Summer Fair Today!

SCIENNES PTA SCHOOL FAIR

Saturday 7th June, 1pm – 4pm

SPORTING ACTIVITIES – HAVE A GO!

MUSIC AND DANCE PERFORMANCES

TOMOBOLA

BALLOON MODELLING

MAKEOVER STALL

STREET CEILIDH DANCE AT END OF EVENT WITH THE MACALASTAIR CEILIDH BAND

SCIENNES FAIR-BEAR RAFFLE

SECOND-HAND UNIFORM SALE

SILENT AUCTION

DELICIOUS FOOD (ARRIVE HUNGRY!): BARBEQUE AND PIZZA

HOME BAKING

TEAS, COFFEES AND SCONES

ICE CREAM STALL

TABLE SALES

SECOND HAND BIKE SALE

PLANT STALL

SOMETHING FOR EVERYONE!

FUNDS RAISED IN SUPPORT OF SCIENNES PRIMARY

THIS YEAR’S SCIENNES SUMMER FAIR IS A CELEBRATION WITH A COMMONWEALTH  THEME!  SPECIAL APPEARANCES BY  COMMONWEALTH GAMES GOLD MEDALLISTS ALEX ARTHUR, MBE AND SUSAN JACKSON. 

Tickets: £2 per person. 

Sciennes Summer Fair - This Saturday!

Tickets are no longer available on WisePay but can be purchased on the day at the gate.

Take the opportunity to sort out your wardrobe and bring in any unwanted school uniforms to school for our second hand sale uniform sale.

We are looking for donations for our tombola so please bring in boxes of biscuits, jam jars, bottles of wine or any other suitable tombola items.

Any plants that you are happy to donate to the schools fair are welcome and will be sold at our plant stall.

Please hand in any clothes, tombola or plant donations as soon as possible to the school reception this week.

Finally, we call upon all you Great British Bakers out there. Please start think of what to bake for the baking stall. If you don't know what to bake or you don't know how to bake, then please bring in scones (home baked or purchased) to be served with tea or coffee on the day.
Please bring in any bakery items this Friday, 6th June (or early on the day of the fair).

We look forward to see you all there this Saturday the 7th June at 1pm. Just don't forget to dress for the weather come rain or sunshine.

School Council Meeting - All Welcome!

The School Council AGM is taking place on Thurs 12th June, 7pm.  (Follow the signs that will be posted directing you to where it is being held in school.) It was wonderful to have such a great turnout last year and we look forward to welcoming you.

This year important changes are being proposed to change the name of the School Council to ‘Parent Council’ and to the structure itself. Click here for new proposed structure / governance model and here for the proposed revised constitution.

All Sciennes Primary parents and carers are very welcome and there will be updates on funds raised and on the work of the different subgroups.

Hope to see you there!

Find out more about the work and achievements of the School Council at
http://sciennesschool.wordpress.com/ 

P5 Parent/Carer Benmore Information Session

 

Two information sessions will be held on Thursday 12th June about the forthcoming residential week to Benmore Outdoor Education Centre in February 2015 for current P5 pupils, 

when they reach P6.

 3.45pm - 4.15pm 

or 

6.00pm - 6.30pm

Sciennes Summer Fair Saturday 7th June 1-4pm

                                  Sciennes Summer Fair will soon be here. Only 9 days to go!

Please buy your tickets online now via Wisepay to avoid any queuing on the day.

Take the opportunity this weekend to sort out your wardrobe and bring in any unwanted school uniforms to school for our second hand sale uniform sale.

We are looking for donations for our tombola so please bring in boxes of biscuits, jam jars, bottles of wine or any other suitable tombola items.

Finally, we call upon all you Great British Bakers out there. Please start to think of what to bake for the baking stall. If you don't know what to bake or you don't know how to bake, then please bring in scones (home baked or purchased) to be served with tea or coffee on the day. Please bring in any bakery items on Friday 6th June or even early on the day of the fair.

We look forward to see you all there on the 7th June at 1pm.  Just don't forget to dress for the weather come rain or sunshine!

First Place in Scottish Primary Schools Team Chess Championship!

Congratulations to John, Angus, Theo and Aryan who achieved First Place in the Scottish Primary Schools Team Chess Championship for P7 and Under at East Kilbride on 18th May 2014. Another remarkable success for the boys as Primary Champions and for the Sciennes Chess Club. An outstanding result for John who achieved the highest score of the competition. Well done to Kim, Atharva, James and Bera who achieved a very respectable ninth place in this national competition. 

Well deserved congratulations also to Matthew, Matilda, Sergi and Pere who achieved Third Place in the P5 and Under competition and to Sara, Josh, Anton and Jennifer who achieved a very respectable fifth place.

Many thanks to all our parents and former pupils who devote so much of their time and efforts to assist with the club.

http://www.scottishjuniorchess.co.uk/index.html

 

Swimathon Awards P4-7 2014

Thank you to all the parents who volunteered to assist poolside during our annual whole school Swimathon and to Fiona Denvir and Bethan McEwan for all their fantastic organisational efforts. Many of our children achieved personal bests and we congratulate Robert in P7C for setting a new school record of 42 and a half lengths. The PTA arranged for him to receive a specially engraved medal, presented by Fiona Denvir and Mr Scott at the P4-7 Upper School Assembly on Friday 23rd May, assisted by our P7 Sports Captains. P4 -P7 pupils who achieved Bronze, Silver and Gold medals can be seen in the slideshow below. Mr Scott gave a Special Award for most progress in swimming to Haseeb in P6B who is one of a group of children who have been taking lunchtime swimming sessions funded by the PTA. The PTA also funded medals for P1-3 pupils presented by Ms Anstruther during her Friday morning Assembly.

All sponsorship money raised will be put towards increasing sporting opportunities for all our children and this can be handed in to the School Office or paid in online using this link:
https://mydonate.bt.com/events/sciennesswimathon2014/126616


Or use the mydonate button on the Home Page of the school website.

 We greatly appreciate parental support in donating sponsorship.

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P4 7 assembly swimathon awards from SciennesPS

Thank you.

Derry in Winning Rugby Squad, Clusone, Italy

Congratulations to P7 pupil Derry (shown above holding the winning trophy) after a successful rugby tournament to Clusone, Italy, with the Stew-Mel Lions Junior Rugby team last week. Derry's squad were overall winners and he received this wonderful First Place trophy - a fantastic achievement, Derry!
https://twitter.com/lionsontour2014

Hats Off to P5 Scottish Opera 2014

What a truly outstanding performance of "The Curse of the MacCabbra Opera House" by Primary Five pupils on Tuesday 13th May. The team from Scottish Opera yet again wove their magic, as only they can, with high energy, focus and lots of fun to choreograph the entire show in a single day. We are also grateful to musical director Roger who spent a day rehearsing the pupils vocally a few weeks ago. The children thoroughly enjoyed the whole experience and rose to the occasion superbly, inspired by the fantastic turnout. We were all so impressed with their confidence and enthusiasm, word perfect and in fine tune. A sterling job by Ms Owen,  Mrs Watson and Miss Stewardson in preparing them so well and thank you to all the families who came along to shout "Bravo!" and "Encore!" Miss Stewardson filmed the show, which will appear in due course. Meanwhile we are very grateful to former pupil Lucy Gogoliuk for her stunning photographs, published here with many more on the P5 Class Pages.

Well done, Danny! Edinburgh P7 Select Winning Football Squad

Danny, Edinburgh Select Squad A, front row second from left

We are excited to celebrate P7 pupil Danny Carson-Sangster' success as a player in the Edinburgh P7 Select 'A' Squad. The City of Edinburgh Council Sports Development Team took the team to their final tournament of the 2013/14 season on Wednesday 14th May. We were able to announce at Assembly on Friday that the squad finished FIRST with a huge 89 points total.

There were eight other regions competing over the last three tournament days including Glasgow, Aberdeen Dundee. Finishing in first place is a brilliant achievement for the Edinburgh P7 squad and we are all extremely proud of P7 pupil Danny's fantastic success at the tournament, and throughout the year as a member of this elite team. Very well done, Danny!

Mon 19th May and Thurs 22nd May Holidays

Monday 19th May is a public holiday and school will also be closed to pupils on European Election Day Thursday 22nd May which is an Inservice Day for staff.

SCIENNES SCHOOL DIARY

Our regularly updated School Calendar can be accessed using the 'Diary' button on the school website. Alternatively, you can subscribe to the calendar to import it to your own computer, device or smartphone:

Use the following address to add our calendar to your calendars

https://www.google.com/calendar/ical/angela.christie%40sciennes.edin.sch.uk/public/basic.ics

Use the following address to access our calendar in any web browser
https://www.google.com/calendar/embed?src=angela.christie%40sciennes.edin.sch.uk&ctz=Europe/London

Use the following address to access our calendar from other applications. You can copy and paste this into any feed reader.

https://www.google.com/calendar/feeds/angela.christie%40sciennes.edin.sch.uk/public/basic

CITY OF EDINBURGH TERM DATES

City of Edinburgh Council Term Dates for 2013/2014 and 2014/2015 can also be accessed from our school website or from the Council website.

Follow instructions to import City of Edinburgh term dates to you computer, tablet or smart phone:

http://www.edinburgh.gov.uk/downloads/download/15/school_term_dates_for_2013_2014

Swimathon Week w/c 12th May

Friends of Sciennes School Trust, with the help of the School Council,  are once again holding an annual sponsored event. After a hugely successful Swimathon last year in which over £8,000 was raised it has been decided to hold a similar event this year. The event will take place in Sciennes pool during the week beginning 12th May.

Click on this Doodle Poll to volunteer for time slots if you are available to assist poolside. (Click on Show All 22 options to find your child's class on the weekly timetable.)

We greatly appreciate parental support in donating sponsorship online using this link:
https://mydonate.bt.com/events/sciennesswimathon2014/126616

or using the mydonate button on the Home Page of the school website.

 Thank you.

Free compost available on 9 May at Sciennes School from noon

The Council is giving away free bags of compost made from resident’s recycled garden waste to mark the return of fortnightly garden waste collections and to thank residents for using the service. 

The event in the South neighbourhood is on Friday 9 May, at Sciennes Primary School from 12.05 until stocks run out.

Officers will be on hand to provide information about all the Council's recycling services, and will have some food waste kitchen caddies and liners to give to those who need them.

Eco Team: Small Steps Campaign

Small Steps Pupils Step up to the Podium

Andy Gray, Head of Schools with Sciennes Eco Team and Mr Kearton

On Wednesday 30th April schools who took part in a pilot of the Small Steps campaign were invited to City Chambers to receive an official thank you for the work they have done on saving energy.

Pupils from Sciennes' Eco Team joined five other schools to tell guests at the event how they encouraged pupils and staff to save energy. Andy Gray, Head of Schools and Community Service, presented them with certificates to thank them for their efforts.

Read more about the event here on the Sciennes' Eco Team blog.


The campaign complements the Eco Schools international initiative designed to encourage whole-school action on sustainable development education issues.

The schools that took part in the pilot were

• Sciennes
• Liberton Primary
• Gilmerton Primary
• Prestonfield Primary
• Liberton High
• St Thomas of Aquins’.

Eco Schools at Sciennes 2012-2014

Click here to see SpicyNodes Mindmap of Sciennes Eco 2012-2014

Sciennes Swimathon 2014

Friends of Sciennes School Trust, with the help of the School Council,  are once again holding an annual sponsored event. After a hugely successful Swimathon last year in which over £8,000 was raised it has been decided to hold a similar event this year. The event will take place in Sciennes pool during the week beginning 12th May.

Click on this Doodle Poll to volunteer for time slots if you are available to assist poolside. (Click on Show All 22 options to find your child's class on the weekly timetable.)

We greatly appreciate parental support in donating sponsorship online using this link:
https://mydonate.bt.com/events/sciennesswimathon2014/126616

or using the mydonate button on the Home Page of the school website.

 Thank you.

Back to School Tuesday 22nd April

We hope everyone had a restful, happy holiday and enjoyed the lovely sunshine over the weekend. We look forward to welcoming everyone back to school on Tuesday 22nd April.

Mrs Noble leads the End of Term Assemblies

Mrs Noble led the P1-3 and the P4-7 Easter Assemblies in the Hall on the last day of term and wished everyone a safe and HAPPY holiday.

P4 7 assembly 4.4.2014 from SciennesPS


 

Happy Holidays Everyone

Mrs Noble will lead the P1-3 Assembly and then the P4-7 Assembly on Friday.
School breaks at 12.05pm on Friday 4th April and we wish all our families a happy and relaxing holiday. We look forward to welcoming everyone back to Sciennes on TUESDAY 22nd APRIL.

P2 Wedding of the Year!

What a wonderful day for P2 today. Check out more of Ms Pearmain's fabulous P2A wedding photos on the P2 Class Page of the wedding, reception, speeches and ceilidh.

EPSSA Swim and Dive Gala 2014

Thank you to Mrs Beth Walker, our wonderful PE Specialist, for organising and compering the Swim and Dive Gala event for all city primary schools on Wednesday 2nd April 10am -12.30pm at the Royal Commonwealth Pool. It was a thoroughly enjoyable event for all 500 children competing. Thank you to all the families who lent their support and cheered everyone on. All our P7 swimmers swam really well in the Breaststroke, Backstroke and Front Crawl, managing to reach the Finals of the Breastroke and Front Crawl and narrowly missing a place in the Backstroke Final. Phoebe and Cerys in P6 competed very well in the Diving and Alistair in P6A performed superbly to achieve a Silver medal. 'A' and 'B' schools competed in the event and 'A' Schools results are shown below. ('A' schools are larger city schools. All primary schools have an EPSSA - Edinburgh Primary Schools Sports Association - number and ours is 70.)

William sports one of our new swimming caps. 

Thank you to Sciennes' parent Jacqui Wright for acquiring our new caps and to the PTA for funding.

Here is a message from Mrs Walker:

Thank you to all school staff, parents and coaches for bringing their teams to our fantastic Commonwealth Swim Relay and Dive Gala yesterday at the Royal Commonwealth Pool.

Thank you to all Active School Co-ordinators, Edinburgh College students, Edinburgh Leisure Top Up team, Tyrie and his starting team and Warrender Baths Club officials for their support on the poolside.  Thank you to all swim specialists for their trialling of teams and their continued hard work to provide swimming for all in the City.

The Commonwealth Baton comes to Edinburgh on Saturday 14th June!

Enjoy a well deserved holiday.

Kind regards

Beth Walker

		Breaststroke A Final
Place	School	Time
1	James Gillespies	1.18.43
2	St Peter's	1.19.94
3	Craiglockhart	1.20.40
4	Wardie	1.21.08
5	Dean Park	1.22.37
6	Blackhall	1.22.56
7	Buckstone	1.22.84
8	Sciennes	1.24.60
9	Davidsons Mains	1.26.23
Backstroke A Final
Place	School	Time
1	Bonaly	1.07.70
2	Blackhall	1.08.16
3	Dean Park	1.09.44
4	James Gillespies	1.10.56
5	Crammond	1.14.12
6	Craiglockhart	1.15.47
7	East Craigs	1.17.05
8	Broughton	1.19.29
9	St Peters	1.19.55
Freestyle A Final
Place	School	Time
1	Dean Park	0.55.40
2	James Gillespies	0.56.84
3	East Craigs	0.58.68
4	Blackhall	1.01.33
5	Sciennes	1.01.92
6	Bonaly	1.02.23
7	Craiglockhart	1.02.22
8	Bruntsfield	1.02.74
9	Broughton	1.03.26

Diving Boys
Place	Name	School	Time
1	Danny	Liberton	112.80
2	Alistair	Sciennes	107.40
3	Eddie	Duddingston	106.00
4	Lachlan	Liberton	100.45
5	Lachlan	Duddingston	91.90
6	Finlay	Longstone	88.70
7	Cameron	Bonaly	83.05
8	Luke Wilson	Royal High	82.20
9	Sebastian	St Peters	67.50
Diving Girls
Place	Name	School	Time
1	Ciara	St Mary's	126.05
2	Ellen	James Gillespie's	119.60
3	Anna	Sth Morningside	118.75
4	Lauren	St Catherine's	113.15
5	Lois	James Gillespie's	112.30
6	Caitlyn	Duddingston	111.25
7	Darcy	Currie	104.35
8	Katie	Buckstone	98.30
9	Anna	St Catherine's	96.40
10	Phoebe	Sciennes	92.65
11	Zoe	Royal High	95.70
12	Cerys	Sciennes	87.70
13	Jade	Pentland	74.90
14	Faith	St Peters	74.40
15	Lucia	Sth Morningside	73.95
16	Demi	Pentland	67.00

 It was lovely to see former Sciennes' Active Schools Co-ordinator Gael Logan presenting medals at the event. Gael is Captain of the Scottish Water Polo Team and is Commonwealth Games Legacy Manager.

Gael Logan

World Autism Awareness Day 2nd April

To mark World Autism Awareness Day on Wednesday 2nd April, Sciennes' parent Mrs Catto-Smith organised a 'Bounce for Autism' event for pupils in P3C and P4C.