Author: Mrs Stephens

P7 began their transition to S1 this week with a visit to Whitburn Academy. We had lessons from some of the teachers and were given a tour of the school. Highlights were seeing the fitness suite and the art lesson!

P7/6 have been working on their part of our entry for the Levenseat Acorn Award, the theme this year was recycling. We learned about what happens to the recycling in West Lothian and made leaflets to educate and inform others about the recycling process and what individuals can do to help recycle more. We also looked at ‘upcycling’, repurposing things which may otherwise have ended up in landfill. We have shown our creative side upcycling old books from our library.

This week we took part in two live STEM lessons from BEAR Scotland. The first of these was on bridges with Elaine Barry, an engineer who worked on the design of the Queensferry crossing. We learned about different types of bridges as well as what makes a bridge strong. We used these principles to design our own bridges and then to build a geodesic dome made from triangles.

P7/6 had the opportunity this week to take part in a football coaching session with Daniel from ICA Academy. He was very impressed with our skills and helped us to improve them by working on different drills and games.

We have been doing a lot of learning based on the novel ‘Holes’ by Louis Sachar. Holes in set at ‘Camp Green Lake’, in the middle of a desert! We have been finding out about different deserts around the world in groups and this week will teach a lesson to the class about each one as well as planning a task for the class to check if they have understood.