P7B Water of Leith Trip

We had a wonderful day at the Water of Leith. Many thanks to Ruth who taught us LOTS about the river.
 

Maths Homework

Here are the links that were issued recently for practising fractions, decimals and percentages:

http://www.ictgames.com/equivalence.html
http://www.mathplayground.com/matching_fraction_percent.html
http://www.matematicasdivertidas.com/Zonaflash/juegosflash/fractionpercentage.swf
http://www.topmarks.co.uk/Flash.aspx?b=maths/percentages

This coming Tuesday the homework sheet will use the following link:

Speedy Subtraction

The Davis Cup visits the Meadows!

On Wednesday 4 May the Davis Cup was on view at the Meadows tennis courts. Tennis ace Alex played some great games with the p6 pupils to get them warmed up before the arrival of a very special guest, Leon Smith.

The Davis Cup captain had a great time playing tennis against our p6 keen beans. Robert rallied with Leon and then Ellen played up a storm, having no trouble returning Leon's shots.

Layla was Leon's partner for the doubles until Katie and Layla joined forces and Leon had to run around the court to keep up with them both!

Erin and Isla 3 Legged 5K Walk for the Yard

Very well done to Isla and Erin who walked 5K on three legs around Arthur's Seat on Sunday 15th May to raise money for The Yard.

P6 meet Leon Smith and see Davis Cup

Thank you very much to Edinburgh Leisure and Sciennes' parent, Tennis coach Alex Harkins, for arranging a fantastic opportunity for P6 pupils to meet Leon Smith and see the Davis Cup at close quarters on the Meadows on Wednesday 4th May. The children were thrilled and loved the tennis activities!

Edinburgh Science Festival Robots Preview for P6!

Grateful thanks to Brian Davison, Lecturer and Teaching Fellow at Edinburgh Napier University's School of Computing, and his students for fantastic robot workshops on Thursday 24th March for each of our three P6 classes.

Excellent feedback from pupils and staff ahead of the team's Edinburgh International Science Festival free workshops next week at the National Museum, and wonderful to link up with the University. Remember to say hello to the team if you get a chance to visit, P6.

Drop in sessions open to all ages.

Pop-Up Science: Robots

Monday 28 — Tuesday 29 March

Join us in this hands-on activity making LEGO® robots perform simple tasks using the Scratch programming environment. The drag-and-drop interface is easy to pick up with no experience – even parents can do it! You can also have a play with pre-prepared robot-based activities – robot sumo, anyone?
Presented by Edinburgh Napier University

Information

Age:

All Ages

Time:

10:00 –17:00 (drop-in)

Venue:

Hawthornden Court, National Museum of Scotland

 

P6 Euroquiz Edinburgh Runners Up!

An outstanding result for Emil, Elissa, Sergi and Sam at the Edinburgh Euroquiz event held at City Chambers on Wednesday 2nd March. After some very challenging rounds of questions, the top two teams progressed to a head-to-head final round and our P6 team secured a highly commendable Second Place, only one point behind the winning team in a very exciting finish. Huge congratulations to Gylemuir Primary School who took the Edinburgh title this year and will progress to the Final. Thank you very much to families for supporting, to Mrs Nowell for accompanying and to Monika Wantoch, City of Edinburgh Council, for organising the event. Monika submitted a report on the event to City of Edinburgh's Bright Futures website. Well done, P6! Euro stars!

P6A Stop Motion Animation

The children in Primary 6A have been working in groups to retell the story of Tam o' Shanter. They began by drawing the characters and backgrounds that they would need then they used the iPads to create stop-motion films. A few groups went on to record sound on top of their videos. Everyone worked really hard and they should be very proud of their results.
Here they are:





















Well done Primary 6A!

Note: Unfortunately there is one missing at the moment but it will appear here soon!

Samara's Don Quixote Reading Conference Model

Ellen's Badminton Success

Congratulations to P6 pupil Ellen who only started playing badminton last year, and has already made great friends from other schools and been invited to a number of clubs (Tall Oaks at Forrester High School and the Lothian Development Squad).  She has really, really enjoyed herself and seems to have found a real passion for the game.


In December, Ellen played in the Lothian U12 badminton tournament in Penicuik and finished runner-up in the Girls' Doubles and Third in the Mixed Doubles.  She also had a number of brilliant matches in the Singles, narrowly losing a couple (22-20, 24-22), and as a result she has been invited to join the Edinburgh Primary Schools Elite Squad! Very well done, Ellen!

Rachel Wins Steven Lui Cup for Burns Recital

Congratulations to Rachel who won this year's P6 competition for Burns Recital and now has her name engraved on the Steven Lui Memorial Cup. Very well done to Finalists Ben and Cai who also gave outstanding performances at Assembly and to all the P6 pupils who took part.

Swimming Medal for Quinn!

Well done, Quinn, for winning this superb swimming medal in his first competition at Warrender!