duncan. Can anyone tell me what became of him. I am presently National Director of the Adventist school system in Australia with 55 schools.

I was a pupil from your school back in the seventies..it is great to see that it is still going strong and I only wish that I was a pupil again, it seems like you all have great fun. The headteacher in my day was Mr Grandison.

well done to all the children at towerbank .you have all been very busy, and as usual have done very well in everything you do.your news makes very good reading .Hope you all have a great summer holiday,and the weather to go with it.

Student at the school in mid 1950s Are there any other pupils at that time that keep in touch, would love to hear from them

i went to this school in 1972 i have 6 kids now and im a granny i have very fond memories of this school, especially my pe teacher jim mcarfuther who later became hibs goalie regards marie

hi i would just like to say a huge hi to mrs gilmour because she was my head teacher at ferryhill and she was the best so HI im now in second year and lovin it g2g cya
from kerry stirling

merry xmas to all the staff and children at towerbank hope you havent forgotton me a big hello to jorden mackinley p6/7 have a great xmas
helen lindsay
spain

I was a pupil in the late 1950s, early 1960s,do you have any info or photos at that time, in particular the soccer team, or any other pupils,I think ithe soccer teamt was run by Mr Schappell, any new on him
R Robertson Brisbane Australia

I would just like 2 say that towerbank is a great school and that i definately would recommend to other parents to send their children to it. As i went there last year the staff were all really nice especially the head teacher Mrs Gilmour.
I hope that it is still like it used to be and that they dont change anything about it as it has so many memorys of last years p7s and that we all miss the school so much and we hope that we will see it again.

We love our school .One of us is becoming a playfriend and one is a very good Artist Bye Everyone In Towerbank. You to Mrs Gilmour Bye Class Mates

This website is a very useful resource. Some comments though - it would be helpful to have the minutes of the School Board on the site. On the Parent's Page it was difficult to read the letters and to see clearly what the proposed plans for refurbishment were about which is a shame as a lot of interesting information is here I am sure. Hope these comments are helpful.