Blogs and News - St George's School, Edinburgh
Primary 6 got an Author Visit by Elle McNicoll on the 7th of February to hear about her new book, Like a Charm. All our year group learned a lot about Elle and how she grew up with autism and dyspraxia.
We learnt that there is nothing wrong with being neuro-divergent, but Elle told us that she was always being put down by all her teachers who said her handwriting was messy and she needed special help. We also learnt about how many publishers she went to with her books, but they all said that writing books about neurodiversity is silly and will not sell. She was convinced to go to one last publisher. Elle felt very nervous when she was getting ready for her meeting with the publisher. When she got there, she had a big rant about how all the other publishers had turned her down and said her idea was silly. Elle told us that when she had finished her rant, the publisher agreed with her on everything she had said. Elle was surprised with the publisher's response, but they managed to publish her first book, A Kind of Spark.
In the days leading up to the release Elle was having lots of negative thoughts about the book but when it was released the queues around the bookshops were huge! Elle sold thousands of books that day. Elle won a Blue Peter award for her book A Kind of Spark. So far Elle has written three books; A Kind of Spark, Show Us Who You Are and Like a Charm.
Charlotte P6Q
January
Careers Newsletter January 2022
Fencing medal for Alexia (Upper 4)
Rosie on Tour in Florida for Lacrosse World Cup Training
February
Primary 6 Project on Space Tourism
Spring Revision @ St George’s Online
Chinese New Year at Houldsworth 2022
Lunar New Year Celebrations in Primary 4
House Event in Junior School: PHOTO GALLERY
March
Connected Culture: Lower School Conference
Love and Kindness for Valentine's Day
Crafty outings with the Boarders
P6 Author Visit: Elle McNicoll
Deepti wins the National SSBU Secondary Junior U13 title
An Evening with Allistair McCaw
UKMT Intermediate Maths Challenge
International Women's Day - Junior School
Summer Sports Camps: 15-18 August 2022
Success for U11 Hockey at the Compass School Tournament
Young Enterprise Best Company Award Winners 2022
Success in Hockey and Lacrosse
April
May
National Representation in the Scotland Lacrosse Team
Sport Scotland event with Judy Murray and Allistair McCaw
Staff Fundraising Walk for Ukraine
Primary 3 Travel Back in Time to Stone Age Times
National Representation for Deepti at Badminton
Bea Competes at the National Schools Equestrian Association Event
Rosie Hazell Selected for the World Cup Lacrosse Squad
Target Ovarian Cancer Walk/Run
Rights Respecting Schools Bronze award
Primary 4 Visit The Birds of America
Scottish Mathematical Challenge Awards
Celebration for Upper 6 Boarders
Equestrian Club at Floors Castle
Inter-District Hockey Tournament
Miss Campbell selected for Wales Match
P6 Netball club had a ‘ball’ at EPSSA netball festival
Scottish Fencing Youth Development Series 2
u17 Edinburgh District Netball
A.F. Steadman visits the Junior School
Butterflies for Chelsea in Bloom
Emma-Louise Beeson visits Nursery
U4 Digital International Exchange Week
Primary 4 Learn about Electricity
June
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