Cockenzie Primary School

P6/7 have been participating in a Visual Arts Scotland workshop this week with artist Hazel Vellacott. On Monday we visited the VAS Annual Exhibition at the Royal Scottish Academy. Hazel and another artist, Liza Green, showed us around the exhibition. We thought about what may have been the inspiration behind some of the pieces of [...]

P6/7 have been working with Sandra King, our community development officer, to build a 3D model of our school, its grounds and the surrounding area. The model is going to be used as part of the Sports Hall For All project, as the school grounds are one of three proposed possible sites for a new sports [...]

[ March 17, 2010; 9:30 am to 3:00 pm. ] On Wednesday 17th March P6M will visit Cockenzie Power Station as part of their topic of this block, Electricity.  In the afternoon P6/7 will go on the same trip.  The class have been busy building electrical circuits, both series and parallel, in which they have made bulbs light, buzzers sound and motors move.  They have also [...]

Class P5/6 have made a role play doctor’s surgery in their classroom. They have real x-rays, plater casts and medical scrubs for their surgery and are really enjoying active play in this area. Many thanks to Mrs Stewart for all the supplies.

P6/7’s Fair Trade afternoon tea was a great success. Over fifty guests enjoyed our homebaking, made with Fair Trade products wherever possible, washed down with Fair Trade tea and coffee. The aim of our tea was to raise awareness of Fair Trade products and to encourage people to buy Fair Trade. Many of our guests successfully [...]

[ May 6, 2010; 9:30 am to 12:00 pm. ]  

P6M will  be going to Watersports

[ March 4, 2010; 2:00 pm to 3:00 pm. ] P6/7 are holding a Fair Trade Afternoon Tea next Thursday, March 4th, at 2pm in our school assembly hall for parents/guardians of P6 children.

On Tuesday 9th of February pupils in P5/6, P6 and P6/7 got their gladrags on and enjoyed an Italian style Carnivale.  The pupils have been working hard each week learning Italian with Simoneta and relished the chance to let their hair down, Italian style. Italian themed food was served, including pizza and pasta dishes.   Also [...]

In an earlier article on our blog about our primary 6 Burns Supper we told you all about the preparations.    We would now like to share some of the pictures with you.    more pictures are still to be added.    Watch this space!
rebecca sheddan, cameron white, terri mcgrath

The afternoon of Tuesday 26th of January saw the culmination of all the preparations for our celebration of ‘The Bard’  Rabbie Burns. 
 The children from P6 M  had worked very hard over the last two weeks sourcing everything they needed to feed and entertain around 160 people.  They had begun their preparations before Christmas.   The phones [...]