What a great day we had on Sunday clearing up some of the garden area so that we can use it over the summer months. The Pinewood Gardening Company, run by our S6 employability group helped organise some of our families to come in and support the clear-up. They all managed to clear alot of the ground, and enjoyed the breakfast rolls and tea after the hard work was over. Well done every-one, what a team effort!!

What a great day we had on Wednesday at our YPI Charity Roadshow. All the secondary pupils took part in the event. We welcomed some local charities to come and tell us about the good things that they do to help others. Now we have the hard job of deciding which charity to support as part of our YPI initiative in school.

Two of our S6 pupils are attending The Larder for a Bakery Skills course. We are so proud of them both! They have been cooking up a storm making shortbread and pizza, and we look forward to see what they will be making next week!!

Well done!!

The Beauty of Maths

What a great week we had celebrating Scottish Maths Week in Pinewood this week. We had lots of fun learning about the different ways we use maths in everyday life. We explored the maths in music and art, and outdoors.

Every-one enjoyed the Maths Challenge afternoon Lorna organised for us on Tuesday, where we explored colour, shape, pattern, matching and sorting whilst playing and taking part in lots of different activities. Even the staff had fun!!

Have a look at some of the great photos of our fun week learning about the beauty of maths.

Messy Play

We were delighted to welcome our parents into school on Friday 23rd September from primary and secondary stages. Rachel, our Family Liaison Co-ordinator organised a fantastic messy play workshop to demonstrate the benefits of sensory play and the opportunities for positive interactions it can promote. Our parents got messy with their children and a lot of fun was had by all. As we say in Pinewood, a messy day is a fun day😁

Our Senior Phase pupils have been enjoying some new leisure based activities in the community as part of their Leavers Programme. They have been enjoying being out and about as they try out the various assisted bikes at the West Lothian Bike Library. I am not quite sure who was more tired after the first day, staff or pupils!!

Thanks again to all the volunteers at the Bike Library who make this happen.

If you would like to access the bikes at the library out with school, then see the link below for more information.

https://www.wlbikelibrary.co.uk/all-ability-cycling/

Thank-you to our new P1 parents who came along to school on Friday morning for some cake and coffee. It was lovely to welcome you to the school, and to introduce you to Rachel, our Family Liaison Co-ordinator. Rachel will have a few more dates to add to your calendar over the coming months for a chance to meet with other parents and learn about some of the things we do in school to help the youngsters each day. We also look forward to learning from you too!

A special thank-you to our Employability Group who looked after us well with tea, coffee and home bakes. It was also a good opportunity to buy some lovely plants which you have been growing from the garden.

Over the last couple of weeks Group 2 have been working on a project with BAM Construction who have built our new school. The pupils have been supported to design a bug hotel. We have learned how to work out how much it would cost to make the hotel and of course build their final product. Lots of fun talking about the best way to build the hotel and what materials to use.

Thank-you to Paul and Jim from BAM who worked with us throughout the project, and helped us to build in one of the new outside areas we have in our school grounds. We look forward to looking for the bugs who come to stay over the coming months!