School Blog

More swimmers have been making a splash at Bathgate Xcite this term. Our second Friday morning group recently completed their 5 week block with Ethan, Hira and Madison achieving their Aqua Bronze Award and Teddy receiving a progress award. 2 of our senior pupils have also been swimming on a Thursday afternoon. Fletcher achieved his ... Continue reading Term 2 Swimming ‍♂️ →

We have had a great Term here in Lomond experiencing and learning all about Night time. We immersed ourselves into the topic with lots of arts and crafts. We enjoyed making stars using different media, making spaceships with our painted footprints and salt dough stars. We participated in World Children's Day and listened to the story ... Continue reading Lomond Term 2 →

What a busy term it has been! Our topic this term has been Emergency Services. All our children have enjoyed exploring the Topic box. We have had Doctors, Nurses, Fire fighters, Ambulance drivers and Police officers. Tommy favoured being a policeman and enjoyed looking at himself in the mirror! Hira happily explored the police cars ... Continue reading Glendevon end of term! →

We have had another busy term in Ochiltree and we can't believe we're already at the Christmas holidays! This term we have been busy working towards some of our ASDAN challenges. The first was through our weekly health group where we really enjoyed our sessions with Childsmile. We explored healthy food through games and we ... Continue reading Merry Christmas from Ochiltree →

This term we hosted our very first Special Olympics Motor Activity Training Programme (MATP) Challenge Event. Athletes in Hopetoun, Lomond, Pentland and Glendevon had the opportunity to showcase the skills they had been working on during training for their family and friends. Every athlete did absolutely amazing and handled the spotlight so well! ... Continue reading MATP Challenge Event →

And that's a wrap on our first block of activities. All athletes in Ochiltree and Duntarvie have now completed striking & kicking activities with Louise, music & movement with Jill and Boccia & New Age Kurling with Rachael. Here are our athletes taking part in their final activity... Striking & Kicking Music & Movement Boccia ... Continue reading Term 2 Secondary PE →

What a fantastic first term we have had here in the Pentland Class. We have loved spending time together, getting to know our new friends and adults in class - we all have lots of fun together! We have all settled into our routines and have been working hard on all of our activities and ... Continue reading Pentland Class Term 1 →

We have had great fun in Hopetoun this term as we have settled in to our new class. We have enjoyed lots of different activities like gardening, going on the wheelchair bike and art. We have been exploring new foods during our messy play food group and some of us got messier than others! We ... Continue reading Autumn term in Hopetoun →

What a busy first term we have had in Ochiltree, we've really enjoyed making the most of the last of the sunny weather! We particularly enjoyed our beach themed sensory sessions out in the garden which has now been swapped for a lovely cosy Autumn sensory session which we're enjoying just as much. We've been ... Continue reading Ochiltree Term 1 →

Our athletes in Hopetoun, Lomond, Pentland and Glendevon have been working hard, training towards our first ever MATP Challenge Event on Monday 1st December. They can't wait to showcase their unique achievements to family and friends (more details will be shared closer to the time, but I am excited to see everyone supporting their athlete ... Continue reading Term 1 Primary PE →

These dark nights and dark mornings are creeping up on us citing the end of Term 1. It has been a term for trying different activities out and seeing where we can fit everything we want to do into our timetables. We are settling down now and have good plans in place moving forward into ... Continue reading Lomond Term 1 →

Well done to our first group of swimmers who just completed their block at Bathgate Xcite. They worked so hard, gaining confidence and developing skills in the early stages of buoyancy, co-ordination, spatial awareness, breathing, and entering and leaving the pool safely. 3 swimmers achieved their Beatlie Aqua Bronze Award and 1 swimmer was presented ... Continue reading Group 1 Swimming →