Primary 2

June 12, 2014

This week we learned about Ramadan with Mrs Hull. We made pictures of SpongeBob playing hockey underwater for Uphall Station Gala Day. We made pictures of our community using WordPaint on the netbooks. In Numeracy and Maths, we counted backwards to solve mental maths subtraction questions. Here are some of our WordPaint images.

May 7, 2014May 7, 2014

Primary 2 RME

Primary 2 have been making mezuzahs and learning about Jewish things and we know everything about mezuzahs. by Andrew

Mrs Hull’s challenge: how many of you in Primary 2 can show your mezuzah to your family and explain what it is for? Leave your comment on the blog when you have done it!

March 13, 2014

Primary 2

Last week we made hedgehogs out of clay and then we made a simple flowchart to give instructions for how to make one. Next week we are going to paint our hedgehogs to add them to our woodland display table. This week in art we used wax resist techniques to create images of seaside creatures, shells and seaweed and according to P2 our display looks fab.

In maths we have been learning to count in 2’s, 5’s from any number using the strategy of nodding on the number and then counting on using the correct number of fingers. We will now try to count in 10’s. We have also been using the Ten Frame Towers game to make towers of number bonds to 10. The children liked this game because they could easily see the numbers that would fit together to make ten.

March 2, 2014

Primary 2

Well done to primary 2 who were all confident performers in their assembly on Thursday. Cerys, Lachlan, Erin, Rebecca, Calum and Erin used mime, movement and expression very well to adopt their roles while Oliwia was super in role as Katie Morag using her voice, movement and expression. Kamila was an excellent narrator for the short drama . We now look forward to beginning our new topic.

February 2, 2014February 5, 2014

Primary 2

This week the children took part in our Scottish Assembly. Well done to Nathan and Oliwia for reciting their Scottish poems and to Lucas, Cerys, Callum and Kamila for performing The Canadian Barn Dance with pupils from primary three.

We have also been learning about 3D shapes and have used them to make models. In literacy we have been learning about magic ‘e’ and how it changes the sound of the middle vowel, for example, cap becomes cape. Can you find some more words that can be changed by adding magic ‘e’ to them?

January 27, 2014

Look what came today!

Early bird pupils were able to cheer on the raising of our Green flag as it was put in place first thing this morning! What a fantastic start to our week.

The Eco committee are still working hard on keeping our school recycling systems going, and encouraging everyone to use the litter bins. This month it is Primary 1 and 1/2 turn on the litter picking duty, so we’re sure the playground will be clean and clear.

We are also planning an exciting competition which will take place in March. More details will follow, but in the meantime if you have an entertaining talent, keep practicing…

We noticed last week that some of the bulbs planted in the front border are already poking their leaves up to look for the sun, so it won’t be long til spring. Keep your eyes open and let us know if you see anything interesting growing in and around our grounds.

January 22, 2014

Breakfast Club

Our school Breakfast club is open from 8.10 to 8.40 am Monday to Friday. Breakfast is available FREE OF CHARGE TO ALL PUPILS and there is no need to book a table, just come along.

We offer a selection of cereals and yoghurt on Mondays, Wednesdays and Fridays. On Tuesdays we have toast with a variety of toppings, and a choice of fresh fruit. Healthy drinks of fruit juice, milk or water are available every day.

Come along and make the healthiest start to the day.

Make sure you have a good breakfast to fuel your learning til lunch!

January 20, 2014January 20, 2014

Primary 2

We have been learning about a famous Scottish inventor called Kirkpatrick MacMillan who invented the first pedals for bicycles. We learned lots of interesting facts about him and also learned about the ways that we remember him today. We used line to draw pictures of Kirkpatrick MacMillan Bridge and also of Courthill Smithy where he worked as a blacksmith. The pedals that Kirkpatrick MacMillan invented did not work in the same way as the pedals we have today. Can you find out how the pedals worked?

December 20, 2013

West Lothian Courier Wish campaign

Thank you to everyone who helped us collect the Wish Tokens printed in the West Lothian Courier. We collected a total of 1336! These tokens will be sent in to the Courier office and we’ll hear in the New Year how much our share of the £10,000 giveaway will be.