The #WithRefugees petition will be delivered to UN
headquarters in New York ahead of the UN General Assembly meeting on
September 19. The petition asks governments to:
Ensure every refugee child gets an education.
Ensure every refugee family has somewhere safe to live.
Ensure every refugee can work or learn new skills to make a positive contribution to their community.
Jonathan in P7B, assisted by Sam, gave a superb presentation to the P4-7 Assembly on Friday 29th January 2016 explaining how he has made a difference by supporting the Re-Act Scotland charity for Syrian refugees. He demonstrated how he has achieved the 'Me and My World' section of the Junior Award Scheme Schools and provided an exemplar model for other pupils to follow. Very well done, Jonathan!
On Friday 25th October at P4-7 Assembly we marked One World Week by sharing how our P3 pupils have successfully led a whole school project with Mercy Corps to change 'Hope into Action.'
To date, the P3 Harvest Appeal has raised a fantastic £2100which will provide SEVEN PLAYGROUNDS in Syrian refugee camps.
Together, we thought about Article 31: All children have a right to play and thanked everyone for their generous donations.
We looked forward to the opening of our new wildlife garden/corridor/strip on Monday 26th October and have asked pupils to give us their ideas for a name for this exciting new area for outdoor learning which will be available between 12.50pm and 1.15pm Monday to Thursday. Only one gate will be used with the adults who will escort and supervise and pupils were reminded that they must visit the toilet before going across.
We will officially launch Sciennes' Playground on Saturday 31st October at 11.30am.
The Eco Group gave a presentation about their House Pine Cone competition. They weighed all the collections from each class and announced that Lauder is the winning House. Lauder will have an extra playtime as a reward for all their efforts in collecting cones for the new playground area.
Mr Howie explained the significance of our Poppy Appeal. Donations will be accepted for poppies from next week. P7 pupils will man a stall outside the Hall in the morning and at breaks.
Everyone was introduced to our new P7 House and Sports Captains. They take on these roles alongside the rest of our P7 leaders who are all Prefects within school.
On Thursday 1st October Victoria Telford from Mercy Corps came to both P1-3 and P4-7 Assemblies to help P3 launch their Harvest Appeal. Pupils from P3 told everyone at Assemblies about their project to raise money to build playgrounds for Syrian refugees.
Victoria Telford from Mercy Corps
Victoria tells the pupils how Mercy Corps is helping Syrian refugees
After the Assemblies, groups of P3 pupils delivered hand decorated envelopes and asked families to make donations to the Appeal by Thursday 8th October. Great project, P3!
Very well done Serena in P2b, who has raised nearly £20 for the P3 Sciennes' Syrian Appeal
with Mercy Corps by running a charity bake sale for her neighbours in the back garden on
Saturday 4th October It was all her own ideas and work, including the Serena's
Charity Cafe sign, menu and cakes. A tremendous effort!
At special
Assemblies with Mercy Corps on Thursday 1st October, P3 pupils will tell
the school about their Harvest project to help Syrian refugees. The P3 Communications Group met on Wednesday and this is how they explained the project in their own words: Primary
Three are trying to raise money for Mercy Corps to help Syrian children
who are refugees. There is a war in Syria and lots of people have lost
their homes. Refugees are people who are trying to find a safe place to
live. We are lucky to have lots of things to play with in our
playground. We want to help children in refugee camps. We want to give
them their own playground. A playground costs £300.
We have
decorated envelopes and everyone will get one. Please put some money in
your envelope and bring it back to school. We will collect the envelopes
from the classes. Everyone in P3 has a different job to do. Some people
are envelope collectors, some people are money counters and some people
are going to talk at Assembly to tell everyone about our project.
Thank you from The P3 Communications Team Look out for more information from the team!
