Well folks, it’s nearly the end of another term as well as the end of the school year and our time in the old Beatlie School campus!
It’s been another fun and busy term with lots of activities and we have put together a short video of our 2 favourites…
We would like to take this opportunity to wish you a happy summer 🌞, hopefully we’ll see lots of you at the Beatlie Bash on Friday 🥳 and then it’ll be time for lots of new adventures in our amazing new school! 😊
Team Pentland 💚
Ochiltree Class of 22/23 have had a very busy, fun and challenging year and all the children have given it their all to be confident individuals, responsible citizens, effective contributors and successful learners.
For our last term we continued the theme of working hard and playing hard. For the walking month of May we went on our daily walks enjoying different sensory experiences of the different areas we visited. We also physically challenged ourselves to walk in/on different areas we would have avoided!
We were able to complete our Asdan, SQA and Duke of Edinburgh work of which I am sure we will get positive feedback for.
Our cross class activities were brilliant this year and all enjoyed each others company and interacting with each other for all the different activities such as assembly or outdoor play.
We have had lots of health and wellbeing activities from bike riding to mindfulness, gardening to rebound and boys/girls group for personal care. Some of the pupils also participated in a health group which was amazing! showing their resilience and bravery for accepting medical routines.
We have continued to have an effective whole school and community approach to Learning for Sustainability weaving together global citizenship, sustainable development education and outdoor learning to create coherent, rewarding and transformative learning experiences such as Earth Day, Fairtrade Tuck, gardening, outdoor numeracy activities, forest trails, walks and Eco activities.
We will be saying goodbye to our friend Duncan who will be moving on with best wishes from us all. We will all be saying goodbye to our building but look forward to new beginnings.
Have a fantastic holiday and see you all again for 2023/24!
We can’t quite believe that we already find ourselves approaching the end of the school year, how time flies when you’re having fun!! It’s been a year full of adventures, experiences and fun in Hopetoun and there’s lots more in store for when we move into to our fabulous new campus after the holidays.
This term we’ve been lucky enough to enjoy lots of outdoor experiences in the sunshine including taking on a whole school walking challenge for the month of May which we smashed! We’ve been practicing lots of useful skills so hopefully there are some helping hands with jobs around the house and we rounded off the term with a trip to 5 Sisters Zoo.
We hope you enjoy looking at our photos and we wish everyone a happy and healthy summer.
Team Hopetoun 💙
The whole school have thoroughly enjoyed the walking month of May.
Whilst out and about we all had opportunities to interact with nature and use our artistic minds to collate some beautiful artwork.
Take a look at our lovely art gallery 2023!
On Wednesday 17th May we celebrated National Numeracy Day.
Check out our video to see what we got up to…
Across the school this week we have had lots of fun exploring the different areas of numeracy with an eco theme.
All the pupils and staff from Beatlie were joined by some family and friends to go on a whole school walk as part of our walking month.
The weather was on our side and we had a cracking morning walking around Craigshill and up to the new school.
We are virtual walking from John O’Groates to Lands End and this walk has been added to our total……………
This week we have managed a whopping 219 miles!!!
So I have calculated that we have reached Dunkeld
Amazing Bealtie Keep up the good work.
Earth Day 2023 – Invest in our Planet
This year for Earth Day we decided that we would invest in our planet using clean and safe energy:
# by investing in some solar lamps for each class to use on the day
# by collecting monies to donate to Solar Aid to help families in need
Through this participation we were using clean energy and giving the tools for others to do the same.
Families have no choice but to rely on poor alternatives such as homemade torches, candles and kerosene lamps.
These dangerous devices are imperilling health, impairing education, wasting household income and emitting astonishingly high amounts of carbon into the atmosphere.
Worst of all, families have to risk their lives every single night with open flames. It doesn’t have to be like this.
The whole school participated in Earth day – here are just a few of the activities we had fun experiencing:
Thank you for your generous gift. Through donations of £35 from pupils and staff along with a donation of £10 from the Fairtrade Tuck Shop we are able to give £45 to Solar Aid.
Your support means we can reach remote villages bringing solar to places where no one else goes.
Without your help, these communities would remain in the dark with only candles or kerosene lamps for light. Your donation will make this a problem of the past from the moment they switch on a solar light.
When the sun goes down at 6pm in sub-Saharan Africa, 590 million people are living in darkness. They have no access to electricity. There is no switch on the wall to turn on the light. This is energy poverty.
Impact calculator
A donation of £45 will result in…
3 solar lights reaching 16 people, with 12 currently using dangerous, toxic and poor sources of light.
This will lead to total savings of $379 a year, with 13 people feeling safer at home and 3 more children studying after dark.
Well Done Beatlie!
On Monday Beatlie participated in the annual Spring Clean for Scotland.
All classes participated in a litter pick out and about in the local community.
Please have a look at the amazing effort made by our Eco Warriors!!!!
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