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 🙂
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!
P7S had fun this morning creating their own 3D origami modular shapes whilst following instructions on a webinar. Japan is our current context so the link to cross curricular tasks allowed us to encompass a range of outcomes. The class had to listen very carefully to each sequential instruction, other skills they demonstrated were resilience and certainly perseverance. It was great to see teamwork coming into play with our origami experts sharing their knowledge with some of their peers and teacher!! We reinforced our knowledge of shape vocabulary using terms such as nets,vertices,parallel and faces and this was brilliantly times as our next context in Maths is shape. I am sure we will all be experts now. Well done P7S a great effort.
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
Please see a reminder below about P.E days for our classes this session.
P1a – Tuesday & Thursday
P1b – Tuesday & Wednesday
P1c – Monday & Tuesday
P2/1 – Monday & Thursday
P2a – Wednesday & Thursday
P2b – Tuesday & Thursday
P3a – Wednesday & Friday
P3b – Wednesday & Thursday
P4/3 – Monday & Tuesday
P4 – Monday & Tuesday
P5/4 – Monday & Tuesday
P5 – Wednesday & Thursday
P6/5 – Wednesday & Thursday
P6 – Monday & Tuesday
P7/6 – Wednesday & Thursday
P7 – Monday & Thursday
Pupils should attend school dressed for outdoor P.E (t-shirt, jogging trousers or similar, trainers etc) on the days specified above (there is no need to bring a change of clothes for your child). It may be useful to wear shorts under jogging trousers in case of warm weather or indoor P.E.
Thank you.
Please see important information below about medication in school for pupils.
