Blogs and News - St George's School For Girls, Edinburgh
St George's celebrated Book Week Scotland in style this year with several activities and visits taking place. The week began with an X-Factor inspired assembly in Upper School where Mr Maciver managed to persuade Upper School students to vote for the 'Adventures of Huckleberry Finn' as the inaugural winner of St George’s ‘Book Factor’. At the same time in Lower School, Miss Barr was launching a competition encouraging Lower School girls to design a picture book suitable for students with additional support needs.
There was great excitement around school on Thursday when the global bestselling author R J Palacio visited St George’s as part of her international ‘World of Wonder’ tour. R J spoke to the girls in Lower School and Upper 4 about her book ‘Wonder’ and her new book ‘White Bird’ It was a real privilege to hear from such an inspirational author and we were delighted to be able to share this opportunity with pupils from Roseburn Primary, Cargillfield, and Merchiston Castle.
On Monday Remove girls were visited by the author Anna James. Anna is the writer of the book ‘Pages & Co.’ which all girls in Remove received a copy of as part of the ‘Remove Reading Challenge’. The girls were very excited to meet Anna and asked lots of great questions before she helped them to write their very own St George's fairy tale. Anna also judged the competitions that had formed part of the ‘Remove Reading Challenge’ and awarded 1st prize to Deepti for her bookshop poster with Ashmita winning 1st prize in the competition to design a ‘bookwandering’ guide.
The week ended with the traditional P1 Bookbug party. P1 girls and their parents were invited to a storytelling session to celebrate the Bookbug Picture Book Prize shortlisted books (which all P1 girls received a copy of in their Bookbug bag). The Prince and the Witch from the book ‘The Prince and the Witch and the Thief and the Bears’ who were telling the story did look suspiciously like Mr. Wright and Miss Barr…
Book Week Scotland was a wonderful opportunity to celebrate books and reading and we hope girls at St George’s have been inspired to get reading!
Mr Wright (Senior Librarian)
January
Looking to the Future: e-learning at St George’s
Primary 1 Learn the 'ng' Digraph
Primary 3 Rainforest Explorers
U6 Enrichment Programme – 13 January 2021
U6 Enrichment Programme - 20 January 2021
February
Start of Spring Term in Nursery
St George’s School & Shree Bhagawati Basic School, Nepal
P1 learn the ‘ou’ and ‘wh’ digraphs
A Change to the Entry Age to St George's Nursery
Final School Kilometre Challenge Results
Anna James Virtual Author Visit
Preventing Mental Health Problems in Children: Webinar with Dr Aric Sigman
Careers Newsletter February 2021
March
U6 Enrichment Programme - 17 February 2021
U6 Enrichment Programme - Cooking on a Student Budget
Shree Bhagawati Basic School Fundraising - £1000 raised!
Primary 2: Spring Walk and More!
Neurodiversity - It Takes all Kinds of Different Minds
Distance Learning... 8000 Miles Away!
Primary 3’s First Week Back at School
#BeYou House Challenge in Junior School
St George's School Extends Provision for Boys in Younger Primary Years
U6 Enrichment Programme - Blood Transfusion Service
U6 Enrichment Programme - Mercy Corps
The Great St George's Bake Off
Celebrating Red Nose Day in Junior School
April
May
Learning about the Digestive System
U6 Enrichment - Looking Ahead to June
Update from Shree Bhagawati School, Nepal
Join us at Scotland's Virtual Boarding Schools Fair
Houldsworth's Weekend, 8 & 9 May
P2 investigate ‘Can seeds germinate without any soil?’
A Day in the Life of a Victorian School Girl
June
Careers Newsletter - June 2021
Women of the Future Conference
St George’s School, Edinburgh Model UN Conference
Highland Dancing for the Duke and Duchess of Cambridge
Sport Leaders and Judy Murray Team up to Coach Junior School Students
Houldsworth Weekend 19 & 20 June
Primary 3 Visit Murrayfield Church
Reduced Nursery Fees from August 2021
Senior Netball v George Watson’s College
P4 Tennis Activities with Judy Murray
Netball Scotland launches Academic Partnership with St George’s School
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