School Blog

Well done to our wonderful Primary 4/3 pupils who led our Advent Mass on Friday. We were so proud of the children who read with confidence and sang with pride! This is a special time of year where we prepare to celebrate the birth of our Lord.

Continuing our celebration of books and reading for enjoyment during this Book Week we went for a visit to West Calder Library. The rain did not put us off and we had a lovely walk into West Calder. Ann the librarian was very welcoming and delighted to see us. She read us a very funny ... Continue reading P4/3 Visit to the Library →

We got Book Week Scotland off to a fun start with our hosting party in P4/3. Some of our parents and carers joined us this afternoon to do some fun activities related to books. P3 were gifted a Read, Write, Count bag and P4 were gifted a new book. We all enjoyed creating a book ... Continue reading P4/3 Gifting Party →

Some recent photos of P4/3 during Outdoor Learning. Miss Nelson leads this each week and as the photos show, the children love it! Charlotte - I liked making my name with twigs and mud and leaves. Jude - I liked going to the park and playing with my friends. Joseph - I like exploring in ... Continue reading P4/3 Outdoor Learning →

HAPPY HALLOWEEN FROM ALL IN P4/3! Wow! Excellent effort for all the costumes. The children have had a great morning!

Today has been an immersive day in lots of things Japanese. We enjoyed experiencing some Japanese anime when we watched My Neighbour Totoro. This is a very popular anime created by a Japanese film studio, Studio Gibli. We watched a little part at the beginning in Japanese and then we changed it to English. We ... Continue reading Japanese Experiences in P4/3 →

The month of October is dedicated to the Holy Rosary due to the Feast of Our Lady of the Rosary on October 7. Praying the Rosary helps us to reflect on the life of Jesus and His mother, Mary, by meditating on the Mysteries. We learned about the four sets of Mysteries: Joyful, Sorrowful, Glorious, ... Continue reading P4/3 pray the Holy Rosary →

Each week we love our time outdoors with Miss Nelson. Last week we were out in the woods exploring and playing. We were given a task to create a home for an animal using any materials we could find lying around. We used acorns, sticks, leaves, stones, string, little pieces of bricks and rocks. We ... Continue reading Fun in P4/3 →

In our classroom we have a house corner which we are always changing. Last week we had a business meeting which Joseph chaired and Riley took the minutes. During this meeting we all got to share our ideas for the house corner and what we would like to turn it into next. We thought ... Continue reading House corner in P4/3 →

Thank you to all of the parents and carers who were able to attend our Sharing the Learning event this morning. The children loved having you in class as they engaged in a range of reading activities. Joseph - My mum was here and we did a crossword and read a story. Ariana - My ... Continue reading Sharing the Learning - P4/3 →

we have had a successful start to the new year in P4/3. We are working hard and enjoying making new friends. in maths we have completed our first topic of place value. We have been working with numbers in the hundreds, tens and ones columns and learning the difference between a digit and a number ... Continue reading P4/3 numeracy update →

We have been learning about Rights and Responsibilities. Rights are needs or the things that we should all have. These are things like the right to learn by going to school, the right to a name, the right to have your say, the right to play or the right to be safe. Rights protect you ... Continue reading P4/3 Rights and Responsibilities →