Both Primary 4 classes will be visiting East Calder Library on Thursday 16th May. The children will have the chance to swap the library books they have been reading. Adult helpers have already been arranged.
Category: Class Learning
May Newsletter
Please click on the link below to view the school newsletter for this month.
P2M Jupiter Artland
P2M visited Jupiter Artland last week and we really enjoyed our learning. We learned about the stories behind many of the sculptures and we had opportunities to be very creative, especially when we made our own aliens. This was a fantastic way to start our new topic “The Enchanted Woodland.”
Article 13: We have the right to find out things and share what we think with others.
Article 29: We have the right to develop our talents and abilities.
This was when we danced like the white building. We made up our own dances to match all the patterns. We thought one side looked like a house and the other side looked like a castle.
This was a huge sculpture that some of us thought was a huge basketball net. We used our learning in Science to talk about which material we thought was used to make the sculpture.
It was so much fun walking up to the top of the grass hills. We could see the “Love Bomb” from the top which we found very exciting. Then we carefully walked back down while Miss Marra took a photo of the beautiful view. We learned that the gardeners have to work very hard to cut the grass and keep this area neat. We think they do an amazing job.
It was very exciting using our imagination to talk about what we thought could be at the bottom of the hole in this sculpture. Hollie Mc thought the hole might take her to see her family in Australia. It was interesting to hear all our different ideas and we would like to explore this further in class.
P3R Working at home
Some excellent extended learning at home this week in P3R!
Inspired by our class novel ‘The Iron Man’ by Ted Hughes, we have two super Lego models.
One of our homework tasks was to draw a musical instrument and label how it works. Fantastic picture!
Well Done boys!
P1 Learning
Everyone in P1 has been having fun in our Block Play area. These are just a few of our super creations! We can plan our construction before we start to build and have been very good at collaborating with our friends.
Article 28 We have the right to learn.
Article 29 We have the right to develop our talents and abilities.
ECPS After School Clubs
Term 4 Clubs
This term we will be offering a range of after school and lunch time clubs. Letters will be coming home today with a return slip at the bottom. If you would like your child to attend any of the clubs on offer please complete and return the slips to secure a place. Places will be allocated on a first come first served basis and you will be notified if your child has a place in the club selected.
Dates of clubs this term will be:
Monday Clubs: 27.05.19, 03.06.19, 10.06.19 and 17.06.19
Wednesday Club: 29.05.19, 05.06.19 , 12.06.19 and 19.06.19
Thursday Club: 30.05.19, 06.06.19, 13.06.19 and 20.06.19
Clubs on offer this term will be:
| Rugby (Primary 4 and 5) | Wednesday- after school | Mr Millar |
| Clay (Primary 2 and 3) | Monday- after school | Mrs Armstrong and Mrs Robertson |
| Cheerleading (P6 and 7) | Monday- after school | Miss Conner |
| Creative Literacy (Primary 1) | Thursday- After School | Miss Jamieson and Miss Cameron |
Lunchtime Clubs: Our lunch time clubs will be ongoing this term and children do not need to sign up in advance they are welcome to attend any time.
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P1Y Superstars !
We are very proud of our two talented pupils in P1Y. Well done for receiving a trophy for doing amazing balances in your gymnastics class, and for winning a medal for dirt bike riding at Duns.
Embedding a reading culture in P7S
In P7S we have been looking at what key skills we use in class everyday that we could continue to develop as we move forward towards the world of work. It was interesting to hear the class discuss what life skills they actually use on a daily basis but may not even realise it. When we looked at a full day in P7 words such as communication, resilience,confidence, organisation and problem solving were all mentioned. Looking at the Developing the Young Workforce website,all key life skills. Linking to communication the class also mentioned reading and how they thought this particular skill would impact on a whole range of careers. With this in mind we decided we wanted a particular area in the class where we could read for pleasure. We also wanted to link our reading to everyday contexts so we brought in a range of Non Fiction texts from around home and school, demonstrating that reading really is all around us. We also visited the library last week and chose to select non fiction texts as we felt that maybe we were great readers but we needed to widen our genre. If you look at the photos we have created a corner where we can read and share our recommendations with the rest of the class….we have become living blurbs!
Toys from the Past
Primary 1 had a special visitor this week from Museum Services.
She brought lots of toys that people played with in the past.
We played with some of the toys and in class we’re trying to make some too!
We talked about the different materials that the old toys were made of.
In class we’re sorting old toys and new toys. We are making a Toy Shop, Toy Museum and a Toy Cafe.
Primary 3D Assembly – Ancient Egypt
Well done to Primary 3D for their fantastic performance this morning at the assembly. They have learned so much about Ancient Egypt and were excited to share their learning with the rest of the school. Their hard work definitely paid off this morning! Enjoy your well deserved long weekend!
