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Read Your Way Through The Day

Reading for Enjoyment event for Parents’/carers’ and children in Nursery, Primary1, Primary 1/2 , Primary 2 and Primary 3

You are invited to ‘Read Your Way Through the Day’ at Blackridge Primary School with your child on

Thursday the 30th of November:

8.00am-9.30am

10.30am-11.30am

12.20pm-1.30pm

2.30pm-4.30pm

Work your way round the hall experiencing –

  1. Start the day with breakfast! Read and follow some instructions to make your own breakfast then sit and read the morning newspaper, comics, magazines and take part in some reading for information activities.
  2. Then move to ‘school’ where you can play with your child and wait for the ‘drop everything and read bell’ when you can share a story with your child for fun!
  3. There is more to go at our ‘home’ role play area.  Use digital technology to see how IT can support reading at home.
  4. At last it’s bed time.  Our Big Bedtime read initiative will launched in Nursey this term but all are invited to have a cup of hot chocolate, supper, brush teeth and enjoy a quiet story before bed!

At the end of this event P1-P3 will be able to collect your free Bookbug bags from the Scottish Book Trust and Nursery children will be able to borrow a Big Bedtime Read lending bag

I Bike Launch

We launched our I Bike Programme on Tuesday 31st of October with Our I Bike Officer Katie Robins from Sustrans with a ‘Spooky Breakfast’.

All children and parents/carers were encouraged to walk, bike or scooter to school and then joined us in the hall for breakfast.  The winner of the best spooky bike or scooter will be announced shorty however thank you to all of you who took part.

We are looking forward to taking part in more activities through this programme led by our pupil ‘Bike Crew’.

 

Blackridge Gala Day

Thank you to everyone who supported the school by walking with the school in Blackridge Gala Day.  The super heroes were super and the villains were mean (especially those with the super soakers)!

Also, a very big thank you to those who have helped to decorate both of the floats – a job very well done.

 

Holiday Swimming

Youngsters who are aged 15 and under in West Lothian can swim free during the school summer holidays.
 
The free swimming programme is funded by West Lothian Council and allows youngsters aged 15 and under to swim for free, Monday to Friday from 10am to 4pm, Friday 30 June –  Friday 18 August.
 
Swimming is available at Xcite pools in Armadale, Bathgate, Broxburn, Linlithgow, and Whitburn, as well as West Lothian Leisure pools in Deans and Inveralmond Community High Schools, and West Lothian Council’s Fauldhouse Partnership Centre. Free swimming is available for one session per day per person (max 1 hour). Children under 8 must be accompanied by an adult. Limited spaces are available. Terms and Conditions apply. Xcite Livingston will be offering a discounted rate of £1.00 per swim session for 15yrs and under, Monday – Friday 10.00am – 4.00pm, 30 June – 18 August.
 
For more information about free swimming during the summer and for swim guidelines please visit:www.westlothianleisure.com

Profiling Event Reminder

All parents/carers are invited to attend our profiling event in school on Thursday 1 June from 1.30-4.15pm.  You will have the opportunity to look at your child’s profile with your child, make comments and add comments about wider achievements.  Miss Mitchell, will also be on hand to answer any questions you may have about accessing this profile.