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We love Book Week!

A very big thank you to all our visitors who have joined us this week to celebrate Book Week Scotland 2022.

It was wonderful to have you all in our library to share the books in the Book  bags with Primary 1, 2 and 3 learners.

All pupils also received their copy of the book ‘Queen Elizabeth’ which celebrates the 70 year reign of the late Queen.

And not forgetting a huge thank you to those parents and carers who volunteered to be secret readers. Classes really enjoy having visitors. It is much appreciated.

We hope you have all enjoyed sharing a story together this week.. remember if you have been reading in some really unusual places we would love to see a photo!

Happy Reading everyone!

Article 31  You have the right to relax and play.

P3a Book Week

During book week we took part in lots of great activities. We received visits from several secret readers. We went to the library and got our Read, Write, Count bags and a book from the Queen.  We also listened to stories and read with each other.  We took part in the Book Week bookmark competition by drawing our favourite animals character from a book. It has been a brilliant week.

Sportshall Athletics

On Wednesday morning, 23 of our Primary 7 pupils represented us at the West Lothian ‘East Conference’ Sportshall Athletics event. All of the children did an excellent job competing in 13 different events against 7 other schools. Everyone was a credit to our school!

Book Week and WWII in P7

We were extremely luck to have Alan Hamilton visit us this week in Primary 7. He shared his experiences and knowledge of war and he let us pass around his war medals! We learned about the how WWII started; he used an interactive time lapse map to show how it spread all around the word. Alan guided us through a timeline of the events of the war, helping our chronology. He also told us some stories of his time as a pupil at East Calder Primary and linked the events of WWII to local events at the time. Alan left some books behind for us to explore during book week and we can’t wait to get reading!

P5’s Special Visitor

Primary 5 and Mrs Campbell were delighted to welcome Alan Hamilton into school on Thursday afternoon. Alan has previously been a regular visitor to our school, working with P6s and P7s on their World War IDL contexts. He is a mine of information about WW1, WW2 and everything in between!

Alan came to speak to Primary 5 about Remembrance and gave us a real insight into the life of a soldier, from rations and trench foot to horse dung and ‘sweet pea mixture’ (ask your kids!). He brought along his own medals and some interesting artefacts to show us and also very kindly left us copies of his own sketches which he made whilst serving in Iraq.

The pupils were highly engaged in this session and understandably had many questions which Alan did his best to answer!

Coming Soon! Book Week Scotland 2022

Book  Week Scotland is almost here!

From Monday 14th November we will be celebrating all kinds of books.

Please look out for this newsletter which has all the information about Book Week Scotland at East Calder Primary School.

We  are delighted to be able to invite parents and carers of Primary 1, 2 and 3 pupils into school during Book Week to enjoy some relaxing reading time in our school library.

P1      Monday 14th Nov    2.30pm

P3     Tues 15th Nov    2.30pm

P2     Wed 16th Nov    2.30pm

 

All classes will have time to read, celebrate books and authors and take part in  a competition.

We will also take this opportunity to issue all pupils with their copy of the late Queen’s Jubilee book.

If you would like to to find out more about Book Week Scotland please visit the Scottish Book Trust online.

https://www.scottishbooktrust.com/book-week-scotland

Looking forward to a fantastic, fun-filled Book Week!

 

P3 Literacy

Something strange was in our mystery box this morning. A few of us tried to guess. Some said a number 2, which was quite a good guess. Others couldn’t find anything. After lots of discussion round what sort of shape it was, Harris worked out it was a question mark. We looked at the shape then tried to draw a few ourselves. We were allowed to draw it on our desks!! Then we thought about words that could be used at the start of a question. We wrote them on our desks too and then discussed them as a class. Next we had to think of questions we could ask, using these words.

Clay After School Club

The primary one and two pupils had a super spooky time yesterday at our Clay After School club.

They were able to paint the wonderful creations they had made the week before.  There were some great Halloween figures and objects, including an orange pumpkin and several black bats and cats. We also had some stars, a tiny elephant and a bird’s nest with little eggs.

Fantastic work everyone!

I wonder what we will make next week?

Article 29  You have the right to develop your talents.

 

The Pumpkin Problem

Primary 7B were all given the same instructions:

  1. Fold a piece of paper into 8ths and cut it.
  2. Cut 2 circles using another piece of paper.
  3. Make a pumpkin using the paper and glue.

They had the chance to create their own pumpkin based on how they interpreted the instructions. We discussed fractions and what these look like in different forms – we started with playdoh and then practised folding a piece of paper into 8ths. They were then set the task of making a pumpkin which required lots of problem solving and brought great results and creations. Well done P7B!

Learning in P2/1

We have been learning about our bodies. We have been taking part in experiments to learn how we use our senses.

We did a ‘smell test’ to see if we could tell what was in the cup.
‘My favourite was the hot chocolate because it reminds me of the hot chocolate I get at home. My Mum makes it with marshmallows’. Belle


P1 created these super glasses when learning about the sense of sight, and P2  labelled the parts of an eye.

We had fun learning about the brain, lungs and heart. We placed the organs in the correct places on our body outline.

We’re really looking forward to presenting our learning at our assembly this week.

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