Category Archives: P3P

Olympic Award Ceremony

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At the end of our Olympic afternoon, Gold, Silver and Bronze medals were awarded to three children in every class and ‘country’.  As each winner was announced, Lesley Nicholson, our honorary guest, gave pupils their medals before they took their pride of place on the ‘podium’.

It was also a chance to say goodbye to people who are moving on from Sanderson’s Wynd and Tranent; Lesley is leaving her post as Active Schools Coordinator to take up the role of Club Golf East Coast Regional manager in July with Scottish Golf, Heather Williams DHT will leave to take up her new post as Head Teacher of Elphinstone  Primary in August and Catherine Parcell, P3 teacher and Moira Copeland, classroom assistant will both be retiring at the end of term. The parents and pupils took the opportunity to present them with flowers and gifts, and to wish them well in their future.

  Olympic Award Ceremony on PhotoPeach

Olympic Sports Day: Opening Ceremony

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Father and son (Mr Walker and Brody P5T) played bagpipes and drums, to kick start our Olympic Sports with a rousing  march. In our opening ceremony, they led P1-7 and Hub pupils around our playing fields. Each class represented a country taking part in the 2012 Olympics and the pupils came dressed in sports clothes in the colour of their flag.

It was a very lively and colourful start to an enjoyable and relaxed family day. The pupils experienced a wide range of competitive sports, including the paralympic sport, Boccia.

We stopped for a picnic lunch with our families, before finishing off the day with our closing ceremony  to award medals to the three best athletes in each class.

Olympic Sports Day: The Opening Ceremony on PhotoPeach

Sanderson’s Wynd Paralympic Week

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Sanderson’s Wynd’s Paralympic week started off with a very lively and fun torch parade. The Hub children passed around their Paralympic torch from one pupil to another. We used a torch made by P4M for the main school torch parade in December (12/12/12). All Hub children from the Green, Red and Blue classes took part in this important event. The main school pupils looked on and cheered the Hub children as they carried the torch to the next waiting person.

We were delighted to also have the  2012  Paralympic torch for this occasion! A big thanks goes to parent, Brian Fraser, who  managed to organise and coordinate the torch arrival to coincide with our Paralympic torch parade. The timing couldn’t have been better! After the parade, all the classes got a chance to hold and look at this magnificent, silver, Paralympic torch and we all felt very lucky to have this special privilege. Please look at the slideshare below of our happy torch parade which was the start of an active and busy week for Hub  pupils.

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Our Library is Open Again!

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Our library has been closed for lending for some time now until all the books could be catalogued. Now that more than 4000 books have been catalogued, our library is open for use again! Pupils in P2-7 can now check out a book to take home for a week. This week  Primary 5W and Primary 3P were the first to check out books. Ross and Kalib from P7P were on hand to scan the books out. Ross took some photos to document the occasion! Please have a look below:

Children in Need

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Pupils at Sanderson’s Wynd Primary school are celebrating Children in Need day on Friday 18.11.11. They have dressed up in their pyjamas, brought along their cuddly teddies and will have a bake sale at break time! Have a look at our photos!

Archaeology Scotland workshop for P3

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As part of a topic on ‘The Vikings’ P3 and P2-3 had a visit on Wednesday 2.11.11 from Archaeology Scotland. The workshop run by Ruth Bordoli comprised a series of activities that illuminated different aspects of Viking life. It looked at how archaeologists use burial sites to find out about Viking culture. It also looked at how Vikings communicated with written language through the use of Runes. It’s emphasis was hands on participation for the children who thoroughly enjoyed the experience. The children enjoyed the simulated dig, sorting out and classifying their finds and making a clay pendant with their initials written in Runes,decoding Rune messages and learning about objects and artefacts that were used by the Vikings. Below are some photos of a fantastic day! Thank you to all those involved  who  made this day so memorable!  

 

Ace Hour

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 Ace Hour happens once every 3 weeks and is an incentive for all the children from P3 to P7 to behave well and follow the Golden Rules. At the beginning of the 3 weeks all of the children sign up for a fun activity of their choice, so they know what they are working towards. Children who receive 3 red cards within the 3 week period lose their Ace Hour and miss out on all the fun.

 

 

There are lots of activities to choose from organised by the school staff and parent helpers.

The children can choose from:
Rock climbing
Face painting and sketching
Chess and draughts
Board games
Construction
Craft
Painting
Wii dance
Technologies
Nail bar
Team games
Boot camp
As you can see from the photos, the children have a wonderful time and Ace Hour truly is a great reward for good behaviour!