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This term in P2W we are learning all about pirates. Today we were learning about famous pirates and what they did a long, long time ago. Captain Abigail set us a challenge to find out about how to become amazing pirates and we think we have got off to a great start.

We spent time this afternoon creating our own pirate names using our favourite colour and favourite animal. We created some brilliant names that made us giggle!

Next we created our own pirate puppets which we used during our Positive Play time. We had so much fun!

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World War 1 and Remembrance

Primary 7/6L had an excellent workshop yesterday looking at the importance of Remembrance Day and Armistice Day. We learnt all about the Poppy and why it is a symbol of Remembrance. We also learnt a lot about World War 1. Alan Hamilton from the Royal British Legion visited our class yesterday to share with us his wealth of knowledge and personal experience in the armed forces and of East Calder Primary School and local area as a former pupil himself. Not only has Alan served in the army but he shared with us the experiences of both his great uncle who fought during World War 1 and his father who fought during World War 2. After lunch we learnt all about local people from East Calder who had been soldiers during the war and visited East Calder Cemetery to lay poppy crosses. Before leaving Alan shared with us the wonderful story of his Uncles army whistle he was given in 1916! What a journey his whistle has had! A very valuable learning experience yesterday which taught us all the importance of Remembrance Day.

NURSERY – HALLOWEEN FUN!

Our children had the opportunity to experience and explore lots of Halloween play and learning last week.

The costumes were fantastic and we all had lots of fun!

Achievements in P3/2C

Lots of achievements and awards came into P3/2C yesterday.

Well done to both pupils on winning trophy’s in Dirt Bike Racing and Kickboxing!

We are all so proud of you!

P3R Homework

P3R enjoyed our Homework carousel today when we get walk round and share all the things we have done on our homework grid. We had super number work, fantastic pictures and some really spooky stories!

We put some of the stories in a big class book so others can enjoy reading them!

Great work P3R!

Primary 5/4C Homework

A fantastic piece of homework came in today all about Resilience. This P4 pupil combined literacy skills with our Health & Wellbeing Resilience outcome, using features of a comic strip to describe how this person in his life had inspired him with their resilience in the face of adversity. Great work!

East Calder Netball Team

Some of our Primary 6 and 7 pupils have been learning about Netball from Mr Millar on a Monday and Wednesday during their lunch break. Today after school the newly formed netball team played against other West Lothian schools in their first matches in the netball festival.

All children played very well and enjoyed the experience.

Well done everyone!

P4S Extreme Earth

Well done, Alexander, for building these Lego models. You created a volcano with lava pouring down it, a tsunami with buildings being washed away and an earthquake that actually moved. You shared these with the class, extending our learning.

P4S Achievement

Very well done receiving a 1st medal during your gymnastics competition. We are all very proud of you.

P2 and P5/4 Reading Buddies

Miss Marra’s class met up with their P5 and P4 reading buddies for the first time on Friday. The children were very excited to meet their new buddies and are all looking forward to getting together regularly throughout the rest of the session. We had a lovely, quiet, focused reading session on Friday morning – well done, everyone!

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