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Whole School

ASN Athletics Festival

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This morning Thea, Lewis, Riley, Jaxson, Madison and Jeet represented Beatlie at the ASN Active Schools Athletics Festival.

Things got a little competitive (especially between the adults 😉😂), but everyone tried so hard and had lots of fun.  We saw lots of independent movement and brilliant engagement from all our young athletes!

Races

Javelin

Battleships

Beanbag throw

Obstacle course

Skittles

Boccia

We would like to say a BIG thank you to Dianne and Amber, the 2 West Lothian College students working with us, they were amazing and the pupils loved them!

Well done everyone, you were amazing 🌟

Duntarvie, Ochiltree

Secondary PE event

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On Monday afternoon we hosted our Secondary PE event.

A BIG thank you to the parents and carers who came along . We enjoyed sharing all the different activities and skills we have been working on this year.

Warming-up in the sunshine ☀️

Activities

Lovely feedback from our parents 😊

 

Whole School

ASN Fun Run 🏃‍♂️

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On your marks… get set… GO!

Teddy, Denny, Callan, Pete and Cole represented Beatlie at another ASN Fun Run at Cedarbank.

Everyone gave it their all, ran fast and had lots of fun!

Well done everyone 🌟

Whole School

Term 3 Swimming 🏊

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Wow! Wow! Wow!

Our swimmers have been working incredibly hard at Bathgate Xcite this term, and their progress has been amazing to see!

On Friday mornings, our Group 3 and 4 swimmers — Sean, Muhammad, Freddie, Frankie, Jaxson, Denny, and Ruaridh — smashed it with 2 Aqua Bronze Awards and 5 Progress Awards achieved between them! Fantastic effort from everyone.

On Thursday afternoons, Fletcher continued his brilliant development towards his Aqua Silver Award. He was joined by Ethan and Stanley, who also made excellent progress towards their Silver Awards, and Alex, who proudly achieved his Aqua Diamond Award!

Well done, everyone — we are all super proud of you! 🌟

Duntarvie, Ochiltree

Secondary Sport & Fitness Activities

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On Wednesday afternoons our Secondary pupils have been trying out some different sport and fitness activities…

Golf at American Golf Driving Range

Bootcamp with Mel from FoxFit

Bowls at West Lothian Indoor Bowling Club

Gentle seated exercise class with Heidi from Heidi Macdonald Fitness

Duntarvie, Ochiltree

Term 3 Secondary PE

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Athletes in Ochiltree and Duntarvie have continued to come together on Monday afternoons to develop their physical activity and motor skills.

This term we have focused on:

Mobility activities (based on the Special Olympics Motor Activity Training Programme) with Louise

Stretching and body awareness with Jill

Golf and Croquet with Rachael

Whole School

ASN Boccia and Curling Festival

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Today 8 of our athletes represented Beatlie at the ASN Boccia & Curling Festival at West Lothian College.

Everyone had lots of fun and coped so well with the big, unfamiliar and very noisy hall!

Well done everyone, we are super proud of you 🌟

Whole School

Term 2 Swimming 🏊‍♂️

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More swimmers have been making a splash at Bathgate Xcite this term. Our second Friday morning group recently completed their 5 week block with Ethan, Hira and Madison achieving their Aqua Bronze Award and Teddy receiving a progress award.

2 of our senior pupils have also been swimming on a Thursday afternoon. Fletcher achieved his Aqua Bronze Award and Alex achieved his Aqua Bronze, Silver, Gold and Platinum Awards!

Well done everyone, we are all super proud of you! 🌟

Duntarvie, Ochiltree

Secondary Christmas Party 🎄🎁

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We had lots of fun at our Christmas Party this afternoon – dancing 🕺 playing games ☃️ and then relaxing with a short festive film🎬and some treats 🍰

Our winners were…

  • Funky hat corners – Megan
  • Pin the nose on Santa – Alex
  • Best decorated biscuit – Cole
  • Reindeer toss – Ruaridh
  • Best dancer – Ethan
  • Best actions in Port & Starboard Christmas version – Stanley

The adults had fun too 😂

Glendevon, Hopetoun, Lomond, Pentland

MATP Challenge Event 🏅

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This term we hosted our very first Special Olympics Motor Activity Training Programme (MATP) Challenge Event.

Athletes in Hopetoun, Lomond, Pentland and Glendevon had the opportunity to showcase the skills they had been working on during training for their family and friends.

Every athlete did absolutely amazing and handled the spotlight so well! 👏 🌟

A HUGE thank you to everyone who came along to support our athletes and make the event such a success. I loved all the cheering, signs, posters and t-shirts ❤️

We asked for some feedback and this is what our parents said…