We have had a very high standard of entry to our Book Quest competition. Here are the winners and a sample of the book reviews.

On Red nose day the Pupil Council were selling cakes. They also were selling Red noses to raise money. We raised £222.65 in total.

On Sunday 5th March Euan took part in the Primary Schools Badminton Championship. He took part in the Single events.

He was randomly put into to groups of 5. He played against everyone in that group. He won against everyone in this first stage. As he won all five games he went into Group A. He then played 2 quarter finals and then a semi final and then competed against the other semi-finalist.  Euan just missed out from reaching the final game. He did a fantastic job in winning all of the games leading up to this point!  

Below is a list of where he ranked overall. As he beat the other semi-finalist he ranked 3 out of 38 boys from all over West Lothian. We are so proud of his achievement and how he represented our school! 

Euan said ” I felt exhausted but proud to get through all the rounds that I did.  I thought I was only going to get to the quarter-finals as last time I was put into a different group.”

 Rotary Photograph Competition 

Ian Orr from the Rotary club contacted us to let us know that the winner of the photographic competition was Euan McCartney.

He said “it was a difficult decision as there was a wide and varied interpretation of the theme REFLECTIONS, for which all of the children who entered have to be congratulated.”

He thanked Torphichen Primary School for our support in this and the other competitions the Rotary club have run.

Euan said “I am quite surprised that I have won because I saw other entries and they were of a very high standard and I didn’t think I would have been chosen over them.”

Below is Euan’s entry taken at the Camera Obscura exhibition:

We are so proud of Euan’s success in Expressive arts and P.E! Well Done!

Primary 1/2 helped support Red Nose Day and had fun dressing in something red. Something strange also happened to Mrs Davis’s hair.

Pupils have had an opportunity to browse titles at the Scholastic Book fair and these are some of their comments.
Luca says, “‘Beat the Game’ is a great title because it explains about the different games you can play”. Euan agrees.
Douglas says, “Tom Gates books are so funny!”
Sarah says, “‘Beauty and the Beast’ is my choice.”
Georgia says, “I’d recommend ‘Upside down magic.”
Nethuki says, “There’s a great selection for everyone.”
Joe says, “I like Star Wars books.”
Andrew says, “‘Trayaurus and the Enchanted Crystal’ would be my choice.”
Rebecca says, “The books at the Book Fair are AMAZING!”
Lauren says, “There are lots of interesting books.”
Kirsty says, “Almost too many to choose from!”
Matthew says,”There’s a good selection of big and little books.”
Alfie summed up by saying, “WOW! There are so many great books to choose from!”
There are opportunities for parents to browse and buy on Friday 24th March at 12.35, Monday 27th March at 3.20 and on Wednesday 29th March from 3.30 during Parents Night.