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.

Pupil Council Bake Sale £591.84!

 The Sciennes Pupil Council chose three applications to run a bake sale in aid of a charity: Matthew, Evie and Stephen for Alzheimer Scotland,  Patrick for Water Aid and Shakira for Cancer Research UK. Following some brilliant presentations by the three short listed candidates the whole school voted on the charity they believed deserved the majority of the bake sale proceeds.

The Bake Sale on Friday 28th March was run in aid of Cancer Research UK who will receive 50% of all money raised. Water Aid and Alzheimer Scotland were the runners up in the whole school vote and will each receive 25% of the proceeds.

Ms Dodds and the Pupil Council did an amazing job and they managed to raise £591.84. Thanks to all the staff who helped and to all the families who baked and bought! 

Religious Observance

Details about Religious Observance at Sciennes can be found in the INFORMATION section of our website or click here to read online.

P4B Sumdog Challenge

Mr Kearton's and Mrs Maguire's Primary 4B class represented Sciennes in a citywide online maths challenge this week - and came a remarkable 8th place.

Competing against 33 schools from across the City, 4B took part in a wide range of mental maths games on the Sumdog website, developing their accuracy and speed as they went.

Edinburgh's Digital Learning Team organised this schools contest with Queensferry-based Sumdog. Nearly 2,000 pupils took part. The chidren answered approximately 10,000 mental maths questions, practising  number bonds, fractions and maths operations.

Finishing in 8th place when competing as a single class (and considering the age of the children) was no mean feat. An achievement to be proud of, 4B!

Clocks Forward this Weekend

Earth Hour Saturday 29th March 8.30pm- 9.30pm

Join Earth Hour Saturday 29th March by switching off your lights between 8.30pm-9.30pm.

#BeBrilliant in Scotland

Using social media to call for actions on climate change through public transport, housing & renewables. “Across Scotland, national monuments, castles, buildings and even ships are going dark – we’ve even got the royal seal of approval with the Royal Yacht Britannia and the Queen’s official residence, Holyrood House, joining in the fun”.

Millions of people around the world are expected to switch off lights in homes, offices and famous landmarks at 8.30pm local time for an hour on Saturday to mark WWF's annual Earth Hour.
Now in its eighth year, the mass participation event aims to show support for environmental issues comes

Among the world's famous landmarks that will dim their lights are the Empire State building in New York, the Brandenburg Gate in Berlin, the Eiffel Tower in Paris, the Kremlin and Red Square in Moscow, the Bosphorus Bridge in Turkey and the Burj Khalifa in Dubai. In the UK, the Houses of Parliament, Buckingham palace, Tower Bridge, the London Eye, the Forth Rail Bridge, the Scottish Parliament in Edinburgh, Arbroath Abbey in Angus, the War Memorial in Stornoway, the Kelvingrove and the Clyde Arc in Glasgow and the Falkirk Wheel will all dim their lights, with an estimated 10 million Britons expected to take part.

Sciennes Cycle to School Day

117 bicycles in the playground on Friday 28th March after the first Sciennes Cycle to School Day of the year. Many thanks to our friend Chris Hill for the photographs.

Convoy left from King's Buildings at 8.20am and cyclists joined en route

72 bikes in the bike shed

117 in total - on a coldish, wettish, day.

Supreme Chess! Outstanding Success!

What an amazing achievement for the Sciennes Chess Club P5 and Under A, B and C Teams pictured here! The B Team won First Place and the C Team won Second Place in the Lothian Schools Chess B League. The C Team also took First Place in the C League. The A Team came in First position to win the Edinburgh Shield. The P6/7 Team also performed extremely well and were Runners Up in the Lothian League. A superb result for all pupils and many thanks to the dedicated parents who organise and run the weekly Sciennes Chess Club.

P5 & U Edinburgh League B
First: Sciennes B
Second: Sciennes C

P5 & U Edinburgh League C
First: Sciennes C

P5 & U Edinburgh League A

First and Edinburgh Shield Winners: Sciennes A

Second: St Peter's

P6/7 Lothian League
First and Lothian Trophy Winners: S Morningside
Second: Sciennes A

 A Team: Matilda, Aidan, Sergei and Tom

P5 & U Edinburgh League A

FIRST PLACE AND EDINBURGH SHIELD WINNERS: SciennesA

C Team: Alex, Josh, Anton Katerina

P5 & U Edinburgh League C

  FIRST PLACE: Sciennes C AND ALSO, in the higher League:

P5 & U Edinburgh League B

SECOND PLACE: Sciennes C

 B Team: Jonathan, Pere, Fedor, Stuart

P5 & U Edinburgh League B

FIRST PLACE: Sciennes B

Sainsbury's Active School Vouchers

P6 girls organised a competition to find out which class could collect the greatest amount of vouchers and announced the result at the P4-7 Assembly. Congratulations to winning class P4A! The collection box is available outside the Hall beside the House Display. Thank you to everyone who has been collecting these for the school which will significantly add to the resources and equipment we can give to the children.

Eco Rag Bags

Our Eco team, led by Mr Kearton and Mrs Mackay, raised an amazing £113.60 from their recent Ragbag appeal. Thank you to all families who kindly donated and supported our Recycling efforts. The money will be used for school resources.

Winners! Clubgolf Trophy for P5A

Ms Owen and Mr McKenna's P5A class took part in a Clubgolf Tournament organised for us by our Active Sports Co-ordinator Mr Wallace on Tuesday 18th March at Meggetland and they won! Here they are proudly displaying their First Place Trophy.

Sport Relief Run A Mile Sunday 23rd March

Lots of our children took part in the Edinburgh Sport Relief Run a Mile event last weekend. Here is Sam proudly sporting his medal.

Thank You from Sport Relief!

Pupil Council Bake Sale Friday 28th March

WHOLE SCHOOL BAKE SALE FRIDAY 28TH MARCH

 

The Sciennes Pupil Council recently looked through lots of amazing applications to run a bake sale in aid of a charity. They chose three applications, Matthew, Evie and Stephen for Alzheimer Scotland,  Patrick for Water Aid and Shakira for Cancer Research UK. Following some brilliant presentations by the three short listed candidates the whole school voted on the charity they believed deserved the majority of the bake sale proceeds.

 

This Friday (28th March) the Bake sale will take place in aid of Cancer Research UK who will receive 50% of all money raised. Water Aid and Alzheimer Scotland were the runners up and will each receive 25% of the proceeds.

 

Thank you for your support.

 

                                                                      Lindsay Dodds and the Pupil Council