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Our Local area

Primary 3 and 3/2 are learning about Our Local Area this term as part of our school topic on Scotland.

This week for homework we interviewed our mum and dads about why they chose to live in this area. We found out that some of them chose to live here because it is a nice area, it is quiet, its very green, houses are cheaper than in Edinburgh so they could buy bigger houses and a lot of our families live here. Some families have lived here for over 20 years and others are new to the area.

Next week, we are going for a walk along Broxburn main street to look at the different shops and buildings we can see. We are then going to build Broxburn in our area. Please make sure you have a water proof jacket for our walk on Monday. If you have any old cardboard boxes could you please bring them into school to help us to build our 3D model of Broxburn. Thank you.

We will post photographs of our model when we are finished it. We can’t wait to start this next week.

It’s all go in St Nicholas playground!

Last Tuesday Primaries 3 and 3/2 went out to the playground to find out more about what is happening with all of the building work.  A very helpful workman, named Grant, came over to tell us all about the construction work.  He also explained about how the workmen keep safe and the different materials, equipment and machinery that they use.  We learned that they need to wear a hard hat, steel toe-cap boots and a fluorescent jacket.  When we got back into class we worked with a partner to design posters to inform passers by and the rest of the children what is happening in our playground.  We attached the posters to the fence so please have a look!