Congratulations to Milenka who, as youngest player in the event,
gained first place as Scottish Youth Champion in a recent Under 13 foil
fencing competition in Dunfermline. Superb achievement!
Monday, 22 June 2015
P6C Journey with Pilrig Park at the Festival Theatre
Pilrig Park School for children and
young people with additional support needs, uses dance across its
curriculum to help its learners develop valuable skills for learning,
life and work. Problem solving, team building, confidence and social
skills learned through the course have given the pupils the confidence
to create an end of year show at Edinburgh’s Festival Theatre.
On Friday 21st June, P6C (with Class Teacher Ms Wendy French) and Sciennes School Choir (led by Class Teacher Kathryn Dougal) joined pupils and staff from Pilrig Park School for a magnificent dance performance at the Festival Theatre. Thank you to all the families who came along to support.
The shows, which have been running for the past seven years, provide the opportunity for learners at Pilrig Park to showcase their talents thanks to the inclusive approach to learning about theatre. Using the skills learned through dance and choreography in different contexts allows learners to solve problems in lessons on numeracy and literacy skills for example that has had a positive effect on their learning outcomes, confidence and self-esteem.
Pilrig Park Headteacher Ellen Muir's innovative approach has been used in a case study film. Creativity through dance at her school is featured as an example of good practice by Education Scotland on their Journey to Excellence website to inspire practitioners from across the country.
More photographs on the P6 Class Page.
P6C Class Teacher Ms Wendy French with Sciennes parent and Pilrig Park Teacher Anna Kirkwood
On Friday 21st June, P6C (with Class Teacher Ms Wendy French) and Sciennes School Choir (led by Class Teacher Kathryn Dougal) joined pupils and staff from Pilrig Park School for a magnificent dance performance at the Festival Theatre. Thank you to all the families who came along to support.
The shows, which have been running for the past seven years, provide the opportunity for learners at Pilrig Park to showcase their talents thanks to the inclusive approach to learning about theatre. Using the skills learned through dance and choreography in different contexts allows learners to solve problems in lessons on numeracy and literacy skills for example that has had a positive effect on their learning outcomes, confidence and self-esteem.
Pilrig Park Headteacher Ellen Muir's innovative approach has been used in a case study film. Creativity through dance at her school is featured as an example of good practice by Education Scotland on their Journey to Excellence website to inspire practitioners from across the country.
More photographs on the P6 Class Page.
Head Teachers Ellen Muir, Pilrig Park and Alison Noble, Sciennes Primary
Anna's daughter Stella and son Sean also took part in the show
Miss Dougal leads Sciennes Choir
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| Sciennes School Choir Warms Up! |
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| The Green Room |
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| Relaxing in the Green Room |
The view from the stage before the audience arrives
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| Actor Andy Gray gives a pre-show pep talk |
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| Andy Gray |
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| Waiting in the wings |
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| "The Journey" |
A short clip from the Finale
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| Well done all on a terrific performance |
P6/7 Girls v Staff Football
Thank you to Mr Forrest Howie for arranging, to the P6 and P7 Girls Football
Teams and all staff who participated as well as everyone who came to
cheer along the joyful - though very competitively fought! - staff v
pupils football game in glorious sunshine on Wednesday 10th June. Thanks also to our Sciennes Team football coaches for refereeing.
More photographs will be posted soon on the P7 Class Page.
More photographs will be posted soon on the P7 Class Page.
Friday, 19 June 2015
Can you House Plant Sit Over the Summer?
Some of the P3s are salvaging the fruit bushes, strawberries and herbs from the playground before the men with diggers and skips move in.
Once potted up, the plants will need foster parents over the summer holidays. Could you take some home with you after school next week? Contact School Office.
Laura Bird, Parent Council
Celebratory Ice Pops
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| Target Achieved! |
Let's celebrate! Thank you Parent Council for ice pops!
Family Day at The Yard Come and Play
Family Day at The Yard Come and Play
The Yard is opening its doors this Sunday June 21st from 1.30 to 3pm then 3.30pm -5.30pm to all children in support of the service for children with additional support needs. Outdoors there are tyres, cones, go-karts and a huge sand pit as well as a stream and loads of places to climb, hide and run. Indoors we have a large play hall with soft play, dressing up, face painting, an art room and loads of toys. It is a great day out and all proceeds go directly to support the service. £5 per child, £7.50 for two children and £12 for three (no card facilities)
If you would like to come along please email Mark on: mark@theyardscotland.org.uk or just pop along on the day.
Our website is www.theyardscotland.org.uk and our address is 22 Eyre Place Lane, Edinburgh, EH3 5EH, tel: 0131 466 2854
Thursday, 18 June 2015
Parent Council AGM 2015
On Thursday 18th June, Parent Council subgroups and school provided reports
on the phenomenal amount achieved in an extraordinarily successful year
of events and activities for the entire community: a year which
has seen more than £60 000 raised to support playground improvements,
cycling, swimming, a Music Showcase, subsidised trips and residentials
as well as Eco projects, fruit trays and a water cooler. Together, we
truly Believed and Achieved!
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| What an amazing Sciennes team! |
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| Aileen Nimmo, Convener of Fundraising and Events, Alison Noble Head Teacher and Claire Wheeler, Chair of the Parent Council |
P4C Froglife Script Writing Competition Winners!
Very proud of my class receiving their Froglife competition prizes today; they were so delighted to be awarded with a Froglife workshop, android tablet, personalised trophy and lots of other Froglife goodies! Together P4C wrote a wonderful play script and came overall first in the UK. Their play will be acted out to schools and youth groups to help teach children about nature conservation.
Miss Gladstone, P4C Class Teacher
Froglife is a
national wildlife charity committed to the conservation of amphibians and
reptiles – frogs, toads, newts, snakes and lizards – and saving their habitats. Download their free 'Dragonfinder' app.
Froglife
is a national wildlife charity committed to the conservation of
amphibians and reptiles – frogs, toads, newts, snakes and lizards – and
saving the habitats they depend on. - See more at:
http://www.froglife.org/#sthash.zoAq0Tjv.dpuf
Froglife
is a national wildlife charity committed to the conservation of
amphibians and reptiles – frogs, toads, newts, snakes and lizards – and
saving the habitats they depend on. - See more at:
http://www.froglife.org/#sthash.zoAq0Tjv.dpuf
Froglife
is a national wildlife charity committed to the conservation of
amphibians and reptiles – frogs, toads, newts, snakes and lizards – and
saving the habitats they depend on. - See more at:
http://www.froglife.org/#sthash.zoAq0Tjv.dpuf
Froglife
is a national wildlife charity committed to the conservation of
amphibians and reptiles – frogs, toads, newts, snakes and lizards – and
saving the habitats they depend on. - See more at:
http://www.froglife.org/#sthash.zoAq0Tjv.dpuf
Can You Help?
Have
you ever had the burning desire to help chop the plastic tops off of
640 ice pops? If so, your dream could be about to come true:
As a thank you to all our pupils for the hard work they have done to raise playground funds the Parent Council is providing ice pops at break time on Friday and we need help. If you’re available, please come into the school office this Friday at 9.45am – scissors will be provided. We’ll need help also with the practical task of handing out ice pops, so please have phrases at the ready such as ‘sorry, we have no red ones left’ and ‘no, you can only have one’.
Let’s hope the logistics of this ice pop event go more smoothly than the 1997 record breaking attempt in New York to create the world’s biggest ice pop. The 15.9 tonnes of frozen juice required melted faster than expected, dashing hopes and causing spectators to flee to higher ground as firefighters hosed away the mess. Who ever knew there were such risks to be associated with the humble ice pop?
As a thank you to all our pupils for the hard work they have done to raise playground funds the Parent Council is providing ice pops at break time on Friday and we need help. If you’re available, please come into the school office this Friday at 9.45am – scissors will be provided. We’ll need help also with the practical task of handing out ice pops, so please have phrases at the ready such as ‘sorry, we have no red ones left’ and ‘no, you can only have one’.
Let’s hope the logistics of this ice pop event go more smoothly than the 1997 record breaking attempt in New York to create the world’s biggest ice pop. The 15.9 tonnes of frozen juice required melted faster than expected, dashing hopes and causing spectators to flee to higher ground as firefighters hosed away the mess. Who ever knew there were such risks to be associated with the humble ice pop?
Sciennes Parent Council
Tuesday, 16 June 2015
Heather Lucchesi's New Sciennes Art Club
Heather Lucchesi's After School Art Club pupils display some of their beautifully presented art work.
Ms Anstruther is also really impressed with the quality of the pupils' art work.
Ruyuan and Heather will attend a prize giving ceremony at the National Gallery of Scotland on Wednesday 17th June. Ruyuan's amazing picture won Second Prize in the Tesco Bank Art competition, which attracted over 7000 entries, and will be on display in the gallery from Wednesday. Ruyuan's picture will feature as 'October' in the National Gallery's calendar and Heather also won £100 worth of art materials for the club! (See photos below of the Prizegiving event.)
P7 Girls v Staff Netball
More photographs on the P7 Class Page.
Sciennes Science Festival Celebrates Fundraising Success
Sciennes science fest celebrates fundraising success
At the beginning of the month, parents, pupils and staff of Sciennes Primary School got together for a special science fair to celebrate the school’s successful fundraising drives. The event featured workshops provided by members of the University of Edinburgh faculty and activities offered by local businesses, as well as a programme of talks.
The fair saw the school reach their fundraising target of £55,000 for playground improvements, which means the figure will now be matched by SportScotland, to allow the work to begin.
A member of Sciennes Parent Council brings us the full story.
A science fair, organised and led by Sciennes Parent Council and supported by staff and pupils, was held on Saturday 6 June to celebrate a year of remarkable fundraising.
Free science, technology, engineering and mathematics workshops provided by Edinburgh University parents, their friends and colleagues – with PhD students including a former pupil – were highly engaging and enriching for our children. Local businesses and charities supported the event and
- The Scottish Wildlife Trust
- RSPB
- Scottish Badgers
- the Forestry Commission
- the John Muir Trust
Victoria Nelson from Mercy Corps, one of the City of Edinburgh Council’s partner charities, gave a talk on how science can help in dealing with natural disasters. Dr Andrew Murray provided an inspirational keynote presentation, which was so well attended and well received that he very kindly offered to deliver it twice.
Although the event was designed as a thank you and as an educational experience rather than a fundraising event, a remarkable £7,400 was raised on the day. This has enabled the school to reach our ambitious target of raising £55,000 which will now be matched by SportScotland for playground improvements.
Our entire school community has vigorously pursued a common goal throughout the year and we are incredibly proud of reaching that goal together by putting into practice our school motto ‘Believe – Achieve.’
See photos from Science science fair on the Sciennes Primary blog and watch a video created by Sciennes Parent Council below.
Magnificent Parent Council Music Showcase
On Wednesday 13th May, Sciennes Parent Council arranged an opportunity to showcase the wealth of musical talents of our many music groups: School Orchestra, School P6/7 Choir, School Violin/Viola and School Woodwind as well as After School Clubs (co-ordinated by parent members of the Parent Council Fiona Denvir and Bethan McEwan) in A Capella, Fiddle, Guitar, Spanish Guitar and Recorder. It was an extraordinary evening at Marchmont St Giles - attended by a huge turnout of families - which was a wonderful celebration for our pupils, in recognition of their accomplishments. Thank you to Class Teacher and School Orchestra Leader Mrs Samanda Campbell for her superb organisation.
The school has worked in collaboration with the Parent Council throughout the year, to address feedback from a Parent Council parental survey which identified a desire for increased Music provision and greater clarification on free Instrument Tuition. This has led to additional Music opportunities being provided for the children throughout the year, publication of a revised Music Policy and the Music Showcase in May.
Further photographs of the Music Showcase can be found on our 'Sciennes Loves Music' blog and some video clips will be posted there presently.
Monday, 15 June 2015
TARGET ACHIEVED!
Well done all and thank you!
The pounds and the pennies have been counted and it is official: the playground fundraising target HAS BEEN MET. In the space of 10 months the Sciennes community raised an incredible £55,000 towards the playground - and the school successfully applied for SportScotland funding to match this pound for pound. The total amount raised by the Parent Council and Friends of Sciennes School Trust this year (including non-playground fundraising) is £57,489. In addition to the playground, spending has included eco activity, trip and club subsidies, swimming, cycling and the pupil water cooler. Both the PC and FSS have ensured adequate contingency funds are in place and so are in good shape for the school year ahead. The school is waiting to hear back from the City of Edinburgh Council as the tendering process to establish who will carry out the playground works is underway. We should hear soon as regards when the playground work will start. Thank you everyone for the phenomenal support and effort this year. Believe, achieve!
Sciennes Parent Council
P6/7 Interscholastics
Tuesday 2nd June - a cold, very windy day - P6 and P7 pupils took part in the annual Edinburgh
Primary Schools (EPSSA) Interscholastics event at Meadowbank. Thank you
to Mrs Beth Walker, our P.E. Specialist for organising the citywide event, Mrs Nowell for escorting, to Headteacher and EPSSA President Mr Willie French for compering and to families who came to
cheer on. Congratulations
to all our athletes, who all competed particularly well in the Heats, qualifying for the Finals in most events, and were great sporting ambassadors for Sciennes. Very well done to Cerys for achieving a Silver medal in the Long Jump, to Archie M, Stephen, Boris and Saul for achieving Silver in the P6 Boys' Relay and to Phoebe who, despite a stumble, still managed to achieve a Bronze medal in the Girls' 600m race.
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| Travelling in style on a former Hibs and Hearts Team bus from Charlie Irons Bus Company |
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| Team Sciennes! |
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| Athletes' Parade |
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| So windy, our banner split in two! |
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| Helping keep up to speed with the events timetable |
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| Bronze medal in Girls' 600m |
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| Bronze EPSSA medal |
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| Second place on the podium in Boys' Relay |
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| Silver EPSSA medals |
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| Cerys' Silver medal for the Long Jump |
Phoebe ran so well in the 600m Heats
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