P7 and 6’s are extremely excited to start their  Business Enterprise. This will be running until early December. So far the children have been refreshing their knowledge of the difference between a skill and quality and discussing which ones in particular will be vital to run a successful business.

So far all pupils have been working hard, organising their business groups, choosing a business name and creating a company logo. We also created these logos online and will share with you soon.

On Monday we were lucky enough to have four former pupils visit us from Bathgate Academy. They gave us some great advice and answered our many questions! We loved having them visit us and wish we could have them help every week.

Attached is an information page for any parents looking for more information on how the Business Enterprise works. business-enterprise-information

Primary 7/6 have been working hard learning about different inventors and how their discoveries have changed society in some way.

They were then sent a challenge to design and create their own invention! We had lots of creative ideas from glasses with wipers to our own personal robots! The children worked hard in their groups to write a persuasive sales pitch and then presented their ideas, along with their prototypes, to P7.

P7 asked them lots of interesting questions, such as; the manufacturing cost of their product and what their unique selling point was. P7/6 coped well under pressure and managed to answer their questions.

P7 had to choose which business they would invest in and the winning business was ‘Charged’ – a mobile phone charger that has a percentage calculator and stops producing electricity when your device is fully charged. Rhianna and Toni presented with confidence and professionalism. Our runners up was the Solar panel phone created by Ben W, Adam S and Declan.

Well done to all involved!

Primary 7/6 had great fun last week taking their learning outdoors. It was great to sit in the sunshine and share our literacy circles homework. We’re hoping for more of the same in the next few weeks…

Primary 7/6 made a variety of Easter themed activities to share with Primary 1. We made Easter chick hanging decorations, Easter themed board games and Easter greeting cards. We loved spending some time with them and sharing what we had made. We hope Primary 1a and Primary 1b enjoyed themselves too!

1st Star – Learning new dance routines for the School Show

2nd Star – Getting to write imaginative stories about anything we want! We have wild imaginations!

Wish – For no-one to lose golden time next week.