The boys and girls in Primary 1a and 1b would like to invite their mummies and daddies along to their classrooms on Tuesday, 24th of May at 2.00pm to see all of their super work. Please come along if you can.
Fairytale fun in Primary 1 !
We received another letter from the Friendly Dragon today and another clue for the fairytale that he would like us to read. He left us a beautiful, sparkly shoe ! Who does it belong to ? We think we know, do you ?
P3 and P2 Take a Trip to the ZOO!
Great writing in P1a.
Here is some of the super writing that we did today in our news jotters. We are practising using our sounds, capital letters and full stops. We love writing !
Go-karting champ!
Well done to Monde-Jnr for receiving this trophy for winning first place at a go-kart competition at Larkhall at the weekend. We are all very proud of you.
Primary 1a’s ‘Star Pupil of the Week’ and DOJO Champion.
A very big well done to Umaima for being this week’s ‘Star Pupil’. Umaima has worked well all week and especially on her writing. Her letter to our Friendly Dragon was super ! Well done to Leon for being this week’s ‘DOJO Champion’. Leon has been working well all week remembering and been a helpful and kind boy in class.
Who will it be next week ?
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Japanese Homes
Primary 7 have been working hard learning all about Japan. As part of their homework they took on the challenge of researching and building a Japanese house.
Egg-cellent Air Resistance
In science, primary 7 have been learning about air resistance. This week we carried out an investigation using bin bags, cups, eggs & string. We each in a group of 4/5 made 3 different size parachutes: small, medium & large to test which would have the greatest air resistance. Before the investigation we (the majority of the class) made a hypothesis that the small parachute would have the least air resistance. From the investigation we found that the hypothesis was correct & the larger the parachute, the greater the air resistance.
Jasiu thought it was quite fun making the parachute & dropping them to see which one would land first.
Ellie thought that the experiment was good and she enjoyed using the eggs to test our theory.
Second Successful Reply for Sixes!
Today Primary 6 received our second reply from an inspirational Scot!
After our Harry Potter novel and film compassion study, Mandipa wrote to Robbie Coltrane the legendary Scottish actor who played Hagrid in the series of films!
Today the post man brought her reply and she was delighted to find a signed photo in the envelope! Well done Mandipa!
Amazing Adventures in Primary 1b
Hola!
My greatest appologies for the long delay since my last update.
Primary 1b have been so busy since coming back from the Easter holidays.
First of all, our most exciting news is that we have had some post. We have had letters from ‘The Friendly Dragon’. He lives in Fairyland, but he needs our help. Fairyland is disappearing, and he has asked us to read lots of fairytales, and rebuild Fairyland in our classroom, so all the fairytale characters have somewhere to go.
So far we have read Jack and Beanstalk, Goldilocks and the Three Bears, Rumpelstiltskin, and The Three Little Pigs.
We have written some amazing stories of what we would see if we climbed the beanstalk. We also build a huge beanstalk in the classroom.
A couple of days later we came back in the classroom to see a huge mess in the classroom. Porridge was spilled everywhere and chairs were knocked over. It turns out Goldilocks had been in our classroom. She was such a monkey. We decided to make some Wanted posters, so everyone can look out for her, as she needs to come to say sorry. Although, we also read a book written by the baby bear (his name is Sam). Goldilocks is actually his friend, so we think she might be back soon.
Last week we wrote a letter to the dragon to let him know all about our adventures. He visited our classroom during playtime to read our letters. He was very impressed!
He then left us a new story, and some clues.
So this week we have been investigating The Three Little Pigs, to work out how to make our classroom comfortable for them to come to stay. We have got more straw, sticks and bricks in the class, and we are playing with them to build our own houses.
We have also been on an adventure around the school, to see what other materials things are made out of.
We found lots of metal, wood, bricks, fabric and plastic all over the school. Maybe the first two pigs could use some of these ideas? We also had some materials in the classroom, to investigate how heavy they are. We decided the feathers were the lightest, and the bricks were the heaviest.
We have been doing lots of other work too.
We are very very proud of our maths work at the moment. We have been adding numbers within 10, remembering the number bonds up to 10. We are getting very quick with these. We often play a game against Mrs Baty, and we ALWAYS win!
We have also been learning to answer take away sums. We are learning that we just need to count backwards.
We have even realised that adding and take away sums are linked! Did you know that?
Finally, Gabrielle was in a dance competition a couple of weeks ago. Both her, and her sister in nursery, had some amazing costumes and some fantastic routines. Well done girls!
We will try our best to remind Mrs Baty to update you all again very soon. Until then, adios!
P6 Football Team Lunch!
The Primary 6 football team enjoyed a team lunch yesterday with Miss King and Miss Miller as a treat to celebrate all their hard work this year and their success in their latest tournament! Well done boys, you make us all very proud, you have worked so hard as a team and have constantly developed this year!
Primary 7 team will have their lunch after their final tournament!
Primary 1a’s ‘Star Pupil of the Week’.
Here is Tavia ! She is our ‘Star Pupil of the Week’ in our class. Tavia caught my eye this week for a number of reasons. She has remembered to use her magic manners, she was VERY brave after falling and giving herself a nasty cut AND she has worked hard in her writing to make sure that she is using capital letters and full stops. Well done Tavia, keep it up !
We have no ‘DOJO Champion’ this week with it being a shorter week. Points will be carried over next week.
Super swimmer in P1a !
Here is Kyle proudly showing off his swiming certificate. He has moved up to level 6 , wow ! You must be a super swimmer Kyle. Keep up the good work.
Special Surprise for P6 Letter Writers!
Last month Primary 6 sent letters to inspirational Scottish people. Our aim was to get a reply from them and for them to answer our questions and send us their favourite Scottish recipe for our class cookbook. Today we received our first reply!
Michael and Nicole wrote to Hibs and Celtic player (and Saint Nicholas pupil!) Liam Henderson, and lucky for us when he read their wonderful letters he decided to pop in and answer their questions in person! It was very very exciting and a great surprise! Everyone got a chance to ask questions and we learned a lot about what life is like as a football player! A huge ‘Thank You’ to Liam for taking the time to visit our children! Nicole and Michael were over the moon!
Breaking News in P1 !
NEWSFLASH !!!!
The dragon has left us another note and clues ! He has left us a brick, straw and some sticks. What could this mean? Maybe he wants us to read another fairytale. All will be revealed tomorrow !
Primary 1a’s ‘Star Pupil of the Week’ and ‘DOJO Champion’.
A very big well done to Flynn this week for being our ‘Star Pupil of the Week’. Flynn has worked well this week, had super manners and been a good and helpful friend.
(I will have to retake your picture Flynn as it won’t upload for me).
Here is Lara proudly showing off her certificate for being our ‘DOJO Champion’. Like Flynn, Lara has been kind, helpful and worked hard. Keep up the good work everyone. YOU all make me proud.
Mrs Macdonald.
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Fairyland fun in P1.
We have some exciting news ! Our friendly dragon has left us another two letters. He left us letter number 2 yesterday. In his second letter he told us that he was so happy to see our classroom beginnning to look like Fairyland. As a special gift he left us all a ‘Castle Book’ for us to write in. So, we have all drawn a picture of ‘Jack and the Beanstalk’ on the front covers.
Today though, has just been fantastic! We got a big shock after play time to see that someone had ran through our classroom and had spilt porridge oats all over the carpet. After a lot of discussion we all agreed that we think this must have been GOLDILOCKS !!! She has been very naughty leaving our classroom in such a mess.
However, our shock turned to delight to see that the dragon had left us letter number 3 and ‘Goldilocks and the Three Bears’ to read. We read this story. It was great! We have asked Mr Macdonald to be on the look out for Goldilocks. She needs to come back to our class to tidy up !
Here are some photographs of us all.
Primary 1a’s ‘Star Pupil of the Week’.
A very big well done to Maksymilian for being this week’s ‘Star Pupil of the Week’. He has tried really hard this week with his writing. Keep it up !
Our DOJO champion this week is Haroon .Well done !
St Nicks in the Sunshine
Some photos of the boys and girls enjoying being out in the sunshine today!
The football team enjoying a treat on the way to training tonight!
Homework Club are working hard!
The boys and girls from the upper school ‘Homework Club’ were hard at work after school today! We loved using the schools new netbooks to complete research, do projects and practice skills!
P6 QUIZMASTERS!
Well done to our amazing p6 quiz team who came 2nd in the Rotary Primary Schools Quiz!
They tied for 1st place but missed out on the top spot in the tiebreaker question!
You all make everyone at St Nicholas very proud! Keep working hard!
A visit to the vets
Our boys and girls had a wee treat yesterday – they went on a visit to the vets. This was a big coincidence because we’d just been looking at the tickly ‘v’ sound. We saw lots of animals at the vets and we even got to see where the animals were weighed. It was a long walk there and back! We’ve been enjoyed stories about vets and have a vet area in our nursery.
Isla’s Super Highland Dancing Trophy
Congratulations to Isla Keogh who came 3rd place at her highland dancing competition at the weekend!
Primary 1’s special surprise !
The boys and girls from P1a and P1b got a special surprise today ! It would appear that a friendly dragon visited our classrooms whilst we were outside practising our capital letters.
We have been left a letter and a special D-mail box from this dragon. He is sad because his land, ‘Fairyland’ has been destroyed so he wants us to turn our classrooms into a new Fairylands.
Well, as you can imagine this has caused great excitement and we are definitely up for this challenge. We will keep you all posted over the next few weeks as to what we are going to do to rebuild Fairyland.
Primary 1a’s ‘Star Pupil of the Week’.
Well done to Thomas for being this week’s ‘Star Pupil of the Week’. He has worked hard all week and especially with his writing.
Insteas of there being a Dojo Champion this week (technical issues), all of the boys and girls were given a treat from the special box for working well. Keep it up everyone !
Have a lovely weekend,
Mrs Macdonald.
Super Runner!
Congratulations to Kirsten Morris on your athletics achievements!
Scout star!
Congratulations to Alea Badrane on being scout of the month!
Lunch with the Teacher
Some primary 6 children enjoying their DOJO reward!
Hearts sign one of St Nicholas best football players!
A huge congratulations to Michael Beagley on signing with Hearts!
Scottish Woodland vs South American Rainforest
Today as part of our Rainforest topic primary 6 visited the woodland area beside the canal to begin comparing the Scottish landscape with the tropical rainforests. We are so excited about this topic, we’ve planned lots of wonderful activities. The thing we want to know most about is the tribes!
P7 Broxburn Transition Camp
Hi everyone!
St Nicholas boys and girls have been having a great time at camp. We’ve been busy non-stop with abseiling, playing laser quest, problem solving, the 3G swing, building shelters, and sitting round the camp fire with hot chocolate at night. Our rooms are warm and cosy and we’re getting to know lots of children who’ll be with us in Broxburn Academy next year. Our last night is tonight and we’re having a disco and movie night tonight. Mrs McGuire is really proud of all of us: we’ve worked hard; taken part in all activities; and been an absolute credit to our parents and St Nicholas.
Photos will be uploaded when we get out of the wilds and back to civilisation.
See you all soon.
P7 Broxburn Academy Campers
‘Boney’ the skeleton
Look at all the amazing facts we have learned about the skeleton today! #successfullearners
The longest bone in your body is the femur. Maisie
Adults have 206 bones! Laura
Your skull is smooth. Ethan
Your rib cage protects your lungs and heart. Ellie
The stirrup is in your ear and it is the smallest bone in your body. Milo D
When you are a baby you have 300 bones. When you get older some of them join together. Marwa
Your skull protects your brain. Niamh
If you didn’t have bones your skin would fall down. Summer
The pelvis is the biggest bone in your body. Megan
Your spine connects to the back of your brain. Ethan
33 little bones make up your spine. Stephen
Fish and milk help you to have strong bones. Casper
Milk gives us Calcium and fish gives us Vitamin D. Megan
Sunlight gives us strong bones. Milo M
More medals!
Well done to Grace for receiving this trophy last night for coming 3rd in a Disco dancing competition.
Well done to Ruby for receiving this medal for running a 2k run during the Easter holidays.
We are very proud of you.
Medals everywhere!
Primary 3A have been busy during the holidays.
– Well done to Rebecca for receiving this medal and certificate for Highland dancing before the Easter holidays.
– Well done to Maisie for receiving this medal for coming first in a skiing race in Italy during the Easter holidays.
– Well done to Harris for receiving this medal for competing in a duathlon during the Easter holidays.
– Well done to Monde-Jnr for receiving this trophy for coming first in a go-karting time trial.
We are all very proud of our class mates.
TALENT SHOW 2016
WOW! We are so lucky to have a school full of amazing, kind, helpful and talented children in our school! Today some of them took to the stage to showcase their talents at the annual Saint Nicholas Has Got Talent event!
The staff and pupils were blown away by wonderful singing, dancing, gymnastics and taekwondo! Everyone was laughing at the wonderful jokes!
To end the show there was a special surprise as some of the teachers took to the stage to perform! We had been practicing all week after school!
Hope you all had a good time! Enjoy the holidays everyone!
Easter egg hunt
Today Primary 3 and 3/2 went on an Easter egg hunt to find eggs in the infant garden. We used the eggs to fill our Easter baskets that we are building. It was lots of fun.
Easter cakes
Yesterday primary 3 and 3/2 worked together to make Easter cakes. We used chocolate, cereal and mini chocolate eggs. It was great fun and the cakes were yummy. Today we wrote a recipe for making the cakes. We used openers such as first, then, next, after that and finally.
Primary 1a’s Weekly Evaluation
What have we learnt ?
What have we enjoyed?
Santiago – I have learnt a new sound. It was tr.
I have enjoyed Golden Time.
Lara – I have learnt the new sound st.
I have enjoyed buying toys at our bring and buy sale.
Kyle – I have learnt a new sound – st.
I have enjoyed learning my new sound.
Tavia – I have learnt about symmetrical things.
I have enjoyed going to music. We were singing and Mrs Steel played the guitar.
Primary 6 visit Scottish Shale Museum
Primary 6 enjoyed a wonderful day today at the Almond Valley Heritage Centre and Scottish Shale Oil Museum! Our topic is Scottish Industries and we loved seeing how life in Broxburn would have been in the days of mining and shale oil.
We played games in the adventure zone, made candles using parrafin wax, explored the history of industry in Broxburn. Then we visited the old Mill, and the farm!
We had lots of fun on the trampolines, gokarts, wartime garden, animal enclosures and parks!
Thank you to Sami, Manpida, Freya and Ali’s mums for coming along and sharing this day with us! Even though it was cold and wet, we all had a fantastic time!
DANCEMARATHON!
Here are some photos from our Dance Marathon yesterday!
We all had a wonderful time and hopefully raised lots of money for our Lenten Appeal!
5, 2 or 1 hour of non stop dancing can be pretty challenging! Well done everyone!
A special THANK YOU to the dance leaders from St Margarets Academy for running a session with us, and the girls from JHM who taught everyone an amazing dance!
Highlights were definitely the class dance off, lip sync battle and best dancer competition!
Remember to bring in your sponsor money by FRIDAY!
P1 and P2 go dancing !
P1 and P2 had a great hour this afternoon dancing for our Lenten charities. We danced along to our favourite tunes and played musical statues.
We also had a competition to see who the best dancers were. We all had some moves but we all agreed in the end that Kuba was the winner from P1 and Finn was the P2 winner. Well done boys !
Canal walk
Today Primary 3 and 3/2 went for a walk along the Union Canal. We looked for lots of different things. Here are some facts we found out about the canal.
We saw the canal getting wider for the boats to turn. Isla M
We saw swans along the canal swimming and gliding. Grace
I saw the swans making a love heart with their necks and heads. Hubert
The number of the bridge was 27. Maisie
We saw the shale bings. Ben
In the canal there was rubbish including a football, bottles, bicycle wheel, and other food wrappers and a bike. Callum
We saw a weather vane on top of Broxburn Primary. Rebecca
Lots of branches had fallen in the canal. Zac
We saw a ginger cat laying at the side of the canal. Ruby
The water in the canal was rippling. Ciaran
There was mooring point to tie boats up along the side of the canal.
The port was called Port Buchan. Luke There are also lots of reeds in the water.
Super symmetry in P1a.
Here we are learning all about symmetry. We are learning that pictures and shapes that are symmetrical are the same on the both sides , even if you turn them or flip them.
P1a’s ‘Star Pupil of the Week’ and ‘Dojo Champion’.
Apologies for the late post ! Here are last week’s recipients of weekly awards. A big well done to Niamh for being our ‘Star Pupil’ I am very proud of you.
Here is Fynn proudly showing off his ‘Dojo Champion’ certificate. I am very proud of you too. Keep up the good work boys and girls.
P1a’s ‘Star Pupil of the Week and Dojo Champion’.
Here is Haroon proudly showing off his certificate for being this week’s ‘Star Pupil of the Week’. You are a star !
Well done to Anum for being this week’s ‘Dojo Champion’. Another close week with only one point of a difference between her and other children. Who will it be next week ?
P2 & P2/1 Assembly
A huge well done to P2 and P2/1 for leading our assembly all about ‘The 5 senses.’ If you didn’t manage to see it, click on the link so that you don’t miss out!
P1a’s weekly evaluation.
What have we learnt ?
What have we enjoyed ?
Raqab – I have learnt about Jesus. He turned water into wine.
I have enjoyed playing with friends.
Flynn – I have learnt that you should never put electricity near water.
I have enjoyed going to gym.
Cole – I have learnt a new sound – ai.
I have enjoyed going to gym.
Lucas – I have learnt that you can do half past on an analogue clock. The big hand points to six.
I have enjoyed colouring in a picture of Jesus,
Time fun in P1a.
Here we are working together and playing games to help us to learn how to tell the time. We are now really good at identifying o’clock and half past for analogue and digital clocks.
P1’s Bring and Buy Sale – Thursday, 17th of March.
Bring and Buy Sale – Thursday, 17th of March.
The boys and girls are really looking forward their ‘Bring and Buy Sale’. Please hand in donations of good quality toys, games and books for us to sell. All money raised will go towards our ‘Lenten Charity Appeal’. Donations can be handed in to the office or Mrs Macdonald. Thank you for your support.
More Camp Collages
Congratulations Nia!
At the weekend Nia won two spectacular trophies for highland dancing. She was the National winner which is an amazing achievement. Well done Nia, we are all very proud of you! 
Medal champions
Well done to Grace and Rebecca for receiving these medals for gymnastics and cheer leading.
No Smoking Day
In Health and Wellbeing this term primary 7 have been learning about tobacco. As part of this unit they created posters to highlight some of the negative effects that smoking can have on our bodies. Some of these posters will be on display in our local Library to promote No Smoking day on the 9th of March.
Nice Numbers With Numicon
Our classes were working out fractions of chocolate bars last week using the Numicon system. We learned about different fractions and how to calculate them. We worked out that two fifths and three fifths made a whole!
Primary 1a’s Weekly Evaluation.
What have we learnt ?
What have we enjoyed ?
Flynn – I have learnt a new sound – ou.
I have enjoyed making an Elmer.
Lara – I have learnt all about the sound ou.
I have enjoyed dressing up as Heidi.
Haroon – I have learnt all about clocks. I have learnt all about half past.
I have enjoyed going to Broxburn Library.
Lucas – I have learnt all about digital clocks.
I have enjoyed going to the library and meeting an author.
Santiago – I have learnt that when we add we shouls start counting from the biggest number.
I have enjoyed the P5s coming to read to us.
Book Week Characters in P1a.
Here are the boys and girls from Primary 1a dressed up as their favourite book characters. Well done everyone, you all look fantastic!
Book Week Update.
Today was a super day with lots of great things happening. What did we do ?
Lots of classes completed their book themed wall/classroom door.
We brought in books to swap with a friend in our class. We all went home with a new book.
A different teacher read a story to us.
P5 played ‘Book Cluedo’. We now have an idea who took Mrs Brown’s books ! All will be revealed tomorrow.
Book Week Update
We have been having a fantastic week this week, celebrating book week.
We have been engaging in lots of activities all week, and still have plenty to go.
This week we have been enjoying lots of paired reading (reading to others in the school). Primary 1 particularly enjoyed the primary 7 boys and girls reading to them.
Primary 4-7 have been going on a ‘Cluedo Quest’. Someone stole all the books from Mrs Brown’s office! They have been answering clues, leading them all around the school, to help them work out who did it!
We have been receiving some amazingly creative photos for our Extreme Reading competition. They are all on display in the gym hall. We have had children reading whilst hula hooping; upside down; in the dogs bed; on the moon; standing on top of a giant peach; on a horse; in a tree and many more!
Our teachers have been challenging us this week as well. There is a display in the gym hall, with lots of teachers hiding behind their favourite books. It is really tricky to work out who is who!
We have all been working as a class to create an imaginative display based on a favourite book, or a number of favourite books. We can’t wait to see which class wins this competition on Friday.
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We still have many more activities to do as well!
Tomorrow (Thursday) we are participating in a book swap in the classes. Every child has been asked to bring in a book they no longer want, or read, and it will be swapped with someone else, meaning we all go home with a new book to enjoy.
Also tomorrow our teachers are all swapping classes to read a story to another class.
But the thing we are most looking forward to is the chance to dress up as our favourite book character on Friday (Nursery is on Thursday)! We have been discussing costumes all week. There is a prize for the most imaginative costume from each year group.
Keep checking back for more updates!
Primary 1 & 2’s Library Visit
Today, primary 1 and 2 had a fantastic afternoon. We visited the local library. We met the author and the lead character of the children’s books Badger The Mystical Mutt.
Badger is a large black and white dog, who loves toast, and is awfully cheeky! He is also very good at magic. We watched him perform a number of magic tricks, in between annoying Laura, the author.
We also listened to a short extract from the first book.
It really was a brilliant afternoon. Thank you so much to the library and to Laura and Badger.
Primary 1 Book Week
Primary 1 have been having a fantastic week this week. We have been celebrating books in all sorts of ways!
We have had our primary 7 buddies come to read to us twice this week! We loved listening to their stories, and even read them some stories too.
We have each designed / coloured a bookmark, which Mrs Baty says she’s going to laminate for us to keep.
We have read lots of new books and our favourite books every day this week.
We chose our favourite class book (The Selfish Crocodile) and have been designing a display on our door. It is looking so good. Fingers crossed we win the competition on Friday.
We got together to write the first page of a whole school story. We began it by introducing Mr Zebra, who was getting ready for his own birthday party with Mr Tiger and Mrs Hippo. He wore a blue and red sparkly party hat, and his party t’shirt. But on his way to the party … he fell into a puddle! We can’t wait to hear how it ends.
Today we went with the primary 2’s, to the library. We saw a short performance about Badger The Mystical Mutt. He was a very cheeky dog!
We have also been looking at some of the amazing ‘Extreme Reading’ photos. We are so creative.
We are really looking forward to the rest of the week. Tomorrow we are going to have a story from a different teacher; we have our book swap; and we can’t wait for our Dress Up Day on Friday.
Primary 1b’s Edinburgh Castle Trip
Primary 1b had a fantastic time at Edinburgh Castle (please forgive the delay of this post!!!)
We arrived at the Royal Mile, and were so excited walking up the hill, to catch our first glimpse of the castle.
It was so much bigger than we expected! And luckily the weather stayed clear for us.
We visited The Crown Jewels (very pretty); The Great Hall (have you seen the size of some of those swords??? And we found the key to the entire castle); we had lunch in the dungeons; we saw Mon’s Meg (the biggest ever canon … it was huge!!) and we heard (and viewed) the one o’clock gun (it was awfully loud … it gave us such a scare).
We had a brilliant day …. and most of us fell asleep on the bus home.
Judo
Well done to Callum in P3a for receiving his third Judo belt last night.
Telling the time in P1a.
We have been learning how to tell the time using both analogue and digital clocks. We are doing well showing different o’clock times using both types of clocks. We will move onto ‘half past’ very soon.
St Nicholas Book Week
Our ‘Book Week’ got off to a super start today with the boys and girls engaging in lots of great actvitiies including :
Whole school story – P1 started off our whole school story. After a super discussion and a vote we agreed that the main characters in our story should be animals. We used our imaginations to start off the story before we passed it over to the boys and girls in P2 who then wrote their part. The story will visit all of the classes throughout the week with each stage adding their part. We cannot wait to hear what happens next.
Paired reading – Primary 7 visited the boys and girls in P1 and read stories to them. The P1’s loved being read to from their special visitors.
P7 went investigating around the school reading clues and looking for pictures of very famous book characters when they played ‘Cluedo’. They had super fun looking for the culprit who stole Mrs Brown’s books. I wonder who it was ? All will be revealed soon.P4, P5 and P6 will play this game too throughout the week.
Log in tomorrow for some more news about ‘Book Week’.
Skills 4 Bills
On Thursday P7 had a visit from the Royal Bank Of Scotland. We were learning how to handle money and bills for later life. During the afternoon we were all given jobs and a salary and had to decide how to spend our money. Some of us manage our money well and stayed within our budgets but others went into debt and had to pay the bank back. Some of us had jobs which paid a high salary and others were paid much less.
With our money we had to visit different stations to buy things to live these stations included : the Tax and pensions office,a home, some transport, household bills , unexpected events, a holiday, entertainment and finally we visited the accountants to see if we had any money left.
Sana thought that it was a good experience and that all the visitor were very nice but very persuasive. Sana got talked into buying more than she had planned to.
Taylor thought that it was very educational because it teaches us how to handle money.
Murray enjoyed looking at all the different jobs.
Nicole enjoyed being an astronaut.
Carrick thought it was a really educational experience because it showed us how to handle out money for our future lives. The first time he went round he went into debt but the second time he managed his money better and stayed within his means.
We all enjoyed this experience and learned lots about managing our money and not spending it all on the thing that we don’t need.
A big thank you to Mr Heather and his colleagues for coming to our school.
By Sophie and Rachael
Primary 1a’s ‘Star Pupil of the Week and ‘Dojo Champion’
Well done to Lucas for being this week’s ‘Star Pupil of the Week’. Here he is proudly showing off his c
ertificate.
Well done to Flynn for being our Dojo Champion. He had the most points overall although it was very close again this week.
Primary 1a’s ‘Weekly Evaluation’.
What have we learnt ?
What have we enjoyed ?
Anum – I have learnt a new sound – oa.
I have enjoyed going to gym.
Lara – I have learnt a new sound – all.
I have enjoyed gym as well.
Anya – I have learnt a new sound – all.
I have enjoyed going out to play.
Luca – I have learnt all about clocks. The big hand points at 12 that means o’clock.
I have enjoyed playing with the clocks.
Energy in P1
Primary 1 started their new topic this week, ‘Energy’. We will be spending the next few weeks finding out how different things work. We will also be looking at things that use electricity and learn about how we keep safe around electrical items.
This week we focussed on toys. We learnt that some toys need to be pushed, others need to be pulled whilst others need batteries and electricity to make them move. We played games and looked at a super game on the smartboard. It has been fun !
P5 Spanish Food Project
In Spanish Primary 5 have started a Restaurant project to learn about food. Each group is specializing in a different Spanish dish: paella, gazpacho, mousse de gofio, chorizo and turron. Each group researched the ingredients of their dish and gave a brief description of it to the class.
Go-Kart Trophy
Well done to Monde-Jnr for receiving this trophy for go-karting at the weekend. Congratulations!
Sharing the learning
Yesterday Primary 6 came to Primary 3 and 3/2 to tell us all about the Shale Oil industry in Broxburn. Primary 6 had lots of information to share with us and we all learned a lot. Thank you very much Primary 6.
Fairtrade Challenge!
Last week we completed the Fairtrade Challenge in Primary 6 and it was great fun!
We were all in groups and represented different countries. Each country had an envelope and resources inside. The aim was to make paper shapes and trade them into the ‘bank’ for money.
But… it wasn’t very FAIR… ‘poorer’ countries didn’t have all the resources to begin with so they had to trade with the richer countries! The bankers and leaders Miss King and Miss Miller weren’t always fair either… the rich countries seemed to be making lots and lots of money!
It was all very heated and frantic as representatives from different countries tried to trade with each other as the clock ticked on.
We learned that trade between countries isn’t always fair, and that richer countries should do their best to help poorer countries to get the best deal. We agreed that we should always try to buy items that have been traded fairly. Now we understand more about how countries work!
Peer Learning P3 and P6!
This week Primary 6 visited Primary 3 nd 3/2 to teach them all about the History of Industries in Broxburn. The Primary 6 children created powerpoints filled with information about the Shale Oil industry and what it was like to live and work in Broxburn in the past! It was super interesting and we all learned lots! We love sharing our learning and working together! Thanks for listening Primary 3 and 3/2!
Scottish Day in Primary 6
Last month, on Burns Day Primary 6 had a special celebration of Scotland and enjoyed a wonderful day of preparing Scottish foods, dancing, eating and singing! We wore our best Scottish outfits!
We prepared and tried.. marmalade sandwiches, porridge, shortbread, tablet, oatcakes with Scottish salmon and Orkney cheese. We washed it all down with some delicious Irn Bru!
Isla and Iona preformed some Highland dancing and we all enjoyed singing some traditional Scottish songs. Before the bell rang we all joined in with a wonderful rendition of Auld Lang Syne!
Primary 5 Take The Lead With Internet Safety
Primary 5 challenged themselves to create a presentation of their choosing to educate others about how to stay safe on-line. Some performed songs, others produced detailed posters and yet others produced professional powerpoint presentations. We learned that the 3 main internet safety rules are:
1. Zip it (keep information private);
2. Block it (block any communications from people you don’t know);
and 3. Flag it (let a trusted adult know if something concerns you).
Primary 1a’s Weekly Evaluation.
What have we learnt this week?
What have we enjoyed ?
Zofia – I have learnt that Margaret used to pray in her Church.
I have enjoyed going on the bus to the castle.
Michael – I have learnt that the one o’clock gun lets people know that it is one o’clock.
I have enjoyed going on the trip.
Lara – I have learnt that there are 14 Stations of the Cross.
I have enjoyed hearing the gun at the castle.
Grady – I have learnt the Great Hall is in the castle and a long,long time ago there used to be banquets.
I have enjoyed learning about coins.
Santiago – I have learnt all about coins.
I have enjoyed going on the bus to Edinburgh Castle.
Primary 6 Special Visitor!
Yesterday Primary 6 had a very special surprise when Olivia came back to visit us! Olivia moved to Newcastle at Christmas time and we have really missed her since she left St Nicholas! Olivia was on holiday from school and was telling us all about her new class, teachers and friends. Please come back and visit us again Olivia!
P1a at Edinburgh Castle.
Today we visited Edinburgh Castle as we have learnt lots about it and wanted to see what it was like for ourselves.
What did we see ?
What did we learn ?
Flynn – The prison
Tavia – The prisoners had hammocks to sleep in .
(Great word Tavia!).
Fynn – The Crown Jewels
Santiago – They were shiny and you weren’t allowed to touch them.
Haroon – They were in a glass box.
Kyle – The Great Hall
Lara – Kings and Queens used to have parties here.
Cole – Saint Margaret’s Chapel
Michael – Queen Margaret used to pray here.
Zofia – It was very little.
Thomas – Cannons
Niamh – The cannons were big.
Grady – The One O’clock Gun
Lucas – It made a big bang and there was smoke.
Today has been:
Leon – Super !
Cole – Brilliant !
Wiktoria – Good !
Niamh – Great !
Anya – Fun !
Thomas – Exciting !
We had the best day ! A big thank you to Luca’s mummy and Thomas’ mummy for coming along today to help us.
Here are some photos of our day:
Dangers Of Second Hand Smoking
For the last few weeks Primary 7 have had Michelle and Janet from the West Lothian Drug and Alcohol Service coming in to talk to about Drug and Alcohol Education. Over the past three weeks we have looked at what is in a cigarette, the harmful side-effects of smoking, what might happen to our bodies if we smoke, the pressures we might face from peers, the effects of second hand smoke.
This week we focused on looking at the dangers of second hand smoking and how it could affect us. First we started with a group discussion about smoking free zones. Then after that we played a game all about where you can find second hand smoking. The two main places you can easily breath in smoke are our homes and cars. When you are outside and somebody walks past smoking you can only see the smoke for about ten to twenty seconds, after that it disappears from sight however it will stay in the air for around five hours. You don’t know if you are breathing in this smoke because you can’t see it, that is why second hand smoke is so dangerous.
After we played the game we had a evaluation to fill in and it was about what we have learned, what we liked and disliked and how we felt about the whole smoking lessons. The government are planing to that by 2034 less that 5% of the Scottish population will smoke. We were given a pledge about Smoke Free Homes & Zones to take home and discuss with our parents. In the leaflet it has information about second hand smoking, what are the dangers to children and how you can protect your family. This pledge will hopefully help stop 95% for the population in Scotland from smoking and will make a lot of our lives better.
Everyone in P7 enjoyed learning about the Chemicals, Smoking Sue and the Dangers Of Second Hand Smoking. We would like to say a big thank you to the West Lothian Drug and Alcohol team for coming in to help us.
Primary 1a’s ‘Star Pupil of the Week and ‘Dojo Champion’
A big well done to Umaima for being our ‘Star Pupil of the Week’. She has worked hard all week and remembered to use her magic manners.
Congratulations to Kyle for being our ‘Dojo Champion’. He had the most points this week. Well done !
Pictures will follow next week, (technical issues).
P1a do Highland Dancing.
Today we were treated to a highland dancing lesson from Kyle’s mummy. We had great fun and learnt how to do high kicks, the pas de bas and how to dance a reel. We would like to say a big thank you to Kyle’s mummy for giving up her time to come into our class.
Taekwondo Medal
Well done to Jack for receiving this medal for Taekwondo.
Primary 1a’s Weekly Evaluation
What have we learnt this week ?
What have we enjoyed ?
Kyle – I have learnt a new sound – oi.
I have enjoyed making the Chinese Dragon.
Santiago – I have learnt more Spanish.
I have enjoyed playing in the area.
Thomas – I have learnt that you can use lots of 1p coins to pay for things.
I have enjoyed going to gym.
Maksymilian – I have learnt that thistles are spiky.
I have enjoyed going to gym.
Grady – I have learnt that Chinese food tasteds nice.
I have enjoyed the mummies and daddies coming to our class.
Football Star Visits Saint Nicks Team!
Today the school football team had a very special visitor to their training session when ex Saint Nicholas pupil and current Celtic and Hibs player Liam Henderson came to see us and join in.
The team had the chance to ask the football star some questions, show him their skills and even play football with him in a game. It was a wonderful experience and something we hope they will remember for a long time. At the end of our session the boys all got their photos taken and Liam signed autographs for them.
A huge thank you to Liam Henderson for taking the time to come and visit us and creating an amazing training session for our football team. We wish him all the best for his future in football and we are very proud to say he was part of our school!
Primary 1’s Spectacular Scottish Showcase
Primary 1 had a super afternoon, showcasing their learning to their parents.
We began with a short presentation, telling the mummies and daddies lots of things that we have learnt about Scotland.
‘Glasgow is famous because they build big ships [on the river Clyde]’ – Gabrielle
‘Tartan is a pattern’ – Shay
‘Heid means head’ – Tavia
‘Edinburgh Castle was build on top of an old volcano’ – Grady
‘The Falkirk Wheel is like a big lift for boats’ – Liam
We then put our parents to work!!!
Some of the things they had to do, included making thistles; designing a tartan pattern; translating Scottish words; marking Edinburgh on a map and drawing a picture of Edinburgh Castle.
We had such a lovely time. It really was great seeing so many parents in our classroom. Thank you all so much for coming!!
Swimming Medal
Well done to Robbie in Primary 3 for receiving this medal for swimming 10 lengths.
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4 times table!
This week Primary 3 have been learning about the 4 times table. We have played lots of games and completed lots of active tasks to build our knowledge of this times table. Look at us in action!
Grace – In the 4 time table all the answers are even.
Luke – The 4 times table is double the 2 times table.
Monde-Jnr – If the times number is odd, the answer is still even.
Beth – Each time you add on 4.
Freya – We can draw arrays, show groupings and repeated addition sums for each sum.
Isla G – I learned that if you double the answers in the 2 times table you get the answer in the 4 times table.
Scottish Showcase in Primary 1.
The boys and girls in P1a and P1b are really looking forward to seeing all of our mummies and daddies in our classes when we showcase our work on Scotland tomorrow , (Thursday, 11th of February) in our classrooms from 2.00 – 3.00. Please come along if you can.
Shrove Tuesday
I learned that in Poland they have pancakes on the Thursday before we have them on pancake Tuesday- Freya
I learned that in Wales they kick a can around the streets to remind them not to use their good pots and pans- Molly
I learned that people in Olney have a race for pancake day- Zuzanna
They have the race because there was a woman who was making pancakes, she heard the church bell and didn’t want to be late so she ran to church with her pancake in her pan!- Ruby
I learned that there are 4 countries in the UK- Millie
I learned that Shrove Tuesday is the day before lent begins- Myles
I learned that in the UK different countries celebrate in different ways- Emily
I learned that different countries have different foods for pancake day- James
The Swedish call it “Fat Tuesday”- Ellie
I learned that in Ireland the oldest girl in the family would toss a pancake and if she managed to toss it then she would marry, if she dropped it then she would be single- Clara
I learned that the biggest pancake in the world was 15 metres wide- Mylo
I learned that lent reminds us that Jesus went into the dessert for 40 days- Kordian
I learned that they used up all the eggs, milk and sugar because they weren’t allowed those things during lent- Isla G
Swimming Champ!
Well done to Sophie from Primary 7a who won her swimming competition. Sophie had to swim 6 races and was the overall winner for her age group. She also won the special achievement award for her hard work.
Chinese New Year Celebrations in P1.
‘Gong Hey Fat Choy’ to all of our Chinese friends and family !
Today, the boys and girls in Primary 1 learnt all about the Chinese New Year. Why ? Well, today is the Chinese New Year.
What did we learn ?
We found out that the Chinese New Year is a very special time but it wasn’t always like that.We learnt about the legend of the Chinese New Year. We learnt that long ago a monster called Nian appeared in a village in China and scared all of the villagers. A wise old man came up with a plan to scare away the monster. He said that the villagers should wear clothes with red, gold and orange. He also said that the monster was scared of loud noises and fire, so the villagers banged their drums loudly and lit fire crackers. When the villagers did this, the monster ran away.
Chinese New Year is a time when families get together to celebrate. In the days coming up to New Year every family buys presents, decorations, food, new clothes and people have their hair cut. Houses are cleaned from top to bottom. The aim is to sweep out any bad luck from the old year and clear the way for good luck. However, it is bad luck to clean on New Years Day itself.
Families put lights up outside their homes, rather like Christmas lights. Doors and windows are often newly painted in red. On New Years Eve both narrow strips of red paper, called Chunlian or Spring Couplets, and bunches of firecracker decorations are hung on doors to bring good luck.
Chinese New Year celebrations last for 15 days. In the first three days of Chinese New Year celebrations, people living outside cities can light firecrackers which are similar to rows of fireworks, but which make a series of loud bangs. The idea is that the bangs scare away bad luck. People hang bunches of decorative firecrackers both inside and outside their homes for the same reason.
The colour red is used to decorate for two reasons. The first is because red is a lucky colour and the second because it is supposed to frighten off the monster Nian who is thought to come on New Years Eve. Families also decorate their homes with lanterns and put stickers on things in their homes.
We had lots of fun in the afternoon to celebrate the Chinese New Year.
What did we do ?
We learnt how to count to 10 in Chinese.
We made a part of a dragon. (Once these are dry we will join them together to make a huge dragon).
We tasted lots of Chinese foods and drinks including : Sweet and sour vegetable wantons, prawn crackers, spring rolls, tangerines and lychee juice.
We made Chinese lanterns.
We looked at Chinese images and coloured them in.
We looked at Chinese numbers and copied these.
It was a fantastic afternoon, full of super learning and fun. Well done everyone !
Gong Hey Fat Choy – Happy Chinese New Year
We celebrated Chinese New Year in the nursery today. We enjoyed noodles for snack, wrote in Chinese characters at the arts and crafts area and had fun pretending to be a Chinese dragon to lovely Chinese music.
At the end of our nursery day, we took home some lucky Chinese money envelopes with sweets and fortune cookies. Many thanks to Thomas’ mum and Megan’s mum for kindly gifting these for all our boys and girls.
Gong Hey Fat Choy everyone!
Smokey Sue Visits Primary 7
Today after lunch, P7a had a visit from the West Lothian Drug and Alcohol Service. They let us know about the dangers of smoking, and how it affects our bodies, as well as the drugs in the actual cigarettes like nicotine, tar and carbon monoxide. We found out there are between 4000-5000 chemicals in each cigarette.
Today we done an experiment with Smoky Sue! Smoky Sue is a plastic doll with no arms and no legs and really showed us how cigarettes effect our lungs.During the experiment we lit a cigarette outside and pumped the doll so she could breath in the smoke. After the experiment we examined the liquid that would be in her lungs from clear tap water to yellow tar water. This showed us what is going into our lungs if we smoke.
After we played a game to talk about how we might react in situations where we might feel pressure to smoke. This helped us to see what we could do if these situations arise in the future.
So far we have really enjoyed learning about the effects of smoking and are working on some ‘Stop Smoking’ posters. These posters might even be featured in the local health center to encourage people to stop smoking,
Taylor and Ellie
Magnificent Maths in Primary 1b
Primary 1b have been having great fun with their numbers over the last couple of weeks. We particularly enjoyed working in teams to create numbers using our bodies. We had a team leader, who had to organise the rest of the team, and the team had to listen to them (we found it a bit tricky not to try to take over sometimes). We were proud of our hard work though.
We have been working very hard with our addition. We have been using lots of objects to help us, and have been learning number bonds up to 5 as well. We are so clever!!
This week we have also been learning about money. We have been learning to recognise coins, and to use coins to make amounts to help us buy objects in the class shop.
We loved looking at the old coins Lucas brought in. There were coins which were over 100 years old!!! There used to be a 3p coin! We think that would be helpful now! Thank you for showing them to us Lucas.
Super Scotland in Primary 1
Primary 1 have been so busy these last few weeks! We have been really enjoying our Scotland topic.
Last Monday we celebrated Burns Night in the class. Primary 1 a and b got together to learn who Robert Burns was, why he is famous, and how we celebrate him. We had our own Burns Supper in the class. We tried oatcakes, shortbread and irn bru. I think you can tell by our faces that we particularly liked the irn bru. Who knew drinks could be such a bright colour?!
We have been enjoying our Edinburgh Castle themed classroom. We really enjoy pretending to be princesses and knights living in the castle. We have also been building our own castles in the construction area.
Hamish McHaggis is our new class friend. He lives in Corrie Doon, which is in the Highlands of Scotland. He is a haggis, who enjoys travelling around Scotland. He even has his own stories about his adventures! He is in our class to teach us all about Scotland. So far we have learned about Edinburgh, Inverness, Loch Ness and Glasgow.
We have been taking him home for sleepovers. He really enjoys learning what Scottish children enjoy doing, and has had fun going on walks in the Scottish countryside, watching TV, and helping to read bedtime stories.
We had a particularly fun time learning Scottish words. We now know how to sing head, shoulders, knees and toes in Scottish (or rather heid, shooders, shanks and taes).
As well as all this, we have also been learning where Scotland is on a map, what the Scottish national flower looks like, what the flag looks like (and what it’s called) and we even made our own tartan!!
Mrs Baty is so proud of all our hard work.
We can’t wait to share all our learning with you at our Scottish Showcase on Thursday (2pm in the P1 classrooms). See you there!
Primary 1a’s ‘Star Pupil of the Week’ and ‘Dojo Champion’.
Well done to Santiago for being this week’s ‘Star Pupil of the Week’. Santiago has worked hard all week and has had a super attitude to his work.
This week’s ‘Dojo Champion’ is Kacper ! Kacper had the most points, but it was very cloase between him and lots of other children. There was only one point of a difference ! Keep it up everyone. You are all stars.
Primary 1a’s Weekly Evaluation.
What have we learnt ?
What have we enjoyed ?
Anya – I have learnt a Scottish song.
I have enjoyed reading.
Thomas – I have learnt money has a name.
I have enjoyed ‘Golden Time’.
Luca – I have learnt a new sound, ong.
I have enjoyed painting my thistle.
Haroon – I have learnt about money.
I have enjoyed doing number time.
Leon – I have learnt new things in maths.
I have enjoyed playing with the Lego.
P3 and 3/2 build Broxburn
P3 and 3/2 have worked very hard to build a model of Broxburn. Here are some photographs of our finished street.
Swimming champions
Well done to Grace in Primary 3 for receiving this medal for taking part in a swimming competition last weekend.
Well done to Maisie for receiving this trophy for being the most improved swimmer in 2015. Maisie also received a trophy for the female champion swimmer in 2015. Well done to both girls, we are very proud of you both!
Scottish Shenanigans !
Here we are in P1a working hard during topic time. We have had a busy week, designing ships like the shipbuilders used to do in Glasgow, painting beautiful thistles, and learning the names of body parts in Scots language. It has been a braw, (good) few days.
