School Blog

This week in Primary 6 we have been continuing our exploration of our solar system. Everybody within primary six has chosen their favourite planet to research and teach the rest of the class about. We have all enjoyed finding facts about our chosen planet as well as listening to others in our class teach us ... Continue reading Beyond Primary 6 →

There was some wonderful discussion going on during Building Thinking classrooms this week. We saw lots of different strategies being implemented, some successful, some not quite! But it's the journey that's important here, not the destination! We have enjoyed learning a little bit about the Five Sisters and why they are there. We used them ... Continue reading P4 Update →

This week Primary 3 have been creating a timeline for Ancient Egypt by travelling in our very own Time Machine! We visited the year most of us were born, 2019, before a whistle stop tour of WWII, the Victorian Era, the Vikings and Ancient Greece and Rome before landing in Ancient Egypt over 3000 years ... Continue reading Primary 3 - Friday 18th September →

This week in Primary 2, we have had another fantastic week of learning and working together. The children have shown great enthusiasm across all areas of the curriculum and have continued to build their confidence, independence and teamwork skills. Unfortunately, the wet weather meant we were unable to visit our garden during Outdoor Learning this ... Continue reading Ending another great week in p2 →

This week in Nurture, the learners showed a real interest in the story of Pinocchio! We enjoyed exploring the story together and had some fantastic discussions and opportunities to share our thoughts about the importance of telling the truth and how this links to our school values. Learners were encouraged to communicate their ideas in ... Continue reading Nurture - Exploring Pinocchio ✨ →

September weekend is ahead of us! We can't quite believe it! And what a week we have had! We have built with blocks, play sand and magnetic sand. We have also worked on our CVC blending and our Numicon number bonds. In our Art & Craft work we have worked so hard on images relating ... Continue reading thelifeoftay! →

We've been very active and have been developing lots of skills over the past couple of weeks. There's been lots of climbing, jumping, balancing, cycling, scootering and building. We've especially enjoyed PE with Mrs McMaster and 'Danny Go' time in class has been fun! We're continuing to learn about day and night through songs and ... Continue reading Rannoch Class Update →

P5 had an awesome visit to Xcite swimming pool today. They really enjoyed their assessment and had plenty of time for trying out the swimming noodles and having fun! Everyone really enjoyed it and wished they could go back sooon! Staff said they were a lovely class to work with. Well done P5! K

In Ness, our learning is not just the curriculum. We also learn Life Skills and display them in our class. Today we were able to celebrate 2 life skills in Ness. A big congratulations to Hunter, who went swimming with his P5 class all by himself. He learned to be resilient and overcome his anxiety, ... Continue reading Life Skills in Ness Class →

In P7 we have completed our first maths topic. We have enjoyed working with numbers to 10 million. We have been rounding numbers at different place values and ordering numbers to 10 million. We have enjoyed playing games to support us in our learning. In P7 we value any time we have with our P1 ... Continue reading P7 Update →

Primary 1 enjoyed a lovely buddy session this week, we listened to "What We'll Build" by Oliver Jeffers. We then then built things in our classroom with our buddies. In RE this week we discussed how we use our hands to pray and thought about who we talk to when we pray. We used ... Continue reading Primary 1 →

Another fantastic week of learning in Primary 1. A firm favourite this week has been PE, we all enjoy having space to run around, work together and playing games. We explored friendships this week, what makes a good friend and how we are a good friend, after talking about this we then created images of ... Continue reading Primary 1 →