Congratulations to Emma who received a Blue Peter Badge this week.

Mitchell and Marcie’s did this fun experiment this morning and we thought you would all enjoy seeing their video.

School allocations for P1 and S1 places in August 2020 – We aim to deal with all late placing requests received up to 03/05/20, including second choice applications, and write to you in the last week of May 2020. Applications received after 03/05/20 will not be dealt with until the end of June 2020. For further information please see our website: https://www.edinburgh.gov.uk/schoolplaces2020

Free School Meals / Clothing Grants – applications for 2020/21 for the term starting in August 2020 have not yet opened. We will update our website and put a message on social media as soon as applications open.

Education Scotland have issued their latest Education Scotland Newsletter 11 May

P6s wrote some poems as part of their home learning and the theme  was ‘Doors’ which seemed appropriate as we are in lockdown, shut behind doors for our own safety and the safety of everyone else. Covid-19 has closed schools, closed shops and temporarily closed some of the things we take for granted, like playing in the park and being with our friends.

P6 previously learned about the author Kit Wright and his poem The Frozen Man and used his poem ‘The Magic Box’ to think about what could be behind a magical door. Where might it lead? What might be hiding behind it? They explored the potential that a door offers as inspiration to write a poem about what someone might see once you open the door….

First, the classes brainstormed their ideas about what might be behind the door. They shared their ideas at one of their team meet sessions to help get them started with the planning stage of being a writer.  The children used their imaginations and thought about the things, people and places they are currently missing.

Some of the poems used the repeating opener:

I opened the door and …

Some of P6 used their senses to group their ideas as you will read. Some of the children illustrated their poems as well. We hope you enjoy reading them.

We have left some school resources  – jotters, writing pencils and coloured pencils in a couple of the local shops in case anyone is running out of supplies and needs more while school is closed – please help yourselves to what you need. Boxes are available at Scotmid, 7 Pentland View and Co-op Food Store 8-9 Corslet Place. We are very grateful to staff at Scotmid and the Co-op for helping us to make supplies available to you. A huge thank you to Mrs Johnson for organising this for us.

Thanks to Charlotte and Olivia for sharing this video (see link below) of the first of our daily challenges – looks like great fun! You did a great job!

https://drive.google.com/file/d/1YIRTuVKVyzPqAp0SJ4ei5DSFY9I0l8Ra/view?usp=drivesdk

Thank you to Kyle, Kieran, Cerys and Rhys for creating the Currie Primary Rainbow of Hope outside our school gate at the weekend. Next time you are passing take a pen and add your names to the rainbow ribbons.