On Thursday morning Primary 5 had a visit from Natalie and Emma from InStep dance who kindly donated their time to give us a taster session of a hip-hop dance class. Everyone made a huge effort to participate and came up with a very impressive routine after just a short session, a lovely fun way to round off the term. Thank you again to Natalie and Emma for making it such a fun session.
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Social Stories for Session 2023/2024
A warm welcome to all parents and carers. Please find Social Stories for each class which can be viewed at any time over summer to support your child/children as they begin their new class in August.
If you have any questions at all, please do not hesitate to get in touch,
Miss Baldacci (Principal Teacher).
Primary 1a
Primary 1b
Primary 2/1
Primary 2
Primary 3/2
Social Story – Primary 3 and 2
Primary 3
Primary 4a
Primary 4b
Primary 5a
Primary 5b
Primary 6
Primary 6/7
Primary 7
Please also find some visuals which you may find useful to use with your child/children to help their understanding of when the school is closed and when it reopens again.
Learning in P2/1 and P2.
P2 and P2/1 had a super time at The Scottish Owl Centre in Polkemet.
We took part in a ‘Hoots for Dinner’ game, where we learned about what some owls eat and saw an owl fly from perch to perch. One of our highlights was seeing a baby owl. We all thought it looked very fluffy, small and cute!
After lunch we had a go on the Owl slide and had great fun at the park.
We’ve been outside in this lovely weather. We worked in pairs to draw analogue clocks. We’ve been working on o’clock, half past and quarter past times.
Article 28: I have the right to learn
Article 31: I have the right to play
Sports Day 2023 Results
A massive congratulations to our 2023 Sports Day Champions…. Almondell!
We were very impressed with how hard all the pupils worked out in the sunshine. Thank you to all the spectators that came along to support the athletes!
East Calder Bowling Club -Community Hub visit
Wow! What can we say but a huge thank you to East Calder Bowling Club. Today we were fortunate enough to visit the bowling club where we taught the fine art of bowling….it is much trickier than it looks! We are so grateful to everyone involved who gave up their time and for the much needed refreshments on such a beautiful day. Considering some of the children had never bowled before there were some real pros in our midst. We would also like to say thank you to the Club for the incredibly generous donation to the P7 Hoody fund. This was much appreciated. The children thoroughly enjoyed this worthwhile experience.
P3a Grid References
This week we started learning about grid references. We have different activities to help us. We used the Maths Wall to place pictures in the grid and then have to write the correct Co-ordinates. We had some work on Seesaw to complete placing and recording Co-ordinates and an Alien game to shoot the Alien crafts by getting the Co-ordinates correct. We played Billy Bug and had a sheet to colour the Co-ordinates to create a picture. Lots of learning!
Primary 4A Volume Investigation
Primary 4 have been learning about measure in maths. This week we have been learning about volume. We have been calculating the volume by counting cubes. 
Primary 4 Sharing the Learning
On Thursday the 25th of May Primary 4A invited their families into school to share our learning from this term. The children planned an afternoon full of activities linking to our learning in class. Adults then had to complete a Kahoot! Quiz using lots of information from the 7 different stations.
Thank you to all parents and carers who joined us.
P5 Personal Project
The first of our Personal Projects came in today and we were all very impressed with this pupil’s research on guineapigs. It was beautifully and clearly presented and contained lots of interesting information- there was even a word search and a quiz which we had fun completing. We look forward to seeing more projects as they come in.
Community Hub Visit
Today the Community Hub visited the KNEC Community Listening Project and Warm Hub in East Calder. The project aims to provide a space called a warm hub. Starting with 4 hours, 2 days a week (Monday and Thursday 11am-3pm) They open in the downstairs of East Calder Church Hall allowing people to come and sit in the warm. There will be a free bowl of soup, roll, warm drinks and biscuits available. There will also be free WI-FI which allows people to sit in and complete work if need be. This will also help people who would be isolated in their homes facing the potential of suffering loneliness.
We helped preparing lunch, getting plates ready and then, very carefully serving lunch. We also had a lesson about listening, as it is central to the ethos of the Warm Hub. Another group looked at the organisation of the Hub and how it accommodates everyone. It was great to be able to chat to so many of the visitors to the Hub. Later this week we will present the Hub with a cheque from our Dress Down Day fundraising. Thank you to everyone at the Hub for such a warm welcome.
