At our Pupil Council Meeting this week we looked at the School Improvement Plan and what this would look like, sound like and feel like in our school. The pupils worked together in small groups to use OneNote to collaborate together using the one document, with the other pupils supporting the younger ones.
Here is a copy of our School Improvement Plan in a child friendly version: pupil-version-sip-16-17
Today we hosted the Scottish Cup as part of Hibernian Football Club #Persevered Tour. This tour visits 114 venues across Edinburgh and the surrounding areas, and they shared the story of their victory and shared message of the importance of preserving.
You can view our photos on their Flickr account.
Find out more about the tour at: http://persevered.co.uk/
The Into Film Festival is a free, annual, nationwide celebration of film & education for 5-19 year olds and as a school we have attended the festival for the past 3 years. After the pupils have watched the film they analyse it in class and complete a film review activity.
Primary 4 watched Ice Age Collision Course, Primary 5 watched Inside Out and P6-7 viewed Alice Through the Looking Glass in 3D.
Primary 3 and 3/2 visited Edinburgh Zoo to view My Neighbour Totoro a Japanese fantasy film. They also took part in a workshop and had a quick tour around the Zoo.
Thank you to all the parent helpers who helped support the cinema visits.
Scottish Book Week: 21st-25th November 2016
Reading Challenge
To celebrate Scottish Book Week we are asking pupils to take a photo of themselves reading for pleasure in an usual place. To share your photo you can:
These photos will be displayed in our new library area,
SumDog Reading Contest
We are holding a SumDog Reading Challenge from 21st -24th November. There will be a P1-2, P3-4 and a P5-7 contest.
Your child can take part in this challenge at home or in school, and the winners will be announced at Assembly on 25th November.
Reading Open Afternoon
Parents and carers are invited to join us on Thursday 24th between 1:30-2:30pm to find out how we teach reading and how you can support reading at home.
The Nursery session will run from 10-11am for morning pupils and 1:30-2:30pm for afternoon pupils.
Dear Parent/Carer,
Welcome to Term 2 in Primary 3/2. We started by getting ideas for our new film and digital literacy Reading topic! We look forward to a fantastic term with P3 and P3/2 pupils and enjoyed our trip to Edinburgh Zoo to see a film and talk about conservation and asked great questions about life in a rainforest. Amazingly, we also caught a glimpse of a male panda! Please continue to comment in your child’s homework jotter or contact us directly. It would be helpful if pupils could bring in a box of tissues to help fight infections.
Dear Parent/Carer,
Welcome to Term 2 in Primary 2/1. The highlights of last term included our visit from Buddy Bear and our trip to Almondell and Calderwood Country Park. We hope you enjoyed reading about our activities and looking at the photographs on the school blog. This term we are looking forward to exploring our IDL context of ‘Cops and Robbers’. We are also beginning to practice the P1 Nativity and P2 – P3 Christmas show.
Mrs George, P2/1 Teacher
This week West Lothian are running a Sum Dog Maths Competition, all pupils from P2-7 can take part in this challenge at school and home. Pupils who top the leader board will receive a certificate.
On Friday P5 showed P3/2 how they could log in and find the competition.
Good Luck!
At our house meetings this week, we started off by taking part in community builders. We were then set the challenge to create a mascot for our house.
On Friday our P6 and 7 pupils walked to the war memorable in Mid Calder to pay their respects by laying a poppy wreath. The rest of the pupils marked Rembrance Day with a 2 minute silence.
On Friday, we had our first Celebration Assembly of this session. Each class teacher nominated two people in their class to receive a Remarkable Reader award and a STEM Superstar award and their parents were invited along to the assembly.
We presented top scorer awards and celebrated the fact that Linhouse were our winning house last term. Some of our pupils have also achieved their bronze and silver awards for their iAchieve level which tracks achievement inside and outside of school.
Well done to everyone who received an award!
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