Former Pupil Saul is Tae Kwon Do World Champion - Again!

Saul is still World Champion!

Absolutely thrilled to hear of Saul's recent success in the Tae Kwon Do World Champion competition, held in Coventry with over 3000 competitors. What an inspiration and an excellent role model Saul continues to be! Saul is now in S1 at James Gillespie's High School and was Sports Captain at Sciennes. He retains his World Champion title in the Junior Boys' Green Belt, both in Individuals and Tag Team and is also current Scottish and UK Champion.


Saul's mum contacted us with this lovely message and fantastic photographs:

"Saul worked hard for it - training and mental positivity paid off. Without Sciennes' After School Programmes this may never have happened. 

Thanks for all the support you gave to Saul while he was at Sciennes."

Stefan Sztor

Where Is the P7 Class Page?

All Class Pages have been moved on a year for 2016-2017 and can be accessed from the CLASSES button on this website.

This year's P7 Page has become 'Class of 2009' and can be accessed from the side panel of this website.

http://2009sciennes.blogspot.co.uk

Mrs Noble Leads the End of Year Assembly 2016

Sciennes End of Year Assembly 2016 from Sciennes Primary School

Once a year we all come together in the Hall -  twenty two classes from Primary 1 to Primary 7 - for our End of Year Assembly, led by Headteacher Mrs Alison Noble. We were delighted to welcome Parent Council representatives: outgoing Chair, Kristel Torokoff , and incoming Convenors Fundraising and Events, Jayamthi Sanahanam and Aileen Nimmo. Mrs Noble thanked Kristel and Charlotte Herthelius (outgoing Convenor PTA) for the huge contribution they have made to the school throughout the year, particularly in celebrating our cultural diversity at the International Summer Fair. We welcomed Phoebe Cochrane and Tim Pask who will take up their posts as Chair and Vice Chair of the Parent Council in August.

 

 

Ms French invited everyone to take part in the Tesco Bank Summer Reading Challenge taking place at libraries across the city, including Newington Library.  

Ms French encouraged everyone to take the Summer Reading Challenge

  



Mrs Noble led everyone in our fond farewells to staff and pupils who are moving on. Pupils sang "We Wish You Well" and watched a montage review of the year.   

Sciennes Primary Schoool Review of 2015-16 from Sciennes Primary School on Vimeo.


Former parent, Mrs Susan McConville, was presented with flowers as a token of thanks for her marvellous contribution to ICT lessons with the children.

 

Our very best wishes to Miss Heather Richmond who was presented with thank you flowers at the Assembly. A very hard working, dedicated and flexible teacher, who has made many very good friends at Sciennes and will be missed.

The Sciennes Family wished Mrs Carol Brechin, our Support for Learning Specialist a very happy retirement after 18 years of tireless dedication at school. Mrs Noble acknowledged Mrs Brechin's superlative breadth and wealth of expertise which is so highly valued by all the staff and parents. Mrs Brechin's great care and attention have successfully built both confidence and skill in hundreds of pupils over the years and we dearly hope that we may coax her back to school to work with us again soon!

Mrs Brechin received a gift, presented by P7 pupils Leah and Liam

We wished Miss McIntosh well on her forthcoming wedding day and presented flowers to Mrs Emma Kidd and Mrs Kat Watson who began maternity leave on the last day of term. P7 pupil Toby McIntosh was presented with a fantastic prize of £75 plus goodies for him and his whole class for being Runner Up in the City of Edinburgh 20mph mascot competition.

 

Mrs Gibb and Mrs Kidd presented Miss McIntosh with a wedding gift

 

Flowers and good wishes to Mrs Kidd and Mrs Watson, presented by Mrs Ford and Mrs Mahmood

Mrs Noble presented P7 pupil Toby McIntosh with his prize for being runner up in the City of Edinburgh 20mph mascot competition

Mrs McVicker accompanied everyone as we sang the school song, composed by her with lyrics by Mrs Ford.

Mrs Ruth McVicker playing our School Song

We also wished fond farewell to our wonderful Primary Sevens, very proud of their confidence and readiness for the next steps to secondary school and beyond. Miss Stewardson, Mrs Barker and Ms French provided an end of term treat with their surprise video of staff dancing to Silento's "Watch Me." P7  invited everyone at Assembly to "Come On and Sing With Me"  and later when they sang "You Can Count On Me" on the Top Landing the staff were very moved to see the whole year group spontaneously begin embracing one another.

We all joined P7 when they invited us to "Come on and SIng With Me"

Mrs Noble rang the bell and led them out in procession as the other classes lined the stairwell on the last day of term. Keep in touch, Primary Seven! We look forward to hearing of your continuing achievements.

(Photographs of end of term events for P7 will appear in due course on the Class of 2009 page which can also be accessed from the side panel of the school website.)

Wishing all our families a safe, HAPPY and relaxing holiday. We look forward to welcoming pupils back to Sciennes on WEDNESDAY 17th AUGUST.
 

Winning House Announced Tomorrow!

Who will win the House Cup in 2016? Grange? Lauder? Sienna? Tantallon? House points will be collected until 9.30am on Friday 24th June and the winning House will be announced at the end of break.

Hundreds of House Points have been collected throughout the year for hard work, good manners and kindness as well as special achievement. Extra points were received at this year's Swimathon and also at Sports Day. So who will take the trophy....?


The winning House will spend an afternoon of Fun and Frolics at the Meadows on Tuesday 28th June. Look out for permission slips that will be issued on Friday, after the announcement. Thank you very much to our new Active Schools Co-ordinator, Tom Scott, and to our Support for Learning Specialist Rhona Kennedy for their help in organising the event. Thank you to Alex Harkins, Tennis coach, Keith Cook from Fencing Fun (P4-7) and Murray from Elite Soccer Coaching for supporting.

Grateful thanks to our P7 House and Sports Captains who have led and inspired their Houses so successfully all year.

Mrs Noble's P7 House Leaders

Girls P7 Netball Sciennes v JGPS

Very well done to all who participated and congratulations to Sciennes' P7 Girls Netball team, superbly coached by Class Teacher Daryl Gladstone, on their win in a friendly game against James Gillespie's Primary School on Wednesday 15th June. They even played on in the rain! Great to make links between the schools.

Shinty for P6 and P7 Saturdays and Mondays

Grateful thanks to Paul MacArthur, Regional Development Officer for the Camanachd Association, Governing Body for Shinty, for providing excellent taster sessions for P6 and P7 at school on the Meadows this month.

The sessions have been really well received and P6 and P7 pupils are encouraged to try out JGHS shinty sessions:

Saturdays The Meadows 11.00 am –12.30 pm Tollcross end, between Melville Drive & Lauriston Gardens. Outdoors (grass). Open to all.
Mondays James Gillespie’s High School 3.45-4.45 pm Ground at corner of Whitehouse Loan & Thirlestane Road Outdoors (synthetic). Open to all.

Get in touch, find out more
Shinty is free to try, and just £5 per month through the club for all benefits.
camanachd@duneideann.net / 07729 307 487, or visit edinburghshinty.org 

Silver Medals for Archie and Rose at EPSSA P6/7 Interscholastics!

Team Sciennes!

On Monday 30th May P6 and P7 pupils took part in the annual Edinburgh Primary Schools (EPSSA) Interscholastics event at Meadowbank. Thank you to Mrs Walker for organising the event and preparing our team so well, and grateful thanks to Mrs Sarah Sheehan and Parent Council Clubs Co-ordinator Tim Pask for escorting and supporting.

Congratulations to Archie for achieving a Silver medal in 150m and to Rose for achieving a Silver medal in 600m. Well done to all our athletes for being excellent sporting ambassadors for Sciennes.

Archie receives a Silver medal for 150m

Rose receives a Silver medal for 600m

Area Strings Concert Wednesday 1st June

The Primary 5-7 children who are performing at the Area Strings Concert at Marchmont St Giles, Kilgraston Road on Wednesday 1st June, will rehearse in the afternoon and should arrive in the evening by 6.45pm. Programmes are available from the school office or can be purchased at the door - £5 or £3 concession.