School Blog

We've had such a wonderful and busy term in Pentland Class, filled with hard work, laughter, and lots of new experiences. The children have explored so many activities, from horse riding and swimming to relaxing hydrotherapy sessions. Music has been a big part of our weeks too, with Live Music Now visits and group music ... Continue reading Pentland Class Term 3 →

Wow! Wow! Wow! Our swimmers have been working incredibly hard at Bathgate Xcite this term, and their progress has been amazing to see! On Friday mornings, our Group 3 and 4 swimmers — Sean, Muhammad, Freddie, Frankie, Jaxson, Denny, and Ruaridh — smashed it with 2 Aqua Bronze Awards and 5 Progress Awards achieved between ... Continue reading Term 3 Swimming →

On Wednesday afternoons our Secondary pupils have been trying out some different sport and fitness activities... Golf at American Golf Driving Range Bootcamp with Mel from FoxFit Bowls at West Lothian Indoor Bowling Club Gentle seated exercise class with Heidi from Heidi Macdonald Fitness

Athletes in Ochiltree and Duntarvie have continued to come together on Monday afternoons to develop their physical activity and motor skills. This term we have focused on: Mobility activities (based on the Special Olympics Motor Activity Training Programme) with Louise Stretching and body awareness with Jill Golf and Croquet with Rachael

Today 8 of our athletes represented Beatlie at the ASN Boccia & Curling Festival at West Lothian College. Everyone had lots of fun and coped so well with the big, unfamiliar and very noisy hall! Well done everyone, we are super proud of you

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! →

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 →