What a trip we had!  A1 and A2 spent the day at the Glasgow Science Centre and had an absolute ball.  We learned lots of things about how the body works including inflating lungs and pumping blood round the body.  We explored electricity and how there are lots of different ways to make it. Our favourite part had to be the optical illusions – the tricks that can be played on our eyes was something quite amazing.

We finished our trip with a workshop in the Planetarium.  This was to finish off our learning about Space and the Planets.  We enjoyed star gazing, travelling through space, landing on Mars and looking at the stunning views from the Space Station.

Here’s a selection of our photos! It was so difficult to decide which ones to show!

A2 have been busy learning in the Sensory Garden and the Outdoor Classroom this week.  Our job was to find some interesting objects and then use them to create a picture.  We had everything from a chef cooking a chocolate cake to a character called ‘Leafy’ in a boat.  We spent some time writing imaginative stories to match our pictures – definitely something to have a read of!

We were then tasked with the job of creating and making our own paint brushes.  We searched high and low for different materials like sticks, grass and all sorts of leaves.  You’ll just have to watch this space to see the art we created with them!

Mrs Bryce had a lovely day working in Maths Blast last week.  All children worked really hard to select their own criteria for sorting their natural resources.  Well done everyone!  Take a look at our hard work!

A1’s topic this term is ‘Water’ and we decided to get a special pet for our class. Meet our new friend Freddie!

On Friday 23^rd March Blackburn Primary School will be fundraising for Sport Relief.  Each child is invited to wear sportswear and donate £1 to this worthwhile charity.  Each class will be participating in a health promoting activity within their own classroom and the day will end with a whole school cyber aerobics session led by Joe Wicks, The Body Coach.

We hope you will all join us in this event!

Miss Clarkson and Mrs Bryce had a very special visitor in the office today … The Easter Bunny!

The Easter Bunny came to tell us that he will be visiting the boys and girls at Blackburn Primary School and Hopefield Nursery Class before the Holidays and who knows he might even bring an Easter treat to those who have been good!

Thank you to all our parents and carers who came to hear about their child or children’s progress this session.  It was so lovely to catch up with so many of our families.  We are so grateful to everyone who wrote comments to help us with our ongoing self evaluation.  Your ongoing support is much appreciated!

We would also like to thank West Lothian Food Bank, Community Action Blackburn, Scripture Union, Child Smile, Credit Union and Blackburn Primary School’s Parent Council for giving up their time to share information with us.

As part of our World Book Day celebrations, Jill from Blackburn Library visited P1/2 and P2/3 for a story telling session where she read two lovely books, “The Huge Bag of Worries”, by Virginia Ironside and “The Rainbow Fish”, by Marcus Pfister. The children thoroughly enjoyed the stories and Jill commented on what  a great audience our children were. Thank you!