Merry Christmas from P6B

P6 Christmas Party

Lovely P6 Christmas party and thank you to Mrs Walker for being Master of Ceremonies. Great fun playing the Islands game! Could you keep folding a piece of newspaper and stand still on it, even when it's really teeny? P6 came up with some very inventive moves!

Pass the Parcel

Sciennes - Boroughmuir Thistle Girls' Football Fundraising

 

One P6 girl (Rose) and five P7 Sciennes girls (Manju, Eliza, Stella, Phoebe and Zoe) who are stalwarts of Sciennes Football Club, are hoping to travel with their other football club, Boroughmuir Thistle, to the Gothia Cup in Sweden, the world's biggest youth football tournament.

The parents of the Sciennes contingent have organised a movie night at the Dominion Cinema in early January to see Bend It Like Beckham, which seemed the most appropriate film we could find, as well as being a good fun night out.

Please come along and help us fill the cinema! 

Given that Christmas is only a couple of weeks away, you might want to consider giving Bend It Like Beckham tickets to family and friends. Or how about organising a girls' (or boys') night out with colleagues or friends? 

Tickets are only £10 (less than the normal Dominion price!) and include a glass of wine and nibbles. Please forward to friends and colleagues. Any support much appreciated!



Details of how to get tickets further down the email. Hope to see you there!
 
Clarissa (Manju's mum)



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As part of Boroughmuir Thistle's Gothia Cup fundraising efforts we are delighted to announce an exclusive screening at the Dominion of 

Bend It Like Beckham


Date: Monday 12 January

Time: Doors open 7:30, film starts 8:00


Tickets on Sale Now!


Tickets are £10, including a glass of wine/soft drink and a snack -  a better deal than the regular Dominion price of £10.95.


Please forward information to friends and colleagues. We have a big cinema to fill and we are aiming for a sold out show. 



How to buy tickets: 
email beckhamdominion@hotmail.com to book your tickets. We accept cash, cheques or BACS payments.




The small print: 
All money raised goes towards the BTFC trip to the Gothia Cup, the world's largest youth football tournament. Doors open at 7.30pm and the film will start at 8pm. Tickets must be purchased in advance and presented at the cinema prior to entry. The organisers reserve the right to refuse entry and cannot be responsible for lost or forgotten tickets. The film is rated 12A. Children under 12 must be accompanied by an adult.

The Gothia Cup Organising Committee

Spaghetti Tower Challenge

In class we have been learning about 3D shapes.  As part of this work, we thought about 3D shapes that are used in buildings and create strong structures.  We then worked in groups on a challenge where we had to build strong, tall structures.  We all managed to build strong, free standing structures.

Reeboks

Last week, all of the Primary 6 pupils were learning a bit about genetics.  We all worked on an activity where we created a baby Reebop, based on genetic information we had randomly selected from each parent.  

Hour of Code

Fantastic online tutorials for every ability are available during the worldwide 'Hour of Code' week beginning Monday 8th December 2014   at   http://code.org/learn

Primary Six pupils have been developing their understanding of position and movement and their problem solving skills to work through some of the online tutorials in Lightbot and Angry Birds. P6C have been developing skills in using Scratch.

Scratch can be downloaded for free or try out the online tutorials, available on the web for the Hour of Code.

(Scratch Jr is a free app for younger children available in iTunes for iPad.)

Three Swimming Medals for Esther!

Congratulations, Esther, on being awarded two Silver medals and one Bronze medal for Swimming from Warrender Swim Club.

P6 Chess Success

Sciennes, fielding four teams, made an excellent start in the first event of the new season, Lothian League Day One, run by Lothian Junior Chess at Wester Hailes Education Centre on 24th November. The season started with the highest number of teams entered for this event for six years and the Sciennes' teams performed extremely well.

P5 & Under A League

Sciennes A FIRST PLACE

P5 & Under B League

Sciennes B SECOND PLACE

 P6/7  A League

Sciennes A SECOND PLACE 

P6/7  B League

Sciennes B SIXTH PLACE 

Congratulations to our P5 pupils who played extremely well.

P5 & Under Graded

1st Place        Aidan Davis       

P5 & Under Ungraded

3rd Place        Cole Turnbull                3.5 on tie break

Sara Ghafoor also scored  3.5 points and was awarded a medallion.

Fedor Chetsov (P6) came top in this section but was ineligible for the first place trophy so instead he received a special trophy.

Thank you to Bill Platts and all the parents who helped with organisation, transport and supervision. 

Designing Games

Over the last 5 weeks or so we have been learning a range of games.  Today, in the gym hall, we began working in groups to design a game that would practise a skill or skills needed for a team game.  Next week we will try out each other's games and make adjustments based on feedback.  

Numbers for Benmore 2015

Thank you to all families that have returned the middle (light green) double page of the Benmore booklets. Please note:

Benmore has asked us for numbers and we will be sending this information to them on Monday 24th November. If you have not made a payment by that date, or contacted us, we will assume your child will not be attending.

The total cost is £260 but if your child is in receipt of free school meals the Parent Council have committed to paying half this amount. If you have any questions regarding payment then please email angela.christie@sciennes.edin.sch.uk

Blue Peter Badge

 

Quite a few of our pupils are sporting Blue Peter badges. Information on how to apply for one is available here:

http://www.bbc.co.uk/cbbc/topics/blue-peter-badges

We've still to find out how Mrs Noble got her Blue Peter badge!

P6 Children in Need Superheroes