School Blog

We are all so excited that today is the launch of our new skills hubs. These hubs have been in development since August as part of our School Improvement Plan and have been consulted widely on.

Today Primary 4B got 2 new pet gerbils in school. They decided to call them Tom and Jerry. Welcome to ECPS Tom and Jerry

On the 2nd March this dynamic duo entered their first competition at Meadowbank Stadium in Edinburgh. They came second in both Cheer and Hip Hop! They both received a medal and have another competition in May. Well done ladies!!

This term we are working on our division. We learned a new strategy called Bar Modelling. We then worked with a random partner to show our knowledge. This will also help us work out fractions of a number. We were asked to let the architects know what we thought about different aspects of our new ... Continue reading "P3A Learning"

This week we have been completing lots of work inspired by the story Ruby's Worry. It will be used for a West Lothian Council Creativity in Literacy Competition. Please see Sway to find out about our learning. P3A Creativity in Literacy We based our competition entry on the book Ruby's Worry by Tom Percival. This ... Continue reading "P3A Learning"

Victorian Artefacts in P6 We were fortunate enough to have a visit from West Lothian Museum services this week. Linking with our current Social Studies context we enjoyed an afternoon of Victorian artefacts! The class were allowed to handle a lot of the items and were amazed to see how things have progressed since Victorian ... Continue reading "Victorian Artefacts! P6"

Donate your old Devices! Got any old smartphones, tablets, routers, gaming consoles, cameras or laptops and cables that you no longer need? Don't know what to do with them and don't want them going to landfill? This could be the answer! As part of our Eco learning on sustainability, East Calder Primary is joining with ... Continue reading "Donate your old Devices!"

We have started learning about 3D shapes. First we tried to remember their names. Then we looked at them, touched them and thought about their properties. We then had to work with our partner to work out how many edges, faces & vertices they had. We found some like a sphere easy but found working ... Continue reading "P3A Learning"

This week we have been learning our Fry's words. 'We painted them, we made them with playdoh and we wrote them on ipads' Piper. 'We went round the different stations to try every task' Harrison. We listened to the story 'Tiddler' by Julia Donaldson. 'I like how he told all the stories' Oscar. 'I liked ... Continue reading "Learning in P2A"