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07
OCT

Last Friday as part of our Art lessons we looked at the work of Eduardo Paolozzi. We tuned in to a live broadcast from The National Galleries of Scotland to lead this session. After exploring the artist a little we then created our own paper creations using only scissors with no glue or sellotape in ... Continue reading "Scrap to Sculpture"

07
OCT

Today we were very lucky to have Melissa Dunn from our council HWB team come along to talk to partners and pupils on what actions we can we can take in the local area with a focus on sustainability and climate. They met with our eco reps in school who went along to join in ... Continue reading "HWB community meeting"

07
OCT

Today we were very lucky to have S6 from West Calder high visiting us today to explain challenge poverty week. They talked about lunches and uniforms and highlighted what actions we can take. This is a Scotland- wide campaign that challenges the stigma and discrimination often associated with poverty.

06
OCT

Some of the children are going to start assembling our French buildings this week. We have created our lists of what we need and cardboard boxes tops the list. We would be grateful if you could send in any tomorrow and Wednesday so that we can get started! Thank you!

02
OCT

Today we were creating snow globes and designed our own personal skateboards. It was messy art and we loved it!

25
SEP

Today we started our research on Famous French artists. We found out about his Early life, Impressionism, famous paintings and his later life. This involved lots of practice in our literacy skills and skills for life. After our research session we will begin to re- create one or two of his most famous paintings using ... Continue reading "Claude Monet - creativity hour"

24
SEP

We were investigating estimation today and discussing why it is an important skill. Well done to the winners of our estimation challenge!

24
SEP

Mr McNaughton was leading the learning our project based learning on France! Watch this space!

24
SEP

What a superstar! This boy managed to get the last two fantastic guesses for our Wordle today!

24
SEP

Today as part of Maths week Scotland, we worked outside as a team to collect natural materials such as leaves, pebbles, sticks and feathers. Back in the classroom we created designs such as repeated patterns and lines of symmetry using our own materials.

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