"We are really looking forward to a Christmas holiday and are sure you are all too! It’s been quite a year. Despite the challenges we have faced this year, we are delighted with the community spirit in the school and the community at large. It’s been a pleasure to be part of that and to … Continue reading Thank you for your support!
Join us for our wonderful Winter Trail from 2pm-5pm on the 12th of December. PLEASE NOTE THIS IS A TICKETED EVENT SATURDAY 12 DECEMBER 2pm-5pm Sciennes EFG Team is proud to present our Wonderful Winter Trail. On this trail our lovely children and young people will have the opportunity to browse our enterprising P7 stalls … Continue reading Sciennes Winter Trail
SCIENNES SWIMATHON and P1 CHALLENGE EVENTS 2019 The Sciennes Swimathon and P1 Running Event 2019 will take place during the week commencing 9th September. Please sign up to help count lengths and breadths of the pool here - https://doodle.com/poll/p63xn6tfmk59e9ye And to help with counting the Primary 1s as they run laps on the Meadows you … Continue reading Make Those Laps Count!
Event slideshow can be viewed here: https://www.slideshare.net/SciennesPS/sciennes-fundraising-summer-fair-year-of-green-action-2019 We are extremely pleased that so many families and members of our community joined us for our annual Summer Fair. Our dedicated staff and volunteers arrived at the school bright and early to set up for the day. A very generous donation from Victor Hugo’s of hot bacon … Continue reading Sciennes Summer Fundraiser – Year of Green Action Fair
Dear all, We are delighted to be able to offer the chance to enter our Summer Fair raffle even if you can't make the fair on Saturday. For every £1 donated you will have a ticket entered into our live draw on Saturday at 2:30pm. This is a really great opportunity for family and friends … Continue reading Summer Fair Raffle Tickets!
Thanks so much for your support at the Fair and for all of the hard work so many of you put into making it such a great success. We're really grateful to all of the parents, and even the grandparents, who ran the stalls and activities. It was a great display of teamwork. Our estimated fantastic … Continue reading Phenomenal Winter Fair! Over 6K Raised!
Our Winter Fair is less than a week away, and we urgently need your support with donations please to make it a success. If you can provide any of the following we'd be most grateful: Tombola: this can be anything from bottles of wine or spirits, chocolates, gift items, to toiletries booksand food items Lucky … Continue reading We’re nearly there … donations needed please!
Jack Frost is coming ...! We have a very special guest opening the Winter Fair this year - Jack Frost! Jack will be welcoming everyone as doors open at 12:00 on 1st December. He'll also be running the Circus Skills workshop (this will be available to book on ParentPay soon). We've also created a handy FAQ guide to the winter … Continue reading Winter Fair Donations (by Friday 12pm)
At Sciennes, we recognise that we are incredibly fortunate to enjoy such strong partnerships with families and to have such ongoing marvellous parental support and engagement. Jay Santhanham, Convener of Parent Council Events and Fundraising subgroup has worked tirelessly with a team of Parent Council members, including Chair of the Parent Council Phoebe Cochrane, and … Continue reading Fantastic #YOYP Summer Fair!
SAVE THE DATE! Saturday 26th May 12.30-3pm Sciennes YOYP Summer Fair 2018 As part of the Scottish Government’s programme of themed years, 2018 is the Year of Young People (#YOYP2018). This year, Sciennes' Summer fair has an array of YOYP activities and events focusing on six themes that young people identified as most important for … Continue reading Year of Young People Summer Fair
201805041132_MentalHealthAwarenessWeekFlyerV1 Mental Health Awareness Week at Sciennes is 14th-18th May 2018 A week of events and activities organised annually for pupils, parents and staff by Ms Carolyn Anstruther DHT and Mrs Fiona Denvir, Convener of our Parent Council Health and Wellbeing Group. Mental Health and Wellbeing is an embedded feature of our practice at Sciennes … Continue reading Mental Health Awareness Week
PLEASE think about volunteering for the Schools Streets Scheme this term! It’s a perfect time to experience the benefits that helping out on the streets brings - keeping the children safe, improving the air quality around the school, chatting to people you know and meeting those you don’t, feeling a sense of satisfaction that you … Continue reading School Streets Volunteers Needed!
What a fabulous week we have just had! The enthusiasm and energy shown by the children was amazing. P1-4 did their bit in the pool at the beginning of the week and P5-7 at the end. To date, the Swimathon has raised £3668.50 and Meadows Mayhem £940.00. There is still time to make a donation or … Continue reading A Fabulous Week of Fundraising!
The Sport and House Captains set quite a challenge this year but the P5s and P7s rose to the occasion yesterday and ran their hearts out. P6 will be out on The Meadows today so please come along and support if you can. So far the Swimathon has raised £3269.50 and Meadows Mayhem £680 but … Continue reading Meadows Mayhem
Only one more sleep until Splash Off! The Swimathon is great fun and for many children it will be the very first time they've been able to swim in their own school pool!  Children will have the opportunity to swim/float/walk as many lengths / breadths of the school pool as they can in a specified time. … Continue reading One More Sleep Until Swimathon!
A call for change has come for the P5s, P6s and P7s. A fun muddy Sponsored Obstacle Course this year! (Remember to bring spare clothes.)Â This 'Meadows Mayhem' event has been designed and is being led and organised by the P7 House and Sport captains. Filled with tyres, planks and many other exciting challenges (to … Continue reading Meadows Mayhem!
Monday 23rd and Tuesday 24th  April 2018 This year, exclusively for P1, P2, P3 and P4 children we will be holding our annual swimathon event to help us achieve our target of raising £8,500 to support school’s technology, Health and Wellbeing projects (which includes sports tuition e.g. swimming and cycling). ALL children at Sciennes will benefit … Continue reading Swimathon
Family Ceilidh - 25th January, 6:30pm Do you know your 'Dashing White Segeant' from your 'Strip the Willow'? Well now's your chance to learn at our ever popular family ceilidh. This year we're hosting the event on 25th January, between 6:30 and 8pm​, in the School Hall.The McAlastair Ceilidh Band will be joined by June Underwood, and … Continue reading Parent Council Family Ceilidh Jan 25th 6.30pm
A HUGE thank you to everyone for: Organising and leading the various stalls and activities Volunteering – many of you went above and beyond and stayed longer than you signed up to help! Donating items and foods generously Coming along, especially for waiting patiently in the freezing weather. You all made the Sciennes Winter Fair … Continue reading Thank you to EVERYONE involved in the fair!
Comedy Night - Friday 27th October @ 7pmWe're delighted to welcome back Comedy Quiz Night on Friday 27 October 2017, 7pm - 9pm in the School Hall.  The event will be hosted by Richard Melvin (of the Stand and BBC) and his dynamic Dads!Come and join us for a fun, sociable quiz night with snacks, drinks and … Continue reading Comedy NIght Friday 27th October 7pm
Thank you everyone who came along to and helped at the World of Work Summer Fair. As well as having fun in the sun enjoying live music and dance, learning about the world of work and sampling delicious food, we raised over £3500! WOW indeed! Well done Team Sciennes! Aileen and Jay - Parent Council Events … Continue reading WOW! World of Work Summer Fair Raises over £3500!
At Sciennes, we recognise that we are incredibly fortunate to enjoy strong partnerships with families and to have suchmarvellous ongoing parental support. For this year's Summer Fair, our fantastic Parent Council was most fortunate to have been able to draw upon a huge wealth of parental and local community talent, experience and expertise to WoW! … Continue reading WOW! Wonderful World of Work Summer Fair!
 SATURDAY 3rd JUNE 12.30pm-3.30pmWhat a line up for the Summer Fair TOMORROW!There will be Science, Engineering, Writing Workshops, Film making workshops, Revitalise, Relax kids.  This is Volunteers Week so we have Mercy Corps and Scottish Wildlife trust ready to explain what they do and how important volunteering is. There will be Art, Sewing, Flowers and … Continue reading SUMMER FAIR TOMORROW!
SAVE THE DATE! SCIENNES WORLD OF WORK SUMMER FAIR SATURDAY 3rd JUNE 12.30-3.30pm  Come along and WoW our children with career possibilities! Sciennes' Parent Council Events and Fundraising Group (EFG) is busy organising our Summer Fair. The theme is 'World of Work' and the idea is to WoW our children with career possibilities. … Continue reading Can You Help Wow Pupils with the World of Work?
Sciennes School Parent CouncilMonday 24th April – Friday 28th April 2017This year we are aiming to raise £10,000 to support school’s technology, Health and Wellness projects (which includes sports tuition e.g. swimming and cycling). ALL children at Sciennes will benefit from the funds raised.The Swimathon has been great fun in the past and we would … Continue reading Swimathon 2017
SAVE THE DATE!SCIENNES WORLD OF WORK SUMMER FAIRSATURDAY 3rd JUNE12.30-3.30pm  Come along and WoW our children with career possibilities!Sciennes' Parent Council Events and Fundraising Group (EFG) is busy planning our Summer Fair. The theme is 'World of Work' and the idea is to WoW our children with career possibilities. This ties in with one of … Continue reading WoW! World of Work Summer Fair Sat 3rd June
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