Meldrum Primary School Blog

March 13, 2026
by Miss McFarlane
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P6 – Friday 13th March 2026

A massive well done and round of applause to the whole class from me this week as we have had so many Great Green moments in our learning! It’s been very impressive hard work and I feel very proud – well done everyone 😊.

Great Green

  • Everybody in Primary 6 have been so focussed on their Daily Maths numeracy. There have been so many great scores, more challenges and some children even choosing to do extra!
  • Miss Harris made a point of saying how much improvements the class has made in their volleyball skills.
  • Mrs Orpin left positive feedback about how independently the class worked in Topic.

Think Pink

  • Socially, we need to keep practicing kindness and how we speak to each other
  • Mrs Brown has been working on friendly numbers with us

 

Lead Learner Update

Our Lead Learners for next week are Krissy and Victor who have been chosen by Andrew and Omar for demonstrating both kindness and responsibility. Let’s keep the display of kindness going, well done!

March 13, 2026
by Miss Canning
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P3 – Friday 13th March

This week we have been continuing our topic of Ancient Egyptians and explored the extraordinary process of mummification. We even had a Kahoot quiz!

Great Green 

We are getting very quick at our 4 times tables and are now practising our 6 times table.

Our French numbers to 31 and our French weather.

Think Pink

Remembering to carry the 10 when revisiting chimney sums and keeping our numbers in the correct columns.

This weeks Lead Learners are Aila and Hazel. Well done!!!

March 13, 2026
by Mrs Lang
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P7 Friday 13th March

This week we have been learning more about Democracy in the UK and Scotland. Using our IT skills, we created posters on the main political parties. We have also been researching information about The Scottish Parliament to create a fact file.

For Outdoor Learning this week we used chalk to create 2D obstacle courses for our P1 buddies. They had great fun following the circuits.

Great Green (Things that went well)

  • Using persuasive vocabulary when creating a written argument.
  • Numeracy Transition – integers (negative and positive numbers).
  • Using Drama to recreate a scene from ‘The Evacuees’ by Carolyn Sloan

Think Pink (Things we want to get better at)

  • We still need to practise recall of our timetables to support division, fractions, measure conversions and algebra.

 

This week our Lead Learners are Connor and Amelia-Leigh for showing respect during team/group work. Well done!

They have decided that next week we will be looking for Perseverance across learning.

March 13, 2026
by Miss Jones
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Primary 1 – Friday 13th March

We have had a very secretive week in Primary 1 rehearsing our assembly. We don’t want anyone to know what it is about and we are very excited to perform it next week.

You will be surprised to see how big we are getting …

Also, we changed our classroom and added in a new Library with a seating area. We have special tags and there are 3 children allowed in the new library at a time. We love spending time in there with our friends.

 

Primary 1 important days

Monday – Outdoor Learning

Wednesday – PE

Thursday – PE

 

Great Green: “What went well…”

-In Writing, we used our Mighty Writer board to write a story about a Mermaid. We know that a story has a beginning, a middle and an ending. Our middle had a problem. Why not ask us what happened to the Mermaid? You could also ask us how the problem was resolved.

-In circle time, we have been doing good listening so thanks to our Lead Learners for showing us what to do!

 

Think Pink: “Even better if…”

-In Assembly, we need to look at the audience and speak louder.

 

Lead Learners:

This weeks lead learners did a great job helping us to learn listening skills, well done Harris and Alice.

Next weeks lead learners are Thomas and Amelie for showing responsibility in Assembly practice. They have shown confidence in their performance and are speaking loudly and clearly.

March 13, 2026
by Mrs Orpin
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Primary 5 – 13th March

We are very excited with our new laptop and iPad cabinet, and we are carefully putting the laptops back in the correct spot in the cabinet to guarantee they are charged when we need them next. We have tech experts to support this in the class.

Great Green – ‘What went well’

– Primary 5 have been practising the power of persuasion. They have been using strong persuasive vocabulary. So… look out! You may end up being persuaded to do something you were not planning to do!!!!
-We finished our ‘Victorian Inventors’ posters. The class used lots of skills including research, creativity and teamwork. Be sure to look at them when you come to Parent’s Night next week.

Think Pink – ‘Even better if’

– use the handwriting skills we have been practising in all our tasks (joined writing).
– counting coins to find totals and working out change from £5 and £10.

Lead Learners.

Our lead learners last week did a great job. Thank you – Eilish and Lawclyn
This week our Lead Learners are Neve and Lucy.
Their tasks will be to
– looking after our supply of coloured pencils and other equipment we use daily in the class to support our learning.
– monitoring pupil’s equipment bags and the changing of shoes appropriate for class activities.

March 13, 2026
by Mrs Scobie
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P4 Friday 13th March 2026

This week we have been keeping up to date with the news by watching Newsround.

Great Green (things that are going well)

As part of our Social Studies we have been learning about the Battle of Dunbar 1296. We worked collaboratively to create a large display showing a scene from the battle.

Daily check ins, Sumdog tasks and books on Giglets have been completed successfully using IT.

Think Pink (things that were a bit tricky)

Mental agility is an area we are continuing to practise in Numeracy.

This week we were learning the French words for family members.

This week’s Lead Learners are Issac and Arran who showed our school values of kindness and respect. Well done!

March 6, 2026
by Mrs Egan
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Meldrum Messages – Friday 6th March 2026

This week, it has felt like we might be turning a corner and heading into more spring-like weather however the snow this morning sent us right back to the winter and the cold!  Hopefully it was just a blip and we see some more dry and nice weather over the coming weeks!  Today, everyone was buzzing about our World Book Day adjective dress up!  We had lots of cosy pupils, sporty pupils and some more unusual adjectives such as spicy and musical!  Thank you to all of our parents/carers for supporting this event which marked World Book Day and also led to lots of conversations about adjectives across the school.  We also had the chance to split into our 4 house groups and take part in some World Book Day themed activities which everyone really enjoyed.  A thanks to the staff team who embraced the theme of the dress up and prepared fun activities to help promote a love of reading.

A reminder to go onto Parents Portal and book a parents evening appointment if you haven’t already done so, there are some appointment slots left for anyone still to book.  Next week is our next Ragbag collection date, you will have been emailed by Mrs Stephenson about dates to send in clothing items.

Food allergies – a plea to please ensure that your child does not bring any items which contain nuts or are made with nut products.  West Lothian Council aims for all establishments to be “nut free zones” and we appreciate your support with this.  I know that previously strawberries were not able to be part of snacks/packed lunches due to an allergy of a member of the school community however this is no longer the case.

Next week

Tuesday – DCHS drama teaching student in the school

Wednesday – Soup Kitchen volunteers to St Andrews Church

Thursday – P6 to DCHS for Badminton festival; P6 and P7 football after school club

March 6, 2026
by Miss Burke
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Primary 2 – Friday 6th March 2026

What a wonderful and special time celebrating World Book Day today. We had so many fantastic adjectives represented. Thank you so much to all of the parents and children for taking part in this school event.

Great Green: “What went well…”

-We have been using Mighty Writer to support our writing this term, where the children create a class story to retell in their jotters. We have been focusing on using adjectives to describe people, places and things (nouns).

-We enjoyed having Keith from RHET Lothian, showing us how to correctly plant and look after potatoes and other vegetables. We had lots of interesting discussion about what we can grow and eat.

-We have also been revising our number bonds to 10 and 20 during number talks this week, which the children have enjoyed playing games in pairs and with random partners. We are focusing on friendly numbers and making / using 10 to get our answer.

Think Pink: “Even better if…”

-We loved learning some French body parts this week, singing Heads, Shoulders, Knees and Toes in French. Primary 2 would like to learn more songs in French!

-We have been working hard to correctly form all our letters, especially focusing on “b” and “d” / “p” and “q” / “i” and “j”. Our focus in literacy has been short vowels, remembering that there is a vowel in every word. Next week we will be looking at “ck”.

Lead Learners:

Our lead learners this week are Harrison and Ellie. They have been kind by helping and caring for others and shown perseverance by always trying their best and never giving up.

March 6, 2026
by Miss McFarlane
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P6 Friday 6.3.2026

World Book Day was this week with lots of great adjectives today from P6!

Great Green

  • On Thursday we learnt new tricks with Mrs Harris in volleyball
  • Our class accuracy on 99 maths for times tables improved
  • Completed badminton sessions with the high school

Think Pink

  • Being more efficient in Daily Maths
  • Continue to learn and research about the Avon Gorge road
  • Continue to build on and improve volleyball skills

Lead Learner Update

Our Lead Learners for next week are Omar and Andrew who have demonstrated both perseverance and responsibility! Lots of great work, well done boys!

March 6, 2026
by Mrs Lang
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P7 Friday 6th March

It has been an interesting week for P7 with lots of in put from different adults. We had a Masterclass on Monday to develop our skills using Adobe Express. We made two posters one for World Book Day using our artistic drawing skills and one to persuade pupils not to walk on the grass using Adobe Express.

In P.E. we were learning and practising the skills to play badminton.

Our DCHS Numeracy Transition this week was on how to find a percentage of a value. It was tricky at first, but Mr McConville showed us an easier way to work it out.

In Art we were expressing ‘Anxious’ and ‘Worried’ using a variety of media.

We have now started our new topic: Democracy.

This morning, we had a good time with our House Groups doing activities for World Book Day.

Great Green (Things that went well)

  • We have been working independently, problem solving on our own, to complete tasks.

Think Pink (Things we want to get better at)

  • Using persuasive language in our writing.

This week our Lead Learners are Aliza and Ameera for always demonstrating honesty… Well done!

They have decided that next week we will be looking for Respect during group work.

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