Hi everyone!
Now that your child has met their new class and teacher, I wanted to provide Social Stories for them to look at incase they or yourselves wanted a reminder of doors they use and the people who can help them when they come back in August.
I have also recorded a version they might want to listen to which can help reassure children who are perhaps feeling a little worried about the change.
Take care,
Alison Baldacci (Principal Teacher).
We had a fantastic time meeting all of our new Primary 1s and are very much looking forward to welcoming you back in August as you start your very exciting journey at East Calder.
I have attached some Social Stories as a little reminder of some important faces that can help you when you come and join us in August. You will also find a video of these which I have recorded for the children to listen to.
If you would like a printed copy of this – please contact the school and I can arrange this for you.
Take care,
Miss Baldacci (Principal Teacher).
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For National Numeracy Day, we held a whole school Art Competition which had to have Maths within it. The children had choice over how they wanted to create their artwork. Here are our winners:-
P3a – Annabelle
P3B – Hudson
P4 – Jawad
P5/4 – Harry
P5 – Freya
P6/5 – Evie
P6 – Evan
P7 – Ellie and Sophie S
A massive well done to all of our winners – you did a fantastic job! Well done to all of the children who took part.
Miss Baldacci (Principal Teacher).
As we get nearer to the end of term we have discussed all the things we would like to do together before our time in Primary 3 is over. Drawing. painting and making models were high on our wish list. So on Tuesday this week we had a very creative time during our Art and craft afternoon.
We enjoyed making a variety of things including bunting for Gala Week!
Next week – week beginning Monday 14th June – is our transition week! We will all meet our new classes and new class teachers. Very exciting times!
Today, P6 were given a length of string and a piece of chalk, they were then asked to figure out how to draw a perfect circle. Have a look at what they came up with!
We discovered the relationship between the radius and diameter, whilst having some fun outdoors at the same time.
Primary 2/1 have been working hard this week.
We have taken a small break from our Romans topic and introduced a mini-topic about Pandas in response to questions the children had about the Red Pandas coming to the Five Sisters Zoo. The children were very interested to learn that Red Pandas and Giant Pandas are not related and this made them more curious. We made a list of what questions the children had about Pandas and then decided to watch factual videos to find our answers then make a Fact File about them. The children also enjoyed following an artist to learn how to draw Giant Pandas. So far we have been learning lots about Giant Pandas.
In numeracy Primary 2s are learning about money and Primary 1s are having more practise with addition.
In literacy Primary 1s are making great progress in their reading and our Primary 2s are learning about reading with fluency and expression as well as comprehension techniques.
At the start of the day before Register, the children have also enjoyed finishing off our Roman Colosseum display picture by adding Romans, gladiators and wild animals in the arena.
I hope you’ve all had a lovely weekend,
Mrs Meikle
This week in P4 we have taken part in lots of different numeracy activities as part of National Numeracy Day on Wednesday. We watched videos of people explaining how they use numbers and maths in their job. We used our maths skills to complete a maths trail in the playground and we made some art using maths as well. It was a bit tricky to start with but we kept going and enjoyed it! We have continued to look at writing explanation texts and have looked in detail at fact and opinion this week. We have also continued looking at lessons where we use our learner agency and choose how we will share our learning.
We have certainly been on a journey in P6 and the question that started it all…who is in the right, Colin on Cuthbert? We used a topical news story about one supermarket suing another supermarket to explore our spoken and written expositions – starting with some fact finding, moving onto debates and then progressing to some persuasive writing. Some pupils challenged themselves and applied their learning to digital platforms.
This week has been super busy with lots going on in P4. We have been working on our new genre of writing and learning about Explanation Texts. We have worked on division and angles this week and enjoyed learning something new in division. We have continued to find out about how land is used around the country and what this might have looked like in older settlements. We learned about the NSPCC and discussed how important it is to have a trusted adult to speak to if we are worried about something. We took part in some class presentations on what job we would like to have when we grow up and they were amazing! We had class talks, PowerPoint presentations and even some videos, great job P4!
Have a lovely weekend,
Miss Cameron
