School Blog

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 fantastic festive term in the Pentland class! We have had a ball taking part in all of our Christmas activities, parties and shows and have been full of festive cheer and joy. We have continued to work hard on all of our individual targets and routines and constantly impress everyone with ... Continue reading Merry Christmas from Pentland! →

Well, this term has definitely danced past us in a wintery whirlwind - filled with learning, achievement and most importantly - fun ! Our days have been extremely busy both in school and out in the local community, with assemblies and learning on a range of topics such as Remembrance, Fireworks, World Children's Day, St ... Continue reading Winter Term Round Up - Duntarvie! →

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 →

We had lots of fun at our Christmas Party this afternoon - dancing playing games ☃️ and then relaxing with a short festive filmand some treats Our winners were... Funky hat corners - Megan Pin the nose on Santa - Alex Best decorated biscuit - Cole Reindeer toss - Ruaridh Best dancer - ... Continue reading Secondary Christmas Party →

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 →

Well done to our second 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 2 Swimming →

World Children's Day 2025 'my day.... my rights' 'From the moment the sun rises, children wake up to a world shaped by choices they didn't make. But every child, everywhere, also wakes with rights. Including the right to be protected, to learn, and to have their voice heard' (UNICEF) To celebrate World Childrens Day we ... Continue reading World Childrens Day 2025 →