We were stunned by the numbers of people who gave up their time and came along to school this morning to help us clear the playground, Nursery playground and car park ready to open again tomorrow! There was a great atmosphere and we are very, very grateful for your help! The snow seemed to disappear in no time! A big thank you to everyone at the Riccarton Garden Centre for coming along to help us out with their snow-blowing machine!

If possible please consider walking to school in the morning. There is really no parking around school at the moment due to the snow which has been cleared from pavements, roads and cars – if you are late it will not matter. We will be going out at break and lunchtime to play on the field and playground so please dress appropriately (let us know if you do not want your child to go outside to play in the snow). Remember to pack a change of socks, trousers etc. in case clothes get wet!

We are hoping to open school again on Monday and to do this we are writing out to ask if anyone with a snow shovel could spare an hour or so on Sunday morning from 10.00 am to help us clear paths into school and nursery and to clear the snow away from fire exits. We would be really grateful for any help you could give us as it is a mammoth job. We will supply coffee / tea /hot chocolate, all you need to do is bring a snow shovel!

On Tuesday we took part in the  club round of the Rotary District Primary Schools Quiz  at Dean Park Primary. Six local Primary schools were represented. Currie Primary split into three teams of four and answered general knowledge questions over eight rounds. All of our children tried their best, working well as a team. We are very proud of our P7 pupils who were an absolute credit to our school and looked very smart in our school uniform. Well done to everyone who took part.

An extra special well done to our Currie Blue team who were Ross, Hannah, Euan and Max. The Blue Team did extremely well, coming in first place, taking the lead in the last set of questions and are therefore through to the next round! The Blue team proudly toured school yesterday showing off their beautiful cup to all our classes and it is on display in the entracne for everyone to see next time you are in school. We are excited about participating in the next round and will let everyone know how we do!

On a lovely but freezing cold Monday morning 32 pupils from Currie Primary School jumped on a coach and headed to the Meadows to take part in the EPPSA cross-country event.  There were 17 schools present. All schools could have entered up to 10 pupils at each age group. The P6 races definitely nearly hit the 170 pupils participating with the P7s 120 + in each race.  Each race was a mile long.  The races were very fast and busy with a few unlucky pupils falling over in the mud but thankfully all of our Currie pupils managed to stay on their. Everyone from Currie showed his or her resilience in both participating and enduring one of the coldest days this year. Their joggers and school hoodies were certainly appreciated after their races with Morgan, Bethany and James’s Mums cheering them on at the finish then passing over their hoodies, which were gratefully received.  Thank you to these Mums for doing this for everyone!
We then proudly cheered Mathew on as he was third in the P7 race! An amazing achievement as the only practice he has had was a few sessions at the school cross country club and on the football pitch.  Fraser came a wonderful 8th place in the same race with Lucy coming in 15th and Maddie 21st out of 100+ girls in the Primary 7 race.  In the P6s, Sandy came in 14th in the P6 boys race with Jess sprinting into 19th place in the P6 girls race.  Mrs Elliot and all school staff are very proud of all our runners who were fantastic participants in this event, showing great determination, stamina and most importantly of all team spirit supporting and encouraging each other on. Well done everyone.

Primary 7 and S1 young people and their families are invited to attend a FREE, action-packed family languages event hosted in Currie Community High School on Tuesday 27 March between 6.45pm and 8pm.

Come and discover some of the benefits of language learning through a programme of fun activities such as story-telling, song, craft and film.  Senior pupils will provide FREE refreshments during the evening.

Date for your diary

Primary 7 and S1 young people and their families are invited to attend a FREE, action-packed family languages event hosted in Currie Community High School on

Tuesday 27 March between 6.45pm and 8pm.

Come and discover some of the benefits of language learning through a programme of fun activities such as story-telling, song, craft and film.  Senior pupils will provide FREE refreshments during the evening.

As part of Waste Week, the school will be taking part in Waste Free Wednesday on 7^th of March 2018.

Please help the environment by trying not to bring any packaging to school that day. Try switching to reusable containers in your pack lunchboxes, or bringing a healthy fruit option for your snack.

Eco Reps

If you have not yet completed the on-line parent and carer survey on our school, which is being carried out by The City of Edinburgh Council, please do so as this survey closes very soon. The survey has been devised to help the council and our school know what is working well and what you think we could do to improve – your opinions are very important to us and we will get the collate responses when the survey closes. We will then uses your responses next term as we plan our priorities for the next school session.

If possible, please complete the survey online using the following link:

http://www.surveymonkey.co.uk/r/pacr17

or we can give you a paper copy. You are not asked to provide your name. This is so that you can express your views freely knowing they will be anonymous.