Anna, Saul and Cole with the Lord ProvostAnna, Saul, Cole, Ben, Cai and Chris with the Lord Provost and secondary school relay team.18 P4 pupils from Sciennes (drawn from a hat) with Saul (World Tae Kwon Do Champion) and Isla (Scottish Gymnast) from P5, accompanied by lots of families, joined secondary pupils from across Edinburgh … Continue reading City 2 City Commonwealth Games Baton Relay
Category: Achievement
P7 Silver JASS Awards
Congratulations to our Primary Seven pupils who received their Silver JASS (Junior Award Scheme Scotland) certificates and badges on Friday 13th June.http://jassawardsciennes.blogspot.co.uk/
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 … Continue reading First Place in Scottish Primary Schools Team Chess Championship!
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. … Continue reading Swimathon Awards P4-7 2014
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 … Continue reading Hats Off to P5 Scottish Opera 2014
Well done, Danny! Edinburgh P7 Select Winning Football Squad
Danny, Edinburgh Select Squad A, front row second from leftWe 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 … Continue reading Well done, Danny! Edinburgh P7 Select Winning Football Squad
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 … Continue reading EPSSA Swim and Dive Gala 2014
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 … Continue reading P4B Sumdog Challenge
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 … Continue reading Supreme Chess! Outstanding Success!
Winners! Clubgolf Trophy for P5A
Sport Relief Run A Mile Sunday 23rd March
Dance Show at Churchill Theatre
Celebrating Wider Achievement in Sports
A wonderful visual display in school today of the vast array of our pupils' sporting interests and achievements. Here are just a few:AthleticsSciennes Girls' Football AthleticsClimbing and AbseilingTae Kwon DoFencingNetballFootballKarateCricketWe love Angus' hat from Sochi!Sciennes Boys' Football TeamCricketFootballSki-ingIce HockeyBasketballNetballMrs Nowell - Swimming and Emily - Horse RidingArcheryDivingGymnasticsSwimmingTennisRugbyGymnasticsRunningKick BoxingRugbyKick BoxingDancingIce SkatingFootballGymnasticsFootballFootball
Silver Cross Country Medal for Lucia
Congratulations to Lucia in P7A who came First in five of the seven races she ran in the Wednesday Lothian Schools Cross Country League (only missing one of the eight races this season when she was at Lagganlia) and was awarded an individual 2nd place medal.Lucia's mum, Rosemary Free, has been instrumental in involving so … Continue reading Silver Cross Country Medal for Lucia
Dragon Finder Prize Winning Writing for Lucy and Kirsty
P7A wrote fantastic poems and stories about amphibians and reptiles for the conservation and wildlife education group Froglife. Congratulations to P7 pupils Lucy and Kirsty who gained first and runner up prizes in their creative writing competition and so were invited to the launch of Froglife's Scottish Dragon Finder Project at Parliament on Wednesday evening … Continue reading Dragon Finder Prize Winning Writing for Lucy and Kirsty
Five Cross Country Medals!
Unprecedented success for all our Sciennes runners at the Edinburgh Primary Schools Sports Association (EPSSA) Cross Country event in Inverleith Park on Monday 17th March. Tom came Second in the P7 Boys' Race, Lucia came Third and Bea Tenth in the P7 Girls' Race, Lawson came Fifth in the P6 Boys' Race and Cerys came … Continue reading Five Cross Country Medals!
Sport Relief and Wider Achievement Day
SCIENNES WIDER ACHIEVEMENT DAY WHAT’S YOUR SPORT? – DRESS in SPORTS GEAR WALK, CYCLE or RUN to SCHOOL SUGGESTED DONATION £1.00 NEXT FRIDAY 21st MARCHNext Friday is Sport Relief Day and we have invited pupils to dress in sports gear that reflects their sporting interests outwith school. There will be House Assemblies on Friday.Can you … Continue reading Sport Relief and Wider Achievement Day
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 Graded2. Sergi Mackinlay Vich P6/7 "Stars Barred" (graded <500) 2. Aryan Bhulanny  Congratulations to all!
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 … Continue reading Euroquiz at City Chambers 2014
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 … Continue reading Runaway Success!
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 … Continue reading P6 Netball Success
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 eventElsa … Continue reading P7 Maths Challenge at Fettes
Grace wins the Steven Lui Memorial Cup
Commonwealth Theme at Sportshall
 Very well done to our P7 Sportshall Athletics team who came a respectable fourth place in the Edinburgh Final at Meadowbank on Monday 13th January. Congratulations to Bonaly Primary who came first and St Peter's who came second and will go on to represent Edinburgh in the East Scotland event. Mrs Beth Walker, our P.E. … Continue reading Commonwealth Theme at Sportshall
David The Champ!
"Sciennes Scenes" Book Launched
 Published authors! Thanks Mary Turner Thomson! Angelita, Ben and Ciara read extracts from their book "Sciennes Scenes" and Jemima, Reda and Callum gave speeches at our Launch in the Hall.  Celebratory cake all round in each class! Robyn Thomson was in P7 when her year group's book "On the Line" became our first book published with her … Continue reading "Sciennes Scenes" Book Launched
Sciennes Scenes
The P7 pupils become published authors and will have their own book launch party on Thursday 28th November when they will be given one copy of their book each. Many thanks to Mary Turner Thomson for guiding them through the entire process of planning, writing, editing, marketing and advertising through a series of workshops.
Edinburgh Gangshow
Congratulations to P6 pupils who performed so successfully in the Edinburgh Gangshow at the King's Theatre.More photographs on the P6 Class Page, where they received this lovely comment:Congratulations to all! You were fantastic - I know how hard you all worked in rehearsals and it was worth every minute. The show was brilliant - and … Continue reading Edinburgh Gangshow
Saul in P5 is Tae Kwon Do World Champion!
 Last November we posted about Saul's remarkable success as Sciennes' first ever British Champion. We are all so incredibly impressed by his amazing achievement in being crowned Tae Kwon Do WORLD CHAMPION for his age group. All the more remarkable because he only took up the sport a year and a half ago, when he … Continue reading Saul in P5 is Tae Kwon Do World Champion!
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