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Where Is The P7 Class Page?

All Class Pages have been moved on a year for 2015-2016 and can be accessed from the CLASSES button on

P7 Leavers’ Dance

What a fabulous P7 Leavers’ Dance on Wednesday 24th June! Thank you to Ms Christie and all the Pupil Support

Thank You, P7 House and Sports Captains!

Thank you House and Sports Captains for Grange, Lauder, Sienna and Tanatllon. Well done to Lauder House for achieving most

Alika’s eJASS Logo

Alika’s illustration has been adopted as the inspiration for the new logo for eJASS. Alika received an Amazon voucher, kindly

End of Year Assembly 2015

Once a year we all come together in the Hall – twenty two classes from Primary 1 to Primary 7

P7 "Sciennes Remembers 1914-1918" Book Launch

Primary Seven will mark the launch of their book “Sciennes Remembers 1914-1918” containing family histories, stories and poems about the

Stunning P7 Graduation Show 2015!

https://player.vimeo.com/video/132625934 P7 Dream Team What a stunning Graduation show on Monday 22nd June from our Magnificent Sevens! The pupils’ confidence

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

P7 Girls v Staff Netball

Thank you to Mr Forrest Howie for arranging, to the P7 Girls Netball Team and all staff who participated as

P6/7 Interscholastics

Tuesday 2nd June – a cold, very windy day – P6 and P7 pupils took part in the annual Edinburgh

Lauder is Winning House 2015!

Congratulations to House Winners, Lauder, who have worked so hard all year earning House points and did very well at

P7 Basketball Team in Inter-Area Final

Well done to our P7 Basketball Team on reaching the Inter-Area Basketball Final held at Dean Park Community High School

Author Nora Chassler Writes with P7!

Author Nora Chassler Primary Seven pupils were so privileged on Wednesday 20th May to have an opportunity to work with

EPSSA Swim and Dive Gala Team Photos

Just published! Great photos of the Sciennes’ Swim and Dive Team who took part in the Edinburgh Primary Schools Sports

Achieving Junior Award Scheme Scotland

At Sciennes, we seek to recognise and celebrate our pupils’ wider achievements as Successful Learners, Confident Individuals, Effective Contributors and

SSAA National Cross Country in Kirkcaldy

Congratulations to our P6 and P7 pupils who took part in the national Scottish Schools Athletics Association Primary Cross

P7 Pupils in JASS Spring Newsletter

Some of our P7 eJASS test pilots pupils feature in the Junior Award Scheme Scotland (JASS) Spring Newsletter.

JASS: Easter Activities

At Sciennes we seek to recognise and celebrate our pupils’ wider achievements as Successful Learners, Confident Individuals, Effective Contributors and

Medal Success at EPSSA Swim and Dive Gala!

Katie, Mia, Boris and Mhairi Medal Success Thank you to Mrs Beth Walker, one of our PE Specialists and Swimming

SSAA Cross Country 18.4.15

CROSS COUNTRY SATURDAY 18th APRIL KIRKCALDY Good luck to our P6 and P7 pupils taking part in the annual

Silver EPSSA Basketball!

We are delighted to report the terrific success of the P7 team who represented Sciennes in the Edinburgh Primary Schools

Good Luck in the Basketball Final, P7!

A team of girls and boys from P7 was successful in the first round of the EPSSA Basketball tournament and

Runaway Cross Country Success!

Outstanding success at the EPSSA Cross Country event on Monday 2nd March on the Meadows. Rose achieved a fabulous First

Blaze Basketball Tournaments Friday 27th Feb

Our links with Blaze Basketball at the Crags go from strength to strength thanks to the support of Sarah and

All Aboard the Wild About Scotland Bus

P6 and P7 pupils from Sciennes and P7 pupils from Tollcross have been very fortunate to be given the chance

P4-7 Eco Green Flag Assembly 30th January

To celebrate the success of receiving our third Green Flag from Eco Schools Scotland we held a special Eco

Monday 12th Jan Sciennes Boroughmuir Thistle Girls’ Football Fundraising

Five P7 Sciennes girls (Manju, Eliza, Stella, Phoebe and Zoe) and one P6 girl (Rose) who are stalwarts of

Oh What A Night!

Sciennes staff were on their feet to give P7 pupils a standing ovation for their magnificent performance at the James

JGHS Concert Thursday 18th December

A reminder to P7s to bring a santa hat/reindeer antlers etc for the ‘We Wish You…’ which is traditionally sung

JGHS Concert Rehearsal at JGPS

Thank you to JGPS Headteacher Mrs Anthea Grierson for hosting a cluster primary school rehearsal for the forthcoming JGHS Christmas

JGHS P7/S1 Choir

All P7 pupils will attend a rehearsal at James Gillespie’s High School on Monday 15th December and a rehearsal at

P5-7 Blaze Basketball Fri 19th December

Sarah Murphy from Blaze Basketball has invited Sciennes P5-P7 pupils to the Crags on Friday 19th December 1.30-4.00pm for a

Sciennes – Boroughmuir Thistle Girls’ Football Fundraising

Five P7 Sciennes girls (Manju, Eliza, Stella, Phoebe and Zoe) and one P6 girl (Rose) who are stalwarts of

P7 Sportshall Athletics

Very well done to our wonderful P7 athletes who gained a highly respectable Third Place at the Sportshall Athletics Edinburgh

Thank you, Erin!

Inspired by the spectacular success of the Christmas Fair, P7 pupil Erin organised her own fundraising event for the playground,

eJASS at Sciennes

Sciennes and Tollcross Primaries were part of the initial pilot for the Junior Award Scheme Scotland (JASS) wider achievement programme

Chess Success

Sciennes, fielding four teams, made an excellent start in the first event of the new season, Lothian League Day One, run

Blaze Girls’ Basketball Tournament

14 girls from Sciennes took up the invitation from Blaze Basketball to attend a Round Robin Tournament at the Crags

Science with Mr McKenna

Primary 7 have been studying micro-organisms with Mr McKenna in the Science Lab and researching some of the features of

Visitors from Iceland to see iPads

Lovely to welcome Anna Mitchell (from CEC Digital Learning Team, in collaboration with Education Scotland) with a delegation from Iceland

P7 Pupils Get Creative with BBC Music’s "God Only Knows"

How fantastic to see so many of our P7 pupils’ video clips used in the CBBC Friday Download television programme

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

P7 CBBC Friday Download

Lovely BBC Researcher Jenny Garton has been in touch to say that some of the P7 pupils’ video clips will

CBBC Friday Download

P7 pupils who tuned into CBBC’s Friday Download programme (screened on CBBC on Saturdays) may have been disappointed not to

"God Only Knows" in Aid of BBC Children in Need

Remember, Friday 14th November is Children in Need Day and for a donation you can dress up as Pudsey or

Thank You EUMS!

What a fabulous musical presentation on Wednesday 12th November by Edinburgh University Music Society in the Reid Concert Hall! Grateful

Sportshall Success!

Congratulations to our P7 athletes who came First in the first round of Sportshall Atheletics at Meadowbank on Monday 10th

P7 BBC Music Tribute for CBBC

Who were you today, P7? 1 Dave Grohl; 2 Alison Balsom; 3 Lorde; 4 Pharrell Williams; 5 Zane Lowe; 6

CBBC Friday Upload!

It’s not every day that we get an invitation from CBBC’s Friday Download team to have a go at creating

Ragbag Appeal

What an amazing response to the Eco Team’s Ragbag appeal! Thank you very much to all families who donated and

P7/S1 Christmas Concert Information

Tickets are now on sale, available directly from the Usher Hall box office or website. These are priced from £6

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

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

JGHS Free Chanter and Pipe Band Drumming Taster Sessions for P5-7

Thursday 30th October from 3.45-4.45pm P5-7 pupils at Sciennes have been sent an email about an exciting opportunity to take

JGHS Christmas Concert P7 Choir – Tickets on Sale Now

Christmas Concert Thursday 18th December 2014 7.00 – 9.30pm Usher Hall Tickets on sale from Monday 20th October 2014

New House and Sports Captains

Congratulations to our new P7 House and Sports Captains who were introduced at the P4-7 Assembly on Friday 10th October.

Sciennes Primary Journey through JASS at P7 Conference

Sciennes Primary Journey through JASS at P7 Conference Posted on October 9, 2014 by Children & Families On 25 September

P7 @ Lagganlia 2014

MORE PHOTOGRAPHS ON OUR P7 at LAGGANLIA BLOG What a wonderful week at Lagganlia with a top notch team of

Sciennes P7 Junior Award Scheme Scotland (JASS) Conference

On Thursday 25th September we held our annual P7 Conference, designed to welcome pupils to Primary Seven and to challenge

JGHS Open Evening for P7 Parents 25th September

This information was emailed to P7 families and is also available on the P7 Class Page. Visit to James Gillespie’s

Pupil Council Elections

To coincide with the Referendum, pupils who were interested in being elected to the Sciennes Pupil Council gave a speech

P7 Lagganlia 29th September-3rd October 2014

http://scienneslagganlia2014.blogspot.co.uk/ The P7 Lagganlia 2014 blog with information for pupils and families can also be accessed from the P7 Class

Today’s the Day, P7

All our iPads have been reconfigured, and set up ready for individual use in the new session. Today, each of

BBC Ten Pieces at the Filmhouse

http://www.bbc.co.uk/emp/embed/smpEmbed.html?playlist=http%3A%2F%2Fwww.bbc.co.uk%2Fiplayer%2Fplaylist%2Fp026kgzj&title=Ten%20Pieces%3A%20Ten%20Pieces%20trailer&product=iplayer P6 and P7 pupils at Sciennes have been given an exciting opportunity to attend a free screening of BBC’s

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,

BBC Ten Pieces Classical Music

http://www.bbc.co.uk/emp/embed/smpEmbed.html?playlist=http%3A%2F%2Fwww.bbc.co.uk%2Fiplayer%2Fplaylist%2Fp020yfp1&title=Media%20Centre%20Clips%3A%20Ten%20Pieces&product=iplayer P6 and P7 pupils have been given an exciting free opportunity to attend a screening of BBC’s Ten Pieces,

P7 Lagganlia 29th Sept-3rd October 2014

http://scienneslagganlia2014.blogspot.co.uk/ The P7 Lagganlia 2014 blog can also be accessed from the P7 Class Page.

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

Dance Show at Churchill Theatre

Thank you to Ava’s mum for this lovely photograph of Red Riding Hoods Mia, Sephora, Ruyan, Ava, Olivia and Isla

Sainsbury’s Run a Mile in the Meadows for P6

Thank you to Sainsbury’s Marchmont who organised a special Sport Relief Run a Mile event, just for Sciennes and Tollcross

Five Cross Country Medals!

Unprecedented success for all our Sciennes runners at the Edinburgh Primary Schools Sports Association (EPSSA) Cross Country event in Inverleith

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

P6/7 Disco: Tickets only £2!

The PTA P6/7 Disco is 6.30-8pm Thursday 6th March.Tickets can be purchased via Wisepay – they are only £2 and

Runaway Success!

Outstanding success at the EPSSA Cross Country event today Moday 3rd March on the Meadows. Lawson and Tom both achieved

P6 Netball Success

Thank you to all the parents who supported P6 netball girls in a Round Robin tournament at Firrhill High School

A Magical Week at Benmore for P6

It was a genuine pleasure to escort our P6 pupils to Benmore Outdoor Education Centre and we truly enjoyed their

Grace wins the Steven Lui Memorial Cup

Congratulations to Grace in P6A on winning this year’s Steven Lui Memorial Cup for Burns Recital.

Benmore 2014

http://www.benmorecentre.co.uk Looking forward to Benmore 10th-14th February, Primary Six. Families will be able to follow our adventures on our blog:

Edinburgh Gangshow

Congratulations to P6 pupils who performed so successfully in the Edinburgh Gangshow at the King’s Theatre. More photographs on the

Boroughmuir Rugby Festival

Congratulations to our Sciennes Rugby team on their performance at yesterday’s Borouhmuir Rugby Club festival. Victory was recorded against Oxgangs

Girls’ Football Success

Congratulations to our P6/7 Girls’ Football Teams who came First and Second in a recent tournament. Ninjas team took the

Brianna Succeeds in Unicycle Challenge

Without even stepping off once, Brianna successfully unicycled 2500m across the Forth Road Bridge on Sunday 16th June to raise

Crazy Hat, Crazy Hair Day Friday 14th June

Primary 5B and Ms Gregson are organising a ‘Crazy Hat, Crazy Hair Day on Friday 14th June to raise

P5B Cycle Training

Long time friend of Sciennes and cycling enthusiast extraordinaire, Chris Hill P5B pupils enjoy cycling in the sunshine during training

Cycling Success in P5

On Wednesday one P5 boy couldn’t ride a bike. On Thursday, after 25 minutes, he could (to the cheers of

It’s P5’s Turn!

This term Sciennes has put on cycling activities for most of the younger children.One reason was to find any that

Brianna Unicycle Fundraiser for Plant for the Planet

On June 16th 2013 at 10:30 a.m., P5 Climate Justice Ambassador Brianna, will unicycle the Forth Road Bridge across

P5 Scottish Opera

What a fabulous performance today from Primary Five! They were word perfect and in fine voice for an outstanding production

Edinburgh University Music Project – P5, P6, P7

On Wednesday 20th February, nine classes were invited to take part in Edinburgh University Music Society’s ‘Schools Music Project’ and

Congratulations Black Belt Tristan!

Very well done to Tristan in P5B who has achieved a black belt in Tae Kwon Do at the age

After School Club Panto

Emma in P2 and her sister Katie in P5, with friends from P5, put on a terrific performance for families

Edinburgh Gang Show 2012

Thomas and Olivia in P5C and Zoe in P5A have been performing in the annual Gang Show at the King’s

Hamilton Cup Footballers

Well done to our P5 boys for all their endeavours when competing in the Hamilton Football Cup on Saturday.

P5B Thistle Table Centres Art Project

Stevi Manning, Principal Officer Arts and Learning for City of Edinburgh Council, offered P5B and Ms Gregson an exciting opportunity

Actress Lynda Bellingham launches the Generations@School Project at Sciennes

Actress Lynda Bellingham joined the children at Sciennes Primary School, Edinburgh, to launch the European Commission Generations@Schools Project in the

Brownie Badge for Zoe P4

Well done Zoe for achieving your Sixer Brownie badge! All pupils have been asked to dress up on Friday 4th

A Rosette for Theo P4

Congratulations to Theo, sporting a rosette he won at a recent chess competition.

Run A Mile for Sport Relief

Well done to all our pupils and families who ran a mile for Sport Relief at the weekend.Pictured here are

Bake Sale for the Scottish Society for the Prevention of Cruelty to Animals

Thank you from Adele Wilson and Cerys Scott – Hobbs P4b for supporting their bake sale on Friday 16th March