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Deanburn Primary School

@deanburnps.bsky.social
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This is the official Bluesky account of Deanburn Primary School and ELC, Bo’ness in Falkirk Council. 💻 Digital Schools Award 🥈 RRS Silver Award 🥇 Sport Scotland Gold Award

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Deanburn PS P6 @missbeattie-dps.bsky.social · 02/04/2026
FREE EASTER 🐣 RUGBY 🏉 CAMP! Open to all children in P1-P7. Tuesdays and Wednesdays, 7th - 15th April. 11.00am -12.30pm. Email bonessrugbyclub@gmail to book @deanburnps.bsky.social
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Deanburn PS P6 @missbeattie-dps.bsky.social · 11/10/2025
Congratulations to the winners of our Blythswood Shoebox Appeal letter-writing competition! 💌✨ Their heartfelt letters are now on their way to boys in Eastern Europe — spreading kindness across the miles. 🌍 I wonder if they’ll write back? 💭❤️ #BlythswoodCare #KindnessInAction #GlobalCitizens
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Deanburn PS P6 @missbeattie-dps.bsky.social · 11/10/2025
Our nurture group worked with @mrshogan-dps.bsky.social to run a tuck shop to raise money for the Blythswood Shoebox Appeal 🎁 They shared their fantastic efforts at assembly, and thanks to them, 12 full shoeboxes are now on their way to Eastern Europe! 🌏 A wonderful achievement for a great cause ❤️
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Deanburn Primary School @deanburnps.bsky.social · 06/10/2025
We’re so proud that our school and cluster has achieved the @sportscotland Gold Award! 🏅🎉 A huge thank you to Mrs McKelvie, Steph, and our amazing Sports Council for their hard work and dedication. What a fantastic achievement for our school community! 💪👏 #SportScotland #Teamwork #ProudMoment
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P2/1F Deanburn PS @missf-dps.bsky.social · 26/09/2025
Super work in Numeracy from our P2 pupils using tens frames to visualise a strategy for solving addition by making ten.
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Deanburn P3MH @mrshilditch-dps.bsky.social · 26/09/2025
Well done to all our successes this week. Pupil of the Week, Star Writers, Top Spellers and Table of the Week 🌟
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Deanburn P3MH @mrshilditch-dps.bsky.social · 26/09/2025
This afternoon we were learning about the importance of the River Nile in ancient Egypt and started making informative posters on it. We can’t wait to share our learning with you next week at parents night.
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Deanburn P7 @mrsmaclachlan-dps.bsky.social · 30/09/2025
Our #WordOfTheWeek this week is ‘ephemeral’. Ask us what it means and if we can use it in a sentence! #WordAware #NewVocabulary #Literacy #WordRap #P7Team 😊
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Deanburn PS Primary 5 @missfleming-dps.bsky.social · 26/09/2025
This morning in P5 we practiced our coding skills. We got hands-on with micro:bits, programming them to react to different noise levels 🎶🔊. From quiet whispers to loud claps, our code displayed different images 💻⚡
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Deanburn PS P6 @missbeattie-dps.bsky.social · 30/09/2025
We managed a dry and sunny ☀️ Daily Mile in between the showers today! #brainbreak #walk #run #jog #fun #friends #chat #hwb #catchup #checkin
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Deanburn PS P6 @missbeattie-dps.bsky.social · 01/10/2025
We read a scene from Chapter 32 where Bradley is surrounded by the other boys. We practised and performed this scene in groups using the text to see what the characters say and do. #literacy #classnovel #drama #perform #dialogue #reading
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Deanburn PS P6 @missbeattie-dps.bsky.social · 01/10/2025
We launched our new topic ‘Africa’ yesterday. While the music was on we had to search for jigsaw 🧩 pieces to complete each image and then link these images together to guess the theme! #IDL #topic #Africa #launch #MTV #think #puzzle #explore #bigquestions #littlequestions
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Deanburn PS P6 @missbeattie-dps.bsky.social · 01/10/2025
We used the scene from yesterday to create a storyboard detailing the main events. We used pictures, speech, description and phrases from the text, as well as the thoughts of characters! #classnovel #literacy #reading #mainidea #summarising #understanding #comprehension
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P1 Deanburn PS @mss25.bsky.social · 01/10/2025
As a class reward for getting all the smirks in the jaur, we enjoyed an exciting visit to meet the school gerbils, Moon and Snowy.
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Deanburn P7 @mrsmaclachlan-dps.bsky.social · 02/10/2025
Our #PupilOfTheWeek this week has settled into his new school very well and is now showing more confidence as he interacts with his peers and school staff! 🌟 #Certificate #Proud #P7Team 😊
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Deanburn PS Primary 5 @missfleming-dps.bsky.social · 03/10/2025
Well done to our pupil of the week 🌟 You have been working incredibly hard in numeracy this week exploring addition, you have shown such determination and focus. Well done!
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Deanburn P3MH @mrshilditch-dps.bsky.social · 03/10/2025
Yesterday we practised our choral counting while moving. (Not sure why the video recorded double speed!) #ActiveLearning #Number
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Deanburn P7 @mrsmaclachlan-dps.bsky.social · 03/10/2025
We are the #SpellingStars 🌟 for this week! #Homework #HardWork #Literacy #P7Team 😊
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Deanburn P7 @mrsmaclachlan-dps.bsky.social · 03/10/2025
We are the #PE stars 🌟 chosen by Mrs McKelvie for this week! #UltimateFrizbee #Fun #PE #Teamwork #Cooperation #HWB #P7Team 😊
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P2/1F Deanburn PS @missf-dps.bsky.social · 03/10/2025
As past of our learning about toys, pupils explored how to create a sequence of instructions for the beebot. #digitaltechnologies
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P2/1F Deanburn PS @missf-dps.bsky.social · 03/10/2025
We made the most of a break in the showers this week to get out and enjoy the daily mile.
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Deanburn P7 @mrsmaclachlan-dps.bsky.social · 03/10/2025
We had a lovely #HotSeat 🔥this afternoon! #ClassCompliments #PositiveVibes #ChooseKind #P7Team 😊
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P1 Deanburn PS @mss25.bsky.social · 03/10/2025
P1 pupils were excited to visit the Healthy Tuck event, run to raise funds for P6 pupils to fill boxes for the Blythswood Shoebox appeal. 12 boxes will be filled with the money raised. Well done P6!
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Deanburn P3MH @mrshilditch-dps.bsky.social · 03/10/2025
Well done to our pupil of the week, star writers, top spellers and JOINT winning tables. Have a great weekend - stay dry! ☔️ 😄
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Deanburn PS Primary 5 @missfleming-dps.bsky.social · 03/10/2025
This morning we continued to develop our digital coding skills using Scratch! We programmed characters to move, dance, and make sounds, bringing our own mini digital stories to life. 🕺🎶🚀
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Deanburn PS Primary 5 @missfleming-dps.bsky.social · 03/10/2025
This afternoon during Drama we explored how to use facial expressions and body language to bring emotions to life. From happy 😃 and excited 🤩 to sad 😢, nervous 😬, surprised 😲, tired 🥱, and angry 😡. Amazing work everyone!
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Deanburn P3MH @mrshilditch-dps.bsky.social · 06/10/2025
What a lovely start to our week - fun spelling activities for our new phoneme ‘a-e’. Our fortune tellers were a big hit. Use them to practise for your spelling test! #Literacy #ActiveSpelling #Fun
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Deanburn PS P6 @missbeattie-dps.bsky.social · 06/10/2025
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Deanburn PS P6 @missbeattie-dps.bsky.social · 06/10/2025
Our pupils have been busy coding @microbit.org devices — creating scrolling name badges and digital dice that change when shaken! 🎲✨ Fantastic use of block coding skills and creative problem-solving in action!💡💻 #STEM #Coding #Microbit #EdTech @connectedfalk.bsky.social @digilearnfalk.bsky.social
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Deanburn PS P6 @missbeattie-dps.bsky.social · 06/10/2025
Having fun with maths today playing the Shannon Switching Game from @edinburghuni.bsky.social 🎯 A brilliant mix of strategy, logic, and teamwork — proving that maths is anything but boring! 🧩💡 #MathsFun #STEM #ProblemSolving #Education
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Deanburn PS P6 @missbeattie-dps.bsky.social · 06/10/2025
We explored pointillism and the work of Georges Seurat today, studying his masterpiece Bathers at Asnières before creating our own colourful versions! 🎨🖌️ Wonderful creativity and patience on display! #Art #Pointillism #Seurat #CreativeLearning
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Deanburn PS P6 @missbeattie-dps.bsky.social · 06/10/2025
We have been exploring Africa as part of our IDL topic! 🌍 Using maps and atlases, we identified countries, capitals, oceans, and famous landmarks — developing great geography skills along the way! 🗺️📚 #LearningJourney #Geography #IDL #Africa
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Deanburn PS P6 @missbeattie-dps.bsky.social · 02/10/2025
We were delighted to deliver our harvest assembly collections to the Storehouse Foodbank this morning. It was great to meet some of the volunteers and hear about the wonderful work they do. Thank you so much for giving our whole class KitKats too! 🍫 #foodbank #citizenship #localcommunity #support
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Deanburn Primary School @deanburnps.bsky.social · 12/09/2025
A Message from P6. We want to help our local community by collecting food for Storehouse Foodbank. We would love it if you could donate non-perishable items. Please bring in your donations by September 30th. Thank you for your kindness – we can’t wait to deliver the donations ourselves! 💙
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Miss Cuthbertson @missc-dps.bsky.social · 10/09/2025
Being Me! We explored our right to a name and identity (UNCRC Article 8) by writing our names using cotton buds and paint, inspired by pointillism! 🎨 #UNCRC #RightsRespectingSchools #Pointillism
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Miss Cuthbertson @missc-dps.bsky.social · 10/09/2025
We have been using our imagination in our play! This week, we have created a zoo, a fire station, made maps, and even put on a puppet show. So much creativity, teamwork, and fun! 🦁🚒🗺️🎭 #LearningThroughPlay #ImaginativePlay
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Mrs Sheach and Enhanced Provision @mrssheach-dps.bsky.social · 21/08/2025
We thoroughly enjoyed our time in the sensory garden, exploring textures, smells and the different flowers which have grown over the summer!
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Mrs Sheach and Enhanced Provision @mrssheach-dps.bsky.social · 26/08/2025
Lots of hard working bodies in ES 1 as we successfully develop routines and engagement in a range of learning experiences. After a long summer break, we are revising some concepts and getting our fine and gross motor skills back in action!
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Mrs Sheach and Enhanced Provision @mrssheach-dps.bsky.social · 26/08/2025
A brilliant PE session yesterday, focusing on good listening skills, hand eye co-ordination and moving safely within our environment. Very proud of everyone. S was our star of the week in PE and we are so delighted for him!
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Mrs Sheach and Enhanced Provision @mrssheach-dps.bsky.social · 26/08/2025
A brilliant PE session yesterday, focusing on good listening skills, hand eye co-ordination and moving safely within our environment. Very proud of everyone. S was our star of the week in PE and we are so delighted for him!
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Deanburn P3MH @mrshilditch-dps.bsky.social · 28/08/2025
Congratulations to @missmason.bsky.social’s star writers yesterday. Keep up the good work! #writing ✏️
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Deanburn P3MH @mrshilditch-dps.bsky.social · 29/08/2025
Well done to our star pupil this week! 🌟
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Deanburn P3MH @mrshilditch-dps.bsky.social · 29/08/2025
This weeks winning table - comfy cushions coming your way next week… #teameffort #speedytidying #readytolearn
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Deanburn P3MH @mrshilditch-dps.bsky.social · 29/08/2025
This week we were learning how to measure accurately with a ruler. If it’s a rainy weekend, show off your new skills at home and get measuring! #Lifeskill #PractiseMakesPerfect 📏✏️
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Deanburn P7 @mrsmaclachlan-dps.bsky.social · 02/09/2025
#HotSeat returned on Friday afternoon 🔥 with some lovely comments. #ClassCompliments #PositiveVibes #ChooseKind #P7Team 😊
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Deanburn P7 @mrsmaclachlan-dps.bsky.social · 04/09/2025
…introducing our new #HouseLeadership teams for this session!🔴🟢🟡🔵 The hard work begins right now! I am so proud of how each and every P7 pupil carried themselves today. Well done to all those who put themselves forward. Your speeches were all fabulous. 😊 #Election #P7Team
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Deanburn P7 @mrsmaclachlan-dps.bsky.social · 04/09/2025
P7 had a very important task this morning as they delivered their #HouseLeader speech to their houses before voting took place! ❤️💚💛💙 The results will be announced later on this afternoon. 😊 #P7Responsibilty #Teamwork #HouseLeaders #Voting #Election #P7Team 😊
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P2/1F Deanburn PS @missf-dps.bsky.social · 21/08/2025
We enjoyed a visit to the library today. We chose a book to share at home. Our library day will be on a Thursday so remember to return books each week so a new one can be chosen. 📚
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P2/1F Deanburn PS @missf-dps.bsky.social · 29/08/2025
We enjoyed meeting our school gerbils, Snowy and Moon, this week thanks to a handling session with Mrs Brown. We got a chance to stroke or hold them and learned about how to look after them. Snowy and Moon were a hit!
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P2/1F Deanburn PS @missf-dps.bsky.social · 29/08/2025
Lots of super work in Literacy this week from P1 and P2 pupils, learning and revising letter sounds.
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