School Blog

Today we were learning to define line/ reflective symmetry and complete reflections of given 2D and 3D objects, with and without mirrors. In literacy we read chapter 4 together as a think aloud then created the castle using Lego, scratch and junk models.

Today we were lucky to have the experts in from Quaternity. Quaternity is a natural chess evolution which develops intuitive thinking along with strategy and tactics.

On Tuesday we were lucky enough to visit a family run business to see first hand how they grow the potatoes and the process of harvesting and processing them in their factory, before being sold to customers. This was a trip we won by growing the most potatoes in the summer term and completing a ... Continue reading "Scotchip Farm visit - taking the classroom outdoors!"

We are working in partnership with University of Glasgow to implement MathsBURST in our classroom. Today we were learning to define reflective symmetry, complete reflections of given 2D shapes and reflect 2D shapes over horizontal axes. We all enjoyed using the mirrors to visualise, predict and check. We are also going to use this strategy ... Continue reading "Line of Reflective Symmetry"

The next part of our PBL learning was to find out about the different climates in our chosen countries. P1 had a science workshop on the four seasons, p3/4 were learning about world climates and the Equator. Primary 5-7 were finding out about different climates around the world using I pads, and the vocabulary we ... Continue reading "Project based learning"

Today we started off creating our Trusted adult display. Everyone participated in super discussion about who our trusted adults could be and why we need to have these responsible adults at home and in school. In creativity hour today we had a really special visit from Jen at Voice Rocks. We played fun singing games ... Continue reading "Fun Friday- Let's get creative!"

We had a very exciting visit today from West Lothian Bike Library. They help people get active and connected through cycling. We had booked in a cycle maintenance workshop as we have quite a few school bikes which are in need of repair.

In Regina's Art club they visited Mexico and made art mirrors. These bright and colourful creations bring good luck to your house.