School Blog

Wow,how amazing is this! Emmy and Victoria have made up a game inspired by our class novel Light on Dumyat by Rennie McOwan. The name of their clan is a mix of their two surnames and the game involves all the skills you would need for an adventure in the Scottish hills,just like Gavin,Clare,Michael and ... Continue reading "The Clan Merob! P6"

We were very lucky during Maths Week to have two visitors come in to tell us how they use Maths in their daily work. Mr Malik is a software engineer and uses Maths all the time when he is writing code. He even created a game to show us how the software worked. Then we ... Continue reading "Maths Week in P3A"

Maths Week P6 Miss Niven joined us for Maths Week and demonstrated how P6 could combine our maths skills with expressive arts, as they learnt about the role of stage management in theatre. The children learnt about stage directions, technical stage drawings, and setting a stage, and how these elements all use maths. They first ... Continue reading "Maths Week Scotland in P6"

We were learning to order number to 100. We were given a card with a number on it and had to get ourselves in the correct order. Then we had to make our number using tools in the classroom. We came up with lots of different ways. Some of us laid counters out in twos ... Continue reading "P3A Learning"

Today, we were lucky enough to have five fire fighters come to visit our school and teach us about fire safety. We learned how to keep safe on fireworks night and also top tips to help us if we were ever caught in a fire. P7 were very engaged with the talk and had some ... Continue reading "Fire Safety in P7"

We have started the term with a very busy few weeks in Drama. It has been lovely working with every class and the children should be so proud of how much they have embraced their new learning opportunities in Drama, with a positive attitude and eagerness to learn. Well done everyone! Below are a few ... Continue reading "Future Oscar Winning Actors in East Calder Primary!"

Hudson, Elias and Nathan - I am so impressed that you have taken on our context of Italy and worked on your own project at home. You created the inside of the colosseum, paying close attention to detail. In these pictures, we can see the gladiator battle scene - alongside the animals kept in cages ... Continue reading "Lego Colosseum for Italy!"

Well done to all the Primary 6 and 7 pupils who took part in the football tournament at West Calder yesterday. We had a lovely day for it and enjoyed playing against Mid Calder and Parkhead. Well done to both teams coming 6th place and then 2nd place in the overall tournament. Making it ... Continue reading "Football Tournament P6/7"

Sophia and Millie both shared their achievements with P7 last week. Sophia - won this trophy for her dance exam. She won the trophy for cheer and a medal for overall dancing! Well done Sophia. Millie - Millie won this trophy for being player of the match with her football team. Great job Millie! Keep ... Continue reading "Trophys in P7"

On Monday this week, both Jakson and Hudson brought in medals to show our Primary 7 class. Well done to Jakson who won two medals in his kickboxing tournament on the weekend. Jakson earned these for continous and point sparring and is now Scottish Champion. Well done for all your hard efforts! Hudson brought in ... Continue reading "Medal Monday in P7!"

After many weeks of rehearsal and preparation, Primary 5 and Primary 6 finally performed their Scottish Opera show, 'Vikings! The Quest for the Dragon's Treasure' on Monday 17th June. Everyone spent time in the morning with the Scottish Opera coaches, who took pupils through their paces with stage directions and choreography. After lunch, pupils were ... Continue reading "Showtime for P5 and P6!"

Unfortunately, due to Scottish weather we had to move our P3-5 Sports Day off the grass and into school grounds/dining hall. Pupils completed activities such as an obstacle course, long jump and target throwing. The weather cleared up at the end of the day, which allowed P5 pupils to participate in sprints for their house. ... Continue reading "Sports Day - P3-5"