We were very lucky to have a Storyteller with on Tuesday morning. We explored The Gruffalo by becoming characters and acting out parts of the story.
Monthly Archives: March 2017
Book Fair
Thank you to all the parents who bought a book at the parents night book fair. With your support we now have £399.77 to spend on books for the school.
Thank you very much!
*D*I*S*C*O*
Lendrick Muir – Day 2
P5 and 6 have settled in very well.
A really good night with a decent amount of sleep generally.
Breakfast all finished and group activities are underway. The weather, although not as sunny as yesterday, still pretty good.
We all have the Blackridge Survival game later this morning, sounds interesting! Followed by more group activities and finished tonight with the ‘Cheesy’ Disco!
Fun. fun, fun 🙂
Lendrick Muir
We have arrived safely, the sun is out and the first activity is complete!
Will update (hopefully with photos) over our time here.
Red Nose Day 2017
Red Nose Day was a great success at Blackridge today!
Here is a little sneak peek of the fun we had today!
Final total will be announced very soon!
Do you want to build a snowman?
Primary 4 worked very hard in teams this morning to create snowmen on the kick pitch.
West Lothian Council Schools Dance Competition
Well dome to the group of 8 P7 dancers who entered the WLC School’s Dance Competition. You represented us well and shared the certificate, trophy and dance at Assembly today! Well done!
Lower School Masterclasses- Skills for learning, life and work.
The children in Primary 2,3 and 4 have been busy developing their skills for learning , life and work. They have participated in a range of masterclasses which culminated in a showcase for their parents. Masterclass choices were Orienteering, Fun with Food, Clay Modelling, Dance and STEM activities (Science, Technology,Engineering and Maths) We are very grateful to those pupils from Armadale Academy who led and assisted with our masterclasses.
The children evaluated their classes and decided which higher order thinking skills they had learned.They also thought about what jobs they could do using their new skills.
Some of the comments included
Creating-
‘We made our own maps of the classroom and made funny faces with the gym equipment!’
‘We made various clay animals creating our own patterns and designs.’
‘We all picked a song- took out ideas and put things in. We looked at other people’s ideas and changed them and put them into our dance.’
Evaluating-
‘We watched what Leah was doing and compared it with our moves- we tried to make them better.’
‘ Mrs MacDonald did a demonstration and we copied- We also learned from each other.’
‘ We adapted some models.’
‘We tried to complete the course in a faster time.’
Analysing-
‘We tried something new.’
‘We took out parts of the dance to make it look better.’
Applying-
‘ We sourced different foods and looked at ingredients.’
‘We applied all the tricks.’ (to our dance)
‘We applied skills to different models.’
‘ We used what we had learned about maps and a compass directions to follow an orienteering course out in the meadow’
Understanding-
‘We learned how to follow a map.’
‘We understood the main moves’
‘We understood food types and allergies. We understood the recipe and followed the method’
Remembering-
‘We remembered the routines and when we had to come in’
‘We remembered the instructions and the techniques’
‘ We stayed with a partner the whole time and remembered to be safe in the meadow’
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P6 & P7 -A Tea, A Treat and A Tale
