School Blog

When celebrating Earth Day recently, the pupils discussed how they could look after our planet. Some suggestions included turning off water, switching off lights, not dropping litter and not wasting food. They watched short films all about recycling and listened to the 'Reduce, Reuse, Recycle' song. This all linked with our previous Eco learning. To ... Continue reading "Primary 1"

With our new 'Sports' conext, it seems fitting to post about our success across a variety of sports in Primary 7. Here are some of our P7 learners celebrating some amazing achievements in swimming, motocross, ballet, skiing and dance. The pupils chose to learn about Sports as our final context this term; we are researching ... Continue reading "Celebrating success - Sports in P7"

Good morning! I've had lots of requests for the delicious cookie recipe we used in our hubs session - so I've attached it below. The only rule is that if you make them at home you need to bring me one for snack! Mrs Beattie Vegan Chocolate Chip Cookies - makes 8 cookies Ingredients 60 g vegan ... Continue reading "Cookie Recipe"

As part of our Social Studies context P6 have been investigating the features of an election and the work of our representatives at both a local and national level. They are developing their understanding of how a democracy works and are discussing what the rights and responsibilities of citizens in Scotland are. To assist us ... Continue reading "Democracy P6"

A big thanks to everyone who contributed to our Dress Down Day. P6 used their maths skills in an everyday context to count the donations. A fabulous £321.40 was raised for the KNEC Community Listening Project in East Calder.

What a fabulous few weeks we've had baking up a storm! The scent of cookies drifting along the hallway has got a few tummies rumbling! Well done to all our bakers who did a great job making some delicious vegan chocolate chip cookies. Yum!

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 the joy of reading and foster a love of books. It also allows us to fund raise to buy more books for our ... Continue reading "The Travelling Book Fair returns!"

This we we were working on the Meta Skill Social Intelligence. This meant we were communicating, collaborating and leading. We listened to the story Jack and the Beanstalk and thought about the characters and main points. We discussed how the characters would act, what they say and talked about how the story would be better ... Continue reading "P3A Hubs Week 2"

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"