Today we have been learning about books! Mrs Sutherland and Mrs Stevenson brought in their favourite books. Mrs Sutherland showed us a book on how to look after babies, which she read lots when her children were little. Mrs Stevenson brought in her daughters’ books which we recognised as they included Diary of a Wimpy Kid. She also brought in a book about Romans which we know is a fact book, or non fiction.

Next week we have two trips to look forward to. We are going to Broxburn Library, so to prepare for this, Mrs Stevenson pretended to be a librarian and we had to ask to borrow books from her!

We are also going to Waterstones in Livingston, and we will be able to buy books there for our school. Mrs Patience has organised for us to have a drink of hot chocolate too. We have looked at photographs of Waterstones so that we know what to expect when we get there.

Mrs Sutherland likes the look of one of the books here so she is going to take some money to spend.

Broxburn Library have some events on next week – details here. There is a party and a treasure hunt!

Updates from next week to follow.

Here is some information we have shared about what is the same and what is different about book shops and libraries.

Happy reading everyone!

Lots of busy building at Lego Club this week! I am tickled pink with Ethan’s Ultimate Chicken Machine!

Mrs Sutherland’s groups were very pleased this morning to host Cara from RBS Moneysense. She came in to talk to us about different ways of spending money, such as things we need and things we want.

We know that we

need

money for food and clothes and a house. We would

like to

spend money on treats like toys, games and holidays.

We learned about what we would need to buy for a pet dog and had to guess how much things might cost. We used the smartboard to look at the website of a shop in Edinburgh where Mrs Sutherland goes to buy treats, jumpers and other things for Poppy.

We asked Cara lots of sensible questions and our behaviour was wonderful according to Mrs Stevenson and Mrs Sutherland!

Here we are being busy learners. We were very happy with our goody bags which each have a little piggy bank keyring, a notebook and a great sharp pencil!

Here is some information about Moneysense.

Today was Internet Safety Day and the P7 class took part in a skype event with schools from other authorities.  The classes that were presenting at the event covered topics such as online gaming, digital security, digital literacy and the rights that apply when online. The class also took part in a quiz, discussed different digital scenarios and watched a short video about online chat and bullying.