Category Archives: Whole School
P2/1 Book Corner
There has been excitement in Primary 2/1 this week as we have been setting up our brand new Circus themed reading area in anticipation of Scottish Book Week which begins on Monday 27th November. We are now looking forward to the arrival of our new books. We have been completing our Reading Passport as a class and have some interesting views on how many stars to award each book.
Welcome Back Hopefield Nursery!
We have been really busy settling back into nursery and welcoming our new children.
The children have been exploring our new resources and our outdoor space.
Some of our children found some spiders eggs in the garden which sparked an interest in mini-beasts. This has now become our focus of learning. We even have some live caterpillars which we are caring for and hopefully we will watch them turn into beautiful butterflies.
HMIe Focus Groups
A massive thank you to all of our parents, pupils and partners who took the time today to meet in focus groups with our inspectors. Everyone was so positive and happy to share their experiences with the HMIe team. Our pupils and staff are thoroughly enjoying sharing our learning with our visitors this week although I think everyone will enjoy their long weekend too. Mrs McCarney
Welcome back newsletter
Welcome to Primary 1/2
The children in Primary 1/2 are off to a great start and are trying hard to be good listeners. The have been settling into new routines and enjoying getting to know their new classmates better. A big thank you to the Primary 2 children who have been super role models for our new Primary 1 children!
Wider Achievements of the School
One of our Primary 2 pupils’ ran 1 kilometer with his mum on the West Lothian Council fun run. Well done for demonstrating resilience and a healthy growth mind set.
Ending the year
ASD1 rounded off their Habitats topic with visits to very different habitats. We headed up to Blackburnhall Holdings to look for wildlife and farm animals in a countryside habitat. We spotted lovely flowers, mini beasts, as well as a variety of farm animals before going to visit to horses at Biccarton Training yard.
Our final Habitat visit was to the seaside, or coastal habitat. We looked for evidence of wildlife on the beach before making the most of our time at Silver Sands in Aberdour. The rain mostly kept away, so we had fun building sandcastles, paddling in the freezing cold water and then playing in park after our picnic lunch. What a great way to round off the year. Thank you to all the family helpers who came along.
Walking club
The last few weeks of walking club were again blessed with dry weather. P3/4 really enjoyed their outings to Linlithgow Loch and also to Beecraigs Country Park where we climbed the very windy Cockleroy Hill before trying out some den building in the woods!
When it was P5/6/7’s turn we headed to Blackness, where we walked along part of the John Muir Way into the estate of Houptoun House. There was a wee bit of a boulder stack building contest going on at our snack break. Whose boulder stack is best?
Science Fun
ASD1 really enjoyed the final activity of our Science topic about changes. We had been investigating chemical reactions and this time we looked at the cooling/freezing reaction that happens when you mix ice with rock salt. This was demonstrated by making ice cream in plastic bags!
We placed all the ingredients into small, sealable plastic bags, which then went into larger, sealable bags filled with ice and rock salt. Then we put our gloves on, then (helped by Taylor Swift) we shook it up for five minutes. The best bit was tasting the ice cream that was in our small bag when we opened it!
