Whitecraig Primary School

P3/4 have been working hard this week on story telling and story writing. Many of the children have produced their best writing ever and were extremely proud of themselves.
Brandon and Duncan are the class Star Writers this week as they both produced great stories using interesting words.
Duncan said ” This is the most that I’ve [...]

Spelling words for all of the classes for the week commencing Monday 26th May 2008, are now available under each class page.

[ June 6, 2008; 10:00 am to 11:00 am. ]  

 A visit by author Lari Don to our Primary 4 & 5 children has been arranged by Scottish Book Trust for 6th June 2008. Lari is a storyteller who has just published her first book, First Aid for Fairies and Other Fabled Beasts.

The one hour session will take place at 10am on 6th June 2008 and parents/carers of [...]

The pupils from P1 - P7 all took part in World Maths Day on 5th March 2008.
During the day the children took part in maths activities/challenges against children from all around the world. These included children from Austrailia, Malaysia, China and United Arab Emirates to name a few.
The top student for the day [...]

Whilst working on their project about the Village of Whitecraig, the children in P3/4 decided that people from outwith Whitecraig don’t really know anything about it. Mrs Gilbert informed the children that they were going to be given the opportunity to change this at a showcase event which was to be held at Musselburgh Grammar School. 
The children [...]

Earlier this year the pupils in P3/4 were asked by East Lothain Council Parks Department to complete a park survey on the play park in Whitecraig.
The children looked at the park and discussed in pairs what they would like to improve. They then completed the survey forms and returned them to the council.
The [...]

The children from Whitecraig Primary School will be taking part in World Maths Day on 5th March 2008.
This is a celebration of numbers as children from around the globe join to set a world record in answering mental arithmetic questions. This event this year will involve more than a quarter of a million children. In [...]

The children of P3/4 recently enjoyed a bright art lesson with Mrs Gilbert.
During the lesson, the children painted some wonderful colourful cats which are now brightening up the corridors and the children’s cloakroom bays.
They started by painting the outline of the cats and then decorated them by adding stripes, dots and circles using metallic paints.
We are sure [...]

Primary 3/4 were very lucky recently to have a full days workshop with the music specialist, Dave Trouton.  The children listened to various pieces of music and then told each other how the music made them feel.  The children used the emotion words we had previously worked on during our circle time activities to help [...]

After the recent success of Primary 4/5 maths games afternoon, Primary 3/4 invited parents/carers to have another fun maths experience playing board games. 
This event was so popular that we had twelve adults willing to participate and we had to borrow some extra children from Primary 4/5 so there were enough children in each group. 
As you [...]