More photos from our iPad- geant

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Primary Maths games...

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Secondary Pottery

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iPad-geant underway!

Pottery competition:




Brushes with Miss O:



Maths games with Mr C:




Moodboard with Dr Rankin:






Angry birds with Miss Bell:




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Cedars School of Excellence Inaugural iPad-geant 2011

We are very excited about our iPad-geant tomorrow! We will spend the day celebrating the tremendous achievements throughout the school this year, focusing on the pioneering work staff and pupils have done in using the iPad in teaching and learning. We will have lots of fun too!

Here is the school foyer, ready for the celebration:






And here is a programme of events:


Watch this blog for photos and updates throughout the day!


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Middle school healthy eating

We were trying lots of different fruit and veg in the middle school today as part of our healthy eating topic. Pupils could try a wide variety of things including garlic, ginger, pommegranate, Sharon fruit, watermelon, dates, passion fruit, fried plantain...

Fruit Bouquet Day!

As part of our Middle School project on 'How Can I Improve What I Eat?' today we were making fruit bouquets.












We were so pleased to have a visit from Mrs McKenzie-Smith and Mrs Speirs who often make these for friends birthdays and special occasions. We chose a variety of soft fruits and in our teams, helped build an enormous fruit bouquet!

Can you come and see it?

Sorry, we ate it!

But we did take some great photos as evidence!




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Middle School!

This week we are beginning the new draft timetable for children from P6-S5. This will enable us to ensure that children are working right to the end of term and use this time in order to begin new coursework and check that the timetable will run smoothly when the new session starts in August.

As part of the new timetable, and in tandem with the new Curriculum for Excellence we are altering the structure of the school slightly to ensure continuity and progression from primary to secondary departments and to develop the potential of extending learning through inter-disciplinary projects.

These changes will mainly affect children from P7-S2 which will now be known as 'middle school.' These children will have secondary classes as previously but also experience a component of inter-disciplinary activities and projects.

We are very excited about the project and hope it will lead to depth, continuity, progression and relevance in our learning across these years which precede exam courses.

We will be holding an information evening in September for parents on 'A Curriculum for Excellence' which will include details of middle school and information on the new exam structure which will come into place in Scotland.

Commemorative Photos

These beautiful pictures are available to order tonight from Graham McKenzie-Smith or Fiona Neilson at the back of the main auditorium.

A4 Print - £12

A5 Print - £8

6x4 - £5

As a canvas print - £45

Book for Sale

'Imagine' will be on sale from tonight (Wednesday night rehearsal). The book costs £5.

Imagine...

Primary 4/5 have been working on a project called 'How Do I Become An Author?' As part of this project the class have produced a book containing stories from every child in the Primary Department. They have called the book 'Imagine'.

The pupils have worked extremely hard on this production and are delighted with what they have achieved. The book is currently at the publishers and should be back with us in 6-8 days. The book will be sold through the school and also through the New Dawn Bookshop on Jamaica Street.

We hope that you will enjoy reading our stories.


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