Category Archives: General Information

General Information, Primary 6

P6 highlights of school so far…

I asked the children what had been their highlights so far in school, whether it be learning or activities or things they do with friends. Here is what they said:

  • Measurement in maths using centimetres, metres and kilometres.
  • Playing handball and hockey matches in P.E.
  • Reading Friend Or Foe by Michael Morpurgo as a class novel.
  • Learning about multiples, factors, prime numbers and cubed numbers in numeracy
  • Futsal
  • Girls football
  • Art linked to WWII
  • The WWII topic – all of it!
  • Writing activities linked with grammar and spelling and using the Nelson skills book
  • Making the candy cane reindeer for enterprise
  • Using Scratch coding programme
  • Outdoor Learning – tidying the garden and especially the s’mores!

Well done everybody, looking forward to next terms adventures,

Mrs Smith

Happy holidays, we are back on Wednesday the 6th January.

Class Posts, Early Learning and Childcare, General Information, Primary 1, Primary 2/1, Primary 3, Primary 3/2, Primary 4, Primary 5, Primary 6, Primary 7

Christmas Cards and Gifts

There was much excitement today as the children’s Christmas cards arrived.  If you didn’t get yours they will be sent home with your child tomorrow.  The Parent Council are aware of errors in printing and would ask parents to contact them so they can work with the company to organise a refund.  They apologise for any inconvenience and upset this has caused.  The school would like to thank those who have supported this fundraising venture and hope everyone has a lovely festive break.

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General Information, Primary 5

P5 Week beginning 23 November

P5 have once again had a week full of great learning. Here are some of the pupils’ comments.

Olly – I really enjoyed learning the 6x table. When I told Mum and Dad they started testing me at home. I was excited to be learning the 9x table today.

Emma F – I loved French this week. We were learning how to say some pets. I like une tortue – a tortoise.

Lakshya – It was good to do revision of pets in French. I would like to have un chat.

Finn – We are learning some animals in French. The crossword we did really got me thinking.

Darcy – In French I liked the worksheet. On the last question you had to try and write a whole sentence. It was a good opportunity.

Luke C – On PE on Monday I liked it because we got to choose our games and the whole class chose Chaos Tig and that is my favourite Tig game.

Luke N – I think it was interesting when we had to think about For and Against answers for Should learning Mandarin be compulsory for all Scottish primary school pupils? There were lots of things other people said that I hadn’t thought of.

Angus – In PE on Thursday it was good because we did lots of fun exercises and my legs still hurt.

Jarrad – I liked my CLIC maths sheet today. I am hoping I get 10/10.

Labib – I liked RME with Mr Keast because we were learning about Islam and I am a muslim so it was interesting for me.

Early Learning and Childcare, General Information, Primary 1, Primary 2/1, Primary 3, Primary 3/2, Primary 4, Primary 5, Primary 6, Primary 7

Chocolate Friday – November 27th

Friday 27th November will be ‘Chocolate Friday’.  Children can come dressed down but instead of £1, it would be much appreciated if they could bring a chocolate donation for the Tombola stall which we will hold in school on Friday 4th December.

If your child wishes to participate in the Chocolate Tombola on Friday 4th December, they should bring their money in a sealed envelope, clearly marked with their name and how many tickets they wish to purchase.

Further news of our Christmas class enterprise items will follow in the near future.

Thanks for your support with our Christmas fundraising.

General Information, Primary 6

P6 Sharing our Learning wk.beg. 14th November 2020

This week we have been working on are second draft of writing on if we have been trying to persuade Miss Hamilton and our teachers to let us bring our mobile phones into school for learning and getting information.

We have also been learning  about calculating  area of a right angle triangle.

On Tuesday we watched authors live with Ross MacKenzie and on Wednesday we had a online meet with Robin Stephens and other schools.

We made identity cards as part of our WWII topic.  We have been warned that we need to carry them all of the time!  Mrs Smith in outdoor learning helped us think about what was and was not here in Livingston at the time of the war as we began to develop our map reading skills.

Madam Moore revised colours with us in French and we had to describe an object by its colour.

In number talks we have been learning about coin multiplication which is a lot of fun and does make some multiplication sums easier.

We have started to explore Christmas in RME and this week focused on Christmas traditions and where they came from.

Authors today were Rocco and Oliver.

Early Learning and Childcare, General Information, Primary 1, Primary 2/1, Primary 3, Primary 3/2, Primary 4, Primary 5, Primary 6, Primary 7

Fundraising Christmas Cards

UPDATE: We are aware of some parents having issues when trying to order their products. Please email the company directly on info@chameleoncreate.co.uk who will be happy to resolve these for you. Thank you for supporting the school with this fundraising venture.
The shop is now open – for 5 days – for you to order your Christmas cards, gift wrap and gifts! This is a great fundraising opportunity for our school so we very much appreciate your support!
You will need the flyer that came home with your child yesterday! Don’t forget, the shop is only open for 5 days!!
It is hoped that we will have the cards/gifts to be delivered to you via your child at school on 7th or 8th December, which should allow you enough time to get your cards written.
THANK YOU for your support!
General Information, Primary 6

P6 Sharing the Learning wk.beg. 7th November 2020

Today was our last day of bike-ability and we rode our bikes around a roundabout and did all the indicators with our hands.  The best part is that the instructors told us we had done well and listened, and gave us lollies and sweets.

We have also been doing line graphs in maths, plus we have been asked to do a research project about a WWII topic of our choice.  We have till 2 of December to complete it, it has to be between 500 to 700 words or it’s not complete!

In literacy we are writing a persuasive essay about having phones in the upper school, if they should or shouldn’t be allowed in school. We said they should be allowed because  it would be fun but we will come up with more reasons about why we should or shouldn’t be allowed.

by Sandy and Aydan

Class Posts, General Information, Primary 5

Halloween Horror or Happy Hardworking Heroes :-)

What a fabulous week we have had in Primary 5 this week. The pupils have been working so hard learning about length and distance in maths. Lots of measuring and thinking about how we really do need to know this maths in real life. Most pupils were able to explain how their parents use measuring skills in their jobs. It is so important to make the link between what we are learning and why.

The pupils were truly heroes during the bleep test this week. It started off a bit chilly but we ended up running in the rain. All the pupils were so determined that they wanted to run regardless of the weather. Some amazing scores were posted.

We ended the week with some spooky looking pupils. We were able to use Teams to share our Halloween jokes with P4, P6 and P7 – some big groans there but a few giggles too.

Labib – I enjoyed everything this week, especially the maths because I like measuring. I also liked the PE and the Smart Start on Tuesday when we had to see if we could find lots of words from some random letters.

Luke – I enjoyed Mandarin and I enjoyed dressing up for Halloween.

Freya – I liked the maths because it was challenging in some parts and sometimes I like to think about it.

Leo – I liked being allowed to dress up on Friday. My sister has a really cool costume.

Finn – I liked how when we were on Teams and we got to say our jokes to the other classes.

William – I liked colouring in the pumpkin pictures and I liked playing hockey in PE on Monday.

Luke – I enjoyed the Friday CLIC maths because I think I’m going to move up this week.

Jarrad – I like the Project Code X book I am reading this week. It is good how the characters have gadgets and can do different things. I like the French and saying the numbers. Neuf is my favourite. It is nine.

Anna – I like doing French with Madame Moore. I learned how to say I have a sister and how to pronounce it properly. You say “J’ai une soeur.”

Emma – I enjoyed the Mandarin lessons. I learned to say hi. It is ni hao.