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P1C enjoyed their skills hub. We learned about percussion instruments through a listening game. Then we made shakers from recycled materials and rice. We listened to a piece of music shaking our shakers to the beat. We had a discussion about critical thinking and creativity skills and everyone was able to identify when they had ... Continue reading "P1C Innovation Hub"

This week we have continued to increase opportunities for members of the class to lead their own learning and contribute to school improvement. We already involve pupils more in curriculum design by encouraging them to use Pupil Voice when choosing an IDL concept and by offering the choice in what format they display many ... Continue reading "P6 Leading their own Learning"

In our first self management skills hub the 'Pet Care' group were learning all about looking after a horse. They were visited by Cid the Shetland pony. The hub group started by discussing his anatomy and how each part of his body was used to communicate and how we take care of his needs. The ... Continue reading "Skills Hubs Week 1- Self Management"

We were working on Meta Skill of INNOVATION. We had to use our creativity to come up with a new wild animal, thinking about how it moved, where it lived, how and what it ate and how it defended itself. We got to choose if we worked on it individually, in a pair or in ... Continue reading "P3A Hubs Week 1"

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"