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We have been so enthusiastic about our spooky writing this week. We created a plan and designed our own characters for our story. We have been really focused on these stories throughout the week - trying to include some awesome alliteration along the way! Some of us have chosen to write in our jotters and ... Continue reading "Learning in Primary 6B"

We talked counting strategies in P7A today; looking at step counting, grouping and accuracy. We estimated our grains of rice and some of us were pretty accurate, some of us changed our estimation half way through based on how we chose to group and visual representation. We used our skills in addition and multiplication and ... Continue reading "Counting counts - P7"

Well done to this creative and talented pupil who used leftover tin foil from her snack to create these amazing models!

We welcomed Michelle Sutherland from West Lothian Drug and Alcohol Service on Wednesday. Michelle spoke to us about identifying the different kinds of risks associated with the use and misuse of a range of substances.We discussed the impact that the misuse of substances can have on individuals, their families and friends. Moving forward East Calder ... Continue reading "So just what is in those jars? P7B"

Spooky happenings in P7! Happy Halloween everyone

On Wednesday some of The Hive children went on a walk to Almondell country park. We were looking for signs of Autumn. "The leaves are falling off the trees" said Aria. "The leaves are all yellow and red" said Eoin. We had a great time!

This week we linked our learning to Halloween. We wrote spooky stories, and did some Halloween counting, adding, place value and code breaking.

Have a look at the task some of us completed using Pixton for West Calder High. We had to write our own mini conversation in French. We had a Spooktacular Friday dooking for apples and creating our very own spider Oreos. Our favourite part was eating them!

Congratulations to these 2 very active members of 7B! On Saturday 6th November they both attended a dance show at Howden Park Theatre. They have not participated in one for over 2 years, due to Covid, and said it was fantastic to be back.They had lots of different outfits,telling me all about the sparkles and ... Continue reading "Outside School Achievements 7B"

Look at some of our fantastic Maths entries for a competition we did in school. Well done everyone!