A message of thanks for all our parents/carers and learners in West Lothian from everyone in WLC Education Team.
Author: Mrs Stewart
NHS Appreciation
A wee note from some of our fantastic friends at the NHS to say well done for supporting them! Well done everyone.Scottish Maths Challenge Success
A massive well done to our Primary 7 pupils who competed in this year’s Scottish Maths Challenge. I had the privilege of making some lovely phone calls today to congratulate the prize winners. We have 1 x bronze prize winner, 2 x silver prize winners and 1 x gold prize winner! A massive congratulations to all the winners and well done to everyone who entered – we are so very proud of you all!!
Home Learning
Good evening everyone – please see groupcall emails and below for some examples of some online learning activities that can be completed at home. We know that TEAMS has been particularly slow with the extensive volume of traffic using it, so these might make a good alternative.
Useful Websites for Home Learning
School Closure – Home Learning Letter
SANTA’S COMING!! Community Update
Please see information from the East Calder Scout group about SANTA visits to East Calder and Calderwood!
Message from NHS Lothian
Winter 2019/20 Respiratory Illness
NHS Lothian have seen a large number of respiratory outbreaks in nurseries and schools in the past few weeks.
The main symptoms being reported include:
– Fever
– Cough
– Sore throat
– Muscle aches
– Sore tummy
– Cold/Flu like symptoms
– headache
These symptoms are consistent with respiratory viral illnesses such as the common cold, respiratory syncytial virus (RSV) and influenza.
Respiratory viruses are spread by breathing in droplets produced when a person coughs or sneezes. You can also catch the virus by touching the surfaces that the droplets have landed on if you pick up the virus on your hands and then touch your nose or mouth.
Key advice for parents and carers:
In the home the risk of catching or spreading flu/cold like illness can be reduced by:
• Regular hand washing with liquid soap and running water
• Covering nose and mouth when coughing or sneezing
• Using a disposable paper tissue, disposed off immediately after use.
• You can teach your child to sneeze into the ‘crook’ of their arm rather than their hands, if they don’t have a tissue. https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=mQINuSTP1jI
• Good general cleaning of surface that everyone touches often e.g. TV remote, light switches, door handles, toilet flushes and tap heads.
• https://www.nhsinform.scot/illnesses-and-conditions/infections-and-poisoning/common-cold
• https://www.nhsinform.scot/illnesses-and-conditions/infections-and-poisoning/flu
Children should not return to school until completely well and 48 hours after symptoms have ceased.
Children’s Rights
This pupil has used his own time in class to create a powerpoint which teaches us about Children’s Rights. He found some fantastic clips, videos and songs to explain what our rights are. This is a great way to explain Children’s Rights, particularly for some of our younger pupils!! Thank you and well done.
A Special Visitor
We’ve had a very special visitor today going in and around all the classes at ECPS! We were delighted when Book Bug came to see us to help us celebrate Book Week. Some of us read him stories and others just wanted a big cuddle. Thank you Book Bug, we hope you come back to visit us next year!!
Fundraising at ECPS
A massive ‘Well Done’ to P4/3 and Miss Melaisi for organising our fundraising for Children In Need. We have raised £265.11!
We also raised approximately £200 for ‘RespectMe!’ our anti bullying charity from our odd socks day on Tuesday!
Thank you to everyone for all your amazing contributions.
A fabulous fundraising week at ECPS!
