Primary 7 had a fantastic trip to Lady Haig’s Poppy Factory in Edinburgh today. The veterans that work there were very funny and we learned a lot from listening to their stories. We were also able to share with them everything we know about World War One and World War Two. Some of us were lucky enough to try on some of the old uniforms the soldiers would wear in the trenches. They were very heavy! Even Miss Armstrong had a go! We then had a tour of the factory, watching and learning from the men and women that make the poppies. Every year they make thousands of poppies that are then delivered all around Scotland.

All the Primary 6’s and 7’s had a FANTASTIC week whether they were away at Dalguise, or here taking part in alternative week fun! We will be sharing what we’ve been up to at this Friday’s assembly (11th November). We hope to see you there! 🙂

Yesterday afternoon, the P7’s and P6’s  presented their sales pitches to Mr McGregor. They managed to control their nerves and presented with confidence. Everybody played their part and some groups made PowerPoints and Powtoons to help support their presentation. A lot of hard work has hopefully paid off! They can’t wait to find out tomorrow if their business idea has been invested in…

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

*Choosing My Little Pony as the theme for our class charter. We love it!

*Seeing our buddies again.

WISH- So far no one in the class has lost golden time and we want this to continue.

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!