Cockenzie Primary School

Here are some pictures of the displays in school showing what we have been learning this term.

More displays for you to see!

Our Italian teacher Simonetta talked about carnivals and we made masks using card, glitter, straws and feathers. On the 9th of February were are having a carnival party with games, food and dancing. We are allowed to dress up if we want but we must wear our masks!!
KEEP WATCHING for photos from the event!
Nikola and Carmen [...]

Pupils from both P6 and P7 are being trained as peer mediators. 
 What does this mean? 
The children are going to be trained in helping  children, who  are having problems in getting along, find  a solution to their problem.  This project is running very successfully in Ormiston and it sounded like a great idea to have it [...]

P7V  and Miss O’Neill were  very busy  running the bookfair at school in November.  Children from nursery to P7  visited to decide if they wanted to buy a book ,  they then  bought  the books the next week.  Miss O’Neill said her class were  great  with their organisation of the whole event and that she was very impressed [...]

At Cockenzie Primary we reward the children who have followed the rules and behaved just as they should with golden time each week.  Each week a record is kept by the  teachers of who has had all their golden time and at the end of each term these children are recognised and given a badge.  At [...]

P 5/6 did some Gumboot dancing last Monday.  Two instructors came to teach them how to do this.  They studied South Africa before the holidays and their teacher Miss Drummond is  there  for 4 weeks.  she arranged this for her class to do before she went off.  She was selected to go on this visit [...]

Health Week began with the whole school holding Sports Day on Monday afternoon.   This year the sun shone and the children enjoyed an afternoon away from their desks and hard work.   The event took the form of a potted sports ,  testing skills and stamina. 
 Tuesday  had everyone dancing  away with Andy McKechnie from Street Jam and on Wednesday , Emma [...]

An exciting week of events has been organised for Health Week at Cockenzie Primary School. 
Monday              Sports Day   P1-P7
Tuesday             Street Jam    Nursery to P7
Wednesday         Funky Fitness    P3-4   
Meadowbank Athletics for some P6and P7 pupils
Thursday            Rugby    [...]

On the last Thursday before Easter P7 pupils from Cockenzie primary ran a talent show to raise money for Breast cancer.  They  organised the auditions at lunch times and eventually selected the main contenders for the event.   Miss Drummond and Miss Leith helped to supervise the event but took a back seat throughout the proceedings.   [...]

P7 D pupils organised a book fair for the school recently.  The children had to apply for the jobs they thought they would be good at.  
Chloe was general manager and said, ” This was very enjoyable but a real challenge at times.  It was hard keeping track of evrything and everyone.”
Casey who was process orderer said,  “I [...]