Dear parents/carers,I hope you are all well 🙂It was lovely to meet those of you who were able to come along to our Transition Visit in June. It’s not too long until we meet you all again and welcome our new Primary 1 pupils to school.As promised please find a link below to a video of our school. We hope you will be able to share it with your child and watch it together. Hopefully it will make things a little more familiar to them when they start school in August. Our classrooms are not completely set up yet and our teachers will be making the finishing touches soon, however we hope that the video gives you and your child an idea of how the classrooms and areas where you child will play and learn will look in Primary 1 at East Calder Primary School.The link to the Sway and Video is below:Once you click on the link it should take you to our ‘Sway’. Then just click on the ‘Play’ button in the top right corner – there is a short written message and then a video for you and your child to watch together.
Category: Primary 1
Farewell Mrs O’Neill
After many years as a Nursery Nurse at ECPS Mrs O’Neill is now retiring. Some of us visited Mrs O’Neill today to hand over the many cards, gifts and pictures that have been handed in by both families and staff members. She really was overwhelmed by everyone’s generosity. I’m sure you would all join me in wishing Mrs O a very long and happy retirement. 
Primary 1
Primary 1 staff would like to say a big thank you for your lovely cards, gifts and good wishes!
We’re sorry not to have seen you but hope you all stay safe and healthy and have a super summer!
P1: A Message from West Lothian Libraries
Message from Helene Rennie from West Lothian Libraries:
As we approach some lockdown restrictions being eased and your services resuming in some way I am contacting you to advise about the digital resources we have available free to children who are members of West Lothian libraries. I would be grateful if you could share this information with parents and carers please.
Every child in West Lothian can and should be a West Lothian library member and we endeavour to engage with and register as many children as possible as part of the ECALM initiative. However, if a child is not already a library member and their parents/carers are interested in their child becoming a library member then they can simply complete the online application here: http://bit.ly/Join-WL-libraries they will then be sent their child’s membership information and will have access to our digital resources and all of our libraries when we reopen.
During the lockdown we have significantly increased our collection of children’s e-Books and e-Audio books. These can be accessed here: https://bit.ly/WLlibebooksChildren
We have also purchased e-Books and e-audio books which allow multiple downloads, so there are no waiting lists for these. The latest addition is Flying Fergus, The Great Cycle Challenge by Sir Chris Hoy and this can be accessed here :https://bit.ly/FlyingFergusTgcc
The e-audio books are particularly good for younger children providing them with their own personal story times, often with famous actors or even the authors themselves narrating.
If you require any assistance on the use of these resources or library membership applications please do not hesitate to contact me. Email: helene.rennie@westlothian.gov.uk
Well done in PE
Thank you for all your hard work completing all the PE tasks during home learning. Although it wasn’t the normal Health Week, Sports week and East Calder Marathon, I am so proud of how you accepted the challenge of PE home learning.
I hope that you have an active and fun summer. I can’t wait to see you in August and hear all about your summer adventures.
Mr. Millar
P1 Assembly
Here is the Fischy Music Assembly for this week. It has a Sports Day theme this time. All the Fischy Music Team are together outside. Enjoy singing along…
Science Fun!
Good morning everyone!
As this is our last week I had promised you in class that we would have a fun week of experiments. The biggest request was Elephant’s Toothpaste so I will make this at home this week and I will post the video on the blog and Teams after!
Are there any fun experiments you have wanted to do at home or in school? Now is your chance! Rubber egg? Bottle rocket? Giant square bubble? Exploding volcano? Egg parachute? Dancing Raisins?
There are lots of great ideas here to try too:
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Share your experiments with me on Teams or email them into school.
Have fun (and stay safe!)
Mrs Beattie
PE Home Learning – 22nd June
Good morning everyone,
For PE this week, we will be taking part in the Youth Sport Trust’s National Sports Week. There are five different categories of activities and challenges. You can pick what categories and what activities you take part in. I recommend doing at least one activity a day as well as getting outside for walks, jogs, cycles or scoots.
I love seeing your learning so don’t forget to let me know how you got on.
Mr. Millar
P1 Home Learning
Hello P1! We hope you had a lovely weekend. Here is our final learning grid of the year. We hope you have a fun final week of school before the holidays…
Mrs Martin’s Technology Grid Summer P1
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The P1 teachers would like to say it’s been great having you all in our classes. We’ve had a great time teaching you and will miss you all very much. Have a super summer holiday. Looking forward to seeing you in school in August. 🙂
Ms Boyes, Mrs Forbes, Mrs Grieve, Mrs Murdoch
