A big thank you to Caledonian Horticulture for delivering some compost to our Nursery this week.

P7c came to school dressed as different words or characters and together, the class wrote a short story using all the words and character names which are underlined and in bold. Here is the story:

Walking into his house, Mr Clumsy was so exhausted after dance, he looked forward to the weekend, when he could eat crisps, be lazy and watch footy on his cosy couch.

The inquisitive Little Miss Naughty went to visit Mr Clumsy.

‘Hello, Mr Clumsy how are you?’ asked Little Miss Naughty.

‘Hello, Little Miss Naughty, I’m feeling sleepy. How are you?’

‘I’m feeling tired, not at all sporty,’ replied Little Miss Naughty.

They decided to go on an informal date; Mr Clumsy dressed formally, and Little Miss Naughty dressed informally. It was a rather boring date, but Mr Clumsy was the ying to Little Miss Naughty’s yang. They made a dreamy couple. The weekend ended up being far from mundane; in fact, it was a happy ending to the weekend!

Huge well done to Iona, Murray and Isobel who represented our school in the annual Edinburgh Burns Association Schools competition at the weekend. Iona, Murray and Isobel all did a fantastic job in their respective categories and did themselves and our school proud with their performances.

At Currie Primary School 3 P4 classes had a visit from a farmer to talk about how to plant potatoes. We planted the potatoes in an Aldi bag and we are working hard to protect and care for them. They need watering and feeding twice a week. We are entering a RHET competition and there are prizes for the biggest potato and the most potatoes! We are excited to see the potatoes we have grown. 

By Lucy M and Violet, P4A

On Thursday 22^nd February, P4 went on a visit to Dynamic Earth as part of our Climate topic. When we returned to school, we wrote simile poems about our experience. 

Dynamic Earth

The rainforest room was as beautiful as blue eyes sparkling in the light,

As loud as thunder booming across the sky,

As tropical as mangoes, bananas, passion fruit and dragon fruit on a hot summers day,

And as green as a snake slithering through the trees. 

The iceberg room was as cold as a freezer in the snow, 

As white as a polar bears’ fur, fluffy and snowy,

As wet as the tundra and Arctic sea,

As tall as a giraffe at Edinburgh Zoo.

The volcano room smelt as smoky as a fire, red, orange and yellow,

As shaky as hundreds of wood peckers attacking an oak tree,

It felt as hot as an oven on the sun,

It was as fun as a rollercoaster at Disneyland going upside down.

By Lucy 

Dynamic Earth

In the volcano room it was as dark as a shadow underneath my bed, 

The lava looked as hot as my dinner fresh out of the oven,

The room was as noisy as a big circus performance,

I could smell the smoke like burnt toast.

The iceberg room was as cold as Mount Everest,

As wet as a puddle on a sad, rainy day,

The iceberg is as huge as a giant,

And as cool as a cucumber. 

By Ethan

Dynamic Earth

The volcano room was as dark as a summer night,

As shaky as a rocket blasting off,

As warm as a fire,

The lava was as bright as the sun.

The iceberg was as cold as the Oriam,

As wet as milk,

As slimy as a slug,

The baby polar bear video is as cute as a kitten.

By Millie 

Dynamic Earth

In the iceberg room it was as cold as the Arcitc,

The iceberg was as slimy as a cucumber,

It is as big as a cloud,

The room was as quite as a library.

The volcano room was as dark as midnight,

The lava was as hot as a fiery star up in the sky,

The floor shook like a washing machine,

The lava flowed like the sea and gurgled like a monster in the ocean.

By Amber

We celebrated Rare Diseases Day in school on Thursday by wearing our brightest colours! The classes all did some work around this subject and watched a story on line.

We are feeling very spring like at school this week as we got our beautiful Spring banners up in the main hall. Pop into the main hall next time you are in school to have a look!

As part of our ongoing commitment to support our Care Experienced and Social Work Supported pupils at Currie Primary School, a group of our pupils have recently been getting arty! Pupils worked with local artist Robert Gillan to create portraits and self portraits using different mediums. They drew, printed and painted pictures of themselves, each other and their pets and favourite animals. We are hoping to share the work in a gallery at school and showcase the artwork to parents, carers and our community. You can see some of the results below. Robert was kind enough to invite us into his studio in the grounds of his wonderful home in Suntrap garden. The pupils loved meeting his animals and exploring the garden. We are very lucky to have made these local connections, which allow our pupils to have some wonderful experiences.  

Our P7 classes have visited and toured the Scottish Parliament over the last couple of seeks as part of their topic on Democracy.

Our French phrase of the week is

‘A plus tard!’ – ‘See you later!’