Sport

At Sciennes we embrace opportunities to take part in Team Sport throughout the year. The school is a member of Edinburgh Primary Schools Sports Association (EPSSA) and we benefit tremendously from the great skill and expertise of our P.E. and Swimming Specialist Cynthia Berry and PE Teacher Stephen Devine in preparing pupils for the annual EPSSA citywide events:

P7 EPSSA Sportshall Athletics
P7 EPSSA Interscholastics
P6/7 EPSSA Cross Country for South Area, at the Meadows
P6/7 EPSSA Cross Country Final at Inverleith Playing Fields
P6/7 EPSSA Swimming and Dive Gala at RCP

Sciennes F.C.Our fantastic parent run, Parent Council Football Club (with 215 registered players – more than a third of the entire school population!) enters local tournaments as well as all EPSSA events:
EPSSA Soccer Sevens
EPSSA Girls’ Football
EPSSA School Board Cup
EPSSA Hamilton Cup
EPSSA Inspectors’ Cup

We are supported in entering a number of citywide Active Schools team sport tournaments by our Active Schools Co-ordinator, Lorraine Burn.

Parents began supporting pupil participation in the Lothian Schools Cross Country after school events many years ago, and we have seen numbers swell, partly as a result of DHT John Armstrong’s expertise and due to the huge commitment and enthusiasm of parents involved. Our P6 and P7 year take part in the national Cross Country event at Kirkcaldy in April, organised by the Scottish Schools Athletics Association (SSAA).

We also support pupils who wish to take part in national events outwith school hours:
National Schools Swimming Championships for club swimmers and Scottish Schools Athletics Association (SSAA) events.

We have strong and close links with Blaze Basketball  and our pupils have won the trophy twice at Tynecastle High School’s P7 Junior NBA competition.

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In addition to providing breadth and progression in curricular P.E., we encourage all our pupils to participate in the array of sporting clubs available at school , For many years our ambition has been to ensure that each of our pupils can swim and cycle by the end of Primary Seven.