Glow Blogs

Its amazing how Ness Class can lead their own learning! Stumbling upon an article during our Afternoon Group, the pupils were keen to learn about Fondue- what is it and where did it originate. We used our Floorbook to plan and organise our very own Fondue tasting session. As you can see from the pictures, ... Continue reading Responsive Planning leads to Tasty Creations in Ness →

At St Mary's we are very proud of Karlie, Jaxon, Bonnie and Jessica who made the Sacrament of Reconciliation on Saturday. It was a lovely service with Mass celebrated by Father Marcin. It was a very special night for the children and their families. We had a party to celebrate this very special Sacrament. We ... Continue reading Sacramental Celebrations in P3 →

Our Primary 4 stars have been hard at work over the past few weeks and had fun settling into our school routines again! We have spoken a lot about our School Values and ways that we can demonstrate these around the school and playground. Our values are so important to every day school life and ... Continue reading School values - P4 →

We had an amazing time visiting West Calder Library on Wednesday. It was a beautiful day and we saw lots of exciting things on the short walk up to the Library. Dominic and Hunter were very excited about the many road signs and warning signs we spotted- these keep people safe. Lochlan was hoping to ... Continue reading Scottish Book Week in Ness →

P6R have had a great week taking part in different activities relating to Maths during Scottish Numeracy Week. We have created art using deans blocks to show 3-digit numbers. We also challenge each other to solve various maths problems.

After a bumper Harvest, Ness decided to use the spare apples which were available throughout the school. We explored recipes containing apples and learned how to safely chop and prepare apples for stewing. Well done to everyone who smelled and tasted the cooked apples! We designed a lovely dessert using meringues and custard to have ... Continue reading Seasonal cooking in Ness →

What a fantastic first two weeks in Primary 1. We have all made good friends and have been learning the routines in school. At lunchtime we have done very well sitting independently with our friends and eating our lunch. Today for the first time we joined in the whole school assembly where we showed great ... Continue reading Starting String in Primary 1 →

Tay Class have made the most of the lovely sunshine. Lots of visits to the trim trail, PE outside, outdoor learning in the field and some of the class went to the play park. Indoors we continued our all about me topic, practiced addition and subtraction and ordered numbers. Lots of sensory movement inside on ... Continue reading Tay Class - St. Mary's ERB (Polbeth) →

Climbing, balancing and sharing space with our friends in PE today. H and M enjoyed dancing to the number song today. 'Let's count forwards and count backwards. Move and have some fun!' A made number block 20 with plasticine. Exploring our new coloured slime... thanks to Mrs H. for giving us this. There are lots ... Continue reading Tay Class (St. Mary's ERB) →

The class listened to a story called 'Leaf Man' by Lois Ehlert. We then created some people of our own using leaves.