We were delighted with the turn out to both our morning and afternoon Christmas Performances. Thank you for your ongoing support, it is very much appreciated and it makes all the hard work your children put in very worthwhile. I’m sure you will agree they put on a great show and were all shining stars on the stage.
Christmas in P5B
P5B haven’t just been working hard in math, literacy and their topic work…they have been busy making a craft to sell at the Christmas Fayre on Saturday! We are all really excited to show you what we have made. We still need to think of a price and we are going to design some eye catching posters to advertise our product!
Come along on Saturday 14th December from 10am-1pm to join in the Chrtismtas fun!
In maths we have been focusing on fractions. We have looked at fractions of shapes, equivalent fractions and simplifying fractions.
In P.E have been learning a few different Scottish Ceilidh dances, which has been very enjoyable.
In RME we have been learning about Christianity as it is important to learn about other religions; their beliefs and celebrations. We have looked at key Christian beliefs such as the Creation Story, the Ten Commandments and now the Christmas story (The Birth of Jesus).
SANTA’S COMING!! Community Update
Please see information from the East Calder Scout group about SANTA visits to East Calder and Calderwood!
Christmas Feeling in P7s
Pupils in P7S enjoyed their Christmas lunch today! We were signing along to the music and some of us even chose to sing karaoke and tell jokes using the school microphone.
Afterwards we enjoyed making Christmas crafts in class while listening to music. We are having a lovely afternoon in class!
P5/4C Titanic Home-School Challenge
As part of the Titanic IDL, P5/4C were challenged to create a 3D model of a 1st, 2nd or 3rd class cabin from the ill-fated ship. Many pupils rose to the challenge with great enthusiasm and have shown some fantastic creativity and inventiveness in their designs.
Thank you to everyone (and their little helpers at home!) who took up the challenge – your cabins look amazing!
Drama in P5B
We have enjoyed doing drama with P5/4C and coming up with scenes based on our class novels and our topic which is all about the Titanic.
We have been able to experience working with different groups of people. We have also been experimenting with using different voices and movements to portray a character.
Today, we had to create a performance based on a scene from the book “The Titanic Detective Agency”. We just finished the novel today and we all loved it!
Through drama, we have been learning how to work collaboratively. As well as this, we focused on a number of listening skills and took part in some games to demonstrate the importance of listening. It’s been a busy week in P5B!
Remember to wear your Christmas pyjamas to school tomorrow!
P3R Sharing the Learning
Thank you so much to all our family and friends that came along to our sharing the learning this afternoon.
After listening to ‘The Lighthouse Keeper’s Lunch’ by Ronda and David Armitage this term, we have been thinking about the world of work.
We have been listening this week to class talks about the different jobs that we would like to do when we are older.
In Science we have been finding out about saving energy.
We practiced our talking and listening skills by discussing how we could save energy and also about the different skills people need to do jobs.
We have made fantastic models of lighthouses and Mr and Mrs Grinling’s cottage.
We used our reading skills to help us identify different kinds of seagulls.
In Maths we have been working on money.
We had to create a delicious concoction for Mr Grinling’s lunch, write a shopping list and work out the cost of his lunch.
A great afternoon P3R, demonstrating your skills to others!
Well done!
A busy day in P7!
Primary 7S pupils had a very busy day today!
Some of us went along to West Calder High School to learn how to make a spatula With Dr. Cherry as part of our transition, we had great fun although felt a bit apprehensive walking into the high school as we could see older pupils in their classrooms.
We were all learning to write a balanced argument in class and chose our subject area ensuring we were following the success criteria of writing in the third person, creating an introduction and making sure we had paragraphs detailing the pros and cons before concluding our work with our own opinion. We enjoyed including some research into our work by using ICT to enhance our knowledge.
The fire service were back in to see us this afternoon and worked with some pupils in our class to teach emergency first aid skills. All P7 pupils in our school have now had emergency first aid training so they will be prepared in any emergency situation.
Well done for a great day today P7, I am looking forward to what tomorrow brings. Remember you can wear your Christmas PJs to raise money for the charity Save the Children.
Message from NHS Lothian
Winter 2019/20 Respiratory Illness
NHS Lothian have seen a large number of respiratory outbreaks in nurseries and schools in the past few weeks.
The main symptoms being reported include:
– Fever
– Cough
– Sore throat
– Muscle aches
– Sore tummy
– Cold/Flu like symptoms
– headache
These symptoms are consistent with respiratory viral illnesses such as the common cold, respiratory syncytial virus (RSV) and influenza.
Respiratory viruses are spread by breathing in droplets produced when a person coughs or sneezes. You can also catch the virus by touching the surfaces that the droplets have landed on if you pick up the virus on your hands and then touch your nose or mouth.
Key advice for parents and carers:
In the home the risk of catching or spreading flu/cold like illness can be reduced by:
• Regular hand washing with liquid soap and running water
• Covering nose and mouth when coughing or sneezing
• Using a disposable paper tissue, disposed off immediately after use.
• You can teach your child to sneeze into the ‘crook’ of their arm rather than their hands, if they don’t have a tissue. https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=mQINuSTP1jI
• Good general cleaning of surface that everyone touches often e.g. TV remote, light switches, door handles, toilet flushes and tap heads.
• https://www.nhsinform.scot/illnesses-and-conditions/infections-and-poisoning/common-cold
• https://www.nhsinform.scot/illnesses-and-conditions/infections-and-poisoning/flu
Children should not return to school until completely well and 48 hours after symptoms have ceased.
Primary 7 – Group 2 Visit to WCHS
A little reminder that pupils in Technology group 2 will attend WCHS tomorrow at 9am and then on the 19th of December. The session for the 12th of December was moved to the 19th due to the school being closed to pupils for the upcoming election.
Please ensure you have handed in your EE2 or you will be unable to attend.
Miss Morrison
