14 girls from Sciennes took up the invitation from Blaze Basketball to attend a Round Robin Tournament at the Crags Sports Centre with 4 girls from St Peter's on Friday 28th November 4pm-6pm. Thank you very much to Sarah Murphy from Blaze for organising. The Tuesday and Thursday taster session clubs were a fantastic success … Continue reading Blaze Girls’ Basketball Tournament
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Blaze P5-P7 Girls’ Basketball Tournament
Next week is the last week for the lunchtime Active Schools P5-P7 Girls' Basketball club sessions, which have been a great success. Blaze coaches Sarah and Eoghann have very kindly invited ALL the girls, as many as can come along, to a tournament at the nearby Crags Centre on Friday 28th November, 4-6pm.
Blaze Basketball at the Crags
The P5- P7 Girls' Lunchtime Basketball Active Schools Clubs on Tuesdays and Thursdays with Sarah and Eoghann have been a tremendous success, with 40 of our girls getting involved. There are many more opportunities for girls and boys to receive coaching and play in tournaments at the fantastic nearby Crags Centre with Blaze and Active … Continue reading Blaze Basketball at the Crags
Sustrans P6 Active Travel Superheroes!
Sam Moody CEC Sustainable Travel Development Officer with JRSOs Kirsty and MorganSuperhero badgesAll 97 of our P6 pupils have undergone Cycle Training and have been great ambassadors for Active Travel to school. In recognition of their achievements, they were awarded Sustran's Superhero badges at our Road Safety Assembly on Friday 14th November. Great that Sam … Continue reading Sustrans P6 Active Travel Superheroes!
Sportshall Success!
Congratulations to our P7 athletes who came First in the first round of Sportshall Atheletics at Meadowbank on Monday 10th November. They did amazingly well to come first in 13 of the events! Thanks to Mrs Beth Walker, our P.E. Specialist, who organises the event for the city, for preparing the team so well and … Continue reading Sportshall Success!
Cycle to School Day Friday 31st October
Ms Christie has organised a Cycle to School Day on Friday 31st October, leaving King's Buildings at 8.20am. All children who are accompanied by an adult are welcome to join en route to school. This will be the last Cycle to School Day of the year and we greatly appreciate the support of all families … Continue reading Cycle to School Day Friday 31st October
Active Schools Lunchtime Girls’ Basketball
Blaze Basketball Club, based at the Crags, launched their fabulous new Active Schools lunchtime club today for P5-7 girls in Sciennes Hall. However, it would be fair to say that there was a good deal of confusion over who had registered to participate and for that we apologise. The paper consent form did request an … Continue reading Active Schools Lunchtime Girls’ Basketball
Active Schools Lunchtime Girls’ Basketball Club
Blaze Basketball Club, based at the Crags, launch their new Active Schools lunchtime club tomorrow for P5-7 girls in Sciennes Hall. It will run on Tuesdays between 12.40pm-1.10pm over the next five weeks. All twenty places were quickly snapped up on Wisepay and if there is enough interest, Sarah Murphy and Eoghann Dover from Blaze … Continue reading Active Schools Lunchtime Girls’ Basketball Club
Cycle to School Day Friday 31st October
Ms Christie has organised a Cycle to School Day on Friday 31st October, leaving King's Buildings at 8.20am. All children who are accompanied by an adult are welcome to join en route to school. This will be the last Cycle to School Day of the year and we greatly appreciate the support of all families … Continue reading Cycle to School Day Friday 31st October
Kirsty P6C Pedal for Scotland 2014
A big thank you to all of you who so generously supported Kirsty Johnson (P6a) on the recent Pedal for Scotland Glasgow to Edinburgh ride. With your help, online and offline she has raised an astounding £1,200 for Parkinsons UK. After an early scare when her gears stopped working, Kirsty made up for lost time: … Continue reading Kirsty P6C Pedal for Scotland 2014
Sciennes Cycle to School Day Friday 26th September
Lothian Schools Cross Country Running
Sciennes Dream Team!: Emily, Phoebe, Zoe, Adele, Cerys, Annie, Anna, Susannah, Rose, Joanne, Calum, Lawson, Liam, Archie, Matthew, Ben, Boris, LoganThe first Lothian Schools Cross Country Running event of the season took place at Mary Erskine School on Wednesday 10th September on a beautiful sunny afternoon. Congratulations to Phoebe who came Second, Lawson who came … Continue reading Lothian Schools Cross Country Running
October Break Activity Programme
//e.issuu.com/embed.jsCity of Edinburgh's Outdoor Activity Autumn Holiday Programme 2014 for P6, P7 and S1 will take place from Monday 13th October 2014 to Friday 17th October 2014. To book onto these sessions please email: Lynne.Crawford@edinburgh.gov.uk for a booking form and Parental Consent form or you can now book on-line by clicking on the following link: … Continue reading October Break Activity Programme
Active Travel at Sciennes
Information on Active Travel can be found on our blog http://sciennesactivetravel.blogspot.co.uk/ within the Community section of our website.Angela Christie, our Business Manager, regularly updates the blog where you can currently find information on and photographs of Sciennes' P1 cycling initiative as well as P6 Cycle Bikeability Training.P1 Cycle Training
Sciennes School Clubs and Activities
City 2 City Commonwealth Games Baton Relay
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
Free Summer Swimming for Primary School Children!
Free swimming for Primary School children this Summer break: from Saturday 28th June until 12th August (inclusive). City of Edinburgh are once again running free swimming sessions for primary school children at four pools across the city, supporting the City of Edinburgh Council programme to get even more people swimming. As before, Primary School children … Continue reading Free Summer Swimming for Primary School Children!
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
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
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, … Continue reading Sciennes Cycle to School Day
Winners! Clubgolf Trophy for P5A
Sport Relief Run A Mile Sunday 23rd March
Thank You from Sport Relief!
Cycle to School Day Friday 28th March
Sainsbury’s Run a Mile in the Meadows for P6
Step It Up! Dance for Sport Relief in the Playground
//www.youtube.com/get_player Thank you to Mr Kearton for the video and photos of P2-P7 dancing to the Sport Relief Song "Step It Up!" on Friday 21st March. Kick to the left, back with a glide, Come on everybody do a deep-sea dive! Limbo forward, knees up high,Do the hoola-hoola for the longest time! P6 and P7 stayed in the playground a … Continue reading Step It Up! Dance for Sport Relief in the Playground
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
£500 Raised for Sport Relief!
Sport Relief Friday 21st March
SCIENNES WIDER ACHIEVEMENT DAYWHAT’S YOUR SPORT? – DRESS in SPORTS GEAR WALK, CYCLE or RUN to SCHOOLSUGGESTED DONATION £1.00FRIDAY 21st MARCHFriday 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.
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