Stoneyhill Primary School

Primary 2 have had a great start to the week and have been working hard.

On Thursday they had a Problem Solving Activity time with Mrs Turpie when they had to use a variety of equipment to create patterns. Hope you like the slide show.

The healthy tuck shop will be open every day before class starts, and also at break time. We sell fresh fruit, dried fruit and fruit juice all priced 20p. The tuck shop also sells water bottles which can be personalized, for £1.00 and various styles of fruit carriers to protect your fruit, priced £4.00.

We look forward to seeing you at the tuck shop soon!!

Health Promotion Group

Despite the fact that the weather has not been very ’summery’, the summer holidays are at an end and we are at the start of a new session. For some pupils this will be their first term at Stoneyhill and for others it will be the start of their final year. We wish all pupils and staff, old and new, a successful session and look forward to working together.

If you came down to Stoneyhill today, you were in for a big surprise!  Primary 1 children welcomed the new Primary 1 class and their teddies (and dinosaurs, giraffes, monkeys and dogs) to Stoneyhill, by holding two picnics earlier today.  Each Primary 1 child collected their guest from nursery and took them along to the GP room.  We listened to “The Teddy Bears’ Picnic” story, sang songs and then tucked into a wonderful picnic. Even the toys enjoyed themselves!

Currently available for sale.

 We have a fabulous selection of environmentally friendly bags for sale throught the P5/6 class. The bags come in a variety of colours and are an excellent alternative to plastic carrier bags. All the colours have an eco logo and catchphrase on them.Excellent for shoppping, swim stuff, beach bags, books, shoes and a whole variety of other uses.The bags are on sale for £2 each or an excellent bargain of 3 bags for £5. Bring your money to the P5/6 classroom or send it in in an named envelope.Currently available

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Blue

We have run out of Pink but are taking orders (with payment) up until Friday 20th. The bags will then be available to collect in the final week of term.

A budding Mathematician, Andrew Gibson, aged 12, who attends Stoneyhill Primary School in Musselburgh received a silver award from the Scottish Mathematical Council at an award ceremony held at Edinburgh University on Friday 6th June 2008.

Andrew’s primary seven teacher, Laura Mercer and his parents attended the ceremony. Depute Head Teacher, Hazel Rae, who sent in Andrew’s entries throughout the session asked Andrew what his reaction was to winning. He said “I was very surprised to receive the award and felt proud of myself.” “I  liked the way that the challenges were spread over the year so you could do a bit at a time.” He continued, “I really like Maths and I’ve always wanted to be an accountant.”

Seonaid McGillivray, Head Teacher, congratulates Andrew and will celebrate his success at a whole school assembly on Friday 13th June.

The sun shone brightly for our summer fair.  There were loads of activities to do and lots of lovely food to eat.  Thanks to everyone for your donations and help and thanks to everyone for turning up and making it such a fun day. 

Well done to Shannon from P5/6 and Jennifer from P6 for winning the Little and Large Cooking Competition.  They visited Prestonlodge High School where the third year pupils showed them how to make a healthy, Italian, flat bread.  They were very popular when they came back to Stoneyhill and everyone could smell their delicious cooking.  Mmmmmmmm!

On Thursday Primary 2 visited St Andrews High to learn about Baptism. We were lucky enough to spot some baby Swans and Geese on the riverside. Enjoy our snaps!

Congratulations to the Stoneyhill TAG team who were playing at Murrayfield last weekend. They had a great day with all the entertainment, playing in the Scottish Schools TAG tournament and even meeting the Scottish international players. They came joint 2nd and scored highly for Fair Play points! A fantastic result. Mrs Foley and Mrs Goodlet said that they were a credit to the school both in their behaviour and playing attitude. The team will write a further post next week with all the highlights but I just wanted to say a huge well done and thank you to all children and adults involved in making this day such a success.

The team have donated a new Gilbert rugby ball which has been signed by the 7s Scotland team to the P5 silent auction