A fantastic example of a Volcano in P4/3M. It even had facts all about Volcanoes displayed around it. Well done!
Month: September 2019
New School at Calderwood – Consultation
West Lothian Council Education Services
Proposal to Establish a new Non-Denominational Primary School at Calderwood, East Calder and Associated Proposals
West Lothian Council’s Education Executive at its meeting on 23 April 2019 authorised West Lothian Council’s Education Services to commence statutory consultation on the proposals to:
Establish a new non-denominational primary school at Calderwood, East Calder;
Establish a catchment area for the new school;
Review the non-denominational primary school catchment area at East Calder Primary School; and
Review transfer arrangements from Primary to Secondary School.
The consultation document outlining the proposal is available online from 26 September 2019 on the following webpage:
www.westlothian.gov.uk/Calderwood-Primary-School-Consultation
Hard copies of the consultation document are also available for uplift from the Civic Centre, Howden South Road, Livingston, EH54 6FF or can be requested in writing from:
Melanie Laurie, Project Officer, West Lothian Council Education Services, Civic Centre,
Howden South Road, Livingston, EH54 6FF.
The consultation period is from Thursday 26 September 2019 until Friday 15 November 2019.
A public meeting to discuss the consultation document will be held at:
East Calder Primary School, Thursday 24 October 2019. 6.30-8.00pm.
Primary 1
This week Primary 1 have been consolidating their learning of Jolly Phonics first sound group. (s, a, t, i, p, n) Look out for a page showing the sounds and actions coming home in the school bags soon.
Today we went to our House Groups for the first time and some of us shared our ideas about school. Well done Primary 1!
If possible please order your child’s lunch on line, it will save us a lot of time in class. Many thanks.
P4S Literacy
This week our writing lesson was great fun. We were given a person card with a job they would do and had to describe their character. Then we were given a setting card and we had to think of adjectives to describe it. Finally we were given a natural disaster card and had to write notes about what would happen. So we might have had a nurse on Mars when a hurricane happens or a farmer in a supermarket during an earthquake. It was hilarious!!! Next week we will be using these notes to write an imaginary story. We can’t wait to share the results.
Positive Play in P5/4C
Someone made good use of his free time this morning – great picture!
Primary 7/6L Gymnastics
Congratulations on coming second in your Scottish Gymnastics event last Saturday!
Lunchtime Clubs
We are currently running a couple of lunchtime clubs. Children do not need to sign up for these clubs they can simply pop along at 12.45 after their lunch.
- Tuesday- Primary 5 Netball (with Mr Millar in the hall)
- Wednesday- Primary 6 and 7 Netball (with Mr Millar in the hall)
- Thursday (fortnightly)- Homework Grid Club (with Mrs Lewis in the library)
After the October holiday we will also be running a Choir again with Miss Melaisi and Miss Beattie on a Monday lunchtime as well as beginning to offer our after school clubs.
Harvest Foodbank Appeal
West Lothian Foodbank’s Combined Harvest Appeal
West Lothian Foodbank are looking for the following items as part of their Harvest Appeal:
Tinned tomatoes
Tinned sweetcorn
Sweets
Shampoo
Dried Herbs
Mug Shots
Sponge Puddings
Tinned Cold Meat
Meat Paste
Washing up liquid
If you would like to donate items to the West Lothian Foodbank’s Harvest please hand in any donations to our school. A box has been placed in the main foyer, near the school entrance, for your donations. Thank you
NURSERY IN THE COMMUNITY
ICommunity Links
The Nursery visited the council run sheltered housing buildings as part of our work in the community. This week the blue group, Mrs O’Neill and Miss Vance took the children along just to see the building and grounds, to make the children aware of what was happening and who we were going to be visiting. The children were excited about the whole idea.
The staff initially visited the establishment, taking all their ideas and putting them to Sandra Ferguson, who is in charge. We were in the grounds taking photo’s when Sandra invited us in, and the children met some of the residents. The children were with the Nursery Staff at all times and never left alone with the residents. The children enjoyed this experience and it brightened up the residents day, making it an all round successful introduction into East Calder community. We are looking forward to developing our partnership with this group in our community.
Learning in Primary 2
Article 28: We have the right to learn.
We have been so busy working hard and getting used to our new routines in Primary 2 which means this is our first blog post of the year.
In Literacy and Maths, we have been taking part in learning activities at stations where we are provided with opportunities to say, write, make and do different tasks to help us with our learning.
In Literacy we have learned th, sh and ch words e.g. with, ship, chat. This week, we are learning words that begin with “wh.” Some of us are also practising reading and writing CVC words (consonant, vowel, consonant; e.g. cat, mop, bug etc). Please support your child to practise reading and writing these words at home. Your child will also have opportunities to practise their sounds as part of their homework grid. In Maths we have been working on numeral identification and we have been working hard to order and sequence numbers within 100.
Every morning, we take part in Smart Start when we come into the classroom. We work individually, in pairs or groups on different learning activities including games, puzzles, mindfulness colouring, letter formation, quiet reading and making numbers using concrete materials such as cubes, counting sticks or numicon. This helps us to feel calm and ready for the day.
Our new Topic is “The Human Body.” So far, we have learned about the brain, the heart and the skeleton. We even made brain hats to show the sides of our brains and how they are used. We worked hard in groups to make skeletons which was a great challenge and we can’t wait to show them off at Parents’ Evening.
Just a reminder about our P.E days in Primary 2: P2M – Wednesday and Thursday. P2W – Tuesday and Wednesday.
