Tag: Davidsons Mains Primary School

Promenaders!

Artwork designed by Davidsons Mains pupils has been unveiled on the Silverknowes stretch of the Edinburgh Promenade. The plaques are an extension of the existing rubbings trail and aim to provide a fun activity for everyone using the walkway to enjoy.

The designs aim to draw people along the Promenade to collect rubbings of six themed bronze plaques based on the history and heritage of Silverknowes and Granton. It is proposed that the collection is extended to run along the full length of the Promenade in the future.
The plaques were designed by Fearne Halcrow, Ella McNeill and Alexander Priestley from Davidson’s Mains School and the latest designs show Lauriston Castle, an aerial view of Silverknowes and a depiction of Davidson’s Mains Railway. Award-winning local artist Kate Ive translated the original designs into bronze.
Cllr Frank Ross, Convener of the Economy Committee, said: “The Council is committed to delivering a high quality Promenade between Cramond and Joppa and I look forward to more stages being completed in the future.
“We have done a lot of work recently with the creative sector helping Edinburgh’s economy as well as other city projects. This is a great example involving an award winning local artist from the Edinburgh Sculpture Workshop.
“The Rubbings Trail is a fantastic addition to this stretch of the Promenade, which is now being heavily used by walkers, cyclists and visitors.”
The Edinburgh Promenade runs for 17km and stretches from Cramond in the west to Joppa in the East. As well as forming part of the Scottish Coast Path, it is also part of the North Sea Trail.
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Active Kids is back at Sainsbury’s

active kids 006Primary 7 pupils from Davidsons Mains Primary School were delighted to show some of the equipment that the school bought with vouchers from the Sainsbury’s Active Kids 2012 scheme.

Active Kids is a voucher collection scheme that enables nurseries, schools, Scout and Guide groups and sports clubs to collect vouchers and redeem them for sports, cooking and gardening equipment and active experiences.

Vouchers can be earned for every £10 spent in main stores, in petrol stations and when you buy groceries online and for every £5 in convenience stores (exclusions apply). Vouchers will be issued  until 22 May.

David Bainbridge, Sainsbury’s Blackhall Store Manager said: “It’s important to help keep children enthused about all different kinds of activities – from play to sport – and we’re confident that Active Kids 2013 will help achieve this goal.”

D Mains visit SELEX – but no sign of Luke Skywalker!

Pupils from Davidson’s Main’s Primary in Edinburgh visited SELEX Galileo,a Finmeccanica Company, to receive a presentation on key capability, followed by a tour of the facility. The visit came about as the result of an Engineering presentation delivered to the school by Principal Systems Engineer Brian Paterson, following a request received by his son asking whether engineers could visit the school to describe the profession to the children.

Some of the children displayed an exceptional level of understanding of the cutting edge technology built at the site, asking pertinent questions about the tracking and scanning abilities of Radars and Lasers.  Thanks to Brian Paterson, Joe Brogan, Brian Liston and Bill Sinclair for hosting the visit.

Best question of the day: ‘Do you make any light sabres like the ones in Star Wars?’

SELEX Galileo