What a busy week we have had. Primary 7 have started looking at Macbeth in Drama with Mrs Loughton as part of our Horrible Scotland topic and will be learning more in our reading. We are learning about French Polynesia with Mrs Ewing as part of a West Lothian Langauge project, the pupils are having fun learning about language and different cultures.

Tuesday the 6th was Safer Internet day. We took part in the Police Scotland Glow meet, learning about how to use the internet and social media safely and who to talk to when something doesn’t feel right.

Top tips from Primary 7:

Your friends online … Know them offline – Jenna

Electronic interactions mean you miss out on things like tone of voice and reading people body language so messages can be misread. – Leah

cyber bullying is still bullying – watch out for things like pictures being posted without consent, hateful messages and leaving people out – Emma

Everyone is capable of becoming a bully and a victim – Arron

Anything you post becomes public property, it is in the terms and conditions. Even though your snap chat picture disappears it still ends up on a forum somewhere in the world. – Police Scotland

As long as we use the internet safely it can be great, it is changing the way we communicate.

Also this week:

We have started our reading challenge for the First Ministers Challenge. Everyone has a book to read at home and a record book to fill in.

This week has been Mental Health awareness week for children. We have spent the week having discussions with our peers about how we feel. We also completed a mental welling being workshop with Sheila Colthart. We talked about the effect bedtime can have on our mental health, energy drinks, what could be going on in people home lives, siblings and our emotions among other issues. We all agree to be a little kinder to each other as we never know what someone is going through at home.