Community Links

Montrose Port Authority have supported us in various ways. The have given donations to the school to make playground and classroom improvements and paid for whole school cinema visits as a Christmas treat. Our classes enjoy visiting the Port Authority and finding out all about their work which is on our doorstep.

Active Schools are a bit part of our Southesk family. Louise and Matthew are well known faces. They organise most of our clubs and sports festivals which our children attend. Matthew also works from Southesk every Friday leading groups and activities over break times.

PC Mark Garnes and PC Ally Hutchison visit us regularly. Sometimes just to say hello or they come and talk with classes about things going on in Montrose. 

Rev Jim is our school chaplain. As well as that he also runs a cricket club, electronic music club and the school choir! Jim vists the school weekly to learn with the classes or to liven the mood with some songs on his ukulele. We are within walking distance so visit St Marys and St Peters often.

The tennis club visit us each year to run tennis tasters for our P3 children. We are then invited to a Tennis Festival with all of the cluster schools which is a highlight of the P3 calendar. 

We have a very close connection with our  local Tesco. Through them we access FareShare food donations. This ensures that our children have fresh fruit and access to bread and other breakfast items each day. The Community Champion at Tesco is always thinking of us when an opportunity arises for outgoing stock to be repurposed. 

Tony has become a firm favourite with our pupils at Southesk. Most children pass by Impact Fitness on their way to school, it is only a minutes walk away! Tony has been offering PT sessions with our pupils and we recently hosted a family fun session too - the families didn't know what they had let themselves in for!

We are fortunate to have good connections with the local fire and ambulance services. They visit the school and nursery annually and the children love seeing inside the truck and ambulance and learning all about how they help us. 

Our classes visit the library and museum regularly throughout the year. Avril Gordon, the Creative Learning Advisor visits the school with topic books and resources and plans interesting visits for our pupils when they visit with her.

MCT deliver Extra Time Football at Southesk every Tuesday from 3.30pm - 5.00pm. They are a big part of the Southesk family but also Montrose. We are fortunate to be close enough to walk along to visit or for football festivals. Our children are keen supporters of the Community Trust and of the football club.

Montrose Rugby Club offer rugby tasters throughout the year to our P4 - P7 classes. They also run a RAP group, which is a targeted rugby programme which continues into Montrose Academy if they chose to carry this on. The club also host the rugby festivals during the year which our children attend.

Our link with the Links has been long-lasting. Jason, the Golf Pro at the club has a soft spot for us as his children attended Southesk - Ross is now working at the club too! The club are keen to offer the opportunity of golf tasters to as many children as possible and recently supported an Unleash Your Drive programme in conjuction with Active Schools.