As part of our Scottish topic P3 have been learning all about Robert Owen this week and researching all the good things he did for the Mill workers of New Lanark. We created a timeline of how our day compared to the pauper apprentices in the Mill and did line drawings of the Mill houses. We are going on a trip on Monday to visit the New Lanark Heritage Centre and are very excited about this!
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.
Our Moment on Radio !
Hear our singing all over again by following the link below to the Forth One page.
http://www.forthone.com/on-air/boogie-in-the-morning/kids-christmas-carols/
Or listen to the mp3 file here 13th-PUSCPS-Carol
Merry Christmas everyone!
The Christmas Extravaganza
Thank you to everyone who joined in the fun at the Christmas extravaganza today. It was a great success. Congratulations to the choir for singing so sweetly and starting the afternoon off in style. We sent a roving reporter round the busy stalls to record some of the activity for the Blog.Â
 More details, including a total for the funds raised, to follow soon.
Christmas Homework tasks
Emergency School Closure 5/12/2013
Scottish Power has confirmed electrical failure in the area. Due to this situation the school had to close today (Thursday 5th December). The emergency school number is 01506435353.
Stop Press! We’ll be on the radio!
We had great fun on Tuesday when Forth One presenters Boogie and Arlene came with their producer to record in our school. We are one of the very few schools in West Lothian to be chosen for this feature on the Breakfast show. We sang Jingle Bell Rock, then we all wished Forth One listeners a Merry Christmas, and got the chance to sing ‘Boogie in the Morning’ jingle too! Then Boogie spoke to some of our children about Christmas, asking what they like about it, and they each shared a festive joke.
 The recordings made with Boogie and Arlene will be broadcast on Radio Forth One (97.3 FM) on Friday 13th December at 7:40 am.Â
Reading Showcase – The Reading Journey from Nursery to P7
We were delighted to welcome so many parents and carers to our learning showcase event held on Wednesday 27th November. We know that parents are keen to support their child’s learning and we were glad to share the approaches used to develop reading from Nursery to Primary 7. There was a short presentation about reading given by Miss Speirs, then the children shared their learning with our guests and showed how reading skills are taught in our school. There was an amazing turnout with over 100 visitors on the night. Thank you to everyone who joined us, it was great to see you there.
Primary 3 say Shabbat Shalom!
In Primary 3 we have been learning about the Jewish tradition of Shabbat. We know that to keep Shabbat the Jewish people do no work, to remember the story of God creating the world in 6 days, and resting on the 7th day.
We used drama in class to show what we know about this special celebration which happens from Friday evening to Saturday evening.
P3
Primary 3 made and took home their time capsules this week.  They are going to bury it so future generations can discover what life was like for us in 2013. Our capsule included a letter explaining what life was like for a child in 2013 and pictures of the current popular fashion, sweets, music and toys.
