P5a and P5b had a great time this morning at the Handball Festival at Broxburn Academy! We were in 5 teams and played 5-a-side matches against 5 other schools. We have been practising handball over the last few weeks in PE and played fairly with some excellent tactical moves! Thanks to the parent helpers who walked us along too!
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This morning P5/4 and P5 went to Broxburn Academy for a Hanball Festival. We were all spilt into different teams and played against teams from other schools in the local area.
Jamie: “I liked playing against children from other schools”.
Isobel: “It was good to compete in an event in Broxburn Acadmeny”.
Ben: “In our team, we tried hard to defend against our oppposition”.
Isla: “The game was quite difficult because at the start it was hard to get the ball from the other team”.
Caitlin: “I had so much fun and I scored lots of goals”.
Adrian: “It was a great morning and I tried to enocurage my team”.
Grace: “My teams scored lots of goals and we won most of our games”.
Haidyn: “I would love to go back again next year”.
Congratulations to Niamh for coming in third place at Broxburn Club Championships, and was presented with this trophy at the weekend.
Yesterday Primary 3 visited Broxburn Academy to take part in a Highland Games festival with other primary 3 children from the local schools. We were all split into groups and the older children from the secondary school were our group leaders and they took us round all of the fun activities.
My favourite part was doing the speed bounce. Charlee-Marie
I really enjoyed the potato and spoon race. Fraser
I liked throwing hoops over the highland cow. Jack J
Today, Miss Watson kindly allowed us to look at and try on her friend’s Staff Commonwealth uniform. We know to look out for the colours red, grey and white and there is a Scotland flag on the back. Ethan, Karolina and Daniel had the pleasure of trying them on and we all agreed that they felt very light and comfortable.
You have the right to play and relax by doing things like sport, music and drama.
Faith has made impressive improvements in her swimming skills recently. She proudly showed us just how much when she brought in two medals that she received for her efforts.
You have the right to play and relax by doing things like sport, music and drama.
Cameron was extremely proud of his football team recently and enjoyed showing everyone the trophy he received for his efforts. 
What a fantastic day at the St Nicholas 2014 Commonwealth games! Primary 5,6 and 7 came together in an opening ceremony to celebrate their chosen Commonwealth country and preformed some wonderful cultural displays of song and dance from South Africa, Malaysia and Canada.
After a short break, for a BBQ lunch, pupils then took to the courts to display the skills that they had learned in their chosen sports of rugby, netball and hockey. Each country played their final games in a play off format and the winning teams were presented with their medals in the closing ceremony.
Primary 5,6 and 7 would like to say a massive thank you to all the parents, grandparents and friends who turned out to cheer us on and share in our learning today. We would also like to say a huge thank you to James Pegg and everyone at the Albyn Park who helped make today such a success.
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You have the right to be with friends and join or set up clubs, unless this breaks the rights of others
Well done to Marco and Joseph from Primary 5B for their recent sporting achievements!
Marco won a wonderful football trophy when he played at a tournament in Ayr last week with his team Edinburgh Spartans. Congratulations Marco!
Joseph’s rugby team ‘Livi Hawks’ came second in a tournament at the weekend at Livingston Rugby Club against lots of other teams! Well done Joseph! Luckily Joseph will have the opportunity to showcase his rugby skills as Primary 5 continue their South Africa topic!
Congratulations boys, keep up the hard work! We are all very proud of you!
2014 will be a fantastic year for sport in Scotland with the Commonwealth Games coming to Glasgow and the Ryder Cup coming to Gleneagles!
Throughout the year we are looking forward to many opportunities to try out different sports and activities at school.
This week golf coach Macrina Crawford visited the school and ran fantastic taster sessions with Primary 5a, Primary 5b and Primary 6b. We were learning all about different types of clubs (putter, driver etc) and when is best to use them. We were playing group games that involved different golf shots and Macrina was very impressed with the promising talent from St Nicholas! Next week Macrina will be visiting primary 6a, 7a and 7b, look out for the photographs!
If you are interested in learning more skills Macrina will be running a 7 week Clubgolf programme for children aged 6-12 at Binny Golf Club, for more information parents can contact macrinacrawfordgtf@hotmail.com
St Nicholas Basketball team had another successful day at the monthly schools basketball meet in Deans Community High school. We are currently in 3rd place in the Elite league but are only 1 point behind Williamston primary who are league leaders. Coach Hazel was happy with the effort of her players but said she will have to work on shooting accuracy which cost the team dear against Williamston in a very tight game.
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