Mayor Scott Opens P2A Cupcake Cafe

What a lovely event for the residents of Rainbow Gardens to have the Mayor open the new Cupcake Cafe.  Thank you to Mayor Scott for taking the time, in his busy schedule, to open the cafe for Miss Pearmain and her class.
More photographs and information about the event on the P2 Class Page.

More Chess Success!

On Saturday 27th January at WHEC Matthew, Jonathan, Stuart and Pere came Second in the Lothian Junior Championship Chess King's League. There were lots of other prize winning Sciennes players:

P5&U Ungraded

1. Aidan Davis 

P5&U Graded

2. Sergi Mackinlay Vich

P6/7 "Stars Barred" (graded <500)

2. Aryan Bhulanny 

 Congratulations to all!

Summary of Standards and Quality Improvement Plan (SQIP)

ECO Rag Bag Collection Wednesay 12th March

Having a Spring Clean? Sciennes Primary is holding a rag bag collection on Wednesday 12th March.

Our eco-group and Mr Kearton have created this short ad to promote rag bag recycling in school. We hope you like it!

This is a good opportunity to give your wardrobe a spring clean as the warmer weather approaches, and bring in any old, out grown or worn out clothes.

We can accept the following items:

• All men’s, ladies' and children’s clothing
• Paired shoes (tied together)
• Handbags, bags, ties & belts
• Household linen & towels

We cannot accept the following items:

• Duvets both synthetic and feathered
• Pillows & cushions
• Carpets & Rugs
• Soiled or wet clothing
• Uniforms & workwear
• Shredded or mutilated textile material
• Textile off cuts, yarns or threaded material

The more materials we can collect, the more funds we will raise for our school.

A bag will be sent home with each older sibling on or before Friday 7th March. If you need extra bags, please use plastic bags or sacks from home.

We are asking for bags to be filled and returned on Wednesday 12th March. We do not have space in school to store bags before they are uplifted, so PLEASE only return them on the 12th.

P2 iPad Teachers

P2A shared the skills they had learned from P7B with their P5A Buddies as part of a lovely session of activities for World Book Day.  They had a great time reading books and making a Pic Collage of their chosen characters. The P5s read an extract from the book they had brought in and P2s also read to their buddy.

More photographs of World Book Day on the Class Pages.

Euroquiz at City Chambers 2014

Very well done to our P6 Team who gained a highly respectable 43 out of a possible 60 points in the 2014 Euroquiz at City Chambers on Wednesday 5th March and had great fun. There was an exciting three way tie at the end between Stewart's Melville, St George's and Bruntsfield, with Bruntsfield taking first place. Congratulations to all! Thank you to Mrs Nowell for accompanying and to all the event organisers. More photographs on the P6 Class Page.

A competitive but friendly atmosphere, hosted by Trinity Primary Headteacher Jacqueline Scott.

Lord Provost Donald Wilson (former Computing Teacher and ICT Development Officer) addresses the teams.

Jacques, Charlie, Ben and Adele with the Lord Provost

Dance Division Easter Camp

Dance Division Easter Dance Camp 2014

Monday 7th April- Friday 11th April 2014

At Marchmont St Giles Church

9:30-3:30pm each day

£63 for full week or £14 per day

Early bird discount - 10% off full week price. Book before 28th March 2014.

Places are limited and places will be allocated on a first come first serve basis. So get it quick and book your place today!

Dance camps will include a variety of styles such as Street Dance, Cheerleading, Jazz, Musical Theatre, Contemporary and Own Choreography.

Camps will include dance activities, craft activities, as well as other related activities and participants will receive dance booklets to complete during the camp. There will be a performance at the end of the dance camp – a fun opportunity for the children to show off what they have learnt throughout the Camp.

The main focus of the Dance Camp is enjoyment and participation. The Dance Camp is suitable for all ages and levels and Camps will be tailored to the participants’ needs, demands and interests.

Suitable for all ages P1-P7 and all abilities. Camps are inclusive and fun!

Contact-  Dance Division LTD

cat@dancedivision.org.uk/ 07951017221

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P6/7 Disco: Tickets only £2!

The PTA P6/7 Disco is 6.30-8pm Thursday 6th March.
Tickets can be purchased via Wisepay – they are only £2 and include a drink and a snack.  If the discos have not sold out there may be tickets available at the door on the night. Pupils should leave their jackets in one of three infant classrooms on the ground floor and wait there until called into the Hall. Pupils should also wait in their cloakroom at the end of the disco to be collected.

CLOAKROOMS: P6A, P6B Ms Ross' room; P6B, P7B Mrs Gibb's room; P6C, P7C Miss Phillip's room.
Many thanks to the PTA and all the parent volunteers who lend their support to make the discos so successful.

Runaway Success!

Outstanding success at the EPSSA Cross Country event today Moday 3rd March on the Meadows. Lawson and Tom both achieved Second Place in the P6 and P7 Boys' races and Cerys and Lucia achieved First Place in the P6 and P7 Girls' races. Cerys had a convincing win, despite having to run for part of the race with only one shoe! The other runners also did extremely well, with many being placed in the first fifty in each event, competing against schools from all over the city.

Our first 5 P6 and P7 boys and girls in each race today will go on to compete in the EPSSA Final Cross Country event at Inverleith Park on Monday 17th March at 11.00am. Thank you to all the parents who came along to support and to Willie Jarvie and Dante's mum who have coached the children so well at the lunchtime Running Club. Participation in the Lothian Schools Cross Country events, introduced to the school by Lucia's mum, Rosemary Free, has also had a hugely positive impact on the progress and success of the pupils. Well done P6 and P7! A very exciting event!

Thank you to Mrs Sally Nowell for helping to officiate and to Mrs Beth Walker and Mr Jonathan Wallace for organising the proceedings.

P7 GIRLS A SCHOOLS EPSSA CROSS COUNTRY 3.3.14
Lucia	1
Bea	5
Kirsty	11
Emma	12
Ailsa	16
Ana	38
Lily	42
Amy	>50
Katie	>50
Anna	injured
P6 GIRLS A SCHOOLS EPSSA CROSS COUNTRY 3.3.14
Cerys	1
Phoebe	8
Katie	16
Adele	placed 4th in Sciennes
Allyce	placed 5th in Sciennes
Zoe	>50
May	>50
Ava	>50
Jessica	>50
P7 BOYS A SCHOOLS EPSSA CROSS COUNTRY 3.3.14
Tom	2
Callum N	7
Lewis R	11
Nazim	13
Ben	21
Beau	23
James	35
Angus	39
Reda	47
Dan	>50
David	>50
Ewan	>50
Bera	>50
Derry	>50
P6 BOYS A SCHOOLS EPSSA CROSS COUNTRY 3.3.14
Lawson	2
Mark	25
Joe	34
Ben	42
Dante	placed 5th in Sciennes
Dylan	>50
Thomas	>50
Logan	>50

P6 Netball Success

Thank you to all the parents who supported P6 netball girls in a Round Robin tournament at Firrhill High School on Friday 28th February. Thank you to Clem Friend and Susan McConville for updates and photographs.

"The P6 girls did really well at their netball tournament on Friday and they were undefeated in all of their games.  They played 6 games in total and won 3 and drew 3.

The whole team played really well and were very well behaved, thanking all of the refs and other teams at the end.

A huge thanks to netball coach Emmylou Harris for all the hard work she has put in to coaching them."  Clem Friend

More photographs on the P6 Class Page.

P7 Maths Challenge at Fettes

Four P7 pupils had great fun at Fettes Prep School's Maths Challenge on Thursday 27th February. Thank you to Mrs Barker for accompanying. It was lovely to be welcomed and mentored by former pupil Elsa Ma. More photos on the P7 Class Page.

Abi, Aryan, Jingzhong and Jemima represented Sciennes at the Fettes' Maths Challenge event

Elsa Ma, former pupil, assists the Sciennes team

P7B Buddy with P2A on iPads

Primary 7B proved themselves to be EXCELLENT teachers when they taught Primary 2A how to use Pic Collage on their iPads. More lovely photos from Mrs Barker and Miss Pearmain on the P7 Class Page and the P2 Class Page.

P4/5 and P6/7 Discos: Tickets only £2!

The PTA P4/5 Disco is taking place 6.30-8pm Thursday 27th February.
The PTA P6/7 Disco is the following week 6.30-8pm Thursday 6th March.
Tickets can be purchased via Wisepay – they are only £2 and include a drink and a snack.  If the discos have not sold out there may be tickets available at the door on the night.

A Magical Week at Benmore for P6

It was a genuine pleasure to escort our P6 pupils to Benmore Outdoor Education Centre and we truly enjoyed their company. Every camp is special but this year's group particularly impressed us with their 'can do' positive attitudes in challenging weather and their very good listening skills. P6s have made lasting bonds - with each other - and with the staff. 16 Benmore Instructors and 10 Sciennes staff plus Mr Hewitt worked tirelessly with 81 of our P6 pupils to ensure they had the best possible experience. Thank you most sincerely to all the families who support us, not least of all financially, in providing what we believe to be an invaluable educational opportunity for our children.

We hope you have a wonderful holiday and we look forward to building on the success of the trip. Well done, Primary Six! Catch up with our adventures on our Benmore 2014 blog.

Group 1

Group 2

Group 3

Group 4

Group 5...

..and Olivia and Sabah from Group 5

Group 6

Group 7

Group 8

Group 9

Comenius European Partnership

 

Meeting room of the Town Hall, Madrid

"We are all citizens of one world."

Ms Bethan Owen and a colleague from Preston Street School represented James Gillespie's High School Cluster in a recent European Comenius project funded by the British Council. Both had opportunities to visit schools in Madrid, meet with European colleagues and compare educational systems and language learning.

The project linked DG Quality and Improvement of Education, the City of Tres Cantos, the Rey Juan Carlos University,  five schools from the Community of Madrid, City of Edinburgh Council and Edinburgh University, Sciennes and Preston Street Primary Schools. Representatives from ten primary and secondary schools will meet again next May in Edinburgh.

			The Comenius Programme is named after Jan Amos Comenius (1592-1670), often considered the father of modern education
			Comenius is aimed at schools, colleges and local authorities across Europe

Comenius has two main objectives:

			to develop knowledge and understanding among young people and education staff of the diversity of European cultures and languages, and the value of this diversity
			to help young people to acquire basic life skills and competences for their personal development, for future employment and for active European citizenship

Grace wins the Steven Lui Memorial Cup

Congratulations to Grace in P6A on winning this year's Steven Lui Memorial Cup for Burns Recital.

Curling at Murrayfield with Tom Killin

 

Pupils Curling at Murrayfield with Paralympic Curler Tom Killin

 

Thank you to Ms Gaffney's Journalist husband Alex for providing an exciting opportunity today for some of our pupils to meet Paralympic Curler Tom Killin at Murrayfield Ice Rink. Photographs will appear in the Evening News and Mrs Sally Nowell, Pupil Support Assistant who accompanied the group, said she was really proud of how confidently the children answered questions for the CBBC Newsround film crew. The footage will be shown towards the end of February. Bruce Crawford, our former PTA Chair, is a great exponent of curling and his son Angus was one of our pupil representatives, along with Akilan, Christian, Eben and Mhairi.

Holiday Activities and Camps from Edinburgh Leisure

Holiday Activities and Camps from Edinburgh Leisure

Edinburgh Leisure's Activator Mulit-Activity Camps are available for booking at four venues around the city in February. Plus EICA:Ratho is running its popular Multi-Activity Days during the week. Whether for a day or a week kids will have a chance to try a huge variety of sports, games and activities.

Have a look at what's on at each venue:
•Craiglockhart Leisure and Tennis Centre - lots of tennis as you'd expect, but lots of the unexpected too!
•Drumbrae Leisure Centre - swimming and sports and our cool new cooking session.
•EICA:Ratho - try something different, climbing and abseiling as well as fun and games.
•Gracemount Leisure Centre - new for 2014, loads of top quality sports coaching in a range of sports from trampolining to football.
•Royal Commonwealth Pool - water fun of course, but games, competitions and challenges galore.

Or search online for forthcoming events and activities across Edinburgh http://www.kidsedinburgh.com/eventsearch206.php

Digital Safety

Tuesday 11th February is Internet Safety Day and classes will be looking at Digital Safety over the next few weeks.

Parents and Carers may find this advice on Digital Safety from Ollie Bray, the National Advisor of Emerging Technologies for Learning at Education Scotland useful in helping to make the internet a safer place for our children. Ollie discusses wide-ranging issues in this hour long presentation.

Suggested website:
https://www.thinkuknow.co.uk/parents