Helpers Required for Sunday


We have a great opportunity to raise some money this coming Sunday. The Edinburgh Marathon ends in Pinkie grounds and we are going to set up a stall selling juice/biscuits/crisps etc. There will be thousands of people around so it would be good to take advantage of the captured audience!! We are looking for cover from 10am til 2pm or maybe earlier if anyone is keen. Volunteers for an hour/half an hour or more would be really appreciated.

Please choose your preferred time slot on the form below, we will try and get everybody the slot that they choose.

 

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Summer Fête 2013


Planning for the Summer Fête is well underway but to ensure it’s success we need your help!
 

 

 

 

 

Friday 17th May
Dress down day…..instead of bringing payment we ask that children bring a donation for our bottle stall (shampoo, bubble bath, juice etc) and/or chocolate for our chocolate tombola.

 

 

Cakes
A couple of weeks before the Fête, all children will be given an empty paper plate which we would ask you to fill with a goody for our Cakes stall. This donation can be brought to school on Friday 31st May at earliest or handed in the morning of the Fête. If you wish to hand in goods in containers, please ensure to label them with your child’s name and class.

Donations
We also need donations of the following items which can be handed into the school office the week of the Fête. Toys, books, DVD’s, CD’s, plants and used school uniforms.

 

 

Our Summer Fête is the main fundraiser or the year and in order to make it a success volunteers are needed to help run stalls on the day and/or set up the day before and help to clear up at the end of the day.

 

 

Many thanks in advance for your support and we hope to see you all there!

Take a look at some of the fun that we had last year.

 

Name That Character!

Last Friday, as part of East Lothian’s Literacy Week, pupils left home dressed not in their school uniforms, but dressed as their favourite book characters or super heros! Not to be outdone, teaching staff appeared dressed as…..well how many characters can you spot?

Pinkie St Peter's Primary School teachers dressed as characters from books.

Teachers at Pinkie St Peter’s bringing books alive.

Euroquiz Finals

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A team of four P6 pupils from our school recently took part in the final of the East Lothian heat of the 2013 Euroquiz against ten other teams. Our team managed to get fourth place. Which is a fantastic achievement! Congratulations must be given to the winners of the East Lothian heat, Law, who go forward to represent East Lothian in the national final at the Scottish Parliament in May.

The quiz is run by the Scottish European Educational Trust who state that the subjects covered in the quiz include history, geography, sport, culture, languages and the European Union. This broad selection of subjects does allow some rather challenging questions, so why not try to answer a few sample questions from a selection of quiz rounds and see how you do! No peeking at reference books or seeking answers online! If you do get stuck try asking one of the P6 team!

  1. Which is the highest mountain in Europe?
  2. What is the name of this world famous painting by Botticelli?
  3. How many European Commissioners are there?
  4. Which EU country is home to the company IKEA?
  5. Name the sea which lies between Greece and Turkey.
  6. Which country in the EU uses the currency called leu?
  7. Which great scientist published his theory of evolution in 1859?
  8. When did the French Revolution begin? a. 1876 b. 1789 c.1945
  9. Which famous Scot discovered penicillin?
  10. The golden postbox in Dunblane is dedicated to which Scottish sportsman?

Check back here soon for the answers.

More information can be found on the Scottish European Educational Trust website.

P6 and P7 Cross Country Race

P6 and P7 have entered a cross country race in Dunbar that will be held on Monday the 18th of March. A selection of pupils have been chosen for the race. These pupils have been practicing extremly hard on Tuesdays, Wednesdays and Thursdays for the race. We wish them all the best.