P6 'TRYathlon' Event on Wisepay

PLEASE REMEMBER TO LOG ON TO WISEPAY TO BOOK ONE OF THE 65 PLACES

P6: Edinburgh `TRYathlon' Event
SWIM- BIKE - RUN
Tuesday 5th May 2015 9.00am 12.00pm

Active Schools, in partnership with triathlonscotland and Edinburgh Leisure, have invited our P6 pupils to the 2015 Triathlon Event. This free annual event will again be held at Forrester/ St Augustine's High School on Tuesday 5th May 2015.

The Race distances will be: 40m Swim (approx. two lengths of our pool)/ 400m Bike / 400m Run. Pupils do not need to be strong swimmers but should be confident in the water. This is a participation rather than a competitive event where pupils will be encouraged to give Triathlon a try `TRYathlon.'

Pupils will travel by travel coach leaving school at 9.00am SHARP. Once the pupils have completed the event, they will be able to take part in many extra activities that will be provided. (Pupils who do not wish to participate in the event will remain in school with Ms French and Mr Anthony.) We will return to school in time for lunch but pupils should bring snacks and water for the morning as well as a bag to store their clothes. Pupils should wear a swimming costume underneath biking/running kit and can bring a towel if they wish.

Pre event Kit Crate
Kit crates will be provided for all participants in the St Augustine's Games Hall. Following the swim, participants will put on their bike and running kit from their crate and enter the transition to cycling. Primary Schools will complete 1 lap of the Pitch Crates will be removed following the pool section and taken to St Augustine's Games Hall for collection after the event.

Event
Participants will be directed from the Games Hall into the Pool area with their crates where they will have a full brief of what will be expected. Staff will make it clear if there are any weaker swimmers at the Pool. Noodles and floats can be used by any participant. The participants will collect a goodie bag at the finish line and the opportunity for pictures with Elite Triathletes can take place here.

P6 pupils have been asked to note interest and we have up to 65 places available. Please log on to Wisepay and book a place if you wish your child to participate and email lucy.gallagher@sciennes.edin.sch.uk with any questions.

More Photos of Quake Proof Buildings

Two First Place Racquet Trophies for Yash!

Four P6 pupils - Yash, Matilda, Nikolina and Morgan - represented Sciennes in the Edinburgh Primary Schools Sports Association (EPSSA) Racquets Tournament, playing Badminton and Table Tennis competitively against other city schools at Meadowbank Stadium on Monday 27th April.

Yash came First Place in both the Boys' Badminton and the Boys' Tennis Table events! Matilda came Second in the Girls' Table Tennis event and Morgan and Nikolina also played very well and all thoroughly enjoyed the experience. Many thanks to Ryan Harrower (CEC Racquets Development Officer) and Mrs Beth Walker (one of our PE Specialists) for providing this excellent opportunity for the children. Thank you to Mr Terry Anthony who accompanied the pupils in the morning and Mrs Sally Nowell who escorted them in the afternoon. Yash will have his name engraved on both trophies and also received a badminton and tennis table racquet. A fantastic achievement!

First Place Fencing Salver for Milenka!

Congratulations to P6 pupil Milenka who achieved First Place in a recent Scottish Fencing Youth Development Series competition and was awarded with an engraved salver.

Dylan Learning the Art of Bee Keeping

Dylan appears in this Scotsman Newspaper Article. 
What a super cool hobby!

This pastime does have a real buzz about 
it.

Two primary pupils from the Lothians are set to become Scotland’s youngest Bee Masters.

Dylan Mwakasekele, ten, and Ryan Wootton, 12, have been learning how to capture a swarm of escaped bees, what a “waggle” dance signifies and how to maintain a hive until it is time to harvest the honey.

In June they will sit an examination at Newbattle Abbey College in Dalkeith to gain the prestigious title of junior Bee Master.

Both boys have been keeping a hive at the college’s apiary and have been mentored by beekeeping experts.

The Scottish Beekeepers’ Association (SBA), which supervises the Beekeeping for Beginners six-week course, wants to address the drastic shortage of young beekeepers and attract new pupils of all ages to the next course starting May 6.

The hobby is highly popular with youngsters in Europe where competition is fierce to be selected as delegates at annual bee-keeping conventions.

Celebrity bee-keepers include Hollywood A-lister Scarlett Johansson, Bez of Happy Mondays, and even fictional detective Sherlock Holmes who retired to the Sussex Downs to take up beekeeping.

Dylan and Ryan were inspired to enrol on the course after their mothers qualified in beekeeping at the college.

Dylan, a pupil at Sciennes primary school in Edinburgh, became interested in beekeeping after attending a few classes with his mother.

“I just decided to follow in my mother’s footsteps. It’s fun, like having pets. You have to look after them and make sure they are healthy.

I do other things like baseball and swimming and I’ve got my Xbox but the bees are great.”


Ryan, who attends Lasswade Primary School, said: “All of my friends, well the ones who love animals, are really interested in what I do looking after the bees and are always asking loads of questions. We have a hive in the back garden and I peep in every now and then to check that the queen bee is still there. I like watching them when they come flying home and like looking into the actual hive when they’re busy.”

Ryan’s mother Jenny said: “Ryan had been aware of me going out to classes at the college but when we actually got a hive he became absolutely enthralled and he would just sit there and watch them going in and out.”

Alan Riach, vice-president of the SBA, said: “We have an almighty task trying to get youngsters involved in beekeeping. It used to be a tradition which was handed down in a natural sort of way down the generations.”

BeeKeeping for Beginners, Newbattle Abbey College, 6 May - 10 June, 7pm-9pm, £60, £50 for over-60s.

Matthew Raises £200 for Alzheimer Scotland in 2.5K run!

 

 
Well done Matthew who raised £200 in a recent 2.5K run for Alzheimer Scotland

Matthew on TV!

CBBC's "A Long, Long Crime Ago" 

Episode Two: Three Littlepigs versus Bigbad Wolf 
Fairy-tale characters are put on trial. Bigbad Wolf, star player for Storyville Wolves FC, is accused of wrecking the Storyville Pigs' stadium.

P6C pupil Matthew gave a great performance on Saturday 4th April in the second instalment of a four-part CBBC series shown over the Easter weekend.

Catch up on the episode here using this BBC iPlayer link:

http://www.bbc.co.uk/iplayer/cbbc/episode/b05qjjgc/a-long-long-crime-ago-2-three-littlepigs-versus-bigbad-wolf

P6C Easter QR Code Treasure Quiz

Egg Competition Entries

Egg Decorating Competition

We had lots of fun decorating eggs today. Ms Gaffney had a hard time choosing winners! First prize went to Aneirin for his fox, second to Tom for Homer Simpson and Third to Kirsty for Voldemort.

P6B Eater Egg Decorating Competition

P6B put so much effort into the egg challenge and it was so hard for Miss French to choose the winners. 3rd place went to Yash's Rafael Nadal inspired egg, followed by Charlotte's ice skater in 2nd place. Sophie's crazy chicken egg was declared as the grand winner of the competition! Fantastic work from all!