Our chess team were in action on Saturday down at Broughton High School taking part in the Lothian Junior Chess Competition. We had a mixed day with some great wins, some draws and a couple of close games where we just missed out on a win. Well done to Saahir, Kughan, George, Tariq, Cameron, Johan, Arran and Mohammed who did a fantastic job of representing our school at this event.

Congratulations to Amelia, Murray, Eve, Amber and Emma who represented our school in the annual Primary Schools Burns Festival run by Edinburgh & District Burns Clubs association on Saturday morning. Our team did an amazing job reciting their Burns poems and we are very proud of them all.

P5 enjoyed a visit from their families on Friday who came to have a look at the bedroom designs the children have been making as part of a technology topic.

P7 have been learning about our solar system. They made planets using salt dough and used them to create a Stop Motion movie to show the differing speeds of the planets’ orbits. 

Thomas in P3B went back to Japan to visit family and got to visit his old school Matsuno Elementary School in Hachimantai City. He spent a week with his former classmates at the school and enjoyed lessons in Japanese. On his return he did a wonderful presentation to the class about his time in Japan and the children loved hearing all about it!

P3B then decided to make and send Christmas cards to the children in Japan. The children in Japan then wrote cards back to P3B in Japanese wishing them a Happy New Year. They decorated the cards with wonderful illustrations. Mrs McAndrew also received a lovely letter in both Japanese/English from Yukiko Muto the teacher. 

Thomas’ mum Satomi came into to class on Monday 17th February to give a talk about Japan and to translate the messages on the cards to the children. The children enjoyed listening to Satomi’s presentation and asked her lots of questions! Satomi also showed some of the children how to write their name in Japanese. 

Congratulations to Freya in P7 who had her hair cut this week for charity! We took some before and after photos to share.

Currie Primary School P5 were weaving with an expert from Summerlee Museum of Scottish Industrial Life. They learnt how to weave, where materials come from and tried some of their own weaving that they enjoyed very much. The expert, David showed them how to weave in stripes or just in one colour. They learnt where, wool, silk, cotton and polyester comes from. They learnt what weaving is and what we use it for. P5 had the most amazing time trying out weaving for the first time. Some are inspired to try more and harder designs. Thank You David, Summerlee Museum!

By Lucy and Skye,5A.

Congratulations to all of the finalists who performed at our Scots Assembly on Friday. The children all did an amazing job of performing their poems in front of us all. We also enjoyed music from Bella on her chanter and some wonderful highland dancing from many of our pupils. It was lovely to welcome back former pupils, Kelsey and Carah, who danced with their sister Kaycee.

Thank you to everyone for coming along. We hope you enjoyed joining us for assembly.