Someone made good use of his free time this morning – great picture!
Primary 7/6L Gymnastics
Congratulations on coming second in your Scottish Gymnastics event last Saturday!
Lunchtime Clubs
We are currently running a couple of lunchtime clubs. Children do not need to sign up for these clubs they can simply pop along at 12.45 after their lunch.
- Tuesday- Primary 5 Netball (with Mr Millar in the hall)
- Wednesday- Primary 6 and 7 Netball (with Mr Millar in the hall)
- Thursday (fortnightly)- Homework Grid Club (with Mrs Lewis in the library)
After the October holiday we will also be running a Choir again with Miss Melaisi and Miss Beattie on a Monday lunchtime as well as beginning to offer our after school clubs.
Harvest Foodbank Appeal
West Lothian Foodbank’s Combined Harvest Appeal
West Lothian Foodbank are looking for the following items as part of their Harvest Appeal:
Tinned tomatoes
Tinned sweetcorn
Sweets
Shampoo
Dried Herbs
Mug Shots
Sponge Puddings
Tinned Cold Meat
Meat Paste
Washing up liquid
If you would like to donate items to the West Lothian Foodbank’s Harvest please hand in any donations to our school. A box has been placed in the main foyer, near the school entrance, for your donations. Thank you
NURSERY IN THE COMMUNITY
ICommunity Links
The Nursery visited the council run sheltered housing buildings as part of our work in the community. This week the blue group, Mrs O’Neill and Miss Vance took the children along just to see the building and grounds, to make the children aware of what was happening and who we were going to be visiting. The children were excited about the whole idea.
The staff initially visited the establishment, taking all their ideas and putting them to Sandra Ferguson, who is in charge. We were in the grounds taking photo’s when Sandra invited us in, and the children met some of the residents. The children were with the Nursery Staff at all times and never left alone with the residents. The children enjoyed this experience and it brightened up the residents day, making it an all round successful introduction into East Calder community. We are looking forward to developing our partnership with this group in our community.
Learning in Primary 2
Article 28: We have the right to learn.
We have been so busy working hard and getting used to our new routines in Primary 2 which means this is our first blog post of the year.
In Literacy and Maths, we have been taking part in learning activities at stations where we are provided with opportunities to say, write, make and do different tasks to help us with our learning.
In Literacy we have learned th, sh and ch words e.g. with, ship, chat. This week, we are learning words that begin with “wh.” Some of us are also practising reading and writing CVC words (consonant, vowel, consonant; e.g. cat, mop, bug etc). Please support your child to practise reading and writing these words at home. Your child will also have opportunities to practise their sounds as part of their homework grid. In Maths we have been working on numeral identification and we have been working hard to order and sequence numbers within 100.
Every morning, we take part in Smart Start when we come into the classroom. We work individually, in pairs or groups on different learning activities including games, puzzles, mindfulness colouring, letter formation, quiet reading and making numbers using concrete materials such as cubes, counting sticks or numicon. This helps us to feel calm and ready for the day.
Our new Topic is “The Human Body.” So far, we have learned about the brain, the heart and the skeleton. We even made brain hats to show the sides of our brains and how they are used. We worked hard in groups to make skeletons which was a great challenge and we can’t wait to show them off at Parents’ Evening.
Just a reminder about our P.E days in Primary 2: P2M – Wednesday and Thursday. P2W – Tuesday and Wednesday.
NURSERY – Parents Evening Appointments
Nursery Parents Evenings – Wednesday 9th & Thursday 10th October
Parents Evening Appointments will be offered to all parent/carers of preschool children in our nursery. More information will be out shortly about how to book an appointment with your child’s key worker.
Many of our younger children (anti-preschool children) have just joined our nursery or will be joining over the next few weeks. We would like them to get time to settle in to the nursery environment and routines before we offer a Parents Evening appointment for them. Therefore, parents/carers of our anti-preschool children will be given an opportunity to discuss their child’s progress later on in the term. More information about this will be given in November.
P5B Assembly
P5B had their assembly today. Considering we only had two days to come up with the content and practice it, I think we all did very well! It was nice to share our camp experience with parents and the rest of the school. Miss Beattie is very proud of P5B!
Thank you, Primary 5!
Just a wee note from Mrs Hearne, Mrs Sandison, Mr Millar, Miss Beattie and Mrs Campbell to say thanks to all our fabulous P5 children who attended camp at Lendrick Muir last week.
They all conducted themselves beautifully, with most children listening well, following instructions and remembering their manners. We also saw many children showing great resilience, whether through attempting a challenging activity or overcoming a wee bit of homesickness at bed time!
All of the P5 parents and carers can be very, very proud – well done, P5s!
P4S Achievement
Well done for taking part in the Edinburgh Kilt Walk. You walked 5 miles, raising money for charity and received a medal.
