Category Archives: Primary 7

P7 Poppy Factory Trip

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.

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P7 and P6 Business Sales Pitches!

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…

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P7 and 6’s Business Enterprise off to a flying start!

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

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Sharing information with you by e-mail

As part of our developments in school to communicate as effectively as possible with you we will be needing an e-mail address.

We can then send newsletters etc straight to your phones/tablets which will be much more helpful for you.

Just hand in an e-mail address through your child or e-mail the school e-mail ( wlboghall-ps@westlothian.org.uk)

Thanks for your support.

Welcome Back !

Welcome to all our new P1 pupils – we have 46 new starts !  We have also welcomed other families to our school community which now totals  291.

We hope they all enjoy their time at Boghall Primary.

Everyone seems to have had a good summer and are ready to work hard to achieve their potential.

Remember that the Blog is a very good place to find information !

Dragons Den in P7/6

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.

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Well done to all involved!