Chess club have been learning about the rules of chess and how to correctly set up a chess board. We spent time learning about all of the pieces on the board before beginning to challenge each other in our chess league.
Category: Primary 7
Science at ECPS
We have been very busy in our science lab since we returned to school! In our first week back we were growing rainbows, creating crystal geodes, planting rainforest and desert biodomes and beginning to set up a wormery (no worms have been added yet!)
We have also started our topics for the term:
P1 & P2/1 are learning all about electricity and how to keep safe:
We have been working on our classification skills this week and sorting items into electrical and non-electrical groups.
P2, P3 & P4 are investigating forces and magnets:
This week we have been investigating the affect weight has on the speed of a ball rolling down a ramp, and testing out balanced forces.
P5, P6 & P7 are exploring light:
We have been exploring how to use reflection to control light and have been using this knowledge to build our own mirror mazes.
East Calder Bowling Club -Community Hub visit
Wow! What can we say but a huge thank you to East Calder Bowling Club. Today we were fortunate enough to visit the bowling club where we taught the fine art of bowling….it is much trickier than it looks! We are so grateful to everyone involved who gave up their time and for the much needed refreshments on such a beautiful day. Considering some of the children had never bowled before there were some real pros in our midst. We would also like to say thank you to the Club for the incredibly generous donation to the P7 Hoody fund. This was much appreciated. The children thoroughly enjoyed this worthwhile experience.
Community Hub Visit
Today the Community Hub visited the KNEC Community Listening Project and Warm Hub in East Calder. The project aims to provide a space called a warm hub. Starting with 4 hours, 2 days a week (Monday and Thursday 11am-3pm) They open in the downstairs of East Calder Church Hall allowing people to come and sit in the warm. There will be a free bowl of soup, roll, warm drinks and biscuits available. There will also be free WI-FI which allows people to sit in and complete work if need be. This will also help people who would be isolated in their homes facing the potential of suffering loneliness.
We helped preparing lunch, getting plates ready and then, very carefully serving lunch. We also had a lesson about listening, as it is central to the ethos of the Warm Hub. Another group looked at the organisation of the Hub and how it accommodates everyone. It was great to be able to chat to so many of the visitors to the Hub. Later this week we will present the Hub with a cheque from our Dress Down Day fundraising. Thank you to everyone at the Hub for such a warm welcome.
Netball Success!
Congratulations to our P7 Netball team who have had a very successful month. The team won the South Livingston Netball League and the West Lothian Primary School Netball Tournament.
Our Netball club started back in September and has ran on Wednesdays continuously throughout the school year. A huge thank you to Mr Millar and Mrs Gall for running this club and taking pupils to after school events.
Welcome Back from The Hive
We all had a lovely Easter holiday and are now getting back into the school routines. We have had a very busy couple of weeks.
Glen and Alex have been enjoying buddy time! Eoin, Aria and Kayden were working hard together on comprehension skills. Henry enjoyed doing some science in his P4 class.
Sportshall East of Scotland Regional Finals
We are so proud of our Sportshall Athletics team, who competed at the East of Scotland Regional Final on Tuesday. The team gave it their all and finished 7th on the leader board. All of the pupils were a credit to the school. Well done everyone!
P7 Residential to Lockerbie Manor
P7’s are having a great time at Lockerbie Manor for their residential – learning lots of new skills, making memories and having new experiences!
Here are some photos of their shenanigans this week 🙂
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Community Hub
It was great to be able to visit The Partnership Centre today. After a long wait due to covid restrictions our Hub group has finally had the opportunity to make links with the community again. We had a great time visiting the library,completing quizzes,questionnaires and even had a storytelling session. It has encouraged us all to grab a library card and make the most of this great resource right on our doorstep! Many thanks to the Library and Debbie for opening early for us. It was fantastic to have the whole library to ourselves. Keep an eye out for our next Community Hub visit!
Profiling in P6
We were fortunate enough to have a visit from some members of P7A today. They were sharing their learning and experiences of using a Profile folder on One Note. A profile is a snapshot of a young person’s best achievements at a given point in time. The content of the profile is decided by the young person following a conversation with their teacher or key adult. This is a great opportunity for the class to showcase their achievements and work they are proud of. The class are taking real ownership of the profiling process by choosing not only what they incude in the folder but also when. Each piece of work will be labelled with an explanation to why they have chosen a particular piece of work. The profile is divided into 4 sections
- Maths/Numeracy
- Literacy
- Health and Wellbeing
- Other Curricular Areas
The profile will be populated termly
