December 20, 2016
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Pinewood School Choir entertained visitors to Edinburgh Airport this week. They sang Christmas songs for almost two hours and raised over £500 for charity in the process. The Charity Committee in school will now decide where the money goes. They did a wonderful job, well done to all. Continue reading
May 18, 2016
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Comments Off on Pinewood gets lost in their new maze
Here at Pinewood we have just finished building our new maze. We are really looking forward to using it for all sorts of activities. It is outside out Outdoor Classroom and will certainly provide hours of fun for all the classes in school. Group 5 have also been enjoying their outdoor learning. We hope you […] Continue reading
February 2, 2016
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Comments Off on Safer Internet Day 2016 – Tuesday 9th of February
Please have a look on the Safer Internet Day Parent/Carer resource and also the Think You Know parents site to learn more about keeping children and young people safe online. You may find the Think You Know – Children aged 4-7 information particularly helpful, where you can find out about setting parental controls, search engine ‘safe’ modes and YouTube […] Continue reading
November 13, 2015
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This week we learned about the important work of Poppy Scotland and why people wear poppies. We made paper poppies of our own by hand just like the volunteers used to at the Lady Haig Poppy Factory and we created lovely poppy collage pictures and poppy paintings to take home. We had fun modelling poppies […] Continue reading
October 30, 2015
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Supporting Children’s Learning at Home. This term we introduced a Try at Home board which you will see in the foyer. This board and the displays bedside it will give you ideas to support your child’s learning at home. The activities promote language development by extending children’s vocabulary and listening and attention skills. Within science we […] Continue reading
October 7, 2015
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Comments Off on Hector’s paw prints.
Jade and Hector (our Miniature Jack Russel friend from Pets As Therapy) popped in to visit us again at nursery, this time for a spot on paw printing! Children are getting to know Hector and are learning how to look after him and be kind to him, supported by Jade each time they visit. Children […] Continue reading
June 5, 2015
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Comments Off on Primary 5/6 Pizza Parlor
The boys and Girls from Primary 5/6 transformed their classroom into a pizza parlor last Friday. They used a variety of healthy ingredients to create their own version of the dish, which was created originally in Naples. They learned that some of the ingredients in ready made pizzas are difficult to digest and can make you feel […] Continue reading
May 14, 2015
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Comments Off on Together we enjoy handling, tasting, talking and learning about different foods…
The children at Bathgate Early Years Centre enjoy taking responsibility for caring for and growing fruit, vegetables, plants and flowers in our orchard and outdoor areas. Each week they enjoy spending a group time in the green house watering the produce, observing the changes and growth. They have worked hard to label everything they have […] Continue reading
May 12, 2015
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Comments Off on Food for under a Fiver!
The boys and girls in Primary 5/6 had their first practical food technology lesson on Friday. We transformed our classroom into a working kitchen. The boys and girls were learning how to use cutting techniques such as the bridge and the claw. Some of the class researched healthy menus using fruit for ingredients. The children chose to make […] Continue reading
February 26, 2015
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Comments Off on Dinosaur Discoveries on Glow TV
On Tuesday, the afternoon group tuned into a live stream on Glow TV to learn about dinosaurs from the Triassic, Jurassic and Cretaceous periods. It was fascinating to look at artefacts from National Museums Scotland, such as dinosaur foot prints, poo and fossils on the Smartboard. We discovered that some dinosaurs walked on two legs […] Continue reading
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