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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

Wow, what a quick and busy term we have had in Hopetoun. We have made the most of being able to go on the minibusses so we have been to Dobbies and the centre to see all the Christmas lights and listen to the Christmas music, we even got to smell Christmas at Dobbies! We ... Continue reading Winter term in Hopetoun class →

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 →