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February 12, 2019

Day 3 at Dalguise!

On our final day we packed up our cases and tidied our rooms. We only had one piece of lost property! Miss Burton was very impressed. The rain was very heavy on the Friday, so we were lucky that this was our last day!

Our final activity was Aeroball! It was great fun, and a little bit wet. It was a bit like trampoline basketball. Well done for Team 2 for winning the game.

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February 11, 2019

Day 2 at Dalguise!

Day two started with a fantastic cooked breakfast, we think we would like one every morning! What do you think Mrs Bonner?

Our first activity today was Climbing!

Keeping with the theme of height, we went on to complete the Vertical Challenge! We supported each other to have a go, and to take a risk to climb a little bit higher. Well done to everyone who reached the top.

At Survivor we had the opportunity to make our own shelters, use knives for carving wood and make our own fire.

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Our final activity was one that we were a little bit nervous about – Zip Line but we managed to support each other and the staff to have a go. Mrs Andison enjoyed it so much – she went twice!

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Day two finished with the Disco!

February 11, 2019

Day 1 at Dalguise!

On Wednesday we set out on our adventure to Dalguise! We got on the bus and waved goodbye to our family and school.

When we arrived we quickly dropped off our bags, divided into our two activity groups and went to our first activity, Problem Solving.

Later that afternoon we braved the Giant Swing, even Miss Burton and Mrs Hamilton had a go (with some encouragement!). This was almost everyone’s favourite activity.

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We also had the opportunity to take part in Archery. Some of us had a very good aim!

That evening we divided into 4 teams to play Robot Wars. We had to complete challenges to earn points to make a robot. Then the robot took part in different challenges. It was great fun and we demonstrated creativity and team work skills.

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February 11, 2019February 11, 2019

Digital Directors Internet Safety Assembly

Our Digital Directors, led by Mrs McJimpsey, gave us a fabulous assembly on Friday. There were lots of important messages about how to stay safe online. All pupils had spent the week learning about internet safety. This week, the Digital Directors have set a special home learning task:

Create a way to share the important messages of staying safe online. This can be in the form of:

-a poster made on paper

-a digital poster

-a video

If taking part, these should be handed in/emailed to wlpuscps@westlothian.org.uk by Friday 15th February.

We look forward to seeing these.

February 5, 2019

Safer Internet Day – Parents & Carers Advice

Tips, advice, guides and resources to help keep your child safe online.

The website is:

https://www.saferinternet.org.uk/advice-centre/parents-and-carers

February 5, 2019

Safer Internet Assembly

Come along and join us for our Safer Internet Assembly on Friday 8th February at 9:10am, led by our Digital Directors.

February 4, 2019

Club Wild – It’s never too cold for Blood Orange Sorbet!

We like to make and taste things at Club Wild. Mostly we use what we can find growing seasonally in the school garden or round and about in the orchard and hedgerows, but what could we find that grows at this time in the season?

Sarah-Jane told us that at this time of year she always thinks of citrus fruits, making marmalade and of blood oranges. Blood oranges are only available for us to buy in our supermarkets for a very short period between late January and March so we decided to try using them to make a simple blood orange ice sorbet.

First we cut the oranges in half, some of the colours were amazing. The red pigments that we could see are the same anthocyanins that are found in red autumn leaves. We squeezed the juice from the oranges and saved all the pips to plant later. Sarah-Jane boiled some sugar and water and then added it to our juice. We gave it a quick stir and then popped it in the freezer. In the morning, mashed together, our beautiful pink sorbet was ready. Gillon thought it was delicious and Huriyah gave it a definite thumbs up. Even though it was so cold outside, it’s never too cold for our sweet and refreshing blood orange sorbet 😊.