Just in case you missed the announcement. Here are the details for the Run on Friday.
The Great East Calder Primary School Run
Category: Primary 7
Daily PE challenges
It has been another Takeover Week for the WL PE daily Challenges. Click on the links below to see each challenge.
Hearts FC player Andy Irving
https://twitter.com/WLPENetwork/status/1265543895011799042
Mr Cox – Double Commonwealth Gold Medalist
https://twitter.com/WLPENetwork/status/1265161599532314624
Ellie Fregussion – The Greatest Dancer Winner
Important PE announcement and PE grid
That’s right The Great East Calder Run is back for a second year.
This is our final week of training before Sports Day next week! The focus of this grid is to develop our running speed and endurance this will help you complete the Great East Calder Run on Friday.
Have fun!
Mr. Millar
The Great Science Share – Week 4
What did you investigate last week? Did you go on a nature scavenger hunt? I went out with my son and we found 3 millipedes in the garden, and we even found a toad under the hedge! This was the most interesting as we don’t have any water near us so we investigated this! It turns out that toads live away from water in leaf litter and log piles and they can even dig shallow burrows. Wow!
This week our theme is Waste Warrior Week
We, as a society, are very wasteful. Can you investigate what happens to our waste?
How are food and household items produced?
How far does your food have to travel to get to your plate?
How long does it take for different types of plastic to decompose?
How can we reduce, reuse or re-purpose our waste? What can you make or create?
Can you grow any vegetables at home? (There is a great way to re-grow some types of vegetables – I regrow spring onions by popping the chopped off root into water and letting them grow again! Can you try this?)
Remember and tag me in your Teams post or email your investigations into school!
Have fun saving the planet Waste Warriors!
Mrs Beattie
https://www.greatscienceshare.org/getinvolved2020#weekly-themes-2020-wk4
Primary 7/6L and Primary 7S Home Learning Grid
Good morning everyone 
Hope you had a lovely weekend. Here is your Home Learning Grid for this week. It will also be available on your Class Team and shared with parents too. Any questions please get in contact with your class teacher on Teams. Keep up the hard work.
Hope you had a lovely weekend. Here is your Home Learning Grid for this week. It will also be available on your Class Team and shared with parents too. Any questions please get in contact with your class teacher on Teams. Keep up the hard work.Mrs Lewis and Mrs Stewart
Daily PE Challenge with Eilish McColgan
Today’s PE Challenge is set by Scottish runner and Olympian Eilish McColgan.
Day 18 – TAKEOVER
Today our daily challenge is set by a
2 x Olympian, Team GB 5000m runner. Olympic, World and Commonwealth finalist & European Silver medalist. It's… @EilishMccolganYou'll need a ball of socks and a 30 second timer. Good luck!#coordination #determination pic.twitter.com/cggPFF7YWz
— West Lothian Primary PE Network (@WLPENetwork) May 22, 2020
PE Daily Challenge with Team GB volleyball player Lynne Beattie
Good luck beating this challenge which was set by Olympian Lynne Beattie!
Day 17
Today our challenge is set by @Beats_10 who captained the TeamGB volleyball team at the London Olympics. Lynne also competed for Team Scotland in the inaugural women's beach volleyball tournament at the 2018 Commonwealth Games. @COUTTS_BEATSBVB 🏐🏴🇬🇧🏅 pic.twitter.com/zHXi6DQxZ3
— West Lothian Primary PE Network (@WLPENetwork) May 21, 2020
Daily PE Challenge with GB Athlete Sarah Inglis!
Day 16!
Today's challenges is from @SarahInglis5 who this year ran the 3rd fastest half marathon of all time in 🏴. Miss Inglis is a Scottish 1500m champion & selected for the GB team for the world half marathon championships in October! Now looking to qualify for Tokyo Olympics pic.twitter.com/1ONUQBNPPG
— West Lothian Primary PE Network (@WLPENetwork) May 20, 2020
PE Daily Challenge with Livingston FC and Keaghan Jacobs!
Day 15 – It's a TAKEOVER!
Your next challenge comes from @keagsojac7 of @LiviFCOfficial.
You will need 5 pairs of rolled up socks, a helper & a target 5 steps away.
Have your helper throw you the "balls" 1 at a team, control the ball in the air & then kick into your target. pic.twitter.com/9gIFLEQoy9
— West Lothian Primary PE Network (@WLPENetwork) May 19, 2020
The Great School Science Share – Week 3
What did you investigate last week? Did anyone get a chance to go out and see the green-tinged Comet Swan with its 11 million mile long tail? It could get brighter by the end of the month and your best chance of seeing it is just before dawn – so get up early!
This week I want you to go on a Nature Scavenger Hunt!
Can you go on a mini-beast hunt? What types of mini-beasts can you find? Where do they like to live? Count how many different species you can find.
Go for a leaf walk – how many different types of trees are there around you? Can you create a nature picture using the leaves you found?
What animals do you have that come into your garden? Can you make a hedgehog house?
Can you go on a spider safari in your house or in the garden? Can you identify the different types of spider?
Make sure you are careful and gentle with any living creatures you find. If you disturb their home make sure to replace it carefully once you have had a look.
Remember to upload any of your findings to Teams and tag me in them, or send in an email to school.
Happy hunting!
Mrs Beattie
These are the hedgehogs from my garden!
