Uphall Nursery sports day will take place on Wednesday 21st June.

The morning children will start at 9.30am and the afternoon children at 2.30 pm.

Please come along and join the fun.

Uphall Primary sports day will be held on Tuesday 20th June, weather permitting.

The children from Primary 1-3 will begin at approximately 9.30 am and the children from

Primary 4-7 should be beginning at approximately 1.20pm.

This year will be a competitive sports day with children finishing 1st, 2nd and 3rd being awarded house points.

There will be a session of potted sports where children will compete in house teams followed by class races.

Please come along and join the fun.

In the event of heavy rain, sports day will be postponed until Tuesday 27th June.

On Tuesday 6th June Primary 4K visited Jamie’s Italian restaurant in Edinburgh. The visit was organised as part of our Food for Thought programme. When we arrived we made focaccia which we garnished with tomatoes, olives and fresh basil leaves. While our bread was baking we made fresh spaghetti nests then we ate lovely bowls of fresh pasta with a tomato and garlic sauce. Sonja, Krystyna, Janka and Chef Richie were fabulous, they explained all about the vegetables they used and we even had a quiz. We all had a great time learning all about Italian cookery before taking our spaghetti nests and focaccia home for an Italian feast.
Thank you to all the staff for making us feel so welcome.

On Wednesday 24th May P4C and P4K had a fabulous day out at the Kelpies and Linlithgow Canal Centre. Our guide at the Kelpies, Michaela told us lots of interesting facts. We learned all about the mythological creatures then we went inside Duke, the head down Kelpie, and saw how all the steel plates had been put together to make the sculpture. We also drew a portrait of Duke. Our visit to the Linlithgow Canal Centre was great fun too. We learned lots of interesting facts and sailed in a canal boat. We learned all about the “navvies” or navigators who dug the canal by hand and saw some of the tools they used. Thank goodness for modern mechanical diggers.

Two weeks ago we went to Lendrick Muir and our favourite activity was really hard to choose because of all of  the other great activities but we had to come to a decision so we chose Bushcraft and King Swing.

King Swing

At Lendrick Muir our favourite activity was the King Swing. The king swing is a gigantic swing.  First we had to put on a harness and climb up a ladder and get clipped on to a metal bar, which is  attached to the main ropes.  Then all of the rest of the group had to pull you up. Then you just pull a little rope which is shaped into a ball and when you pull the little ball you SWING!!!!! And a big thank you to all the Lendrick Muir staff.

Bushcraft

Bushcraft is when you get tips on how to survive in the wild so we went into the woods. Then when we got there we went  into a big tent and Dave and Mark taught us how to make a fire with a flint and steal, cotton and the fluff from a tumble dryer. We also learned how to make bread.  We could choose from a variety of different flavorings.  One group made a paprika bread and it was really spicy because Holly burst the lid of the paprika but it still won. We would like to say thank you to all the Lendrick Muir staff for making our time even more enjoyable.

BY GREEN GROUP

By Green Group