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On Monday we went to the building site of the new houses in Currievale Park. We went to the building site to see where the houses will be built and to see all the nature and eco-friendly things there. We saw a squirrel up a tree. We took photos and got ideas for our school project.

By Rachel, Esme, Finn and Layla 

Our ‘Eat Them To Defeat Them’ pupil group enjoyed a morning working with our dinner ladies last week making pizza with a range of toppings for us all for lunch and then serving it to us. The pizzas were delicious and very popular! A huge thank you to Miss Blackwood and all of the ladies in our dinner hall for making this happen for our pupils.

A big thank you to everyone who came along to help tidy up our gardena areas yesterday. we got lots done – new gravel laid in the atrium, the vegetable garden at the back and borders at the front weeded and also the shed tidied up! If you are thinning out plants in your garden in the next few weeks we would love some plants or cuttings to plant in our garden.

It was a very emotional day in school on Friday as we said goodbye to Mrs McAndrew with lots of laughter and lots of tears as we celebrated her 21 years at Curriehill and Currie Primary schools. We wish Mrs MCAndrew all the very best in her new post as Head Teacher of Nether Currie Primary School.

Thank you to everyone who came to school wearing red on Friday to support Comic Relief 2025!

Last week Zuzanna, Eric and Alan participated in the Edinburgh Competition Music Festival at Greyfriars Kirk and all three did fantastically well. We are so proud of everything they achieved. We know how hard Zuzzanna, Eric and Alan practice and it is great to see their hard work paying off.

Zuzanna competed in the Level 3 category (for ages up to 17) which corresponds to the ABRSM Grade 5-6 level. She was one of 38 participants and earned a Highly Commended certificate, equivalent to a second place in her category. Her performance was marked as Excellent. Zuzanna played Schumann – Kinderszenen, Op. 15, No. 1 “Scenes from Childhood” and Chopin – Waltz in A minor, B. 150, Op. Posth.

Eric and Alan competed in in the Level 2 category (for ages up to 17)  ABRSM Grade 3-4 level. Eric also gained an Excellent  grade and Alan achieved Outstanding, which is the top category and rarely given in the competition. Alan played Beethoven’s Sonata in F major from memory and  Eric played Greig’s Elfentanz  also from memory.

We are enjoying the ‘Eat Them to Defeat Them’ campaign in our lunch hall right now! The campaign encourages our children to try different fruits and vegetables. The ladies in our dinner hall have been working with a group of pupils to prepare for this event over the last few months and it will go one for weeks.

We are so lucky to have staff that always go to so much trouble and effort to make lots of delicious new recipes and goodies to try. The stall is proving very popular and it is great to see lots of children trying new things!

We had 40 children from P6 and P7 taking part in an Edinburgh City Cross Country event held at the Meadows on Monday. There were around 150-200 children in each race and we are so proud of how well all of our runners did with everyone completing the course. A very special well does to the following children who came in the top 20 of their events –

P6 boys Mark 9th, Joey 11th and Jamie 18th

P6 Girls   – Ella 7th, Flo 14th, Iona 16th

P7 Boys – Rhys 11th

P7 Girls  – Ellie 16th

It was a very exciting evening on Thursday as we were invited to take 6 P7s to the Saroj Lal Awards at The City Chambers. Our P7 classes have been involved with the work of this award for the last couple of years and it was wonderful to see the amazing work of our pupils on aspects of challenging inequality, perceptions, stigma and celebrating diversity on display at such a prestigious event. We were thrilled to win the Award of ‘Proud to be Me’ for the beautiful quilt P7 made. You will see the trophy we won displayed in the entrance next time you are in school. A huge congratulations to all of our P7s and their teachers, Mrs Turnbull, Mrs Jack and Mrs McGlynn.