School Blog

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"

Today we held our sprint races as the final part of sports day. Well done to our winning runners.

Well done to the dancers who represented East Calder Primary School on Friday evening for the crowning of the Gala Queen 2025. The girls danced to Wings by Little Mix and demonstrated their use of creativity and collaborating meta-skills.

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!