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English & Literacy, Events, Reading IDL 2016, Uncategorized

P4A Making Predictions

November 25, 2016 User deactivated Leave a comment

P4A Predictions

We have had a tremendous amount of fun this week, developing our reading skills by learning how to select clues from the text to help us make realistic predictions. We read chapter 7 in George’s Marvellous Medicine, selecting clues from the text to help us predict what might happen to Grandma. Then we wrote what our predictions were following on from when George gives Grandma her medicine. During our ‘Natters to Nannas and Papa’s’ event, we asked what our own Grandparents/family members thought of our predictions and how accurate they thought they were.

LI: We are learning to use what we know about the text to make predictions.

SC: I know that my genre of text determines how realistic my predictions need to be.

I can select key themes, information and identify the author’s style to help e make suitable predictions.

Thank you to those who came to hear our predictions.

Health & Wellbeing, JRSOs, Junior Leadership Teams, Uncategorized

JRSO – 2016 Induction Event

November 25, 2016 Miss Prior Leave a comment

This week our three Primary 7 Junior Road Safety Officers attended a West Lothian JRSO Induction Event at Broxburn Primary School.

During this event our JRSO’s developed their knowledge of Road Safety, received brilliant resources and were given training on how to present information to an audience. The JRSO’s really enjoyed their afternoon and are very excited to share what they have learned with the JRSO Junior Leadership Team and with the rest of the school.

English & Literacy, Primary 2, Primary 3, Reading IDL 2016, Uncategorized

Primary 2/3 and Primary 3 Have a ‘Gigantosaurus’ Reading Afternoon!

November 25, 2016 Miss Clark Leave a comment

This week Primary 2/3 and Primary 3 listened to the author John Duddle read his book Gigantosaurus! Emma (P3) enjoyed listening to the author read his own book! Parents were invited to come and watch us do our reading activities.

Some groups had the opportunity to look at dinosaur books and use the internet to collect some interesting facts. Liam (P3) found a fun fact: Dinosaurs are now extinct! Oscar (P2/3) found an interesting fact: The crocodile and other lizards are related to the dinosaurs! Lewis C (P3) enjoyed reading about dinosaurs: A T-Rex’s brain is the size of a cucumber!

Another group had the opportunity to create their own dinosaur and label the parts of the body using adjectives. Eilidh (P3) enjoyed describing the dinosaurs using different adjectives. Cara (P2/3) enjoyed looking at the dinosaur pictures to give her ideas for interesting adjectives!

We also had to match rhyming words from the book and create dinosaur speech bubbles!

Achievements, Anytime Anywhere Learning, Community, Events, Maths & Numeracy, Technologies, Uncategorized

West Lothian SumDog Maths Champs!

November 24, 2016 Miss Burton Leave a comment

Primary 4b pupils at Mid Calder Primary School have come first in the West Lothian SumDog Maths competition run across all West Lothian Council Primary Schools. Donna McMaster, Head of Education (Development) at West Lothian Council representatives from SumDog visited the school yesterday to congratulate the class and to present them with their winning trophy.

Learning Letters, Primary 3, Uncategorized

Primary 3 Learning Letter – Term 2

November 14, 2016 Mrs Ross Leave a comment

Dear Parent/Carer,

Welcome to Term 2 in Primary 3. This term our topic is The BFG which is also the theme of our P2-3 Christmas show. We will be spending time each week preparing for the show and letters will go out over the next few weeks with your child’s part in the show and any costume/clothing they may need.

Miss Clark P3

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Achievement Awards, Achievements, House Points, iAchieve, Nursery, Primary 1, Primary 2, Primary 3, Primary 5, Primary 7, Top Scorers, Uncategorized

Celebration Assembly- Term 1

November 10, 2016 Miss Sherlow Leave a comment

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!

Maths & Numeracy, Primary 1, Uncategorized

P1 Number

November 10, 2016 Mrs Smith Leave a comment

We are learning to combine two sets of items and say how many there are altogether

I can count the items in each set

I can combine the sets

I can say how many there are altogether

We have been very busy this week practising early addition skills. We count carefully and can record our results as a simple number story.

Learning Letters, Uncategorized

P4 Learning Letter: Term 2

November 10, 2016 Miss Burton Leave a comment

Dear Parent/Carer,

Welcome to Term 2 in Primary 4. All of the children have settled well into P4 and we are looking forward to a busy and fun term 2. The highlights of last term included our Crazy Climates context, a trip to Dynamic Earth and our P4/5 school camp to Dalguise. All pupils have also now joined a Junior Leadership Team and look forward to making positive changes within our school this year.

Miss Prior & Ms Richmond

P4 Teachers

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English & Literacy, Expressive Arts, Primary 7, Reading IDL 2016, Uncategorized

It’s all about the acting in P7/6!

November 10, 2016 Miss Anderson Leave a comment

‘Alice’ the musical is well under way and in preparation for this P7/6 have been looking at play scripts and how they differ from stories.

LI: We are learning to identify the differences between a play and a story.

SC: I can identify stage directions

I can identify dialogue.

I can confidently discuss the differences.

Pupils have been looking at a story and how this could be changed into a script. Children had to identify dialogue and stage directions then had the opportunity to write their own dialogue and stage directions and act this out in front of the class. I can safely say, we have a very talented bunch in P7/6.

All of the upper area are working very hard at the moment to perfect our performances for the show in a few weeks time. We are very busy making props and scenery and everyone is involved. We look forward to sharing our talents with you soon.

Miss Anderson

English & Literacy, Expressive Arts, Primary 7, Reading IDL 2016, Uncategorized

Primary 7 are “acting” up a storm!

November 8, 2016 Mrs Ross Leave a comment

This term’s IDL focus, linking Literacy and Expressive Arts, is all about getting musical and creative with Alice in Wonderland.

In our Literacy lessons we have been learning about playscripts as a genre and how they differ from a traditional story text.

Learning Intention:

We are learning to identify the features of a playscript.

Success Criteria:

I can identify the purpose of a playscript text.

I can confidently discuss the differences between a fictional text and a script.

I can explain what stage directions, dialogue and actions are, relating them to how an actor would use them in real life.

We have begun working on Alice the Musical, our wonderful production, and are all busy learning lines, dance routines and movements and of course, tuning our voices to be able to sing the tracks. We look forward to sharing our show with you and showing off all of the different talents we have in Mid Calder Primary!!