Thank you very much from all at Sciennes to parent Colin Sim for all his efforts in this successful application for funding.We are delighted to let you know that we have won funding that will let us further extend the play area in the nature strip opposite the school.The money will let us build a … Continue reading Funding Win for Nature Strip Playspace!
Category: Playground
Playground Update
Dear Parent/CarerThe playground development has been the subject of a series of inspections and improvements over the last few months. Following the inspection in February by David Yearley from ROSPA, work was undertaken to reduce all risks to a tolerable level. David has since inspected the work undertaken and I am pleased to report that … Continue reading Playground Update
New Playground Reading Shed!
Sciennes officially launched our new Playground Reading Shed on World Book Day, Thursday 3rd March. Grateful thanks to our Librarian, Mrs Katherine Peace, for cutting the ribbon, to Tanya Boughtflower, Vice Chair of the Parent Council, for supporting and to our Support for Learning Specialist and Reading Co-ordinator, Ms Rhona Kennedy, for organising this wonderful … Continue reading New Playground Reading Shed!
RoSPA Post-Installation Inspection of Playground Report
Playground Officially Opened! – A Message of Thanks from our Headteacher
Official Playground Opening CeremonyYoungest pupil David and oldest pupil Liza with David Ewart, SportScotland and Alison Noble, HeadteacherThank you to everyone who came along on Saturday 31stOctober 2015 to mark the Official Opening Ceremony of our amazing new Playground. Many thanks to piper and drummer who provided us all with a warm welcome, lending to … Continue reading Playground Officially Opened! – A Message of Thanks from our Headteacher
Official Opening Ceremony for Playground
P4-7 One World Week Assembly 25.10.15
On Friday 25th October at P4-7 Assembly we marked One World Week by sharing how our P3 pupils have successfully led a whole school project with Mercy Corps to change 'Hope into Action.' Sciennes P4-7 One World Week Assembly 25.10.15 from SciennesPS To date, the P3 Harvest Appeal has raised a fantastic £2100 which will … Continue reading P4-7 One World Week Assembly 25.10.15
Sciennes’ New Playground
Thank you to great friend to the school, Chris Hill, for these fantastic photographs of active play and learning in our wonderful new playground. Chris has documented the transformation and more of his photographs can be accessed using the links below:https://www.flickr.com/photos/chdot/20759253598/in/album-72157655114190675/https://www.flickr.com/photos/chdot/albums/72157655114190675/page3https://www.flickr.com/photos/chdot/albums/72157655114190675/page2
And So It Begins…
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
Parent Council AGM 2015
Sciennes Parent Council AGM 2015 from SciennesPS 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, … Continue reading Parent Council AGM 2015
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 … Continue reading Can You Help?
Sciennes Science Festival Celebrates Fundraising Success
Sciennes science fest celebrates fundraising successArticle Posted on 16 June 2015 by Children & Families City of Edinburgh Bright Futures website 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 … Continue reading Sciennes Science Festival Celebrates Fundraising Success
TARGET ACHIEVED!
Fantastic news, confirmed by the Parent Council, that the Sciennes School Community has raised an ambitious, incredible target of £55 000 this year, demonstrating that together we truly can Achieve when we Believe. This sum will be match funded by SportScotland to transform completely our playground for our current pupils and many more to come.Well … Continue reading TARGET ACHIEVED!
The Great Sciennes Bake Off
A massive thank you to all the wonderful parents who donated fabulous baking to our stall, the quantity and quality of which far exceeded our expectations. Well done you did our school proud!It was exceptionally difficult to choose a winner of the Great Sciennes Bake off as the standard of baking was so high, but … Continue reading The Great Sciennes Bake Off
Astonishing £7000 Raised at Summer Science Fair!
This year's Sciennes Summer Science Fair has made over £7,000 - incredible! Thank you everyone for attending, contributing and supporting.The precise amount raised by the Fair will be shared as soon as our finance team has processed final fair expenses. We'll be reporting back week beginning 12th June as regards the playground fundraising total. It … Continue reading Astonishing £7000 Raised at Summer Science Fair!
Fantastic Summer Science Fair Montage by Parent Council!
Remarkable Parent Led Summer Science Fair a Resounding Success!
At Sciennes, we recognise that we are incredibly fortunate to enjoy such strong partnerships with families and to have such ongoing marvellous parental support.Saturday 6th June, saw the culmination of tireless efforts to create the most remarkable parent led Science Fair : organised and led by parents - supported by staff and pupils - with … Continue reading Remarkable Parent Led Summer Science Fair a Resounding Success!
TODAY! SCIENCE FAIR 12.30pm-3.30pm
All the Fun of the Science Fair, including... Camera Obscura and the World of Illusions in the Sensory Room The Living World Zone featuring the Scottish Wildlife Trust, Scottish Badgers and the Royal Society for the Protection of Birds; The Neuroscience Zone - build your own cells and find out how your brain worksThe Geology and … Continue reading TODAY! SCIENCE FAIR 12.30pm-3.30pm
2015 Summer Science Fair
We are SO excited about the Summer Fair! It features many of the usual fun and attractions but as an added extra, there will be science activities, workshops and talks. This year, the fair is FREE - a big thank you to everyone for what has been an amazing year of fundraising. COME FOR LUNCH … Continue reading 2015 Summer Science Fair
Roll Up, Roll Up to the Summer Science Fair!
Plant Stall at the Summer Fair
The Summer Fair Plant Stall welcomes donations of the following:- flowering plants- bedding plants- perennials- vegetable seedlings- herbs- house plants- cacti- shrubsPlease could you pass on to friends and consider thinning out successful clumps in your own garden or windowsill. Hand in to School Office on Friday 5th June.Thank you Laura Bird
Summer Fair Grand Raffle
Get Involved in the Sciennes Science Fair!
We are SO excited about this year's Summer Fair! It features many of the usual fun and attractions but as an added extra, there will be science activities, workshops and talks. This year, the fair is FREE - a big thank you to everyone for what has been an amazing year of fundraising. WE STILL … Continue reading Get Involved in the Sciennes Science Fair!
Teddy Bear at the Summer Fair
As we are on the run up to the Summer Science Fair on Sat June 6th, a beautiful teddy bear can be won by guessing its name. “Summer Fair Bear” will be making its way around Sciennes for the next two weeks. For 50p you can guess the name of the teddy bear. You might be … Continue reading Teddy Bear at the Summer Fair
Coming Soon….Sciennes Parent Council Presents … "SCIENCE FAIR: THE THANK YOU"
https://player.vimeo.com/video/128795081Many thanks to the Parent Council for filming and editing this marvellous taster video to promote the Sciennes Summer Science Fair taking place onSaturday 6th June, 12.30-3.30pm.It will be a spectacular - and unmissable - way to thank all our fundraisers.Can you guess who the mystery dancer is? Nice moves!Everyone welcome - please come along … Continue reading Coming Soon….Sciennes Parent Council Presents … "SCIENCE FAIR: THE THANK YOU"
Online Donations Top £10,000!
Mr Howie Captures the Moment Swimathon Amount Revealed!
https://player.vimeo.com/video/128716963Thank you to Mr Howie for capturing on camera the moment when an incredible £11,199 was revealed at the P4-7 Assembly on Friday 22nd May as the amount raised to date during our recent Swimathon Fundraising Event for playground improvements We are grateful to the entire school community for supporting efforts to improve radically the … Continue reading Mr Howie Captures the Moment Swimathon Amount Revealed!
Swimathon £11,199!
Our Sports Captains did a superb job of announcing the winners and presenting the Swimathon medals at the P4-7 Assembly on Friday 22nd May. Grateful thanks to Fiona Denvir, Bethan McEwan and Tanya Boughtflower from the Sciennes Parent Council, and all the parents who helped make this year's fundraising event so enjoyable and such an … Continue reading Swimathon £11,199!
P4-7 Assembly 22.5.15
Diana Dalton, Department for International AidWe are very grateful to Diana Dalton, parent of Joe in P7A, for accepting an invitation to present at Assembly on Friday 22nd May and providing us with an excellent explanation of the work of the Department for International Development. Diana helped everyone to think about inequality in the world, … Continue reading P4-7 Assembly 22.5.15
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