We are reviewing the way homework is set in our school. Please take a couple of minutes to sit with your child/children, click on the link below and complete the survey. Your views are important to us!

https://www.surveymonkey.co.uk/r/85M3WMS

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A date for your diary:

On Wednesday 15th February, we will be holding our first Westfield Wednesday Walk-in (WWW), where we invite parents and carers into school first thing in the morning to try some of our soft start activities with children in class. This will run from 0900 to 0920. Please come along and join in!

We have been very busy in p1/2 since returning after Christmas and are settling back in to our routines in class. Here is a little snapshot of what we have been learning.

In PE we were learning how to play badminton. We had to throw the shuttlecock over the net for our partner to try and hit with their racket. Findlay

We were also playing a game called ‘tidy the bedroom’ to practice throwing the shuttlecock over the net. Callum

We have started our new topic on Katie Morag and worked together to make a map of the Isle of Struay with the castle, the post office, the lighthouse, the loch, the forest, the school and Grannie Island’s house marked on it. Kaila

At mental maths we were adding low numbers and learning our doubles using a song. Adam

We then used our understanding of adding low numbers to work out sums with bigger numbers like 100 + 100 and 1000 + 1000 and even 1 million + 1 million! Oliver

Some of our class have joined a group called the Sharks and they have different jobs to do in this group – drink monitor, lay the table, tidy the table and wash the dishes. Leah

In maths we were making quizzes with tricky take away or adding questions and we swapped quizzes with someone else in our group and had to circle the correct answers. Brodie

Since coming back to school after the Christmas holidays we have been very busy learning lots of new things. Here are our thoughts and information to tell you all about it.

In PE we are learning how to move the shuttle with the bat in badminton. – Jack

In maths I have been learning to add 3 digit numbers with carrying and I was able to do this well- Kelsey

I have been learning to learn and use the 6x table – Toby

In HWB we have been learning about germs and how to wash our hands properly -Melissa

Our topic is about Scotland and we have been making a big 3D Nessie for our classroom and I’ve enjoyed our topic so far – Sophie Lee

In ICT we have been researching the different castles in Scotland and drew black and white pictures of them – Lewis

I now know how to find the area of a triangle and rectangle – Alexander

We have been learning Scottish poems to recite at our Scottish night – Tia

With Mrs Browne we have been learning how to count numbers quickly in different ways – Cyrus

I enjoyed making up the rap about Scotland for the Scottish evening – Angus

In Spanish we have been learning a song about movement – Kieran

In writing we are writing a newspaper article about the Battle of Bannockburn – Chloe

We took notes from a video of the battle to help with our writing -FFion

In maths I have been learning to measure – Helen

I was partnered with Angus and we made an ‘All About Scotland’ poster – Rebecca

We discussed and decided on table names on the Scottish theme – Jamie

We went on a treasure hunt to find clues about our Rights – Meah

I have been learning my 6x table – Amber

In maths I have been learning about big and small – Callum

Please note that the P3/4/5 class assembly will be on Wednesday 22nd February at 9.15a.m.

West Lothian have launched their Play Strategy, which outlines the importance of play for all children. To read their advice, please click on the image below.

The next parent council meeting will be held in school on Wednesday 18th January at 7p.m. If you would like anything added to the agenda, please contact Mrs Brown, the PC secretary, or add your request via a comment here on the blog.

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Please note that the breakfast club starts at 0800 every morning, with supervision in the playground beginning at 0830.

Today we are pleased to share with you the new format for our newsletters. These will be termly and, as well as whole school and nursery newsletters, there will be a newsletter from each class where you can glimpse the learning that will be taking place over the year. The newsletters can be found by clicking on the School Information tab along the top of our blog page. The nursery newsletter can be found under the Nursery tab, as before.

Please let us know what you think of the newsletters – and of course the blog! What do you like? What would you like to see on the blog? How can we improve?

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