Our Junior School Enrichment Programme

We believe that education extends beyond the classroom. Our extensive enrichment programme is designed to engage, inspire, and develop key life skills in our pupils. From a diverse range of clubs to exciting performance opportunities, our approach ensures that every child is included and encouraged to explore their interests.

Co-Curricular Clubs and Activities

Our Junior School offers an extensive co-curricular club programme that is reviewed regularly to keep activities fresh, modern, and engaging. Clubs run five days a week, covering a broad spectrum of interests.

"We have got an extensive co-curricular club provision for pupils from primary one all the way through to primary five. That is a programme that's reviewed regularly. We meet with the children. We have dialogues with parents to make sure that the clubs that we have are modern, they're interesting, they're exciting, and they're vibrant."

Some of our most popular clubs include:

• Potions Club (P1 & P2) – "Our Potions Club is a P1 and P2 club which is interdisciplinary. It brings in all sorts of different aspects of the curriculum but the primary focus is science. The girls get the opportunity to experiment but it's very much linked to the world of magic. They get opportunities to be very creative, work in teams, problem-solve, and ultimately create magical potions."

• Movie Making Club (P4 & P5) – "The girls have access to iPads and they are tasked with making their own movies. So there's a lot of learning involved in editing, filming, using voiceovers, and different techniques."

• Rock Band – "One of our newest musical clubs is our rock band, which has proved to be so popular that our music specialist, has had to put on a second club because there's been such interest in being part of the rock band."

• Musical Theatre (P3-P5) – "Musical theatre began last year and has proved very popular with our pupils. It is aimed at children in Primary 3, 4, and 5. It's a weekly club led by our specialist music and drama teachers."

Outdoor Learning and Exploration

"Teachers plan opportunities for pupils to regularly learn beyond the classroom. And what I mean by that is taking the learning outside of the traditional four walls of a classroom and pupils engage with nature and real-world learning experiences.”

These experiences help our pupils develop independence, adaptability, and a deeper appreciation of the natural world while reinforcing classroom learning in an engaging and practical way.

• Nature Documentaries (P5) – "Primary 5 create their own nature documentary. They work collaboratively to write a script, research an endangered species in Scotland, and then film and edit the final product as a documentary which they then would showcase to the whole school assembly."

• Junior Duke Outdoor Challenges – "Pupils choose from a variety of challenges such as following a recipe to cook a meal, working collaboratively to solve a problem, and demonstrating resilience in outdoor challenges."

• STEM-Based Outdoor Experiences – "Our pupils take part in hands-on STEM learning outside such as using technology to document their findings in nature and learning how the environment influences science concepts."

• Planetarium Visit (P3) – "Our pupils are learning about the solar system within their space topic. In order to enrich their learning, we had a visiting planetarium come into the school, which allowed the girls to get a hands-on experience and really learn from an expert in that area. It brings the learning to life."

Performance Opportunities for Every Child

"Within the junior school, there are a lot of different performance opportunities, both formal and informal."

• Class Talks & Assemblies – "Girls within their class setting will have opportunities to give class talks, to take part in show and tell, and to speak within a group in a class setting."

• Annual Winter Performance (P1-P5) – "Children in P1 – P5 are all involved in a winter performance."

• Music Performances & Choir – "The choir is very inclusive. You don't have to audition to be in the choir. As long as the child has an interest in any of those areas, they have the ability to perform."

Read the students' accounts of recent enrichment activities in the Junior School:

Digi Club: Preparing for a Spooky Coding Competition

In Digi Club, we are working towards a coding competition. We have to code and create a monster-themed Hallowe'en project...

Maths Week

On European Day of Languages, which fell during Maths Week, the Primary 5s undertook an exciting project for the Junior School. We carried out a survey to find out the languages that our junior school students spoke at home...

Hike to Scald Law

Primary 5 went on a hike to Scald Law, which is one of the biggest hills in the Pentland Hills. Before we went on the trip, we looked up Scald Law on Google Maps and we marked the route and carried our own maps...

Tinsel, Sprouts, and Storytelling: Sibéal Pounder's Festive Visit

Author Sibéal Pounder paid a special visit to St George’s. Primary 4, 5, 6, and Remove came together in the Lower School Hall to hear from the bestselling visiting author.

Sibéal Pounder is well loved for her series Witch Wars and Bad Mermaids, but this morning she was here to talk all things Christmas. Sibéal brought festive cheer as she shared the inspiration behind her book Tinsel and her newest novel, Sprouts. Read full story