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After having 6 films nominated and at least one in each of the 7 categories, we headed off to the Filmhouse in Edinburgh for the screening and prize giving in a positive mood.

We weren’t disappointed!  After watching all the nominated films the results of each category were announced and we won 4!

Best Story – Ollie the Artist
Best Sound – The Demon Coaches
Technical Merit – The Haunted School
Most Overall Enjoyment – Endless Maths

The films can all be seen HERE.

A fantastic result!  Well done everyone (including those not lucky enough to win).

Please use the following link to find the most up to date information about our school.

https://sites.google.com/edubuzz.org/pencaitlandprimaryschool/home

Back in early 2020, P5 (now P7) made some short films which were entered into the Edinburgh and Lothians Schools Film Competition.  Unfortunately, due to Covid lockdown, the competition didn’t take place in 2020.

Films made in 2019/20 have been joined by films made in 2020/21 into one competition, the results of which were announced on Sunday.

There were 4 categories:

Most Impactful Film

Most Entertaining Film

Most Creative Film

Best Genre Film

plus the

Jury Selection Award for Best Primary School Film

We had 2 nominations in Most Entertaining Film:
The Performance and The Invisible Boy.

We had 2 nominations in Best Genre Film:
Kidnapped and The Handbag

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Most Entertaining Film Winner:
The Performance

Jury Selection Award for Best Primary School Film: Impossible Mission 7

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Well done to all involved.

All films can be seen in the film archive at:  https://www.edubuzz.org/pencaitland/film-archive-2019-2020/

The online awards ceremony can be seen at:  https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=PTPeudUfypc

The Workforce Mobility Project would like young people to complete a short five minute survey. This is a great opportunity to highlight the transport and digital barriers and challenges which impact you and your families.

This survey is for all young people, and is asking about all forms of transport, from walking, public transport, personal car use and all points in between. It is also important to hear the voices of young people who might otherwise be ignored, such as young people with disabilities, and their experience of transport in the area.

This survey is for all young people, and is asking about all forms of transport, from walking, public transport, personal car use and all points in between. It is also important to hear the voices of young people who might otherwise be ignored, such as young people with disabilities, and their experience of transport in the area.

Despite everything, it’s been a busy Christmas here at PPS:

Primary 1 & Primary 1/2 Nativity

Brass play Jingle Bells (with a couple of impostors)

P6 Wish It Could Be Christmas Everyday

What can I say ….

As you may be aware, the Scottish Government plan to launch a new national travel concession scheme to provide free bus travel for young people under the age of 19. They anticipate that legislation to underpin the scheme would be required to be laid in Parliament in early 2021 and the scheme would come into effect later in 2021.

For the next six weeks (until Monday 7th December), Transport Scotland are running a consultation in regards to this scheme to gather information on the most appropriate ways to provide this free travel to best suit young people. They are hoping the consultation will reach as many members of the public as possible, especially to those who will be impacted by the proposals, including children and young people, their parents and carers and people who work with children in a paid or voluntary capacity.

The consultation can be found on https://www.transport.gov.scot/consultation/consultation-on-free-bus-travel-for-people-resident-in-scotland-aged-under-19/

More information on the proposed scheme can be found on https://www.transport.gov.scot/news/consulting-on-free-bus-travel-for-young-people-under-19/

Tuesday 27th to Friday 30th October was Anti-Bullying Week in Pencaitland Primary School.  Every class did something to promote anti-bullying.  The video below was created to share some of our work with you.