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We had a very exciting start to our new term in P3/2 as we had our Sharing the Learning for parents and carers on Thursday. We focused on our learning in Numeracy and we were excited to show off all the hard work we have doing in multiplication so far. We used concrete materials to ... Continue reading "Sharing the Learning in P3/2"

Both classes spent some time together and shared our learning about circles. We had to draw circles in pairs with a piece of string and a piece of chalk, we then labelled the different properties of a circle. We figured out that the string had to be tight and we needed an anchor point. There ... Continue reading "Circles in P7 and P7/6"

An exciting week in Primary 7, our class pet arrived! An oxygen producing variety of phytoplankton, this idea was conceived and led by a couple of our pupils. They will need to look after it and culture it to enable growth and reproduction. This ties in well with our learning around IoT and our classroom ... Continue reading "Phytoplankton and Pumpkin Fractions in P7."

This week we have been learning about writing questions. We had to try to write question marks on the table. They are quite a difficult shape! Then with our random partner we thought of a question and wrote it on the desk. We shared our questions and then tried to write two more. Someone wrote ... Continue reading "P3 Learning"

Another very busy week in P2. This week we are finishing off our addition and subtraction learning and we are beginning to look at multiplication. We have been using loop cards working in partners to solve problems in maths. We looked at shapes in the real world and discussed what they might be. We enjoy ... Continue reading "This week in P2"

This week Primary 1 were very lucky to welcome Miss Ross and Mrs Ogilvie who will be working with us for a further four weeks. We continue to learn new sounds and have added to Seesaw the second set of sounds; c, k, e, r, h, m, d. This will be homework next week. We ... Continue reading "Primary 1"

What a great time we had on Thursday night, some amazing costumes and dance moves!

Coming soon...to a school near you! Book Week Scotland is just round the corner and we are delighted to welcome the Scholastic Travelling Book Fair to East Calder Primary School. This is a pop up book store where pupils and parents/ carers will be able to browse and buy a wide variety of exciting ... Continue reading "Coming Soon!! .....to East Calder Primary."

Congratulations to these fantastic four! They all were part of a Hip Hop group who performed at a dance show in Howden at the weekend. As you can see medals were awarded for participation.What a great effort. Hopefully you can give us a quick demonstration!

The P6 and P7 pupils were very lucky to get a visit form the Livingston Fire Department. We discussed safety surrounding bonfire night and looked at all the different equipment in the Fire Truck and even got a shot of the hose! We are very grateful to the fire department for taking time out of ... Continue reading "Fire Safety P7,P7/6 & P6"