After a lot of hard work and literally thousands upon thousands of questions…..
The children each won a years subscription to the full site.  Well done everyone 🙂
Special mention to Lily and Poppy who reached 4th place and 10th place respectively on the individual leader boards too!
Today we had a visit from Mrisho Mpoto a musician and poet from Tanzania. We did some (very loud and energetic) African chants and dances. I’m sure the children will be happy to share these with you at home! Here are a few pics that will show you a bit of what we did without giving anything away.
As part of World Book Day P5 made Vlog (video blogs) book reviews. We uploaded them to Espresso (a topical schools website) and we were delighted today when one of our pupils was featured in their news bulletin. Well done to all the children who took part, the standard was high! Especially well done to Hannah for her starring clip!
 Here’s a screen shot from the broadcast.
This week is West Lothian Sumdog Maths Competition. We are super keen and all set to do our very best and make it on the leaderboard! We managed a very respectable 15th last time but since then we have been polishing our skills and are very hopeful for a higher ranking. Watch this space!
Go for it P5!
Thank you to all the parents/carers who came along to our first Fairtrade Coffee Afternoon on Tuesday 3rd March. Sharon from ASDA Armadale kindly came along and supported our event by providing Fairtrade tea, coffee and biscuits. Donations totalled ÂŁ13.30. Look out for us in next week’s West Lothian Courier!
Just a wee reminder that on Tuesday 3rd March we will be holding a Fairtrade Coffee Afternoon for all parents/carers. This will be supported by ASDA Armadale who have kindly agreed to supply us with Fairtrade tea, coffee and biscuits. Pupils from the Rainbow Room will be assisting on the day.
Please come along any time between 2pm and 3pm  to sample the goodies and find out a little bit more about our journey towards becoming a Fairtrade school. There will be a donation box which we will put towards the Fairtrade Foundation.
On Thursday 19th February Blackridge were very lucky to have Helen from Teaching Drums visit to explain a little bit more about Fairtrade and to make various African arts and crafts. Each class had the opportunity to make items such as wall hangings, African drums and Batik effect pictures. This has kick-started Fairtrade Fortnight which begins on Monday 23rd February and runs in school until Friday 6th March. All pupils will be learning more about Fairtrade over the coming weeks, what we can do to help farmers and producers in other countries and help work towards making Blackridge Primary School a Fairtrade school. We are well on our way in this journey!
There will be a coffee afternoon in school for all parents/carers on Tuesday 3rd March assisted by ASDA Armadale where we will have Fairtrade tea, coffee and biscuits available for a small donation. More information to follow.
On Friday 6th March we will end our Fairtrade Fortnight with an assesmbly from LUSH Livingston who will provide a variety of products to sell to pupils. Details have already been put in today’s newsletter.
As an introduction to Fairtrade Fortnight Primary 7 created some very attractive Fairtrade Pots which depicted what Fair Trade is all about.
The class learned about the whole concept behind Fairtrade and now have an understanding of what the Fairtrade Logo stands for and can explain why some Fairtrade foods cost a little extra to buy.
Primary 7 also completed a school survey to find out the most popular Fairtrade snack items and have purchased these to sell at intervals.They will be available from 23rd February for the whole of Fairtrade Fortnight.
Primary Five spent some time thinking about what an Eco-School might look like. The pupils drew their visions and then explained to the rest of the class how they’d try and be an eco-committee member. We voted for a class rep and depute.
Congratulations to Jamie and his depute Abbi!
Primary 7 recently created French books which they shared with their Primary One ‘wee buddies’.
The younger children responded very well and some of them were able to remember the new words they encountered.
One clever cookie in Primary One managed to write out all of the colour words in French. Magnifique!
January 25th – 31st is National Breakfast Week and Blackridge Primary School are learning about the importance of eating a healthy breakfast. There will be a tasting session on Thursday 29th and on this day all pupils will be encouraged to sample a variety of breakfast foods such as croissants, continental meats and cheeses, porridge and fruit.
All pupils from P4 – P7 are entering a competition to create a breakfast recipe book and all pupils throughout the school are thinking about what makes a healthy breakfast.
P7 have created leaflets for parents/carers about what makes a healthy breakfast and the benefits of eating one, which will be sent out this week.
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