School Blog

On Tuesday this week, Primary 6/5 enjoyed an amazing trip to the Museum of Rural Life near East Kilbride. We took part in a workshop where we learned about where different foods come from and then we deconstructed a number of meals to break down the ingredients and say where they originated from. We then ... Continue reading "P6/5 Trip to Museum of Rural Life"

We are pleased to welcome the Travelling Book Fair back to East Calder Primary. The Book Fair offers a wide range of affordable books for all ages. It helps us to promote and encourage a love of books and reading for enjoyment. It also allows us to fund raise to buy more books for our ... Continue reading "Coming Soon!.. The wonderful Travelling Book Fair"

As part of Maths Week Scotland, we engaged in a wide range of activities designed to make learning fun and meaningful. Pupils participated in the Sumdog Competition, created pictures using a variety of shapes, and designed hundreds square art pieces. They also explored construction by building shapes with magnetic cubes and used star shapes in ... Continue reading "Math Week in P3A"

This week, our young mathematicians took their learning outdoors and explored numbers, shapes, and patterns in creative and playful ways. We collected natural materials and used them to compare sizes, order objects, and make discoveries about measurement and classification. We also had lots of fun clapping and counting bubbles as they floated through the air—an ... Continue reading "Maths week in Primary 1C"

We discussed our school rules and what they mean for us. To show our agreement of keeping to the rules - Ready, Respect, Safe we created our superhero selves. Look carefully and you may even see a Super Teacher!! We have started off the year well and to help us we have been playing different ... Continue reading "P3A Learning"

We have had a great start to the year in P2A. We love our new classroom and we have enjoyed seeing our old friends from P1. We have also enjoyed making some new friends and becoming a fantastic team as one class. Here are a few pictures of our classroom. Article 24: We have the ... Continue reading "Primary 2A"

We are off to a flying start in Primary 1C, we have been practising our new sounds and number writing. We have been showcasing our creativity using technologies and other tools like PlayDoh to help us with our counting and 1:1 correspondence. As a class, we have loved exploring our class story 'The Smeds and ... Continue reading "Primary 1C"

Please find attached the NHS guidance for those that have asthma. Take care, Alison Hamilton Asthma return to school 2025

Another lovely acknowledgement for Primary 4's efforts raising money for a local charity. Jak's Den offers emotional, social and practical support to children and young people with cancer-related illnesses. They sent us a lovely thank you card and certificate this week - well done again, P4!

I hope all of our families have a relaxing break over the summer. In the meantime, I have created some social stories so that all classes can familiarise themselves with their teacher, playground, class and entry/exit doors. In the lead up to the schools coming back, it can be particularly helpful to go over the ... Continue reading "Social Stories - Session 2025/2026"

Back in Term 2, Primary 4A and 4B researched different charities and used the information to create Powerpoint presentations. Each class voted for their favourite charity and we then raised funds by selling Christmas cards around school. We recently received this certificate of thanks from one of our chosen charities, the R.N.L.I. Great effort, P4! ... Continue reading "P4 Charity Champs!"

Congratulations to one of our P7 pupils who achieved a bronze award at the Scottish Mathematics Challenge, he is one of two pupils from the whole of West Lothian to win. Here are some photographs of him at the prize-giving ceremony at Edinburgh Napier University's Sighthill campus. A huge well done!