Another busy week for all the children in Beatlie getting out and about this walking month. This week we went on a sound walk – we found all the pictures of the rainforest animals and used our talking buttons to play the sound that they make. This was lots of fun and some of the animals sounds made us laugh! Lots of nice sunny weather for us this week too – hopefully it keeps up for us into next week!
Happy International Walking Month!! The theme for this years walking month is the rainforest and how reducing our carbon footprint will help the rainforest and the animals that live there. This week each class has gone on a local walk and have been on the hunt for some rainforest animals on their way.
See how many you can spot in our photographs….
Today some of our learners attended the ASN Football Festival at Broxburn Athletic FC. They had a fantastic time, working on kicking and dribbling skills, and especially enjoyed playing a a giant game of hungry hippos!
This week Beatlie got to experience and participate in Spring Clean Week. A chance to tidy up the garden areas and local community before we break for the holidays!
The weather was perfect for us all to get out and about in the gardens and local community for all to litter pick.
This all helps our environment too!
Check out some of our videos from science week.
The theme this year was adapt and change some of the ways we explored this theme were:
Hope you enjoy watching some of our best bits.
We had a visit from Fischy Music on Friday as part of our Family Fun Sessions this year. Thank you so much to the pupils, staff and families who came along and took part. There was lots of dancing, singing, signing and definitely plenty of fun! We hope to welcome Fischy back soon.
Last term Ochiltree took part in lots of upcycling projects and today was their final project as they hosted a pre-loved clothing event. They worked very hard to sort and lay out all the clothes, then today everyone had a job to do such as greeting the visitors and manning the stalls. This event also helped us mark the launch of our non school uniform clothing bank.
Some pupils and staff came along for a browse too!
Caroline from the Advice Shop also came along to support families with any questions.
Last week 3 of our pupils attended the ASN Boccia and Curling Festival run by Active Schools with the college students at West Lothian College.
We took part in lots of different stations to develop our throwing and rolling skills, and had lots of fun!
We just want to give a huge thanks to the West Lothian Council Community Payback Team. They donated us a beautiful Christmas garden that they made themselves from scratch. We are so grateful and appreciative of the amount of work that went into this.
This has made our lovely outdoor grounds even more special this Christmas!
We have had a great time in drama this term, especially with our horse riding sessions. Thanks to all our parents for getting involved and helping to think of names for the children’s horses.
Clopper, Sir Trot a lot, Shug, Stumpie and Bam Bam!
We all had fun trying to control these naughty horses. They would try and run away and we would have to try and tie them up. Freya had to tie Shug the Thug to her leg one week!!
Jackson had a hard time with Bam Bam throwing the hay everywhere. He made such a mess. Indianna’s horse was very greedy and tried to eat all the carrots and apples. Then Thea’s horse would not let her brush his mane. She found this very funny. Lewis loved switching the angry farmer who shouted at the horses for the mess they made of his field. Everyone enjoy racing each other too. Lots of hilarity, wonderful focus and fabulous interaction from our amazing children in Hopetoun with their horses and staff.
Will keep you all posted about our next drama sessions!
