ADLC pupils really enjoyed their visit from Falkirk Fire Brigade this afternoon. We were interested to find out lots of information about their job, safety kit they wear, use & looking at equipment on the fire engine. We all loved getting to sit in the fire engine too of course! 🚒 #ExploreMoreatADLC

ADLC pupils worked hard during Metaskills Day today as part of World of Work Week. Here is a snapshot of one of the workshops - using Initiative to design & create a Christmas advent calendar as part of Enterprise & Business. #ExploreMoreatADLC

ADLC P1 - 3 pupils had a great YMI session with Cameron today. Lots of fun songs and games with fabulous participation. #ExploreMoreatADLC

APS pupils were interested to listen to Gary Campbell, a local author & illustrator who visited us today to tell us about his previous career and his inspiration for writing and drawing. We really had fun creating our own comics as part of this workshop. Thank you from all @ APS. #ExploreMoreatADLC

All APS pupils would like to thank Johnny Bannerman from Active Schools for coming to visit us this morning as part of our World of Work Week. We enjoyed listening about your school and sporting career as well as your current role within Active Schools. #ExploreMoreatADLC

A huge thanks to Marion & Donna from Blackfaulds Nursing Home who visited APS today as part of World of Work Week. We listened to an informative talk about the work they do looking after the residents, discussed activities residents enjoy when we visit & asked questions. #ExploreMoreatADLC

This APS learner worked hard today playing l versus w Minimal Pairs. Well done for matching correctly. 👍 #exploremoreatADLC

C and L were proud to show off their models at Fun Finish today. A Chrysler Sebring, car garage and plane. Keep up the imaginative ideas! #exploremoreatADLC

This DPS learner enjoyed exploring the 'words within words' spelling strategy last week and how this can help us spell much trickier words. We were so surprised at how many words are inside 'sweater'. We also discussed compound words. #exploremoreatADLC

Next week we look forward to Parent's Evening at Avonbridge PS and our rescheduled Community Coffee Morning at Drumbowie PS. Thank you to APS Parent Council for arranging our Taekwondo Club as well - the first week was a success!

P1 - 4 have been working hard on their money skills this week - we can recognise different coins and notes, set up our own shop and use different coin and note combinations to pay for items. #exploremoreatADLC

This learner was eager to lead a class reading session this week. We enjoyed listening to a non-fiction text called Living in Space. Well done J. 👌 #exploremoreatADLC #ReadingSchools

Please come and join us at our Community Coffee Mornings next week! We look forward to seeing you there :) @mrsmulvayadlc.bsky.social @mrshunteradlc.bsky.social @mrpatersonadlc.bsky.social @misstolandadlc.bsky.social @missstewartadlc.bsky.social

Happy holidays to all pupils at ADLC. Have fun and stay safe. #ExploreMoreatADLC

A huge thanks to our parents for attending our Open Afternoon today. It was great to see so many parents celebrating learning and success with their children. P1 - 4 were proud to show their work and their classroom. #ExploreMoreatADLC

P1-4 worked on building a Class Charter this term in line with UNCRC. 6 focus articles worked on pertinent to the class. Pupils worked in groups thinking about what these rights mean for them - Rights Holders. Miss Stewart considered what these rights mean for adults in school - Duty Bearers. #RRS

This P4 learner had fun distinguishing between f and th this morning. We practised reading lots of th words, spelled f and th words then played a f and th identification game. Well done for getting onto the leaderboard B! 👍 #ExploreMoreatADLC

This P5 learner worked hard with the au phoneme this morning. He participated along with the au tutorial video to diacritically mark words then wrote sentences with au words. Very quick at the au pairs game too. 🌟 #ExploreMoreatADLC

It’s another exciting week at ADLC! Bring your bikes along to Dr Bike’s clinic this week for a free service! 🚲 @mrsmulvayadlc.bsky.social @misstolandadlc.bsky.social @missstewartadlc.bsky.social @mrpatersonadlc.bsky.social @mrshunteradlc.bsky.social

Here is P1-4's Termly Learning Newsletter until the Oct holidays. #ExploreMoreatADLC

Our Community Pantry is available for any families and local residents to use - located at the front door and accessible during school hours ❤️ #ExploreMoreAtADLC

Inspired by his favourite read, C has become an author at work over the last 2 weeks creating his own Beano comics to add to our class library. Fantastic work! 📝📕 #ExploreMoreatADLC

Our learners enjoying creating postcards, letters and books using resources from the Writing Area. #ExploreMoreatADLC

We have been developing our Writing Area in P1 - 4 this term with lots of engaging resources to inspire creative and non-fiction writing. Our learners have been enjoying this at Soft Start and Fun Finish. #ExploreMoreatADLC

These boys were practising their fine motor skills at the tuff tray this morning creating numbers, patterns and their own designs. Fabulous focus! 👀 #ExploreMoreatADLC

Fun with Colourful Semantics today as a warm up for our Writing lesson. We constructed our own sentences, practised writing them neatly and shared them with the class. Lots of fabulous and funny sentences. #ExploreMoreatADLC #UNCRCArticle29

Under the Trees session 2 this week involved building a park for dinosaurs with water features. Lots of imagination from our learners. #ExploreMoreatADLC

As part of Metaskills Masterclasses Block 1, some P1 - 7 pupils learned about the history of mosaics then designed and created their own. Fabulous works of art. 👏Metaskill - Creativity #ExploreMoreatADLC #UNCRCArticle31

P1's working hard this morning in Active Literacy learning about the 'a' sound. Great effort! #ExploreMoreatADLC

A very successful Under the Trees session 1 last week. Metaskills Creativity and Collaboration on display. #ExploreMoreatADLC #UNCRCArticle31

What’s on this week 👀

Launching our refreshed class library area this morning and enjoying accessing a range of texts. #ExploreMoreatADLC #ReadingSchools #UNCRCArticle28

Enjoying our Soft Starts on the first week back at school. #ExploreMoreatADLC

APS P1 - 4 enjoyed catching up with each other on the first day back at school participating in our Blether Stations activity. We discussed different things about our Summer Holidays. #ExploreMoreatADLC

P1 2025/2026 First day at school 🎒 #ExploreMoreAtADLC