We had a fantastic time celebrating 50 years of Pinewood School. The pupils enjoyed a party in the hall with music, dancing and some guest appearances from Mickey Mouse, Minnie Mouse and Marshall. Our other visitors were a (very speedy!) Tortoise called victor, a snake and a bull frog, which most of the pupils enjoyed meeting!

Well done to all the pupils for making so many beautiful poppies to make our soldier. He standing proud in the hall for everyone in Pinewood to remember the soldiers who have fought in wars to keep us safe.

Pupils enjoyed lots of activities during our Maths Week Focus to take part in ‘Maths Week Scotland’. There was a number hunt around the daily k route, lots of sorting of autumn leaves and an activity day in the hall where classes spent time exploring measuring, pattern making, weighing, matching and sorting.

We had a brilliant day trying out different adapted bikes from the West Lothian Bike Library. The pupils (and staff!) had great fun cycling around our daily K route!

We had a super first pupil council meeting for both the primary and the secondary. You can see below what they discussed during their meetings on the minutes.

The Leavers’ Prom on 22nd June 2023 was a huge success. The Hilcroft Hotel in Whitburn treated us all like royalty and the leavers’ and guests ate, danced and sang the night away.

Photographer, Gordon Stevenson, very kindly donated his time to photograph the event and has made the photographs available free to download (see below). We think you’ll agree that they are stunning. Many thanks to Gordon for being so generous.

Many thanks also to Urban Events who provided the Magic Mirror for the evening. Everyone at Pinewood enjoys dressing up and posing! Thank you also to Darren who kept us dancing with his amazing DJ skills.

We hope you love the photos as much as we do.

Prom Committee

Look out for details coming out about Pinewood’s planned activities for Red Nose Day next week!

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!!