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Mid Calder Primary School Bake-Off! Read all about it!
Mid Calder Bake-Off!
Why not read a recipe?
The Bake-Off is back! Bigger and better than ever! Mid Calder Primary School’s BookLions is proud to present The Mid Calder Bake-Off! Get out your whisks and put on your aprons because it’s coming to Mid Calder Primary School hall, on Thursday 3rd March 2016.
It will be at 1:30pm-2:30pm, so bring your cakes and bakes to the hall in the morning, where we will be waiting to collect your sweet treats. We promise we won’t eat them!
If you have any gluten-free or nut free cakes and bakes please inform us, and we will add this to your description card. If you have used any Fairtrade products in your bakes, we will have a table for that too.
The Categories are:
Nursery
P1-P3
P4-P5
P6-P7
Parent/family etc
Staff
The cake designs can be to do with your favourite book/character or they could just be a normal design. Remember to bring a copy of the recipe you used when baking or bring in the book for everyone to see. Reasons being to make sure everyone knows what they’re eating and that they’re allowed it, also reading is what we encourage and we thought it would be fun to let you read the recipes yourself!
We will have special guest judges and your parents, carers, grandparents will also be invited in during this time. We invite you to take another cake home to try (and the recipe) for a small donation, if you want to take your own cake home afterwards please let us know when delivering it to the hall. The donations you make are to raise money for our school library, to get it into better condition. Oh, and did we forget to tell you about the prize? Your cakes and bakes will be judged before parents and carers arrive. The prize will be a… surprise because that’s the best kind!
Finally, if you have any old books or books you don’t read anymore, we will be having a book swap table, to get you reading.
We hope you will put in the effort to get baking and bring in some delicious cakes and treats, for everyone to enjoy!
Hope you get busy and get baking!
From, Erin Leitch, Eloise Cowie and Neve Cormack, members of the BookLions
P7 Sum Dog Homework Challenge
P7 have been set a Homework Challenge on Sum Dog recapping over all the work we have been learning within Second Level. Remember accuracy is important -who can answer questions correctly and quickly. We look forward to see your results. You can access the challenge through using your Sum Dog account and clicking on P7 Homework Challenge.
February 2016 Newsletter
Dear Parent/Carer,
I hope that you had a lovely mid-term break and it is hard to believe that we are on the countdown to Easter. We have a busy term ahead with our STEM focus week; celebrating Fairtrade Fortnight and National Book Day. We also celebrated Mrs Bokhari’s silver anniversary as this month marks her 25th year of working in Mid Calder Primary School.
Just to give you forward notice – the primary school will be closed on Thursday 5th May due to the Scottish Parliamentary Election and on Thursday 23rd June due to the European Union Membership Referendum. The nursery will be open as usual on these dates.
Nicola Thompson
Head Teacher
PSA Meeting Minutes: Wednesday 10th February 2016
P.5/4 Homework
This week, homework for P.5/4 is as follows:
Reading
As usual, all the texts are available via Purple Mash.
The Witches – Read chapter 6 of ‘The Dark Castle Mystery’ and write a review of your book in your homework jotter.
Mystery Seekers – Read chapter 6 of ‘The Dark Castle Mystery’ and write a review of your book in your homework jotter.
Book Cats – Read chapter 6 of ‘Undercover Zoo’ and write a review of your book in your homework jotter.
The Spuds – Re-read chapter 3 of ‘Undercover Zoo’ and complete the quiz.
Maths
All children to use Sumdog for homework.
Spelling
Follow instructions given by your Spelling teacher.
Stay Safe, Be Smart!
Last week, P3 and P3/2 joined together to think about how we could be safe on the internet for Safer Internet Day 2016. As a group, we looked into Hector’s World and discussed and shared some of the main ideas of internet safety such as;
- Keep safe and keep your personal information private
- Read the terms and conditions
- Ask an adult you trust for permission before going on any website/putting in any details
- Always check if information on a website is safe and true
Please follow the link to access more about Hector’s world-
https://www.thinkuknow.co.uk/5_7/hectorsworld/
Challenge set: How can you be SMART on the internet?
We challenge you to come up with 5 top tips or create a poster on how to be safe when using the internet.
Parental Information: Safer Internet Day
Safer Internet Day 2016 – Friday 12th February at the new Bathgate Cinema
West Lothian Council is inviting parents and carers to meet industry experts on internet safety, at the end of a week in which information on keeping children safe online will be promoted through the Council’s Facebook and Twitter accounts, in support of Safer Internet Day 2016.
What is Safer Internet Day?
Globally, Safer Internet Day involves over a hundred countries, and is supported by the European Commission and national Safer Internet Centres across Europe. In West Lothian, an event is being hosted at the new Bathgate Cinema offering advice on setting parental controls on any kind of device, from technology industry experts.
What will be happening on the day?
Police Scotland’s School Link Officers will introduce and provide commentary on the CEOP (Child Exploitation and Online Protection) films, giving parents and carers first-hand experience of the internet safety lessons pupils receive in school.
The CEOP film screenings will take place at a free event at the new Bathgate Cinema (formerly St. David’s Church, George Street) on Friday 12 February from 10:00 to 12:00.
Not to be confused with the Regal Community Theatre, the new Bathgate Cinema is in St. David’s Church on the pedestrian precinct in Bathgate, opposite Boots.
The event is free and open to everyone.
Expert advice will then be offered at information stalls from 12 noon until 3pm, with representatives including staff from retailer Game, Vodafone, and Police Scotland.
What the Leader of the Council said:
Leader of West Lothian Council John McGinty, said: “Safer Internet Day provides the opportunity to highlight positive uses of technology and to explore the role we all play in helping to create a better and safer online community.
“The internet is integral to life today, and will play a crucial role in the future of our young people. It is vitally important that children, and the people who care for them, understand that what is posted online today can have a massive impact on their future, both positively and negatively, and the importance of staying safe online.”
For more information visit:
http://www.westlothian.gov.uk/saferinternet
Bring Your Own Device Contract
Today during Junior Leadership time, the Technical Troopers and Pupil Council had a meeting to look at a Bring Your Own Device Contract. In groups we brainstormed all the ways we needed to behave in order to be responsible and respectful, if could bring our devices to school.
Watch this space!
Primary 1-3 ICT club
Over the past four weeks the children at the P1-3 ICT club have been learning from each other to:
– Program Beebot to travel along paths and mazes
– Use the paint tool in Purple Mash
– Access Sumdog
– Explore apps on our new IPads.
We have all learned new ICT skills as well as develop our communication and problem-solving skills whilst having great fun.
