PSC Meeting – May
Please find below a link to the Minutes of the Parent Staff Council Meeting earlier this month.
PSC note of meeting 01 May 19 (1)
Please note that the PSC Sponsored Event is on Friday 7th June not Friday 14th June.
Our School Sports Day is planned for Monday 10th June (weather permitting). P1-3 Sports Day will be in the morning and P4-7 Sports Day will be in the afternoon. Specific times are to be confirmed.
On Wednesday Primary 1 visited Jupiter Artland. We had a super time, looking and talking about the sculptures. We explored the natural environment and collected resources. After lunch we took part in a workshop to create our own Jovians, aliens from Jupiter!
Today was Miss Walkingshaw’s last day in class. We will all miss her, and we wish her well. This morning she taught us how to follow instructions to construct a handmade kite. We then went onto the field to run and try to fly them!
For our Future Me hub today, we worked in teams to plan and construct the tallest tower out of the materials given to us. We had to appoint a leader, work together and reflect on the whole process.
The older pupils helped the younger pupils to identify their skills and listened to their contributions during the planning process. We discussed what we would do differently next time, what worked well and even what roles we would like if we did it again (to play to our strengths). We had a clear winner; their tower stayed standing for a full 5 minutes, towering above them! Well done to everyone who participated.
Here are a few action shots from the Girls P6 & P7 Football Festival. We had a great opportunity to learn some new skills, meet some famous female footballers and show how talented we are. What an amazing, inspirational day we all had at Livingstone football stadium.
Yesterday, Primary 5J learnt about Burke and Hare and their role in the history of Edinburgh. We looked at a variety of texts to learn about them and discovered they were murderers who sold the cadavers they had to make money. We then created questions to ask them and role played their responses.
We have been learning to use different strategies to develop our recall and accuracy of our times tables. We take part in lots of different activities to help us speed up. We all work on different times tables and sometimes link them to division facts too.
P4-7 pupils from Community & Charity Hub will be visiting East Calder Bowling Club on Friday 17th May at 9.30-10.30. They will get the chance to learn about bowling and have a go. Adults have already been arranged for visit.
Please ensure they have flat shoes with no spikes or heels so that they can walk on the lawn.
Both Primary 4 classes will be visiting East Calder Library on Thursday 16th May. The children will have the chance to swap the library books they have been reading. Adult helpers have already been arranged.
Please click on the link below to view the school newsletter for this month.
