Today we remember the ultimate sacrifice paid by so many in both World Wars and in other wars since. On behalf of the school I walked in the parade through Broxburn and was helped by Lewis Patterson in P7 who laid our wreath.
Primary 5
This week, Primary 5 took control of their learning!
Our new topic is based around Democracy, so as well as deciding what we wanted to learn, we planned how we wanted to learn too! Miss McLaughlin gave us the skills we would be focusing on, so we tried to come up with ways in which we could achieve them!
Here is what we came up with:
Now, Miss McLaughlin will put the ideas together and build our Democracy topic! Check in to see how we get on.
Until next time…
Primary 5 & Miss M 
Remembrance Sunday
Just a reminder that tomorrow is Remembrance Sunday. There is a parade planned from Broxburn Church by the Swimming Pool leaving at 1:15. This ends at Strathbrock Centre where the service will be held at the War Memorial at approximately 2pm. I will lay a wreath on behalf of the school. It would be great to see you there.
Regards, Steven Eagleson
Magnetic Metals in P4
We have been learning about magnets. The magnets have a North and South Pole and if you put North and North together they repel each other which means they push away from each other. If you put opposite poles together they attract each other which means they stick together.
We also did experiments and found out that even if there is something in the way like a piece of plastic, the metal can still stick to the magnet. We tested whether magnets work under water, we thought it wouldn’t work but it did. We tested how close an object had to be to stick the magnet, the furthest away the metal could be was 4cm.
We also thought about where you might find magnets in everyday life. We knew quite a few places where magnets are used to make our lives easier. Can you think of any?
P6 Blog
P6 have started a new topic on Plants and Animals. So far, we have been learning how to classify plants and animals. We have learnt about vertebrates and invertebrates and the 5 main subgroups of vertebrates. We have also been making our own classification keys.
In maths, we have been using what we learnt last term to solve problems involving decimal fractions. We have been using mental and written strategies to subtract and multiply decimal fractions.
P6 are lucky enough to get a series of visits from West Lothian Drugs and Alcohol Service to teach us about the effects of smoking. We have had two visits so far, and have already learnt a lot, and will have one final visit next week.
Mrs Cullum and P6
Primary 7
This week was our class assembly was about WW2 , we all participated in it and we all did a fabulous job. Before we did our assembly we all made gas masks and pin wheel poppies to wear for our assembly.Then for all the children on stage we made name tags.
We also wrote an imaginative story about a scarecrow who wanted to be real. Our main focus was describing the character and setting the scene. In maths we worked on dividing decimals by a single digit.
On Thursday we had badminton with Mrs Mooney and we played a really fast game of around the world. Surprisingly our top winner was Ella Watson, unfortunately Mrs Mooney didn’t win but she tried her best.
By Donatella and Courtney
School Uniform Online Ordering
P 2 / 3 Weekly Blog
We want to share what we have been learning in 2d shape!
Primary 1/2
Today we have been learning all about Bonfire Night and firework safety. Below are some of the rules we have learnt to keep us safe when we are watching fireworks.
‘Always stay with an adult.’ – Ruby
‘Never throw fireworks.’ – Khloe
‘Keep cats and dogs and all animals indoors.’ – Ephi
‘Stand back from fireworks.’ – Mayah
‘Don’t put sparklers too close to your face and put gloves on.’ –Emily
We watched a short video of a firework display and used what we saw to help us create some pictures. We chose different colours of paint and printed them onto the page using straws.
Primary 1
Primary 1 have been learning how to tell the time. We can now tell o’clock times on a digital and analogue clock. We played different games to help us with our learning, like the minute game and “What’s the time, Mr Wolf?”
In Science, after learning about the Sun, we wrote some interesting facts about it and drew a picture of the Sun after looking at pictures of the Sun in space.
We have been learning how to stay safe around fireworks and drew firework pictures using pastels.
