P3/4 Little Giants Workshop

At our Science Show called Little Giants we learned so much about bees. We pretended we were bees collecting nectar from flowers to make into honey.
The Waggle Dance was fun to do and it's just like the bees do to tell all the other bees that there is nectar in the flowers. While the bees collect the nectar pollen stick to their feet and legs. They have a stinger but they don't want to sting you as they could die. Bees have a thorax and abdomen on their body. We are going to do some more activities in class about bees. By Jessica and Iskra

Friends of Leith Primary

We would like to invite parents to come along to the meetings we have at the school. The meetings are very informal and we plan after school activities, fundraising events and any other issues which arise. We are currently fundraising to provide an exciting playground environment and the pupils have been involved in the plans, as have the pupils. The meetings are held every couple of months and the next one will be on the 17th March at 7pm.

Should you not want to come along to the meetings, perhaps you would like to get involved with specific events? We are planning a stall and hopefully being in the parade at Leith Gala this year, but we need help with this, from planning, art work, help on the day, help on the stall and home baking. If you can help, please fill in the form below and state what you would like to help with.

Also as homebaking is always a popular fundraiser we are looking for volunteers. The plan is to have a list of those who we could ask to provide us with tasty treats.

In particular, we are asking parents to help provide home baking for Leith Gala day (Saturday 12th June), we anticipate that this will raise a substantial amount of money for the school and playground and we would appreciate help in providing this. Please let a member of the parents council know if you can help, or one of the teachers. All help is appreciated.

FoLP challenge CAKE STALLS

FoLP are challenging each class to a 'bake off'. The idea is that every week each class runs a baking stall at noon each Friday and the class who raise the most money will win a special prize. The money collected will go towards resources to support learning for each class.

Below there is a chart with the dates each class will have their stall. All food must be labelled with a description and items placed in bags. Tables will be provided, pupils will provide the tastiest if treats and see who can raise the most money. A couple of parents are required to help on each stall ( to maintain health and safety!!). Please see below for the name of your class rep should you want to be involved.

Budongo project link to Leith Primary

Leith Primary is going to be joining up with a school in Uganda.

The project was started by Edinburgh Zoo when they went to the Budongo Forest to monitor and complete research on the chimpanzees that live there and help with conservation projects. Following these visits they began to come into contact with a local school on the edge of the forest who expressed an interest in a linking project with schools in Edinburgh.

The school recently moved buildings as the old building was too close to the forest as the baboons were frightening the children and stealing their lunches and the chimpanzees were also getting a bit too close. The education team at the zoo are in contact with the education outreach team at Budongo. James from Edinburgh Zoo came into Leith this week to talk to 4 classes about the school and to start the link. Soon children will begin to write to each other from both schools and we hope all sorts of amazing learning will result from this exciting project.

Primary 5 and the Doctor

On Tuesday P5 had a visit from Dr. Wilson as part of our ‘Fever' topic. We got to wear real doctors masks and hats. We used a stethoscope to listen to Jatin's heart. We did a quiz and learnt about what it is like being a doctor.