The winners of the St Nicholas Reading and Writing competitions had a lovely lunch with our Head Teacher, Mrs Brown, today. They went on a bus to the other end of Broxburn, had a delicious lunch, and were treated to a book of their choice. Thank you very much to our local partners, Glow Worm Books, for looking after our prizewinners so well and for sponsoring these competitions for us.
And well done again to our fabulous readers and writers.
The Eco Group did the RSPB’s Big Schools’ Birdwatch today, noting the different types of birds that are in the Broxburn area, before we uploaded our results to find the Top 10 birds around St Nicholas. We then worked to create bird snappers – older pupils working alongside younger pupils. Thanks to our P7, P6 and P5s who took such good care of our younger St Nicholas children, working with such care, skill and patience. The snappers were very fiddly to put together but we got there with them. Well done everyone!
Our Pupil Council began the judging process today, looking at entries for the St Nicholas Writing Competition. Here they are hard at work reading the entries. The standard of writing was very, very high. Winners for the both the reading and the writing competitions will be announced on Friday 11th of January at assembly. Thanks Pupil Council for your help and giving us your views and insights into what makes a great story.
Thanks to everyone who came to our curriculum cafe today to discuss their children’s learning with them over tea and a biscuit. Our St Nicholas children were very proud to show their families evidence of all their hard work and effort. Our cafe was very, very busy today – thank goodness our Pupil Council and parent partners were on hand to help. Thanks also to Avril Fitzpatrick and Agnes Boyle – ladies from the local community who organise our teas and coffees and who we couldn’t do without.
Our next curriculum cafe will be on Friday the 4th of May.
P4-7 Eco and Pupil council reps have been busy today contributing to a community art trail that is being created for Broxburn and Uphall! In the morning we went out to speak to some local people and shopkeepers to get their ideas on what could be created to benefit the community. We then collated these ideas and fed them back to the designers. In the afternoon we took part in a design workshop and created some lovely bags. 
On Tuesday they had a very important visitor, Archbishop Cushley. The children made him a lovely prayer book and also had a sweet treat for him to enjoy after Lent.
A time of reflection yesterday as St Nicholas Primary School took part in Broxburn’s Remembrance Sunday Service.
Our Pupil Council met with our House and Vice Captains today, to start the design of their house shields. Clyde, Forth, Spey, Tay, Almond and Esk house teams will soon have these displayed prominently in the school. These unique shields will capture what is special about St Nicholas. They will be displayed along with a tally of their house’s points. The Pupil Council and House Captains/Vice Captains will keep you updated on our progress…
