The first of our Personal Projects came in today and we were all very impressed with this pupil’s research on guineapigs. It was beautifully and clearly presented and contained lots of interesting information- there was even a word search and a quiz which we had fun completing. We look forward to seeing more projects as they come in.
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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.
P3B Trip to the Owl Centre
We had am amazing time on our first school trip! We learned about the different owls and watched a brilliant flying show. We asked very thoughtful and intelligent questions about the owls and we enjoyed visiting all the owls around the centre. One of our favourite parts of the day was free play on the owl slide and at the park. We played so well together, and demonstrated our LEARN Values throughout the day. The behaviour was fantastic and everyone did really well coping with the change in routines.
Well done everyone!
Article 28: We have the right to learn.
Paper puppet making at Art club today
A P1 Surprise!
Primary one got a big surprise this week when a friendly dragon visited their classrooms and left a letter.
He asked if we could help rebuild Fairyland. We all agreed we could help by reading more fairy tales and we talked about our favourite ones. Some of us went to the library to look for books and we have coloured dragon pictures.
We had lots of good ideas about what would make a good home for a dragon. We think the dragon would feel safe and cosy in our class castle or cave. He would be delighted with his new home!
We hope to hear from him again soon!
P3a Trip to Owl Centre
This week we went on a trip to the Owl Centre at Polkemmet Country Park. In the morning we met different owls and played a game to help us understand what they eat. Next we got to look round all the cages and try to find answers to different questions. Then we had a flying display where we found out even more information. We also got to play at the Owl Park which had a huge owl slide. In the afternoon we went on a forest walk and played some outdoor games, making us think about our natural surroundings. Finally we got to play at the park where they had a big wooden castle, dragon swing and flying fox. It was great fun!
A busy week in P1b
We have been busy this week in P1b learning how to write a recount.
We looked at a book called ‘Shopping with Dad’ and talked about things we have bought at the shops. We learned that it is important to sequence events in the correct order.
When we were writing we remembered to use a capital letter and a full stop at the start of each sentence. We also used finger spaces. We are learning to create a title for our writing and we are trying hard to write more tricky words by ourselves.
In Maths this week we have been learning to use position words.
We can use words like left, right, above, below, next to, on top and beside, to describe the position of objects.
We worked with our buddies to stick things in the correct location on our maps. Then we made some maps of our own.
Great job everyone!
Article 28. We have the right to learn.
P3a Exclamation Marks
This week we started to learn about exclamation marks. We got out our reading books and had to hunt through them to see if we could find exclamation marks. Then we wrote them on the board. We then thought of sentences that sound different if they had a full stop instead of an exclamation mark. We then worked with our elbow partners to come up with our own sentences and write them on the desk. Then we shared them with the class.
Gerbil Handling
Now that our gerbils have been in class for a few days we have started putting our hands in with some treats. Salt and Pepper both took a small treat from us today.
Earth Day Class Competition
Primary 4A are learning about the environment in class. Recently we have been celebrating Earth Day. We made posters with clear messages about helping the environment.
Here are our winning posters.
