West Lothian Burns Competition
On Wednesday night, our five finalists from our Burns Assembly joined other children from schools across West Lothian  to compete in the recital competition.Â
Our children did a fantastic job of representing their classes at the competition, a big well done to them all and their families for joining them at the competition.
A special congratulations to Jacob who came runner up in the P1-3 section.
We recognised this achievement at assembly on Friday.
Scottish Musicians – P7
WAL: to research and create a presentation about a Scottish Musician.
I can: research a Scottish Musician of my choice.
– create a PowerPoint Presentation using the information gathered.
We enjoyed learning about Scottish Musicians. Here are two of our presentations for you to have a look at. Enjoy!
Calvin Harris & James Arthur –Â Emma & Jonathan
James Arthur & Paulo Nutini – Katie and Rebecca
Music Time
Mrs Bradley is a nursery Mum and also a music teacher at Broxburn PS. We have been learning Scottish songs over the last few weeks and Mrs Bradley came to teach us some more.
Mrs Bradley had us stamping our feet to the music, we clapped our hands and patted our knees.
We used the musical instruments to play along to the Scottish tunes and played the instruments soft and then loud.
We learned a new song too!!
“Oor wee bairn can sook a bar of chocolate” ” Oor wee bairn can sook a bar a day” (music on you tube)
Thank you so much to Mrs Bradley. We had great fun
P5 Assembly
Scots Week in the Nursery
The children have had great fun this learning all about all things Scottish. They have had the opportunity to taste different Scottish foods. They have tasted haggis neeps and tatties. They have tasted oatcakes, raspberries and had porridge for breakfast.
Lots of the children have enjoyed listening to bagpipes. We have looked at the kilts and talked about the tartan pattern. Some of the children were interested in the bagpipe music and learned some highland dancing.
We have looked at the Scottish mountains, the highland cows and places in Scotland like castles and the Forth bridges. Maybe the children would like to visit some of these places.
The children have enjoyed this topic so much that we are still continuing to learn about Scotland, singing lots of Scottish songs, reading story books and learning the Scots words.
Primary 6 Scots Focus
As part of our Scottish focus, P6 studied the poems of Robert Burns. We completed an analysis of ‘A Red, Red Rose’ and used this to inspire us to write our own poems. We also practised reciting poems by Robert Burns for our homework. Well done to Owen and Murron for their fantastic recitals at our Scots Assembly!
Within Social Studies, we have been looking at the work of Scottish inventors. So far we have been using our research skills to find out about the work of Sir Alexander Fleming, John Logie Baird, Alexander Graham Bell and Sir Robert Watson-Watt.
Primary 3
This week, Primary 3 took their first steps with Free Writing!
Free Writing happens when children are given a theme/idea and can write in any way about it. This week, children were given the theme of ‘Scotland’ and began their free pieces. We had so much variety! Have a look below at some of our work!
Until next time…
Primary 3 & Miss M 🙂
Scottish Celebration Assembly
This morning we held our annual Scottish Assembly to celebrate all things Scottish. It was fantastic to have older family members, family and friends join us for the celebration.
We welcomed two judges for the poetry recitals, Mrs Thom from our office and Mr Jenkins a local resident who is part of the Burns Federation.
Two pupils from each class were selected to present at the assembly.
The judges decided on one child from each stage from P2-7 to go through to the West Lothian Burns Competition in February/ March.
The winners were:
- P2 – Jacob
- P3 – Sophie-Rose
- P4 – Eilidh
- P5 – Aaron
- P6 – Owen
- P7 -Lauren
Congratulations to the children who performed but also to all the children who recited a poem in front of their class.
Two girls from Primary 4 demonstrated some Scottish dancing.
P1-3 performed some Scottish songs.
We shared a video from our nursery boys and girls.
Mrs Ross made some tablet to sale and our Parent Partners donated a Scottish hamper.
A big thank you to Lauren and Jack who saved the day by fixing our microphones.
Thank you to Mrs Cougan for organising our Scottish Assembly and to everyone who took part.
A wee taste of Scottish food and Dancing!
P2S had invited P1 to their class earlier this week to try some traditional Scottish foods and listen to some music. Some children decided to have a wee dance and try on some tartan. Mince and tatties went down very well along with some cheese and oatcakes. The children were able to talk about some food hygiene rules, practised spreading and helped to prepare the food.
Happy Burns Day!
