Fun Highlights this term!

Hallowe'en smiles all round
This trio terrified me!

Two of our fun highlights this term have been the fabulous but spooky Hallowe’en Discos. P.1 to P.4 enjoyed lots of spooky games including ‘spooky corners’ and knights and castles, while the P.5 – P.7s loved the Zombie Conga and Thriller Medley. The costumes were amazing so well done to all parents for creative thinking! I have only chosen a selection of photos, but others will be used on the big screen as highlights of the term.

Ella and Lucy practise their scary faces!

Another fun highlight was the P.1 / P.7 Pudsey Picnic as part of our Children in Need fundraising day. P.7s loved joining in the games and dancing. They also helped to organise their buddies for the picnic. Spotty costumes were worn by everyone – even the teachers were ‘spotty’. £279 was raised for this worthwhile charity. Thank you to all parents and families who contributed.

Bethany and Cole make London Bridge
'Buddy Dancing'
Organised for games

P. 1 would like to thank all of their P.7 buddies for another fun highlight this term.

Healthy Lunch Box Campaign

As part of West Lothian’s health promotion campaign we are trying to encourage all pupils and parents to think about healthy eating. A balanced diet , drinking water and milk help our children to learn better and prepares them to become healthy adults.

Mrs. Stewart and Mrs. Ferguson are ‘spotting’ pupils in the lunch hall who have healthy lunch boxes with fruit, vegetables, yogurt and healthy sandwiches. The children are proud to show off their lunches and P.1 are already leading the way with the healthy eating message.

Congratulations to Cole Mason and Sai Bollabathula who received a healthy lunch box certificate today. Please continue to support us with health promotion in this way.

Cole's lunch looks delicious!

Mrs. Ferguson wanted to eat Sai's lunch!

Stellar Award Winners

Congratulations to Ms Allison Barr and the choir for winning the Expressive Arts category at the recent West Lothian Stellar Awards. It is through skilled teaching and committed pupils that this award was possible. Well done!

Five members of the choir were selected by Ms Barr to attend the award ceremony which took place in Howden Park Centre. Holly Gilmour, Chloe Campbell, Jack Falconer, Erin Cannon and Anna McDonald were proud to represent the choir at this special ceremony. They looked very smart in their Bankton uniform and enjoyed going up on stage to receive the trophy and certificates.

Unfortunately Ms Barr was unable to attend because of adult choir commitments, but I was glad to have the opportunity to share this evening with pupils and parents. Some of the award winners have now moved on to James Young  so the photograph used showed the choir performing at the Barbican in London.

Ms Barr has a whole programme of Choir activities planned, but we are also looking forward to our whole school carol service in the final week of term.

Five extremely smart choir members with Mrs. Stewart before the ceremony
Choir Members met Mrs. Kendall from James Young High SchoolWaiting for the ceremony to beginOn stage with the other award winners, feeling very proud!

Welcome to our New Look Blog!

Bankton primary school Blog has a new look and will be re-launched on Friday, 29th November! There are lots of exciting things happening in each of our classrooms, so teachers and pupils will use Friday mornings as weekly reflection time to share the most significant aspects of their learning each week.

Mrs. Ferguson and I look forward to reading these reflections and making encouraging comments on our learners achievements. Please take time as parents and families to make comments, as your children will be directly involved in the weekly reflection and will be able to read your comments the following week. We will also publish personal achievements on the Blog, so please keep the teachers updated with personal achievements in sport, dance, gymnastics, Beavers, Brownies etc.

Over the next few weeks it is our intention to update the Newsletter and Useful Documents pages for parents. These will include items such as the new Nursery handbook, Homework help, Permission slips etc. – So watch this space!

As a school, Bankton Primary will also be planning and preparing for winter readiness in line with West Lothian policy.

We are not planning a school closure anytime soon, however, we want to ensure that learning will continue through the BLOG if we do have to close due to severe weather.

I look forward to continued successful partnership with all of our parents and families and would actively encourage you to ‘KEEP BLOGGING!’