The boys from the Nurture Group enjoyed a trip to Tesco, Bathgate yesterday (Tuesday) to buy some much needed things for their Christmas Coffee Morning.  The girls are very much looking forward to their trip today.

The group have handed out their invitations to their families and hope that they will be able to join them on Thursday morning to share some festive drinks and nibbles with them.  Families will also be given the opportunity to look around the Nurture Room and see what their child has been working on and the targets they are working towards.  They will also be able to have a look through their Learners’ Journals.

Please note that Thursday’s coffee morning is ‘invitation only’ and this particular event is not open to the whole school.  Details were given on the Nurture Group’s Newsletter a few weeks back and can also be found on the Nurture Group’s Blog.

We look forward to updating you with how the coffee morning went.

Today was the first of the Christmas parties. The boys and girls of p1 and 2 all dressed in their finery, played games, danced and won lots of prizes.

We were lucky to have a really special visitor to our party. After a large thump on the roof and the scraping of hooves, the children heard bells coming down the corridor. Santa had arrived to spend some time with children at their Christmas party. The children were so excited and grateful for Santa giving up his precious time so close to Christmas!

Primary 6/5 have been getting into the festive spirit today with their reindeer inspired art work.  Pupils designed their reindeer using card and pipe cleaner antlers.  They were decorated with sequence and coloured paper.

Well it is that time of year again! The weather has turned very cold, the sky is dark all day, and the Stoneyburn Christmas show was once again a great success.

This year the p1-3 nativity was Baa Baa Bethlemhem. Shepherds and sheep gathered on the hillside and market days galore. The story of 4 young shepherds and two lambs who are at the bottom of the heap. That is until the angels appear to them and send them on a special journey that would change their lives forever!

P1-3’s acting was fantastic and their singing was beautfiul. They had obviously put a lot of hard work into learning all of the lines and the songs.

Thank you to all who supported the show this year and a special thank you to Mr Peter Wong for the photographs!

Yesterday evening a group of singers from p1/2/3  went to the Community centre to provide entertainment for all of the people attending the Christmas dinner.

The singers were very excited to perform in front of such a large audience. They sang traditional Christmas carols such as ‘jingle bells’ and ‘away in a manger’ and ‘it was on a starry night’.

Thank you to all the children for your wonderful singing and parents who attended to support on such a cold evening.

(Photo to follow!)

All pupils have been given a paper copy of their winter work should there be any school closures due to bad weather over the coming weeks.

Please note, this work SHOULD NOT be done if there are no school closures, as normal class work will continue in school.  Also, there is no expectation that all the work should be completed during snow days, but one or two of the tasks per day is manageable.

Teachers will also post on the school blog during snow days so pupils will be able to leave comments about what they are doing and how they are finding the challenges.

The snow packs that have been sent home with the children can also be found here: (just click on the relevant link for your child and the packs can be viewed or printed at home)

Microsoft Word – P1-2 winter weather work early_first level

Microsoft Word – P3-4 winter weather work first level

P5 6 7 winter weather work second level

Microsoft Word – Newspaper Article

Microsoft Word – Science Investigation

Thank you primary 6/5 for making amazing bags… I am going to give them to family and friends. I think some other people will be very jealous when they see how amazing they are !

Primary 3/2 went out this morning to investigate the frost!

Jack frost had visited our playground over night and we were lucky to be able to go out and see all the changes the weather had left us.

We used all of our senses to come up with amazing WOW words for the frost! Then using our magic pens, we wrote them in the frost!

Well done p3/2.

Just a little reminder that the Christmas Post Box will be open from Monday 3rd December until Wednesday 19th December.  If you choose to post your Christmas Cards, please remember to put your friends’ names and class on the front of the envelope so that they get delivered to the correct person.

The Nurture Group have made a brand new, shiny, Christmassy Post Box for your cards and it will be placed in the front foyer as usual. 

Happy Posting!

P3/2 were over the moon today when they received a very special piece of post.

Many months ago the class had written to Edinburgh author Alexander McCall-Smith, after we had read his novel  ‘Calculator Annie’. The children loved the story and were very excited to be able to share this by letter with the author.

This morning a magical letter arrived, along with a signed copy of his new book.

Thank you so much to Dr McCall-Smith for his kinds words, and we look forward to reading this new adventure in class.