This week we enjoyed using our school library to research Scottish Inventors and complete our biographies which will be displayed in the wall in our classroom. Group 2 enjoyed working with Dr Cherry on a technology project as part of our transition, we were trying to draw lines without rulers to make shapes. Some pupils in P7 worked with Firefighters learning important life saving skills, ask us about this at home and we can teach you how to perform CPR. The Firefighters are returning next week to work with the pupils who did not have the opportunity this week, I know they are very excited to use the props to practise their life saving skills.
Category: Class Learning
NURSERY BOOK WEEK
Thank you so much to the parents who kindly came into Nursery to read to the children. The children really enjoyed having someone different read to them during Book Week. We really appreciate the time you gave up to do this.
NURSERY – Parent Fundraising Group
Our first Parent Fundraising Groups will be held next week on
Tuesday 3rd December – 2.30pm
&
Wednesday 4th December – 9.50am
Please meet in the Nursery Reception area and Mrs Laing or Mrs Rafferty will take you to the Parents Room in the school. Refreshments will be available.
Many thanks for your support with this. Hopefully with your support we will pull off our Christmas stall at the School Fair on the 14th December and raise lots of money to improve the Nursery resources therefore benefiting your child(ren).
Book Week in P2M
We have had a very busy and exciting book week! One of the highlights was when we shared our learning with our families and friends on Thursday. We also really appreciate all the feedback from parents and carers which is on display in our cloakroom. Another highlight was decorating our door to celebrate “George’s Marvellous Medicine” by one of our favourite authors, Roald Dahl.
We are very proud of all our hard work. All Miss Marra did was print the letters and she helped us put all our work on the door. We did all the other work ourselves. A huge thank you to our two super stars Esmae and Cooper for drawing George and Grandma. Thank you also to Farah for helping with colouring Grandma. We have our fingers crossed that our hard work pays off when the winning door is announced on Monday. However, as Carson so wisely stated, “it is all about having fun and trying our best” and we definitely did. Well done Primary 2M!
Article 28: We have the right to learn.
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Book Week P3/2C
We have had a very exciting and busy week in P3/2C. We had an author visit on Monday afternoon from ‘Badger the Mystical Mutt’ which was great fun. We were creating our own bookmarks and masks based on our favourite book characters. We then had our family and friends in to share some reading with us on Thursday which was great. We also watched an Author’s live broadcast based on The Gruffalo in Scots and Gaelic. So so busy!
P2W Book Week
This week we took part in Book Week Scotland 2019. We were set many challenges to try and complete during our literacy time.
P2W chose to recreate the front cover of one of our favourite books – Charlie and The Chocolate Factory by Roald Dahl. We worked so hard creating this that it took us one whole week! We are very proud of all the hard work, effort and teamwork that has went into our amazing door creation.
We have all our fingers and toes crossed in the hope that we win the competition on Monday!
Article 28: We have the right to learn.
Sportshall Athletics Results
Well done to the Primary 7 pupils who participated at the Sportshall Athletics event at West Calder High School. The team finished third overall behind Parkhead and Kirknewton.
1st Parkhead 183 points
2nd Kirknewton 176 points
3rd East Calder 167 points
4th St Mary’s 162 points
The team also had success in the individual events finishing first in the girls 2 x 2 relay, boys 4 x 1 relay, long jump and speed bounce.
Book Week Voting in Primary 1
All Primary 1 children will today have received their Book Bug pack with 3 fantastic stories in it.
In class we read the 3 books : The Station Mouse, Unicorn Expert, and The Prince and the Witch and the Thief and the Bears. We then voted on our favourite one and displayed our results in a graph.
The winner was …………………………………………………. The Station Mouse! See if you agree at home!
Book Week In Primary 1.
The Primary 1 children have been having lots of fun during book week. We have been listening to lots of stories and doing some linked activities.
We decorated our classroom doors to look like the covers of some of our favourite books!
We also enjoyed a visit from one of the authors of Badger the Mystical Mutt books, Laura Jackson. She even brought along Badger!
We had some lovely stories read to us by Ann from East Calder Library. She read us a story about worries, which helped us to know what to do if we are worried about something. Then she ended with an old favourite, Elmer the Elephant.
The excitement at East Calder just kept on coming, with a visit from the Book Bug!!! He came along to see us all in preparation for our grown ups coming in to school today to be given our Book Bug packs.
NURSERY – IMPORTANT DATES
November
25th-28th Stay and Play
Parents/Carers are welcome to come along and spend times with your child during the Nursery session. Joining in their fun and finding out what they get up to in Nursery.
All we ask is that you let us know which day you are planning to come by writing your name on the Stay & Play sheet located next to the sign in sheets.
Wednesday 27th Parents Consultation 3-4 year olds
Times available will be between 5.10pm and 6.40pm. Times can be booked through the member of staff on the door this week.
December
Tuesday 3rd & Wednesday 4th Nursery Parent Group
Tuesday 3rd afternoon and Wednesday 4th morning we will be holding our first Parent Fundraising Groups. Exact times will be confirmed, please look out for this through the School App and on the Nursery Noticeboard. We will be looking for support to help with setting up a stall at the School Christmas Fair on Saturday 14th December. We would appreciate any practical help you can spare to help make up crafts for us to sell at our stall. Due to the short notice and limited time we will provide what is needed to do this. We would appreciate any time you can spare to help us pull this off! This is a great opportunity to meet other parents and have a cuppa and chat in our parents room. Refreshments will be provided. Many thanks for your support.
Thursday 5th – Christmas Performance
All children are invited to take part in our Christmas Performance. Parents of full day children can choose to come to the morning performance @ 11.00-11.30 am or the afternoon performance @ 2.30-3.00 pm. Please identify your preferred performance on the sheet in the Nursery reception area, as the children will only be asked to take part in one performance.
