SESSION 2015-2016
10th Anniversary
Wednesday 30th September was a day to remember for the St Peter’s Family as we celebrated our 10th Anniversay. We went to Mass along with invited guests and members of staff from years gone by to celebrate our school. When we returned ice cream was waiting for us and the PTA were on hand to help with the scooping. It was much appreciated as the weather turned out to be exceptional for the time of year. After lunch we all gathered in the playground for a special open air concert. Each year group perfomed a song for us. Even the teachers joined in with a rendition of ‘Is this the way to Morningside’, whilst they were singing we were all enjoying our cup cakes. An audience of Parents, Grandparents and friends joined us and enjoyed the the views from our ‘sun terrace’.
Welcome back to school for what will be an exciting year for us. We will be celebrating our 10th Anniversary in our new school this month so watch out for events that will be happening soon.
SESSION 2014-2015
Trip Trail
After many weeks of waiting the Trip Trail has finally arrived. Work started on Friday and as you can see it took no time at all in being completed. The big “opening” is on Teusday afternoon at 1.15pm
Here are some before and after pictures.
Food Technology Fortnight
Over the last two weeks all the children in school have had the opportunity to take part in various activities for Food Technology and today there were many parents in to see what the children have been up to. We have all been cooking and school has been filled with wonderful aromas making us all feel hungry and also out of school we have visited local businesses to find out about the food we eat. Staff from Waitrose came in and visited various classes and talked to us about fair trade food and also brought in a lot of things for us to try. We visited Adante Bakery and we were shown how to make bread and the children that visited all came home with a cookie. At Fruitilicious we got to sample some delicious smoothies. Some of us visited Rocket cafe where we took orders and made sandwiches for each other. We also paid a visit to Mellis cheesemonger and got to sample lots of lovely cheese and also found out how some was made. Two year groups went to Pizza Express. A trip that everyone enjoys especially as you get to take home the pizza that you made yourself. P6 visited Whitemuir Farm. What a treat to be able to collect eggs in the morning and have them for lunch the same day. You can’t get fresher than that. Here are some pictures from our event this morning for those who were unable to come along.
We would like to thank all those business mentions for their help as it could not have happened without them. We would also like to thank all our parent helpers who gave up their time to come into school to help with cooking or to accompany us on trips.
Miss Grennan has recently returned from her visit to St. Ursula’s, our partner school in Tanzania. She shared with us during a special assembly her photos, videos and adventures. Her photos will soon be on display on the screen in the school reception area. She had a wonderful experience which she will be able to share with the school community over the next few weeks. Sister Conjesta and her staff and pupils send their warm wishes to everyone.
CONGRATULATIONS.
Congratulations to our pupils who took part in the recent Burns Competition at Tynecastle High School. This year, 4 children were 1st and 2nd in their group and they now go forward to the National Finals which is in Hutcheson’s Grammer School in Glasgow on 30th May
1st in P6/7 Instrumental – Kuhyun K
1st in P6/7 Poetry Gabriella C
2nd P4/5 Singing Mia Ve
2nd P4/5 Instrumental Florence G
Kuyhyn also won the Best Overall Instrumentalist and secured another Trophy.
Congratulations also go to our ski team who took part in the Scottish Schools Ski Race at the Cairngorms Ski Centre of 4th march.
The Novice team finished in bronze medal postion. Bethanly L won the gold medal in her category (female novice) and will go on to represent the school in the Alpine Series final at Nevis. We wish her well.
CATHOLIC EDUCATION WEEK
Here are some pictures to show what we have been doing during Catholic Education Week.
BURNS COMPETITION 23.1.15
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Congratulations to all our pupils who took part in the Burns Competition today. The standard was very high. A special congratulation to our winners and runners up who now go on the represent St Peter’s in the Edinburgh and District competition which will take place at Tynecastle High School on Saturday 21st February 2015. We wish them all well.
Here are our winners and runners up:
P6 and P7 Poetry: Luca M and Gabriella C
P4 and P5 Poetry: Elena D and Matthew N
P6 and P7 Song: Claire D and Marc B
P4 and P5 Song: Mia V and Bridgitte H-L
P6 and P7 Instrumental: Erin O and Kuhyun K
P4 Instrumental Florence G and Sorcha S
We would like to welcome to our school Sister Conjesta and Mrs Martina Meny, Headteacher and teacher, from St. Ursula’s in Tanzania. We are partnered with St Ursula’s and hope that their week long visit to our school in helpful and enjoyable. They will be visiting classrooms, taking part in working groups, going on a trip with the Nursery to St Joseph’s , Gilmore place, to take part in their Harvest Celebrations. They are pictured above with our Pupil Council this morning.
On Friday 27th September our Events Managers put on a MacMillan Cancer Coffee Morning and once again this was very well attended and we are pleased to announce that we raised the fantastic sum of £601. Thank you very much to all who donated the delicious cakes and who came along to support us.
September 2014
Its Health Week this week and we are all trying something new or improving on skills we already have. Every morning we are starting out the day with our ‘shake and wake’ and it’s nice to see so many parents joining in.
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We are all back at school after a long sunny summer holidays and excited about our new school year ahead.
This week we had a very special visitor to the school. The Ryder Cup. Mr Clyde brought it along to assembly and told us all about the history of the competition and hopefully there will be a few more enthusiastic viewers this year.
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Session 2013-1014
EVERYONE’S AN AUTHOR
At the end of our session of Everyone’s an Author the school celebrated by coming dressed as a character from a book. This also coincided with our book fair.
As you can see everyone made a great effort to get dressed and they all looked fantastic, pupils and staff alike. Can you see “where’s Wally”.
P1 and P2 Nativity
P 1 and P2 welcomed a full house on Tuesday when they performed their Nativity Rock the Baby. It was a great success and was enjoyed by everyone there.
We look forward to Monday when the Nursery children perform their Nativity.
We would all like to take this opportunity to wish you a Merry Christmas.
MARY’S MEALS 15.11.13
Today Angela Hughs from Mary’s Meals came in to tell us the difference that we can make when we donate a Backpack. We watched a film showing the journey a Backpack makes from us to its final destination in Malawi. We could see the excitment and joy that this small gift can give. Our Backpacks are being collected from school on Wednesday so there is still time bring one in if you haven’t done so already.
MACMILLAN COFFEE MORNING FRIDAY 27TH SEPTEMBER
Our new Events Managers organised a MacMillan Coffee Morning for parents on Friday 27th September. It was a great success with many parents and family coming along to support them. Altogether you have managed to raise the fantastic sum of £620.42 for the charity. Thank you to all who contributed.
The School year starts.
We have had a very busy start to the year. Our Health Week was highly successful with all classes from Nursery to P7 participating in nuermous activities. Our P7 pupils worked well with all classes encouraging healthy eating. The made fruit smoothies, fruit kebabs and fruit faces with the younger children. Many thanks to all the parents who voluntered to help throughout the week. All classes have completed the study of an artist this term. Please look at our displays during Parent Evenings. Last week pupils participated in many Eco workshops. The will be reminding you at home to Reduce, Reuse and Recycle! We are looking forward to meeting you all before the October break to discuss your childs progress.
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