Glow Blogs

Scientists from the University of Edinburgh visited P5 for the third time to complete our investigation into the DNA extraction of fruit. We completed the experiment a few weeks ago when the scientists first visited, and today found out our results. All four groups successfully extracted DNA from grapes, but we discovered it is easier ... Continue reading Scientists visit P5 →

Thank you to all of the parents and carers who were able to attend our Sharing the Learning event this morning. The children loved having you in class as they engaged in a range of reading activities. Joseph - My mum was here and we did a crossword and read a story. Ariana - My ... Continue reading Sharing the Learning - P4/3 →

P5 have had a brilliant second week back at school! We've been busy learning some Spanish and practising basic greetings - ¡Hola! In literacy, the children were introduced to new reciprocal reading skills, helping them to work together and share ideas when reading. In science, we explored the water cycle, learning about evaporation, condensation and ... Continue reading Splashes of learning in P5! →

We have had another busy and exciting week in Primary 5! The children continued to work on our class door display and made great progress creating our class charter, helping us think about the kind of classroom we want to learn in together. This week we were also introduced to Spanish and enjoyed learning some ... Continue reading Splashes of learning in P5! →

We are very lucky to have 4 sports leaders from West Calder High School who will be working with us for a block of multi sports. This is to help them to achieve their Level 6 Sports Academy. We have loved playing the warm up games and all the different stations they have organised for ... Continue reading Sports leaders in P4/3 →

We have enjoyed a lovely first few days together as the Tay Class of 2025-2026. We have already enjoyed many new experiences with each other and look forward to many, many, more as our year unfolds...We hope that you can join us along the way!

We have had an enormously busy week! We have been learning our initial alphabet sounds and practising arranging the letters of the alphabet on puzzle boards. In our number work we have been learning to count our fingers and toes! We have also enjoyed construction challenges and developing our motor skills with our sensory toys. ... Continue reading ThelifeofTay! →

From next week, we look forward to bringing you news of the travels of Taylor our class mascot. He will be journeying beyond the school to see what the members of Tay class get up to! This week has been lovely! It has been our first full week as members of Tay. We have enjoyed ... Continue reading ThelifeofTay! →

We have had a wonderful week! As the weather has turned a little more Autumnal we have enjoyed time in the Outdoor Classroom and the Sensory Room, where we have enjoyed the lights and the music! In class we have worked on our find motor skills with dabbing practice. We have also made great progress ... Continue reading TheLifeofTay! →

We have had another wonderful week in Tay. We have focused our Literacy learning on the initial sound 'b' in our songs and practiced our fine motor skills in dabbing safari animal spots! We have also enjoyed working on the lightboards... In our Number work we have counted our fingers and our toes...focusing on 1-5 ... Continue reading TheLifeofTay! →