Category Archives: Primary 1

Early Level, Nursery, Primary 1, Primary 2, Transition

P1 and P2/1 Transition Challenge

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Last week Primary 1 and Primary 2/1 worked together to prepare a presentation for the Nursery children who are coming into P1 in August.

The first part of our challenge was to discuss what we thought the Nursery children most needed to know about being in Primary 1. There were lots of ideas and suggestions put forward and here are a few of our suggestions:

“To be confident and make new friends.” (Grace)

“You need to be kind to each other.” (William)

“Sitting still, looking at the teacher, lips closed and open ears.” (Cayla)

“Do your own work.” (Lacey)

“Don’t push. Use gentle hands and feet.” (Jake)

Next, we organised these ideas under the headings of routines, rules and expectations, learning, playing in the playground and friendship. We took photographs to include in the presentation because they helped to demonstrate some of our ideas.

When the Nursery children came over, we took turns to talk to them. The Nursery boys and girls listened very well, and at the end, they asked some good questions which we tried hard to answer.

 

                      

We are looking forward to working with and playing with the Nursery children when they become our new Primary 1 classes.

 

Achievement Awards, Community, English & Literacy, Events, Maths & Numeracy, Nursery, Primary 1, Primary 2, Primary 3, Primary 5, Primary 7, Sciences, Technologies, Uncategorized

Term 4 Celebration Assembly

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Today we had our final Celebration Assembly. The Technical Troopers past and present were recognised for their contributions across our whole school community, from supporting teachers to setting up for CEMs, presenting to WL Head Teachers and staff to organising our Digital Award Accrediation. They have worked very hard to embed digital learning across our school and nursery.

We awarded Remarkable, STEM Superstars and Top Scorers for the term. Congratulations to everyone who received an award.

 

 

Congratulations to Cunigar for winning the house cup this term.

Primary 1, Primary 2, Sciences

Electricity in P2/1

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Learning Intention:

  • We are learning to identify objects that use electricity from the mains electricity or alternative sources (batteries, solar panels etc.).
  • We are learning to describe an electric circuit as a continuous loop of conducting materials.

Success Criteria:

  • I can talk about the importance of electricity in our daily lives and identify different sources of electricity (wind turbine, solar panels and hydroelectric dam).
  • I can suggest objects that use mains electricity or batteries.
  • I can build a simple electric circuit including a battery, wires, bulb, buzzer and a switch.
  • I can draw a simple circuit diagram using the correct symbols.

Last week, P2/1 started learning about electricity in science. First of all we discussed different sources of electricity, such as wind turbines, solar panels and hydroelectric dams. Then we used skipping ropes to help us role play the journey of electricity to our homes in order to help electrical objects work, such as a hair dryer, television and lamp. Finally we made and decorated our own wind turbine to add to our electricity learning wall.


This week, we had to use our problem solving skills to make a simple electric circuit in a group without the help of an adult. We then discussed our findings and we discovered that the circuit had to be complete in order for the electricity to flow through the wires to make the light bulb glow! We also explored the use of a buzzer and a switch in our circuits and shared our findings with the rest of the class.

In addition to building our circuits this week, we also learned about the symbols for the different parts of our electric circuit and we were able to use this knowledge to draw a circuit diagram on a whiteboard.

We enjoyed using the UK Power Network website to research and find out about electricity (http://powerup.ukpowernetworks.co.uk/powerup/en/under-11/).

 

Newsletter, Nursery, Primary 1, Primary 2, Primary 3, Primary 5, Primary 7

June Newsletter

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Dear Parents / Carers,

Here we are approaching the end of another school year. We have had many highlights since the beginning of the session and it will conclude with the same excitement. From Nursery to P7 the children will have their own special memory to look back on. It could be their performance in the Nativity, the production of Alice, their Remarkable Reader Award or Stem Award, a Living the Values certificate or an achievement recognised through I – Achieve. It may even be the completion of an amazing piece of work, coming up with a theme for new learning, presenting at a conference or sharing learning at their class assembly. As a school our highlights have been many but a few are, sharing our digital learning with colleagues from across West Lothian, being recognised for our achievement in peer mediation from both out with and within West Lothian, the monies we have raised for various charities and the food the children collected for local food banks. The list could go on, but I think what is most important is that every child has tried their best in everything they have completed and these accolades help us to say that they do.

 

I would like to thank the members of the PSA for all their fund raising events this year; they have worked relentless to raise money for our playground and to improve the space for the children. The grand total is over £10,000, which is a massive achievement. The Pupil Council will take time to get feedback from all children about what they would like for the playground and feed this back to the PSA to move this forward in the new year.     I hope you have a safe and happy holiday.

Mary McKenzie

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Community, Events, Nursery, Outside of School, Primary 1, Primary 2, Primary 3, Primary 5, Primary 7

Mid Calder Gala Day

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The shone on Mid Calder for their annual Children’s Gala Day. We had a great turn out from our school community to walk with us in the procession.

The Primary 7 pupils had a special treat!

We entered three school teams in the Gala Relay Races. Thank you to the children who represented our school, especially the boys team who won!

You can find more photos on the West Lothian Flickr page.

Thank you to the Gala committee for organising such a fun, community event.

Primary 1, Primary 2, Primary 3, Primary 5, Primary 7, Self Evaluation

Parent/ Carer Questionnaire

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Dear Parents and Carers,

Each year we invite parents to comment on the work of the school.  As we begin to plan our priorities for session 2017-2018, we would very much appreciate you taking the time to give us some feedback.

Every child in school will receive a questionnaire.  If you have more than one child in school and you feel you can represent your views on one questionnaire, please feel free to do so.  If, however you feel your child’s experiences are quite different from each other, we are happy to receive a questionnaire from each of them.

You can also complete the form electronically, you can find it in the school blog, please return to the school or electronically to

wlmidcalder-ps@westlothian.org.uk

Please return completed forms by Friday 2nd June.

MCPS Questions for Parents 2017