School Blog

We took part in lots of different activities for Book Week. We watched Author's Live with the illustrator Fiona Lumbers. She read one of the Luna Loves stories and taught us how to draw Luna. We had good fun adding our own things that Luna might love to our pictures. We took part in the ... Continue reading "P3A Book Week"

It's lovely to hear about our pupils achievements in and out of school. Here are two pupils celebrating their medals and hard work in their extra-curricular activities. One pupil won five medals at the Fauldhouse Swimming Gala: coming 4th in the 200m freestyle, 5th in the 50m breaststroke, 1st place - winning two gold medals ... Continue reading "Celebrating success in P7!"

Thanks P6 for all your kind donations. You all looked very chilled!

Another amazing haul of medals in P6. Well done Liyaa,we are really proud of your achievements.

Fun was had at our very first After School Lego Club this week. We had Lego sets of an aircraft, turtle, squirrel and more being built. Some very creative children also built their own models. Check back in the next few weeks when they will describe their models to us.

An Explanation We have been looking at the Explanation Genre. This genre explains how or why something happens. We decided to link our Literacy to our current IDL context of Natural Disasters. We also used our ICT skills by researching a Natural Disaster of our choice. We created notes in our first draft. We then ... Continue reading "Learning in P6"

Well done Jaysiel,you shared with us your haul of medals! Astro Gymnastics for both participation and 1st place in your competition. You also shared your Edinburgh Marathon Festival medal for completing 1.5 K,very impressive. We enjoyed hearing about your achievements!

A brilliant night with some amazing costumes! Thanks P6 and all the volunteers who gave up their Wednesday night,we all had great fun.

This week we're learning to tell the time. Some of us used Play Dough to create the hands of a clock to tell o'clock & half past times. Others tested each other telling quarter past & quarter to using the clock faces. Some were working on changing between analogue & digital times. We also used ... Continue reading "P3A Learning"

Read, write and Count and Book Bug bags are gifted by the Scottish Book Trust to all Scottish children in Primary 1 to Primary 3 By providing access to books this helps to develop language, communication and literacy ; and children's development as readers, as well as providing opportunities for bonding and attachment; relaxation; and comfort ... Continue reading "Book Bag Events P1-3"

Last week we were learning to use the element of line to draw what we see. We looked closely at a leaf and thought about the shape of it and the lines of the veins. We then drew its outline and tried and copy where all the lines were. Next we looked at the leaf ... Continue reading "P3A Learning"

During Book Week Scotland (which begins on 18th November) we celebrate reading for enjoyment and aim to show our pupils that adults enjoy sharing books and stories too. We love to welcome in adults as Secret Readers who come along to read a short story or chapter aloud to classes. We would be delighted to ... Continue reading "Calling all Secret Readers ... can you help?"