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It has been a busy and active couple of weeks at St Mary's. We've had a slightly chilly but successful sports day and a jam packed health week. Highlights were our annual visit to the bowling club, sorry I've no pictures, and the visit on Friday from PC Henderson, who kindly answered about 1523 questions ... Continue reading An Active May in P5 →

Nurture class had so much fun at the careers fayre! The children loved exploring the police cars, fire engines and ambulance up close. They enjoyed chatting with the officers and had great fun trying on some of the uniforms. It was a brilliant hands-on experience and a very exciting day for everyone.

We have been bathed in glorious sun this week and our smiles have been shining too as we have played and learned with, and from, each other. We have built castles in the sand and he have learned about mixing colours in our sensory play with beautiful coloured sand. Our focus on beautiful colours has ... Continue reading TheLifeOfTay! →

Primary 1 have had another fabulous learning week! On Monday we learned all about Pentecost and how the Holy Spirit is all around us. We made our own Holy Spirit headbands. As well have caterpillars in class we have been learning all about the life cycle of butterflies and we used this to ... Continue reading Primary 1 →

This week, our Nurture Class had lots of fun taking part in Health Week. The children enjoyed trying lots of different activities throughout the week and had a great time keeping active. We learned some new skills in judo, took part in marathons and active games, and had lots of fun trying circus skills too! ... Continue reading Health week in nurture class →

We have had the best Health Week. in the last day we started with an important talk from the Police. We will think about our behaviour outside of school and make sure we are respectful and think of others. It is important to look after our local community and to think of our actions and ... Continue reading P4/3 last day of Health Week →

Last day of Health Week and it's was another busy one. We started our day with a session with PC Sean. This was lots of fun as well as giving us lots of information about how to stay safe and how the police can help us. We also got the opportunity to investigate some equipment ... Continue reading Primary 1 Health Week Day 4 →

Back with a bang this morning as we had a session with our Active Schools Coordinator. We were learning tennis skills, running and moving in different directions, bouncing balls and then using a tennis racket . After break we walked up to West Calder bowling club where we learned all about playing ... Continue reading Primary 1 Health week day 3 →

P7/6 have had a phenomenal time during health week! We have enjoyed judo, bowling, a trip to the community garden, making smoothies and fruit kebabs, gymnastics, football, pickle ball, fitness, strong man and circus skills! We also talked about our mental health and what constitutes our 'happy place' and took part in some health-themed team ... Continue reading P7/6 have a super health week! →

On Tuesday, P3 had a fantastic day taking part in lots of fun Health Week activities! We started the day outdoors making delicious s'mores by melting marshmallows over the fire. P3 really enjoyed toasting the marshmallows and making their tasty treats. We then made our own smoothies using the smoothie bike and created healthy fruit ... Continue reading P3 Health Week-Tuesday⭐️ →

We welcome you to the world of SuperTay!...We have been super heroes this week... We have kept progressing with our number and word knowledge and have also had so much fun engaging with Health Week! Smoothie bike - Fab! and Fruity! Trim Trail - Fab! and We're fitter! Music Gym - Loved! Silent disco - ... Continue reading Thelifeof tay! →

Another busy day in Primary one, today we kicked off our morning with a visit from the dental nurse . She brought her tooth brushing dragon friend with her, she demonstrated brushing his teeth and we had a discussion all about keeping our teeth and gums healthy. After break we enjoyed a Judo workshop where ... Continue reading Primary 1 Health week day two →