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There is now a Young Scot app which can be downloaded to the young person's phone at https://young.scot. The Young Scot card can then be linked to the app to take advantage of exciting features including:  *The ability to order a replacement Young Scot National Entitlement Card through the app for anyone over the [...]

We have been learning how to speak French and learning about Europe for the Euroquiz. We have been learning about bats and learned they have fingers and eat 3000 insects a day. In Numeracy we have been dividing by 10, 100 and 1000. We made a timeline as part of our transition for the High [...]

In primary 5 we have been using cursive handwriting. For our Maths we have been learning how to tell the time. Our PE lessons have been playing volley ball. Our literacy lessons have been all about explanation writing and we have explained how a volcano erupts. We are finishing off our natural disasters topic. In [...]

We have learning how to code using Microbits and made flashing hearts and a rock, paper, scissors game. We have also learned about Egypt and how mummies are made. In writing we wrote a diary entry for the High School. We have learned food items and school items in French. For our Maths we have [...]

In our indoor PE we have been doing gymnastics and for our outdoor we have been playing rounders. For our topic we have been learning about Europe for the Euroquiz and making posters. In Maths and our Number Talks we are learning our multiplication and division strategies. We have been writing explanation texts and we [...]

In Primary 4 we have learning how to say the weather in French. In our topic we have been learning about where the Vikings came from. In writing we have been writing poems. We have been practising our hockey skills in our outdoor PE and bench ball indoors. Written by the Pupil Digital Leadership Group

P2B have been learning to use words for different parts of the body using games, songs and activities.

Today in class we were learning about the way teeth are categorised at the dentist. Adult teeth are numbered and milk teeth are given letters. We used dentist mirrors to examine our teeth.

This term P6H has been learning how to programme using Scratch. We are currently making chase games to play with scoring.

The count down to the Masters is on. Does Uphall have the next McIlroy?

Today P6H were learning how the digestive system works. They tracked the journey that beans on toast would take through the digestive system and are now able to name all the main body parts that are involved.

This week in Maths the children have been learning how to calculate a percentage of an amount. They have been putting their skills into practise using a real life context of a sports shop and calculating the new reduced prices of things.