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!!!
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.
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 🙂
P1 are very busy learning the next set of sounds from Jolly Phonics, g,o,u,l,f,b, and starting to recognise ‘tricky’ common words that we can’t sound out like ‘the’ and ‘of’.
Look out for letters in bags next week showing the sounds and actions to go with them.
In maths, we’ve been learning number bonds eg what two numbers go together to make ten? We’ve also been learning to recognise, say, order and write our numbers. You could try practising this at home too!
At the beginning of this term, the boys and girls in each class were asked what they would like to learn about. Every class voted for an area in their classroom to be turned into something new… The boys and girls came up with some amazing ideas. Just look at what they decided to do!
P1b decided to build a tree house. They’ve been learning about how trees grow, what trees look like in different seasons and labelling parts of a tree. They’ve also had great fun reading and looking at the pictures inside the tree house. Thanks to Mrs Hay for all her help!
P1a voted for a doctors’ surgery…
They’ve had great fun making appointments, finding out about different parts of the body and looking at pictures of x-rays.
P1c chose to make a vet practice. They have been taking x-rays of the animals on their x-ray machine and want to find out what the inside of a cat looks like!
The x-ray machine.
Patients are waiting their turn.
P2/1 chose to make a Post Office. They’ve been learning about the journey a letter makes, weighing items and sorting the post into small, medium and large letters. They’ll also be learning about continents, as part of their ‘Pirate’ topic.
Next week is Road Safety Week. We’ll be learning how to stay safe crossing the road and cycle safety.
It’s also Book Week next week. We’ll have lots of fun learning activities to go with the books from the Scottish Book Trust. Look out for your Bookbug Bag gift next week. You may like to look at the Scottish Book Trust website to get some ideas for home.
www.scottishbooktrust.com/bookbug
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.
Following on from the new guidance issued, face coverings will be worn by adults in school when they are in communal areas shared with pupils.
We ask that parents and carers still continue to wear face coverings when collecting children from the school grounds. Thank you for your support.
We did it!
A massive congratulations to all the pupils for completing this challenge. The children showed determination and resilience while running their laps. Some individuals where even able to go beyond 2.6 miles!
Each class was presented with a certificate to keep in their room as a reminder of their achievement.
Well done!
P1 have been continuing to practise their sounds.
‘I liked making the dinosuar when we were learning the ‘d’ sound’ Felicity.
‘I liked making the rainbow for ‘r” Finlay.
‘I liked making the mouse mask for ‘m” Jack.
‘I like listening to stories’ Sofia.
During maths week the boys and girls went outside.
‘I liked making numbers from stones and leaves’ Harlen.
Pupils had fun collecting items and sorting them. We also looked to find different shapes in the environment.
Please look out for the next set of sounds in school bags this week. c,k,e,h,r,m,d
Pupils will also have a sheet with the alphabet, showing how we form our letters at school. Please don’t worry if your child does not know all the letters yet.
Many thanks. The P1 team.
This week, classes are taking part in the London Mini Marathon Challenge. It involves jogging or running 2.6 miles across two weeks from the 28th of September until Friday the 9th of October. In PE, students have been developing their stamina and the Mini Marathon is a great opportunity for them to apply their knowledge and embrace the challenge.
Please check back after the 9th to see how the classes got on!
More information can be found at: https://www.virginmoneylondonmarathon.com/mini-marathon/home.html
(Please note that we are not completing this challenge as a fundraising event just for fun!)
Mr. Millar
Primary 1 have been playing and working hard to learn their sounds.
In school bags this week are a page of sounds taught, illustrating the action too. We have been writing, recognising and saying the sounds in class.
Please continue to practise these sounds at home. You may also wish to try blending the sounds to make small words e.g. p-a-t = pat.
The P1 Team
