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Amazing Learning in Primary 2A

 

 

Wow! What an amazing week of learning we have had. Well done for all your hard work this week as always. I am so proud of all your efforts and your positive attitude towards your learning. This week, we have been learning to read and write magic e words with an i and we have also been working hard on Reading Comprehension. In Writing, we have been learning to write the midde of a story, following on from our introductions from last wek. Your stories are looking fantastic so far! I can’t wait to read your endings. In Numeracy, we have been working hard in number talks and we have been learning about fractions this week. You found some great examples of halves and quarters at home.

 

Here are a few examples of your wonderful work.

 

 

Jaysiel wrote a fantastic middle to her imaginative story with capital letters, finger spaces and full stops. She also used connectives and wrote great descriptions. Well done Jaysiel:)

 

Max worked hard to calculate the missing addends in Numeracy this week. He did a great job counting on to work out the answers. Well done for working hard on this Max and for creating some of your own missing addend problems.

 

Ollie worked hard on this magic e roll, write and read task. You worked hard Ollie and you managed to write and read some new magic e words too. Well done!

 

This is Evie’s creative approach to this week’s STEM challenge. It has been amazing seeing everyone working so hard to be creative with these challenges every week. This week, we had to build a bridge using construction or any other materials at home. Well done for thinking outside the box Evie! It looks like your bridge was definitely strong enough for Nala to stand on. Fantastic work!

 

Keep up your hard work everyone. Have a lovely weekend and I will see you all on Monday:)

 

Amazing Hard Work in P2A

Well done for all your hard work again this week. You are all putting so much effort into your learning and I am so impressed. Thank you to everyone who has been supporting your child at home too. This is really appreciated.

 

We have been working so hard this week in Literacy, Numeracy, Health and Wellbeing and also on our remote learning grid activities. Our new sound this week was magic e with an everyone worked hard to practise reading and writing their words. In Writing, we wrote an introduction to an imaginative story and I was proud of everyone’s efforts with this. Our remote learning grid this week focused on a “Scotland” theme for “Scottish Week.” Here are some excellent examples of learning below.

 

Alex worked hard to practise spelling magic e words with his Lego. Well done for working so hard. I am very impressed with your amazing work with the Lego bricks:)

 

Everyone has worked so hard on writing an introduction to a story this week. Well done everyone:) This is Isabella’s introduction. She used capital letters, finger spaces and full stops. You also may spot a connective in her sentences. Fantastic work Isabella:)

 

Max worked really hard to divide by 3 this week and he applied his learning really well to pencil tasks. Well done for working so hard on this Max:)

 

Jasmine worked so hard to sequence these numbers in order from smallest to largest. Well done for you hard work Jasmine:) You sequenced all the numbers in the correct order.

This is just a small selection of some of your fantastic learning this week. Keep up your hard work and have a lovely weekend:)

P2A Remote Learning

You have been working so hard on your learning at home Primary 2A! I have been so impressed with your hard work on Seesaw and in class this week. In Literacy, we have been learning to read and write soft g words. You all worked so hard to write a fantastic description of a family member this week. I saw lots of brilliant connectives which was our Success Criteria challenge. Next week we are going to begin writing an imaginative story.

In Numeracy we have been learning to make equal groups. You all know this means you were dividing and this week, we have been learning to divide by 2. You used concrete materials at home to practise sharing equally and I was impressed with how hard you all worked on this task. We have also continued with our number talks too.

I am glad so many of you asked for more French target tasks and you all put in so much effort to your French learning this week. I have loved seeing everyone being so creative in your learning. Here are some examples of your amazing work on Seesaw.

Alex worked really hard to build a house for the Three Little Pigs. This was Mrs Beattie’s STEM challenge this week. Super effort Alex!

 

Isla used her nail varnish collection to spell soft g words. I love her creativity and she has a very impresive collection. Super spelling Isla:)

 

Harry read this book himself at home this week. I am very proud that you were practising your reading Harry and choosing to read a book for enjoyment:)

Jaysiel worked hard to sequence numbers from smallest to largest in Numeracy. This was a great challenge and you could order all the numbers in the correct order. Well done:)

 

Have a great weekend everyone:)

Article 29: We have the right to develop our talents and abilities.

P3 Remote Learning

WOW P3!  You have had an amazing week! We have been so impressed by all your fantastic learning.

  • We have been learning a poem in Scots.
  • Using Scots words..and French words!.. to describe the weather.
  • Learning how to use speech marks.
  • Using arrays to work out multiplication problems.
  • Looking at non- fiction texts about polar bears.
  • Designing super inventions for Mrs Beattie’s Invention Challenge.
  • Creating our own tartan.
  • Taking part in Mr Millar’s Active Challenge.
  • ..and not forgetting sledging, building snowmen and having fun outdoors!

Thank you to your families for supporting you in your learning.

We really hope you have all enjoyed the activities. Remember you can give us some feedback too!  Let us know which ones you liked best.

Have a great weekend!

Miss Reid P3A      Mrs Robertson P3B          (your very proud teachers!)

East Calder Primary – Early Learning and Childcare Centre (ELC)

Please find below a link to the West Lothian Early Years Blog.

Welcome to the West Lothian Early Years Blog

This blog has been set up to support children and families should you find yourself having to spend a period of time away from nursery.  There are lots of ideas and places to visit online.  Keep popping back for fresh ideas as the site is added to as time goes on.

Do you have an iPad or android device at home?  Visit our Apps for Early Learning page for a list of free apps that can be downloaded to your devices to keep your little ones busy.

Visit our Early Learning Websites page for links to other sites on the web to keep our little learners engaged.

 

 

Lockdown Painted Stones

A massive ‘THANK YOU’ to our secret helpers who came in to the school playground last Friday to cement down the beautiful painted stones which our pupils and their families did during Lockdown.  We were delighted to see the finished result and are sure that you will agree that they have done a fantastic job. On behalf of everyone at East Calder Primary School THANK YOU VERY MUCH. Your help is much appreciated 🙂

Here are some of the photos of our COVID Snake which can be found in the P1-2 playground.

 

 

Aargh Primary 2A!

In Primary 2A, we have been learning about pirates as our Topic. We were very excited to receive a letter from a real pirate who is going to help us with our learning.

We decided what we would like to learn about pirates and some of our questions have been answered in the interesting non-fiction book we have been reading. We even learned about some real famous pirates from the past. Blackbeard sounded the scariest. We wrote fantastic descriptions about him in Writing last week. Well done to Oscar C, Matthew and Isabella who were our amazing Writing stars last week. I wonder who will be the Writing stars this week?

Our pirate also asked us to learn about why pirates have flags on their ships. Well done to Hugo who knew that the reason for this is so that other ships would know pirates were approaching and the flag would scare them. Our pirate asked us to design a new flag for her ship using black paper and oil pastels or chalk. We used no more than two colours each and we did not share to make sure everyone was safe. We used pictures of pirate flags on the Smart Board to help us with our designs. We worked very hard and did an amazing job! We are still waiting to find out the winner. That will be a very hard decision.

   

Article 13: We have the right to find out things and share what we think with others.

 

 

P6 – Learners Leading Learning

I was delighted to receive this message by email today from our P6 class. Our school are working on developing reading skills and we have purchased some puppets to help the younger pupils understand the skills we are learning about. Our pupils in P6 have come up with the great idea of creating videos to help introduce the younger pupils to the skills they are learning about and using in their reading. I’m looking forward to seeing how the videos turn out! Well done P6 for a great idea – another example of our young learners leading learning in ECPS 🙂

P2 Home Learning Grid

Happy Monday everyone!

We hope you have had a lovely weekend and have enjoyed some of the beautiful weather we have had. Here you have the last home learning grid of Primary 2. Thank you to all of you for your hard work and your efforts during this time. We know how difficult it can be when learning at home but you have done a fantastic job and it is lovely to see you all doing fun activities at home with your families.

Enjoy your last week of Primary 2 and we look forward to seeing some more of the activities you are doing throughout the week.  We also look forward to seeing some of you in school this week if you are able to make it on Thursday for a catch up between 12 – 1:30pm  (see box on grid.)

The only other attachment you will need this week is the Spelling words which includes revision of magic e/CVC words. There is also another copy of the resilience alphabet attached if needed.

Have a great week:)

Miss Marra and Miss Walkingshaw

Grid 13

Grid 13 Spelling Words

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Home Learning in P2M

Good afternoon everyone! I hope you and your families are well this week. A massive thank you to everyone for all your efforts during this time and thank you to each and every one of you who have taken the time to send photos of your home learning. I really enjoy seeing the activities you have been doing at home and it is great to see so many of you being creative and enjoying your learning.

Remember to keep sending photos if you can. I appreciate that this can be difficult as the weeks continue; however, any photos of activities you are doing at home are greatly appreciated. This could be photos of you doing activities such as baking, cooking, gardening, drawing, reading a book, riding your bike. Here are some more examples of activities that you have been doing at home.

Have a lovely weekend everyone! Well done for all your effort and support during this time.

From Miss Marra

After watching “Let’s Go Live” with Maddie and Greg, you created your own dinosaur zip line in the garden. Fantastic work and it looks like you had lots of fun doing this. Well done!

You worked hard to create this wonderful picture of a boat. I love the detail and effort you have put into this. Well done Luca!

What an amazing achievement for you Phoebe! You have been practising riding your bike without stabilisers and you can now do it. All your hard work and resilience has paid off. Well done Phoebe!

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