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Last week we were learning to use the element of line to draw what we see. We looked closely at a leaf and thought about the shape of it and the lines of the veins. We then drew its outline and tried and copy where all the lines were. Next we looked at the leaf ... Continue reading "P3A Learning"

During Book Week Scotland (which begins on 18th November) we celebrate reading for enjoyment and aim to show our pupils that adults enjoy sharing books and stories too. We love to welcome in adults as Secret Readers who come along to read a short story or chapter aloud to classes. We would be delighted to ... Continue reading "Calling all Secret Readers ... can you help?"

We have had another busy week with our learning. We are continuing to work with giving exact amounts of money and giving change. We also keep extending our knowledge of times tables. As we have been learning about Farming, we decided to write a description of a tractor. We used our plan to inform our ... Continue reading "P3A Learning"

All of our P7's and P6's were very fortunate to get to visit The Robotarium at Heriot Watt University over the last few weeks. Some of us got to meet Ameca - the worlds most advanced human shaped robot - and asked it some hard hitting questions like 'how big is the universe?', 'will robots take over ... Continue reading "Robotarium Visit "

Wow,how amazing is this! Emmy and Victoria have made up a game inspired by our class novel Light on Dumyat by Rennie McOwan. The name of their clan is a mix of their two surnames and the game involves all the skills you would need for an adventure in the Scottish hills,just like Gavin,Clare,Michael and ... Continue reading "The Clan Merob! P6"

This week has been out of this world! Literally! We've been very fortunate to have some real meteorite samples loaned to us from the Royal Observatory in Edinburgh. What an amazing opportunity to hold, feel and look at some incredible rocks that have been travelling through space for millions (and even billions) of years. Everyone ... Continue reading "Meteorites!"

We were very lucky during Maths Week to have two visitors come in to tell us how they use Maths in their daily work. Mr Malik is a software engineer and uses Maths all the time when he is writing code. He even created a game to show us how the software worked. Then we ... Continue reading "Maths Week in P3A"

Maths Week P6 Miss Niven joined us for Maths Week and demonstrated how P6 could combine our maths skills with expressive arts, as they learnt about the role of stage management in theatre. The children learnt about stage directions, technical stage drawings, and setting a stage, and how these elements all use maths. They first ... Continue reading "Maths Week Scotland in P6"

This week we have had great fun listening to maths stories. We listened to 'Jack the Builder'. It was all about 3d shapes. We worked in groups to create our own models with 3d shapes and explored their properties. We made up an addition sum to work out 'How Many Feet in the Bed?' after ... Continue reading "Maths Week Scotland in P2A"

We were learning to order number to 100. We were given a card with a number on it and had to get ourselves in the correct order. Then we had to make our number using tools in the classroom. We came up with lots of different ways. Some of us laid counters out in twos ... Continue reading "P3A Learning"

Today, we were lucky enough to have five fire fighters come to visit our school and teach us about fire safety. We learned how to keep safe on fireworks night and also top tips to help us if we were ever caught in a fire. P7 were very engaged with the talk and had some ... Continue reading "Fire Safety in P7"

We have started the term with a very busy few weeks in Drama. It has been lovely working with every class and the children should be so proud of how much they have embraced their new learning opportunities in Drama, with a positive attitude and eagerness to learn. Well done everyone! Below are a few ... Continue reading "Future Oscar Winning Actors in East Calder Primary!"