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Lagganlia Update

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Update on P7 trip to Lagganlia.
Please link below to dorm allocation that would have been given out at school today.
Reminder to refer to clothing list, but to bring lots of extra layers given present weather conditions.
Reminder to bring all medical forms and medication to school office by 8.45am Monday.
Children should bring their luggage to school hall when they arrive on Monday.
At the moment, we are planing that our residential will go ahead.  We have discussed this with Lagganlia, the bus company and also the SMT at West Lothian Education.   We will, of course, be keeping a close eye on weather forecasts over the weekend, and will keep parents updated, if necessary.
Outdoor Learning, P7, Parents, School Information

P7 Lagganlia Trip Update

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This is an update about the P7 Lagganlia trip next week. The trip at the moment will still go ahead. We have spoken to Lagganlia Centre and they have told us they all roads are clear and safe to drive. We will update you if anything changes.

Please check the following basic kit list. Remember that is is the minimum requirements. Link to list below:-

Lagganlia Suggested Clothing List

They have however suggested to pack some extra layers as well as extra gloves, hat, snood and socks due to the cold weather.

Please note that any MEDICAL forms as well as any medicines needs to be into the office for 8:45 Monday at the latest. Staff will not be allowed to give any medicines without relevant completed medical forms and approval from parents.

Please bring all luggage to the school hall on Monday first thing. Children will also need a packed lunch for Monday.

Community, Creativity, Curriculum, Digital Technology, Health and Wellbeing, Literacy, Outdoor Learning, School Closure, Thinking Skills

World Book ‘Snowy’ Day Challenges

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Tomorrow is World Book Day. In school we had planned to have  lots of activities related to the enjoyment and importance of reading. Due to the weather, however, we would love it if you all were able to complete a reading challenge in the snow.

Here are a few suggestions.

 

  • Read a book while out in the snow?
  • Create a character from a book in the snow?
  • Build an outdoor book stand?
  • Read aloud outside in the snow?
  • Write some WOW words in the snow
  • Design a picture/scene from your favourite book in the snow.

Anything you do please take a quick picture if possible – Tweet your pictures, share on GLOW or bring into school to show us when we return.

Happy snowy reading

Mr Taylor

Community, Library, Literacy, Outdoor Learning, P1

P1a go out and about!

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Here are some photographs of  P1a out and about this week.  Thank you very much to all the mums who kindly came along with us despite the  cold weather! Your help is much appreciated.

As part of our Percy the Park Keeper topic we visited Beecraigs on Tuesday morning and took part in several activities with the rangers.  These included a scavenger hunt, making animal homes and learning about the animals that live in the park.

As part of our Book Week Scotland activities on Wednesday afternoon we visited Linlithgow Library.  As well as listening to a story we enjoyed looking at and reading lots of different books.  Lots of us have taken books home to read which we will be able to return to the new library within the new partnership centre.

 

 

Outdoor Learning, P1, P6

More Hallowe’en activities in P1a!

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As part of our Hallowe’en activities we read the story Pumpkin Soup by Helen Cooper.

Then as part of our Health and Wellbeing learning about handling and trying new foods we made and tasted our very own pumpkin soup.  Everyone tried it although not everyone liked it!

Thank you to the girls who kindly washed and dried all the dishes when we had finished.

Later in the week we took part in a special outdoor team challenge with our buddies in P6a.  We had to make skeletons using sticks and stones and leaves.  It was a lovely sunny afternoon and we all enjoyed being outside.  Miss McDermott, Mrs Smith and Mrs Marshall were very impressed with the finished skeletons – what do you think?

 

Health and Wellbeing, Outdoor Learning, P6, Social Studies

P6A visit to Edinburgh Zoo

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P6A had a great day at the zoo yesterday.

 

 

 

 

We watched the tapir and her baby walking round their enclosure.  It was interesting to see that the baby looked totally different to his mum with his watermelon stripes.

 

 

This koala was sleeping in what looked like a very uncomfortable position.  We noticed he had 3 fingers and 2 thumbs on each front paw and decided we would find out how he used them.

We were able to stand really close to the wallabies as we walked through their open enclosure.

 

 

The tiger spent the whole time walking from one side of his enclosure to the other.  We wondered why he walked backwards and forward along the same path – was he thinking about something?   We also saw how the stripes on his fur helped to camoflage his body in the long grass.

We didn’t see the giant pandas but learned from their keeper about how giant pandas have adapted from omnivores to eating bamboo with the development of a thumb-like digit on their front paws.

We visited the penguins and learned about their life cycles and breeding habits. Josie told us you can only find out whether penguins are male or female by a blood test.  We also learned that the King penguins one of three species at the zoo are the second biggest of all penguins.

We visited many of the monkeys but learned most about the gibbons.  Did you know all buff cheeked gibbon babies are born beige and the males turn black at puberty? The family have a ‘song’ they sing every morning to tell other gibbons this is their territory.  Gibbons also sing to find a mate – if they like the song they hear they will pair up for life. This photograph shows the close link between monkeys and humans:

Finally we learned that Edinburgh Zoo usually have two male rhinos.  When they hit puberty they have to be separated because they fight trying to decide who is boss and so they go to other zoos to find a mate.  Our most amazing fact of the day: a baby rhino can drink up to FIFTY pints of milk a day.

We all gave our trip to the zoo a very high score out of ten – our only complaints were that we wanted to stay longer and that some animals were not outside for viewing (lions and pandas).

We will be learning more about animal adaptations in the next few weeks and we wonder where our next trip will be.

P6A and Mrs Marshall

Classes, Community, Eco-School, Food Technology, Health and Wellbeing, Outdoor Learning, P7

Harvest Haul

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Today, some pupils from P7A spent some time in the school garden harvesting the vegetables that we have been growing over the summer.

We dug up carrots, radishes, shallots, turnips and A LOT of onions! We were delighted and surprised to find lots of wonky looking veggies, particularly our carrots!

We have been busy weighing, washing and trimming the veggies ready to be shared with the school.

If you would like to take some of our school veggies home to try, please ask Ms Orskov for some this week. You’ll need to be quick, as stocks are limited, so it will be on a first come, first served basis.

All we ask is that you take a picture of yourself creating something yummy with your veggies and send it in to us. You can email it to the school office for the attention of Ms Orskov at wllinlithgow-ps@westlothian.org.uk

Good luck with your recipes! We look forward to seeing pictures of your creations.

Mrs Paton, Ms Orskov and P7A

Art, Music, Numeracy, Outdoor Learning, P2/1, P6, Uncategorized

A busy second last week of term in P2/1!

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My apologies for not posting this last week but here is a little update of a few of the things that we have been doing even though it is just about holiday time!

As you may have seen on Twitter we have enjoyed learning about the Scottish artist Steven Brown and were even more delighted that he retweeted our post and obviously some pictures of our art work too.  I’m sure you’ll agree that there could well be some famous artists in P2/1 some day soon! Here a few more of the finished McCoos.

As the weather was nice last week we went outside to do some “wild writing”.  This is part of the outdoor classroom initiative and we were able to write about anything we chose although spiders did seem to feature in quite a lot of the stories.

One of the reading groups was recently reading about a book about World Instruments which included the didgeridoo.  MissMcDermott just happened to have a didgeridoo in her loft so she gave it a good clean and we all had a go at trying to play it. However, it was not as easy as it looked so we did some internet research ( which also said it was fun and easy!!!) and gave it another go.  With a lot of perseverance we finally managed – well, some of us did!

On Thursday some of the P6a buddies game to our classroom to join us in playing a variety of maths games.  We have been practising telling the time and money skills throughout the year and these are something that ideally we need to keep practising over the holidays. We would like to say a big thank you to the buddies for all their help this year!