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Hello! Another week gone! It won't be long until that scary 'C' word that fills teachers with dread! And on that subject, P2 have been busy making a little treat for you to purchase at the Christmas Fayre next weekend. We've also made a strong start to the nativity practice and can't wait for you ... Continue reading P2 Weekly Update 24.11.23 →

It has been another very productive week in P3. Nativity rehearsals are well and truly underway. We have been on the stage, learning our lines and singing the songs. We have all worked very hard. We have also made a Christmas poster which will be displayed on the wall in the dinner hall. Ellie - ... Continue reading P3 update →

This week P3 were very inspired by the P6 class and their assembly all about Remembrance Day. We really enjoyed learning all about the Poppies that people wear as a symbol for all the soldiers who fought in the war to keep us safe. We decided to make our own wall display. We wrote acrostic ... Continue reading P3 update →

This week we have studied the work of the artist Paul Klee. We were particularly interested in his painting called Castle and Sun. We noticed that he used 2D shapes to create this picture and we discussed the colours he used. We then made a picture of our own. We used oil pastels and water ... Continue reading P3 update →

Tonight was the opening performance of Shrek the Musical and what a show! All pupils have worked hard for months to bring the show to the stage! As well as learning lines and dancing, pupils made all the scenery and props, created a giant Fairy Tale book and did important behind the scenes work including ... Continue reading P4-7 put on a Shrek-tacular show! →

This week the P6 choristers joined the school choir to sing around the community. First they went to bring festive joy to the shoppers at Asda Livingstone. Next it was off to Dickson Court to meet some of our elderly community. Tonight it's off to the zoo park for another performance! Well done everyone!

P6 are really getting into the Christmas spirit this week! On Tuesday we enjoyed a festive trip to the panto at Howden which was great fun! We've also started to rehearse for our Christmas carol concert next week. We are also finishing some Christmas crafts. We're still squeezing in as much of our usual timetable ... Continue reading P6 are getting into the Christmas spirit! →

P6 have been working hard since the start of term. We've hit the ground running in literacy and have been doing daily spelling and writing as well as visual comprehension, handwriting, dictation have started looking at reciprocal reading skills. In numeracy we have been getting to grips with the four operations through games and activities ... Continue reading P6 are working hard! →

This week P6 took part in the West Calder High Cross Country event. Local schools from across the region took part which took them along the route skirting the school grounds. Every pupil finished the race and really enjoyed it so well done to all. Particularly well done to Codi and Phillip who had the ... Continue reading P6 at West Calder Cross Country event →

P6 are going all out in their Scots language topic this term! As well as learning our Scots poems for our in-school competition, we've also begun to write our own Scots poem using our own knowledge of Scots poems and our Scots word bank. Next we prepared our own Burns supper to eat in class. ... Continue reading P6 celebrate Burns Night with a Burns Supper! →