February 22, 2019
by Miss Canning
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We traveled to New Lanark yesterday as part of our topic ‘Work & Play – The Victorian Way’.
Whilst there we toured some historic mills and found out more about an extremely important man Robert Owen.
We saw some beautiful sites, participated in a Victorian classroom reenactment, and even enjoyed a ride on a ghost trail!
Thank you again Primary 6 for being a credit to Meldrum Primary School!
February 14, 2019
by Miss Ross
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Primary 4 have been learning about discrimination and equality.
For this task we focussed on gender (the class did not know the focus at this point). Poppy and Cole were 2 of the pupils who volunteered and were chosen for the task. Both pupils were asked to do the same task (put cones in one tub and spheres in the other). After the task was complete Cole was given 9 sheets of raffle tickets and Poppy was given 1 sheet as a reward. Both of them looked a little confused as did the rest of the class…
‘But that’s not fair, he has more’
‘They did the same thing’
‘Did he pick up more?’
‘Is that why he got more raffles?’
I told the class the only reason Cole got more raffle tickets was because he was a boy.
‘What? why?’
‘I dont think thats very fair’
‘Neither do i’
‘We did the same thing though’
‘No one did a better job they were the same’
Cole- ‘But i think i should give some of mine to Poppy’
The class all agreed that they should have been given an equal reward for completing the same task. Cole gave Poppy 4 sheets of his raffles so they both had 5 each. We then came up with a definition for discrimination. The class also came up with other super examples of discrimination. Discrimination is unfair treatment of a person or group of people. In this case the different treatment is because of the person’s gender.
January 31, 2019
by Miss Jones
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Primary 3 invited their parents and carers into school to join them for breakfast. They enjoyed sharing their literacy activities from the classroom.
January 29, 2019
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Primary 5 invited their parents/carers into school to join them for breakfast and to share what they have been learning about in class.
January 28, 2019
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Primary 5 have been learning about discrimination.
We started off with a circle time and some thought provoking questions. We discussed our own experiences and worked out what we thought was and was not discrimination.
Later on in the week we made up drama sketches exploring discrimination and asked another group their thoughts on how they interpreted our drama. Primary 5 reflected and some children wrote a comment, with a partner, explaining how they felt about the subject.
January 25, 2019
by Miss Canning
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Primary 6 had a great time at their Big Breakfast! There were lots of active activities for pupils to share their learning and of course the pancakes and pastries!
Thank you to all the parents/carers who could make it along. The pupils enjoyed showing you what they have been learning in class, and they loved the parents playing ‘Touch-down’!! Thanks again for participating in the games and making it such a positive experience.
January 11, 2019
by Mrs Orpin
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P7 barely escaped with their lives!
This week (on Thursday) Primary Seven visited ‘The Risk Factory’ to see what risks we might have at some point in our lives. There were twelve different rooms with lots of dangers which we had to identify and discuss with our groups. Probably one of the most popular rooms was the fire room. People liked it because it was one of the most active situations! Our tour guides did a fantastic job talking to us, also explaining how we could prevent accidents from happening. We also pretended to make emergency calls.
Did all of us make it out?…
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December 19, 2018
by Mrs Brown
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Well done to all our classes who have counted down to Christmas by bringing in items for West Lothian Foodbank.
You can see from their faces how heavy those boxes are now!
We will pass on these gifts and the children’s smiles and hope they bring some Christmas cheer to other families.
Many thanks for all the donations.
December 14, 2018
by Mrs Stephenson
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BRASS AWARDS
Two of our fabulous brass players attended the Scottish Brass Championships over last weekend. During this competition, Megan and Kyle, both from P6, won a Gold Award, beating a number of older brass players from across Scotland! I am sure you will all join me in congratulating them on this wonderful achievement!
December 12, 2018
by Mrs Stephenson
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Our wonderful P4, P5 and P7 pupils helped to share Christmas Spirit across West Lothian with their fabulous singing on Monday.
Please click on the link below to view videos of West Lothian schools.
https://www.westlothian.gov.uk/communitynews
