Meldrum Primary School Blog

Happy New Year to all of our Meldrum families.  I hope that 2026 brings good health and happiness to you all.  It has been lovely to welcome all of our children and staff back to school this week.  The children have been given Scots poems to practise for the annual poetry competition so please support and encourage them at home to learn their chosen poem.

Severe Weather Arrangements

The cold weather has certainly freshened things up this week!  A reminder that in the event of heavy snow or icy conditions, FMA staff (janitors) will clear or salt one initial footpath to allow access to the school safely.  This is because FMA staff have a number of schools to open up and attend to before the start of the school day.  For Meldrum PS, this is the footpath from the bottom gate up towards the front of the school building.  The gate into the back gate will still be open however the playground and path in this area will not be cleared/gritted.   The other footpaths will be worked on by the FMA staff as soon as possible during daylight hours, following completion of their existing essential duties.  This week, the children have come straight into the building on arrival.  A reminder that our morning arrangements are:  any children arriving before 8.35am should come into the building; at 8.35am staff will be in the playground to supervise arrivals.  If there are no staff in the playground at this time, this is due to the weather and children should all come into the building via the breakfast club door where they will be supervised until the start of the school day.

Appointments

Where possible, medical appointments should be arranged for after school however we do know that on some occasions, you may need to make an appointment for your child during school hours.  Unless unwell, children should attend school before and after appointments and not remain at home for the full day.  Children are able to be collected and dropped off at the office, please contact Mrs Stephenson to make these arrangements.

Upcoming dates

Primary 5 are due to go to Deans Community High School for the rescheduled handball festival on Thursday 22nd January.  This will be weather permitting. Primary 4 will perform their class assembly for parents/carers on Friday 23rd January at 9.30am.

Have a lovely weekend everyone!  Lynne Egan.

Primary 3 have had a very busy first week back! We’re excited to be all together again and having fun in the snow at break times.

Great Green (things that are going well)

• Practising our Scots poems and learning some Scottish words.

Think Pink (things we want to get better at)

• Think about adding some gestures and facial expressions when performing our poems.

Lead Learner Update:

Our lead learners this week are Sky and Hiteesha who both consistently show the school values. Well done!

Here is Primary 4’s Blog post of 2026.

Great Green (Things we are doing well!)

Working together and agreeing what to have in our Assembly.

Using coins and notes to make different amounts of money.

Think Pink (We need to keep practising….)

Improving our writing with finger spaces and correct punctuation.

Keep thinking about safe use of the internet at home and school.

Hope you are all enjoying practising your Scots Poetry.

Our Lead Learners next week will be …..

Mollie and Callie

We have had a lovely week celebrating all things Christmas here at Meldrum!  Our class parties were a great success and the children all enjoyed dancing and games with their friends.  On Wednesday, we enjoyed a production from M&M Theatre group which had everyone laughing and singing, especially when they played some songs that we all knew!  Today, we were reminded of the important messages about the Christmas season when we attended St Andrew’s Church for a Christmas service.  Nelu, our chaplain, talked about the gifts that can’t be wrapped such as warmth, joy and love.  Our children were a credit to their families while we walked there and back and also in the church.

On behalf of the staff team, I would like to take this opportunity to wish all of our Meldrum families a very happy Christmas. Remember that Christmas isn’t about the presents around the tree but more in the presence and time that we spend with our loved ones.  We look forward to welcoming the children back on Monday 5th January 2026.

Kind regards, Lynne Egan.

We’ve had a lovely week in school as the festive events continued! Thank you to everyone who came along to our Christmas Fayre, the fantastic total of £860.85 was raised!   P1 – P3 proudly presented their nativity to families and there were lots of positive comments about how well this went.  The children were fantastic!  Children with spoken parts were very clear, P1 remembered their stage directions when moving around and our P2 and P3 choir sang beautifully to share the special story of the birth of Jesus.  Thank you to everyone who made the time to come along and support the children.  P6 took part in a crafting afternoon with the minister and volunteers from St Andrews Church on Tuesday and really enjoyed learning about the Christmas story while taking part in a range of design tasks. Today, we had Crazy Christmas Hair Day and saw some amazing creations and hairstyles! Thank you to those who sent donations for the Food Bank, they will be very well received when we drop them off. We had an assembly where we were joined by Mr Boatman, our Active Schools Co-ordinator who talked about the importance of moving our bodies to stay healthy.  We also focused on our value of Respect with each class being set a challenge by Mrs Brown to work on over the next few days.

We were delighted to receive a surprise delivery this week from the team at Rab’s Bar.  They have gifted a selection box for each child in the school.  We intend to send these home on Monday of next week so please look out for these in your child’s school bag.  We thank everyone who supported this initiative for their generosity.

Please find the link to West Lothian Council’s cost of living hub which may be of interest to some families:  Cost of Living Hub West Lothian – West Lothian Council

Next week is our final week of term before Christmas.  We have a lot of things happening so please take a note of anything that involves your child/children!  Most of the information below has already been shared with you in our Christmas Calendar but please note a few small tweaks to timings.

Monday – P4 Enterprise sale.  All classes will get the chance to visit the P4 Enterprise sale, products range from 10p – 20p.

Tuesday – P4 and P5 Christmas Party – any pupils going home to get ready should be collected from our office at 12.20pm

Wednesday – Christmas Jumpers/festive colours can be worn today.  Pantomime performance in the afternoon.

Thursday – P1, P2 and P3 Christmas Party – any pupils going home to get ready should be collected from our office at 12.15pm; P6 and P7 Christmas party – 6pm until 7.30pm.

Friday – Whole school to attend Christmas service in St Andrew’s Church at 9.30am.  Everyone will walk from our school to the church to take part in the service led by our school chaplain Nelu. Our local EE2 consent forms will cover this so no need for any additional forms to be completed.  Please try to ensure that children arrive to school on time on Friday morning as all staff are attending the church service and we will be leaving to walk down by 9.15am.