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Well done to all our P1-7 pupils who took part in the Sustrans 'Leg It To Lapland' challenge. East Calder Primary came 2nd place overall and will receive a 'pedal cinema' for pupils (and staff) to enjoy in January 2022. Well done to the following pupils who clocked up the most miles for their class ... Continue reading "'Leg It To Lapland' Challenge"

Primary 1 had a very exciting end to the term. We have listened to lots of Christmas stories this week and engaged with different craft activities related to them. On Tuesday it was our party in the hall and it was great fun! Mrs Murdoch and Mrs Forbes would like to thank you very much ... Continue reading "Primary 1"

We have had a great time being back in school after the holiday and are fully back to our learning. We have been busy updating our art gallery wall with a variety of art types. We have looked at a variety of artists and tried to recreate our own version of their famous artworks. This ... Continue reading "This week in P4"

The children in The Hive have settled into the new year and new term very quickly. We started our workstation tasks this week and have been very productive. We now go to the Library and Literacy room daily to pick our own reading books. We take them back to the Hive, read them at our ... Continue reading "Welcome back from The Hive"

We hope all our families had a lovely break. Primary 1 have quickly settled back to our class rules and routines and appear to be taking changes in their stride! In Numeracy this week we have been revising shape and addition, and in Literacy learning two new sounds 'j' and 'z'. Next week is Scots ... Continue reading "Welcome Back Primary 1!"

Yesterday, P2A and P2B went on a Scavenger hunt around East Calder. Their challenge was to find letters on our stroll and use these to make a word. We had great fun and discovered that the word was 'New Year 2022'.

This week some of our learners led their learning; exploring extinction. We learned more about biodiversity, habitats, the causes and reasons. We debated some issues linked to our science topic and the pupils posed some well thought out questions to their peers.

This week we based our learning around a Romans Topic. The children were very interested in what they were learning. We went to the school library and found books about the Romans, then we wrote some facts about them for our Writing lesson. In maths we used chalk outside and paint inside to learn Roman ... Continue reading "This week in The Hive"

For our Article of the week, P6a were considering the following: Article 7 - the right to a name and nationality Article 8 - the right to an identity We discussed the things which make us all unique, such as hair or skin colour, gender preference, fingerprints, languages we speak and things we like to ... Continue reading "Rights in P6a"

This week in P4 we have been looking more in detail at Scottish poetry and stories and looking at the differences in language between Scots and English. We even had a go at creating a Scot's dictionary using Teams. We have also continued looking at Venn diagrams in maths and began looking at fractions in ... Continue reading "This week in P4"