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Author: Mrs Donnelly
‘Leg It To Lapland’ Challenge
Well done to all our P1-7 pupils who took part in the Sustrans ‘Leg It To Lapland’ challenge. East Calder Primary came 2nd place overall and will receive a ‘pedal cinema’ for pupils (and staff) to enjoy in January 2022.
Well done to the following pupils who clocked up the most miles for their class – fantastic effort!
P1A – Grace
P1B – Alexis
P2A – Eilidh
P2B – Cormac
P3A – Jasmine
P3B – Ben
P4 – Paul
P5/4 – Struan
P5 – Ella
P6A – Jaymin
P6B – Coben & Liam
P7A – Morgan
P7B Struan
Thank you also to Charlotte Forbes (I bike officer) and Sustrans for organising the competition and for delivering the prizes for our winners!
Firework Safety
On the lead up to Bonfire Night, please find some information Police Scotland, West Lothian Council & Scottish Fire & Rescue Service.
Firework Letter Schools 2021 WLC
Royal Mail Competition Finalist!
We have received exciting news that one of our pupils has made it through to the 120 finalists of the Royal Mail ‘Heroes’ Stamp Design Competition! Well done to Lily in P6 🙂 We have our fingers crossed that you make it to the next round (where 24 from the 120 finalists will be announced in November) and hopefully even make it to the final 8 winning stamp designs! An incredible 606,049 entries were received from children across the UK, with an amazing 7,479 schools taking part so to make it through to the 120 finalists is a great achievement – we are very proud of you and love you ‘Heroes’ stamp design. 
East Calder Primary – Early Learning and Childcare Centre (ELC)
Please find below a link to the West Lothian Early Years Blog.
This blog has been set up to support children and families should you find yourself having to spend a period of time away from nursery. There are lots of ideas and places to visit online. Keep popping back for fresh ideas as the site is added to as time goes on.
Do you have an iPad or android device at home? Visit our Apps for Early Learning page for a list of free apps that can be downloaded to your devices to keep your little ones busy.
Visit our Early Learning Websites page for links to other sites on the web to keep our little learners engaged.
Whole School ‘Nativity Assembly’
Well done to everyone who contributed to our first virtual Nativity Assembly.
Whole School ‘Nativity Assembly’
This morning we held our usual virtual Assembly on TEAMS, however today’s assembly was very different as it was our first Nativity Assembly which was led by the pupils of East Calder Primary School. The Christmas Story was told by pupils from every class and we think that our P1-7 pupils did a fantastic job! You all learned your parts so well and spoke clearly and confidently – great job everyone!!!
Lockdown Painted Stones
A massive ‘THANK YOU’ to our secret helpers who came in to the school playground last Friday to cement down the beautiful painted stones which our pupils and their families did during Lockdown. We were delighted to see the finished result and are sure that you will agree that they have done a fantastic job. On behalf of everyone at East Calder Primary School THANK YOU VERY MUCH. Your help is much appreciated 🙂
Here are some of the photos of our COVID Snake which can be found in the P1-2 playground.
P6 – Learners Leading Learning
I was delighted to receive this message by email today from our P6 class. Our school are working on developing reading skills and we have purchased some puppets to help the younger pupils understand the skills we are learning about. Our pupils in P6 have come up with the great idea of creating videos to help introduce the younger pupils to the skills they are learning about and using in their reading. I’m looking forward to seeing how the videos turn out! Well done P6 for a great idea – another example of our young learners leading learning in ECPS 🙂
Children In Need Day – Friday 13th November 2020
East Calder Primary School is supporting Children In Need Day by inviting pupils and staff to wear something sporty and/or spotty to school on Friday 13th November.
Any donations for this charity will be much appreciated 🙂 P7 pupils will collect donations on the day.
