Using our Literacy Skills in an Everyday Context

In our Literacy lessons we are looking at the features and layout of a Procedure. We discussed the 4 parts to a set of Instructions

Title

Goal

Materials

Steps

We also looked at adding a Top Tip and diagrams to help our reader!

Using these skills in an everyday context we had a fantastic melted snowman sugar cookie made by a member of our class.She told us how she carefully followed a procedure,a recipe in this case to make this yummy creation. Well done! It looked amazing.

Congratulations Everyone! We did it!

Huge Congratulations everyone!

I am delighted to announce that East Calder Primary has been awarded a Silver Reading Schools Award from the Scottish Book Trust.

Thank you to all staff, pupils and families who have been reading, talking about books, enjoying libraries and sharing their love of books and reading with others.

Classes completed the Reading Schools Attitude Survey and it was great to see many of you enjoy reading more now. You said you have more interesting things to read and describe reading as relaxing and fun.

Thank you for your involvement and enthusiasm, and a special mention to those who find reading a bit tricky but keep trying.

Now that we have an award it’s important to continue to build on our Reading culture at East Calder Primary. There will be lots of opportunities to carry on sharing our enjoyment of reading and books next session.

 

I am so proud of you all and remember KEEP READING!

5K Marathon Champ!

Congratulations for running your first 5k marathon. You competed in a race with 18 year olds but still managed to be the 24th girl to cross the line and placed 84th out of a 160 people,amazing! This was some achievement coupled with the fact you raised over £400 for a charity. We are all so proud of you!

Sky Academy P7B

P7B were fortunate enough to visit Sky Academy this week. Sky Academy Studios uses the power of TV and innovation to open young minds and develop young people’s Creativity, Collaboration and Communication. Our day out included

  • A hands-on learning experience in which
    the class will create their own TV content
  • A chance to work with team of experts
    and cutting-edge technology
  • A screening of our video on the day and
    the chance to watch and share the video after our trip
  • A behind-the-scenes tour of Sky

As you can see from the images below we have some budding Producers,Editors,Directors,Scriptwriters and there should be an Oscar nominations for our Presenters and Experts! Well done to our fantasic Cameramen/women who filmed the whole experience.

 

WW2 Context P7B

As we come to the end of our WW2 context in 7B I would just like to say a big thank you to the members of the class who brought in their precious WW2 family artefacts. It was great for the class to see and handle these items as it really added a personal touch, allowing the class to see how war impacted families throughout Scotland.

 

So just what is in those jars? P7B

We welcomed Michelle Sutherland from West Lothian Drug and Alcohol Service on Wednesday. Michelle spoke to us about identifying the different kinds of risks associated with the use and misuse of a range of substances.We discussed  the impact that the misuse of substances can have on individuals, their families and friends. Moving forward East Calder has been chosen as a pilot school to work alongside WLDAS to create a HWB action plan which will then be used acoss West Lothian. Watch this space!

P7B Outside School Achievements

Congratulations to these members of 7B for their achievements outside of school. We have the rosettes for 2 clear rounds in a  jumping competition at a local horse riding school, quite the achievement! The medal was for an unbeatable season with Murieston United girls team, amazing! What a talented pair. If you would like to share any achievements from outside of school please let us know. We would love to showcase your talents, and remember an achievement can be anything you are proud of !

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