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MATP, Swimming and Fun Run Successes

MATP

This term has been a busy and exciting one for our athletes from Lammermuir, Hopetoun, Lomond and Pentland, who have been working incredibly hard during their Motor Activity Training Programme (MATP) sessions.

Throughout the term, pupils have demonstrated fantastic determination, enthusiasm and perseverance as they have developed their MATP skills. The athletes are already looking forward to the upcoming MATP Challenge Events, where they will have the opportunity to showcase everything they have been working so hard to achieve. We cannot wait to see them demonstrate their skills and celebrate their successes. Further details about the Challenge Events will be shared next term.

Cedarbank Fun Run

A few of our pupils recently took part in the Cedarbank Fun Run. This was a fantastic opportunity for them to challenge themselves, enjoy being active and experience the excitement of participating in a community sporting event.

Well done to Riley, Ethan, Cole and Ben, who successfully took part in the 0.5km walk/run. Their effort, perseverance and positive attitudes were fantastic to see, and they should be very proud of their achievements.

A huge well done also goes to Freddie, who continued the Beatlie tradition by winning the 1km wheelchair race. Freddie and Rowia were delighted to cross the finish line in first place, and it was wonderful to see them celebrating their success together.

Making Waves in Swimming

Our swimming groups have continued to work hard during their Monday and Thursday afternoon swimming sessions. Pupils have shown excellent commitment as they have developed their confidence in the water, improved their swimming skills and worked towards a range of personal goals.

A special congratulations goes to Cian, who achieved his Aqua Bronze Award, Ethan, who achieved his Aqua Silver Award, and Fletcher, who gained his Aqua Gold Award. What fantastic achievements! We are incredibly proud of all the hard work, determination and perseverance they have shown in reaching these milestones.

Well done to everyone involved for another fantastic term of sport, fitness and achievement! ๐Ÿ…๐ŸŠโ€โ™‚๏ธ๐Ÿƒโ€โ™€๏ธ๐Ÿ‘

Duntarvie Final Term!

Duntarvie Class of 2026, that’s wrap!

It has been such a delight to watch you all achieving so many things this term. I have loved seeing you all engage in your various awards and qualifications and seeing you all having so much fun across your rich and varied curricula! It’s also been wonderful to see everyone accessing the local community in a range of sporting activities and hear all about your swimming successes and awards too!

Our wonderful S3s have now completed their ASDAN transition challenges,ย  engaging in a wide range of activities with lots of effort and enthusiasm, spanning arts and crafts, cooking, drama, music, RME, whilst developing life skills, accessing the local community and even participating in work experience tasks by shadowing various people who help us at Beatlie, and within the community, to name just a few areas of learning and skills development.ย 

Our S4 and S5 pupils have been working hard to achieve even more SQAs this term, and have loved learning about how to care for animals, exploring our unique sensory perception systems,ย  and transferring our skills to learning in new and exciting environments. Our S5 pupils also achieved success in learning about relationships with others and keepingย  safe. One S5 pupil has even achieved a National 2 award in learning all about personal health and wellbeing – fantastic!

What’s been so heartening though, is seeing you all find happiness and self expression in the everyday interactions you have with your adults and with your peers. There is so much kindness and laughter in our classroom – thank you for so many memories!

What a year we have had together!

Well done, well done, we are all so very proud of you!

Term 4 Swimming ๐ŸŠ

๐ŸŒŠ๐Ÿ… Another fantastic term at Bathgate Xcite! ๐Ÿ…๐ŸŒŠ

On Friday mornings, our Group 5 and 6 swimmers โ€” Brooke, Callan, Cole, Riley, Cian, Pete, Reeve and Lewis โ€” smashed it with 6 Aqua Bronze Awards and 2 Progress Awards achieved between them! Incredible effort all round!

On Thursday afternoons, Fletcher continued developing his skills and achieved his Aqua Silver Award. He was joined by Liam, who made good progress towards his Aqua Bronze Award, and Ruaridh, who proudly achieved his Aqua Silver, Gold and Platinum Awards!

Well done, everyone โ€” we are all super proud of you! ๐Ÿ‘

Secondary Sport and Fitness Activities Part 2

Weโ€™ve been busy again in Secondary, keeping active and trying out new sports! ๐Ÿ’ช๐Ÿƒโ€โ™€๏ธ

Itโ€™s been great to see everyone getting involved, building fitness and enjoying a range of different activities along the way. Plenty of energy, smiles and team spirit all round!

Football at Broxburn United Sports Club โšฝ

Archery ๐Ÿน

Golf at American Golf Driving Range โ›ณ

Dancing at DanceWorld Studios ๐Ÿ•บ

And finally 2 weeks altogether at Deer Park Bowling ๐ŸŽณ

Secondary Sport & Fitness Activities

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

Term 1 in Lomond

What an exciting first term we have had in our new school. Everyone has had great fun exploring all the new areas of our school. The garden has been a particular favourite with all the children and they have enjoyed making full use of all the new equipment. Everything is so accessible for all the children. Another favourite of the children has been the multi-sensory room, it’s been a favourite of the staff as well with the ability to either a calming environment or a more interactive space where children can move around frequently to pop bubbles or squash ants!

Have fun looking through some of our photos of us enjoying our new school.

Term 3 in Duntarvie

In Duntarvie class we have been very busy learning out in the community and have created some videos of our favourite things we have been experiencing and participating in this term – hope you enjoy them.

We are looking forward to getting to explore further on our bikes next term and making the most of the lovely weather (fingers crossed). We are also planning to get back to check on all our berry, fruit and vegetable plants at the community garden.

Have a lovely Easter break.

Term 2 in Dunratvie 2022