OPEG (Our Pupil Equalities Group) have had a very busy year as they have been promoting and developing equalities work this session. The presentation below is a summary of their work this year!
Month: June 2024
This Week’s Awards and Achievements!
Here are our recent awards and achievements!
Star Awards
| P1a | Whole class award |
| P1b | Fatima Sillah |
| P2a | Eva Stoian |
| P2b | Niyah Salman |
| P3a | Whole class award |
| P3b | Hussain Rowberry Raja |
| P4a | Asya Coskun |
| P4b | Marlow Welsh and all of P4b |
| P5a | Whole class award |
| P5b | Liam Laidlaw |
| P6 | Whole class award |
| P6/7 | All of P6 |
| ESB 1 | Cameron Barnes |
| ESB 2 | Riley Fyfe |
Big Book of Achievement
Cole Brook Singh (P2b) joined Beavers in January and has already earned his reading, air force and swimming badges! He is a very keen swimmer, and has moved up a class! Well done Cole!
Ibrahim Nawed (P5b) volunteered the whole day at a stall selling snacks at the Canal Festival on 15th June. Great helping Ibrahim!
Ruby Anderson (P1a) had her dance graduation! Well done Ruby!
Alexander McCloy (P3a) gained his blue stripe belt at Taekwondo! Well done Alexander!
Ada Hansen (P3b) won the chance to be one of the Scotland team mascots at the Scotland v Switzerland match at the Euros in Germany this week! What an amazing experience!
Aaron McLaughlin, Atticus Crozier and Rainer Kinsey O’Neill (P4b) took part in a Euros-style football tournament. They represented France and Portugal and received medals! Well done to all of you!
House Points
There are 2 sets of house points this week- firstly we have our Sports Day results. All the classes points have been added together to find the winning house for Sports!
Ist- Pilrig- 1878 points
2nd- Trinity- 1876 points
3rd- Drummond- 1793 points
4th- McDonald- 1752 points
Well done Pilrig, very close!
The Sports Day results have been added to the regular house points to give a grand total for the week!
Trinity- 2296 points
Pilrig- 2256 points
Drummond- 2147 points
McDonald- 2105 points
Well done Trinity!
Well done to everyone on your achievements!
We hope you all enjoy a great weekend!
Young People’s Equalities Event
Last week 3 members of OPEG- Viksha, Tiyash and Elodie, attended a Young People’s Equalities Event at the City Chambers.
Only 4 schools were invited to present at the event, and we were one of them!
Our 3 pupils were a credit to us- they were confident and clear in their presenting, and they received lots of positive feedback from other schools in attendance.
As well as presenting, the children had the chance to attend a workshop where they became ‘Councillors for the day’ and looked at ways to address use of homophobic language.
It was a lovely event, and we are so proud of our pupils for sharing so well the work of OPEG this year!
Sports Day 2024
We held our annual Sports Day this week, and the rain stayed away (mostly!) so we could all enjoy all the activities!
Thanks to Mrs Bertram for organising all the events, and our P6 helpers for their support in setting up, scoring and tidying the infant sports event!
You can see a photo gallery of Sports Day below…

This Week’s Awards and Achievements!
Here are our recent awards and achievements!
Star Awards
| P1a | Iliana Lekkas |
| P1b | Isla Lee |
| P2a | Asmin Cakabay |
| P2b | Harrison Ford |
| P3a | Charlie McColgan |
| P3b | Martino Goss |
| P4a | Daniil Unterov |
| P5a | Tejdheep Billa |
| P5b | Whole Class Award |
| P6 | Seren Ferguson |
| P6/7 | All of P6 |
| P7 | Whole Class Award |
| ESB 1 | Whole Class Award |
| ESB 2 | Brewster Penman |
Big Book of Achievement
Ayeesha Palfreyman (P2a) made her Rainbow promise at Rainbows, and also achieved 3 new badges; her ‘Nature’ badge, ‘Camp 1’ badge and ‘Have Adventures’ badge! Well done Ayeesha!
Viksha Manjunathaswamy (P5a), Tiyash Ganguli Mitra (P6/7) and Elodie Avison (P6) represented OPEG at a Young Person’s Equalities Event at the City Chambers this week. We were one of only 4 schools chosen to present to lots of other schools about OPEG’s Equalities Work this year, and the girls presented so well, with confidence and skill! They also attended a workshop about ways to tackle the use of homophobic language in school. Well done all 3 of you!
Bo Mochrie (P5a) completed 3 flat sculptures of dogs using clay. Very creative Bo!
Huge congratulations to all of P7 for your efforts in producing such a fantastic end of year show! Your performances were brilliant, and it was such a fun show! Well done!
House Points
Pilrig- 530 points
Trinity- 471 points
Drummond- 439 points
McDonald- 383 points
Well done Pilrig!
Well done to everyone on your achievements!
We hope you all enjoy a great weekend!
Summer Fair 2024
It was lovely to see our playground so busy last Saturday, for our annual Summer Fair. There were lots of delicious things to eat and drink, lots of games and activities to do, and lots of stalls to browse and buy from!
Huge thanks to everyone on our Parent Council who helped organise the event. So much hard work and planning meant it was a very successful day!
Massive thanks to any adults or pupils who volunteered to help out at a stall or activity too- we couldn’t have done it without you!
Lastly, thanks to everyone who came and bought something, or paid to take part in an activity. We’re very grateful of your support!
Some photos of the event are below!
This Week’s Awards and Achievements!
Here are our recent awards and achievements!
Star Awards
| P1a | Sadie Grant |
| P1b | Zara Ali |
| P2a | Esha Mohammad |
| P2b | Fatiha Abdul |
| P3a | Kai Smith |
| P3b | Whole class award! |
| P4a | Summer Jones |
| P4b | Sean Ilechukwa |
| P5a | Omar Mohamed |
| P5b | Vivienne Donn |
| P6 | Bea Skinner |
| P6/7 | Nathan Drever |
| P7 | Luke Evans |
| ESB 1 | Primrose Scott |
| ESB 2 | Archie Anderson |
Big Book of Achievement
Summer Jones (P4a) won a choreography competition! She won best costume, 2nd place for Jazz Duet, 1st place for Jazz Solo and 2nd runner up! Well done Summer!
Malika Hassan (P2b) did an amazing time at the Edinburgh Marathon Festival! Well done Malika!
Iona Baruah-Young (P2a) has recently started Highland dancing classes. She took part in a dance at the Drylaw Parish Church Summer Fair with her little sister Bonnie! Well done both!
Cohen Mochrie (P5a) made a katana sword from an anime program he likes, using cardboard, paper and tape, taking only 2 days to complete it! Well done Cohen!
Zander Craig (P1b) took part in a dance competition! Well done Zander!
House Points
Trinity- 399 points
Pilrig- 382 points
McDonald- 365 points
Drummond- 332 points
Well done Trinity!
Well done to everyone on your achievements!
We hope you all enjoy a great weekend!










