We will share more photos tomorrow, but for now, a huge thank you to everyone that made our first Prestonfield Iftar such a success.
What an incredible evening. 🌟
Today we received a very special gift to the school. Thank you to
@PrestonfieldHH
for donating the Rainbow Oor Wullie Statue to us. It will now become a permanent feature in our school.
We are absolutely delighted to share that we have been successful in our bid to host a writer in residence! We can not wait to work with
@nadineaishaj
📚
We know how important Play is for children’s learning. Look what arrived today! Thank you to the
@EDI_Airport
fund which helped us buy these amazing new resources to support Play and Learning in our school!
Day 1 of our inset programme: staff well-being, relationships, curriculum reform and outdoor education @ Bonaly Outdoor Centre.
What a group of Prestonfield stars. ⭐️
Today we said goodbye to our Principal Teacher, Mr Hutchinson, who is moving on to become a Deputy Head in Fife! He’ll always be a Prestonfield Star! 🌟
This week we were joined by members of the Parachute Regiment, the Lord Provost, representatives from the ASA charity and many members of our local community to remember Mark Wright, a former pupil and recipient of the George Cross.
What talented staff we do have!
As part of our refresh of the school house system
@MrsWalkerPPS
made our mascots beautiful new jumpers in house colours. Their house name proudly displayed on their badges!
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Good morning everyone! We are delighted to be supported by our friends
@LidlGB
Craigmillar - at 199 Niddrie Mains Rd - where we have placed a range of stationery items for you if you need them. Please help yourself 😃
Thank you to the team at Lidl.
Excitement levels are high! This amazing bunch have made it to the final. Proud of the resilience, ambition and kindness they have shown! ⭐️
@MrMasonPPS
You might notice a new addition to the playground on Monday. Thanks to
@PrestonfieldHH
for the kind gift. The art celebrates nature and sustainability.
@PrestonfieldNu2
🦒
Huge thanks to all our community partners
@PaulSanderson19
and Places Leisure,
@UthinkScotland
, The Lady Road allotments,
@NowCounselling
and all our families and friends that cooked, donated and gave up their time!
What a truly amazing achievement for this Prestonfield Star who won FOUR gold medals at a recent competition in Copenhagen. An absolute champion! 👏🏼 🥇🥇🥇🥇
This morning we had our multi-faith service focused on the themes of light, hope and peace.
Our pupils joined in and sang so beautifully. 🌟
@PrestonfieldNu2
@friendprestfld
We are extremely proud to announce that this week we have been awarded our 5th Eco Flag! Huge well done to our Eco Leads, our Pupil Eco Group and our whole school community🌳 🌎
@MrsSorensenPPS
@MrsWardallPPS
Today was a hugely exciting day - our new school kitchen was opened.
Fresh, hot food for our learners. The new look self service salad bar was a particular hit 🥗
What an absolutely incredible assembly celebrating Scottish poetry! A huge well done to all that contributed. Our guest judges were blown away by the effort and talent.
We are delighted to share that we are the first school in Edinburgh to be hosting the Humari Pehchan (Who am I?) project.
Learners will be supported to research and share their family story and have it published as a real book! 📚
@MrsHennessy5
@jsazzawi
It was lovely to be all together again for the first time this school year. We had lots of wonderful shared learning about the importance of our school values.
#responsible
#ambitious
#kind
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We enjoyed a lovely festive lunch today at Prestonfield. Huge thanks to our fantastic kitchen staff and Mrs Shafiq for making sure things ran smoothly. 🎄🍗🥕
Today Primary 7 placed a wreath at the Prestonfield War memorial. They took time to think of members of our community past and present who have been effected by war and conflict.
@PrestonfieldNu2
@MissKellyPPS
Good Morning! Thank you to
@MrsWardallPPS
for producing this video for everyone.
We think you'll spot some familiar faces! 😃
Thanks also to our friends
@FischyMusic
Remember the trees that we had cut down during the storm last year?!...We are using them to develop our Centre Garden. Thank you to
@EDI_Airport
for a generous grant. Watch this space for more garden developments happening in the coming weeks...Developing Play
@PrestonfieldPS
This week marks the 90th anniversary of our school being opened! When restrictions ease we will be hosting events later in the year to celebrate. Why not get in touch and share your photos and memories !
admin
@prestonfield
.edin.sch.uk
@Edinburgh_CC
@scotgov
We were completely blown away by
@PrestonfieldNu2
's family cooking project which really does give kids the best start in life! We’re very proud that they’re our Early Years Award winners in the
#GoodSchoolFoodAwards
❤️
Our Christmas card competition winners! All of the cards will go on display around the school very soon! Well done to everybody.... It’s not quite that time of year yet.... but it’s fast approaching and we have lots planned 🎅🏻 Look out for all the info in the weekly newsletters!
Today Primary Seven
@MissKellyPPS
led our remembrance assembly with such kindness and maturity. We spoke of the importance of learning from history and took time to think of those impacted by current conflicts.
Today we welcomed our Quality Improvement Education Officer and senior leaders from other schools in to classes to share our work on outdoor learning and our creative use of local spaces to enhance skills development!
@PrestonfieldNu2
Please stop and/or park away from the school to make sure that all of our children can cross the road safely. Thank You.
We have a couple of new signs to remind everyone 😀🚘🚘
A busy morning as we shared our Harvest Assembly with Donald Scott from Priestfield Church and Christine from The Edinburgh Food Project. Thanks to our PPS families for the cereal donations which will help to support families in our community.
#kind
#responsible
#ambitious
Wonderful shared learning from our Eco Committee at assembly this morning: reminding us of the importance of being responsible citizens.🌎
#wecanmakeadifference
💪🏽
#PrestonfieldStars
⭐️
Today two of our pupils took part in the ground breaking ceremony at the construction site of the new Liberton High School!
As a learning community we are hugely excited for the opportunities this new building will bring our learners.