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We have once more enjoyed working with the Scottish Opera Schools Touring programme! This year the opera was called 1719, telling the story of the Jacobites. P7 have been working hard over the last few weeks to learn the songs and in the space on an hour and a half yesterday morning worked with staff from Scottish Opera to choreograph the show. P7 did an amazing job in such a short space of time and it was a very professional performance. We hope everyone who came to see it yesterday enjoyed it as much as we did.

Dear Parents

We have found an new way to raise money for free, simply by shopping online through a website called easyfundraising (www.easyfundraising.org.uk).

Whenever you buy anything online you can raise a free donation for Currie Primary School. There are over 3000 retailers registered with the site. This includes major online retailers like amazon and ebay, high street retailers such as John lewis, M&S, Debenhams and Next as well as supermarkets such as Asda, Tesco, Sainsburys and Morrisons. These retailers will donate a percentage of your spend directly to Currie Primary School to say thank you for shopping with them.

Simply go to www.easyfundraising.org.uk and click the button to sign up, selecting Currie Primary School PTA as the cause you wish to support. Then search through the site for the retailer you wish to use to make your purchase. This tells the retailer you came from easyfundraising. The price/delivery options are exactly the same as if you went to the retailer’s site directly.

Please be assured that using the easyfundraising website will not cost you a penny. There are no hidden charges and Currie Primary School benefit from any donations once you are registered.

Thank you for your support

Congratulations to Fergus and Fatma who represented our school at the annual Edinburgh & District Burns Club Association poetry and song schools competition at St George’s School for Girls on Saturday. Fergus and Fatma both took part in the verse recital, Fergus in the P4 and P5 section and Fatma in the P6 and P7 section. Although neither Fergus nor Fatma were placed in their sections they both did a fantastic job and we were very proud of their efforts.

This morning we went to Ratho Primary School to represent Currie in the annual Currie and Balerno Rotary Primary School Quiz. We had 3 teams of 4 – Red, Gold and Blue. Altogether there were 16 teams from Currie, Juniper Green, Dean Park, Nether Currie and Ratho. There were different rounds of questions, maths and numeracy, general knowledge, pot luck, observation, books, Scotland and its people and a couple of other rounds.

We are very proud of ourselves because we successfully defend the trophy with the Currie Red team coming first, the gold team were third and the blue team were seventh! We are excited to have the Currie Red team going onto the next round which will be against schools form across Edinburgh!

P7 Currie Quizzers

On the beautiful morning of Monday 25th of February ,Mrs Lumsden, (Mum to Seb ) Mr Mackenzie, Mrs Elliott and 40 pupils from P6 and P7 got the number 44 bus up to Harmony School in Balerno for the annual Cluster  cross country race .
After walking around the course we all got ready to run. Everyone tried their best and nearly everyone managed to get round the wooded course without stopping or falling over.Skye (P6a) was just pipped to second place and Ben (P7a) also received a medal for his great fifth place run. Well done everyone! We are all very proud of you.

A handful of pupils have successfully been invited to run at the next event at Duddingston Playing fields in March. Good luck to them.

Mrs Elliot

Primary 4 were the first class to hold a Bake Sale and were delighted to have £307 to spend on new books for our class libraries.  Both classes created wish lists, priced the books and then ordered them.  We were delighted when the first box of books arrived and can’t wait to get started reading.  Thank you very much to everyone who donated and bought cakes.

It was really fun because if other people brought a game in you don’t have, you could play it. It brought everyone together. – Louis P6a

It was good because it gives you a break from all the hard work. – Trudy P6a

Beth P6a – I think it was more social and expanding your friend group.

It was really fun because everyone was sharing their stuff with everybody. – Ryan P6a

I was happy when everyone wanted to play with my Magnatiles. – Jacob P1b

I was helping one of the nursery children (outdoor play). They were stuck so I helped them. – Ellie P1b

I liked making a base. We put logs on the poles to make a roof and Mr Fraser helped us secure it by tying knots. We made a roof so we can go in when it’s raining. – Hugo P1b

I liked sharing my toys with my friends. – Amelie P2a

I liked the outdoor play. – Mollie P2a

I think if we did it every day it would get boring because it wouldn’t be as special. P4/3

That was the best day of school ever. P4/3

Best school day ever! – Finlay S P7b

It was really fun cause we got to do whatever we wanted – Emma Jo P7b

We got to play with people that we don’t normally play with – Anna P7b

Best P7 day in my life yet! – Natalia P7b

Pizza for lunch and no work, it was great! – Sandy P7b

It was fun getting to play game with our friends that we really like – Ewen P7b

It was a really fun day and it was the 1^st year we’ve done it, so carry it on for next year – Grace P7b

 It was a great day 😊.  Such a fab buzz about the school and in the playground. – Miss Murray P4

It was a brilliant day to celebrate the place of play in schools. We had great fun. – Miss Mackay and Mrs Moyes

Happy Chinese New Year! P1 made a Chinese Dragon for Chinese New Year in the playground this morning and lots of us had great fun playing on it and extending it during lunch time, as well as playing the usual games of den building, tree climbing, tig, wearing coats back to front and card tricks!