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Another successful and entertaining week in Ness Class. We had an amazing breakthrough in our Maths learning. The 6 times table is tricky, but we have discovered that making groups of 6 and adding on by 6 each time, gets the correct answer! In our writing we were learning about Rabbie Burns. We planned a ... Continue reading A Wee Week O' Burns →

This morning we kicked off our day with training to become buddies for the new Primary One children starting after the summer holidays. They're learning how to be kind, responsible and supportive, helping our youngest pupils feel like they belong and feel safe in both of our schools. We're proud of their enthusiasm and know ... Continue reading Another fun filled day for P6R →

Wow! What an amazing time we are having! A little rain this morning did not dampen our spirits and the sun didn't take long to come out. Today we have successfully attempted the cat walk, leap of faith, archery, raft building, low ropes and night line. It's all in a days work. We are looking ... Continue reading Another successful day at camp! →

A fabulous end to a busy term in Ness Class. We have really enjoyed our learning with many highlights to share. Our focus on Scotland and Burns led to many exciting learning opportunities and amazing Food Technology sessions. In Numeracy we have been very successful developing our strategies for multiplying- we really like grouping our ... Continue reading Half Term Update- Ness Class →

We had a fantastic start to our Health Week. Our day began with some hip hop dancing, we loved learning a dance to Beat It! By Michael Jackson. Then we had a lovely sunny walk to the bowling club in Polbeth. The men were so patient and helped to show us how to play. Some ... Continue reading Health week in P4 →

Wow what a busy day we had today! we kicked off the day with fruit smoothy and fruit kebabs. We tried lots of fruits and got to try the smoothie bike . It was lots of fun and very tasty . We then enjoyed some time in the trim trail practicing our balance ... Continue reading Heath week day 1 →

What a fast first week back to school in Primary 1. We have enjoyed the excitement of the colder weather, in class we had snow in our tuff tray and made our own ice with water in the freezer. It was lots of fun trying to save the winter animals that were trapped in ... Continue reading Hello 2025 in Primary 1 →

Happy new year from primary 7! we have came back from our winter holidays feeling refreshed and ready to learn. We have settled back into out structure and routine and enjoyed setting out 2025 goals. We discussed how we can be the best versions of ourselves for our last few years of primary school. We ... Continue reading It's 2025 →

Today our literacy Mini Champs joined lots of other primary schools in West Lothian at our termly meeting. They very proudly represented St Mary's in sharing what we do for writing in our school. Dominic, Olivia, Amelia and Jackson listened well and took notes of interesting ideas we could use in our school. I was ... Continue reading Literacy Mini Champs →

Well done to our wonderful Primary 4 class who led Mass this morning. We are so proud of you all, you are a credit to the school! Thank you to parents, carers and parishioners who were able to come to Mass this morning, too.