Author: Mrs Robertson

At East Calder Primary  we are proud of our Silver  Reading Schools Award.

We love special events where we can enjoy books and reading, and that also give us  the opportunity to have fun with others.

On Friday to celebrate World Book Day we all enjoyed a BIG Cosy Read. It was great fun relaxing and listening to someone reading, or just having time to look at a book with a friend.

There was a huge variety of super squishies, cushions and cuddly toys in each class as everyone snuggled up to share a story.

We hope everyone enjoyed this event ..and remember.. keep reading!

 

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A huge thank you to everyone who came along to school recently to support our learning and enjoyment of books as part of Book Week Scotland.

A very special thank you to all of our wonderful Secret Readers who volunteered to read to classes as part of our Book Week celebrations. Sometimes our lovely volunteers can feel a little daunted at the prospect of reading aloud to classes, but we would like them to know how much we value their support. It is so important that pupils can see that other adults read, not only teachers in school. The classes love having a visitor and they enjoyed a wide range of great stories.

We had many parents and carers visiting our Travelling Book Fair. Thanks to the purchases made  we received commission and this will be used to buy reading resources for our  learners.

We are very grateful to you all for supporting reading enjoyment and the love of books in our school.

Our Book Fair from Scholastic Travelling Books has arrived!

The Book Fair is packed with hundreds of the best children’s books for all ages – from award-winners and the newest titles to pocket-money pick-ups and treasured classics.

The range includes picture books, early readers, chapter books, books for reluctant readers, older fiction, non-fiction, home learning and lots more.

East Calder Primary receives rewards for every sale, so purchases you make will help us add to our book collections in school.

Payment at the Book Fair

Please note we unfortunately cannot take cash payment.

Payments can be made using our online payment system. Please use the link below. You can locate our school using the school’s postcode.

travellingbooks.co.uk/pay

If you wish to purchase in person (again by card please, no cash)  see below for the opening times when the Book Fair will be open after school for parents and carers.

It is situated near the office . Please enter at the Primary 2 door.

Mon 13th – Thurs 16th Nov               3.15 until 4.15pm

Friday 17th                                                 12.15 until 1.15pm

Please also note if some titles prove to be popular and we have to order extra copies, these will be delivered to your child’s class when the Book Fair is collected on Wed 22nd November.

 

 

 

Coming soon…to a school near you!

Book Week Scotland is just round the corner and  we are delighted to welcome the Scholastic Travelling Book Fair to East Calder Primary School.

This is a  pop up book store where pupils and parents/ carers will be able to browse and buy a wide variety of exciting books and also some fun stationary.

The Book Fair will be set up on  Thursday 9th November and will be here until the following week. It will be open at set times after school.

More details to follow.

Hope to see you all soon!

 

 

Primary one got a big surprise this week when a friendly dragon visited their classrooms and left a letter.

He asked if we could help rebuild Fairyland. We all agreed we could help by reading more fairy tales and we talked about our favourite ones. Some of us went to the library to look for books and we have coloured  dragon pictures.

We had lots of good ideas about what would make a good home for a dragon. We think the dragon would feel safe and cosy in our class castle or cave. He would be delighted with his new home!

We hope to hear from him again soon!

We have been busy this week in P1b learning how to write a recount.

We looked at a book called ‘Shopping with Dad’ and talked about things we have bought at the shops. We learned that it is important to sequence events in the correct order.

When we were writing we remembered to use a capital letter and a full stop at the start of each sentence. We also used finger spaces. We are learning to create a title for our writing and we are trying hard to write more tricky words by ourselves.

In Maths this week we have been learning to use position words.

We can use words like left, right, above, below, next to, on top  and beside,  to describe the position of objects.

We worked with our buddies to stick things in the correct location on our maps. Then we made some maps of our own.

Great job everyone!

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