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07
FEB

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 →

07
FEB

Well done to our Numeracy Mini Champions who met on Teams with Mini Champions from schools across West Lothian. We were able to chat to each school and learn about what other schools do to improve Maths learning in their schools. We also shared the things we do in our school to make Maths fun ... Continue reading Numeracy Mini-Champions →

07
FEB

On Monday Primary 1 performed our Scottish song and poem that we have been practicing in front of the whole school as part of the school Scottish Poetry competition. We did very well and everyone should be proud of themselves. We then enjoyed a lovely buddy time with our Primary 7 buddies where we read ... Continue reading Primary 1 →

07
FEB

A lovely end to a very busy, and happy, term in Rannoch Class. We enjoyed the returning sun out on the Trim Trail this week! We have also begun to learn about the world 'Under the Sea'. We have focused on learning words beginning and ending with the 'p' sound, and have completed our current ... Continue reading Rannoch News →

07
FEB

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 →

06
FEB

Primary 5 have been working hard all term on their Scots language topic and got to share it with parents and carers at our Scots Showcase and Burns Supper this week! We began the week with the Scots poetry competition. Katie, Hope and Amelia were our class finalists, with Amelia lifting the trophy with her ... Continue reading Primary 5's blithe Scots Showcase and Burns Supper →

31
JAN

In Primary 1 we learned about the Lunar New Year . we found it very interesting that each year is represented by a animal and that this year is the year of the snake . We talked about what animals represented the years we were born, 2018 the dog , 2019 the pig and ... Continue reading Primary 1 →

30
JAN

This week in Rannoch we have continued our phonics learning journey in looking at the initial sound 'n'.....we've looked at words from the height of a bird's nest to the very tip of our noses! In Beyond Number we have made great progress in understanding, and recognising, 'what comes next'. In our other number work ... Continue reading Rannoch News →

29
JAN

What a lovely day we have had in P4 and we are very lucky to have 2 mums who work very hard in our local community. Mrs McFarlane (Luke's mum) very kindly let us visit her at her work in the Polbeth Hub where she discussed with us all the ways the hub helps and ... Continue reading Our community in P4 →

24
JAN

This term, as part of our learning in Science, we are finding out about living and non living things. Children are learning to explain the difference between living and non-living things, taking into consideration movement, reproduction, sensitivity, growth, excretion and feeding. This week we started to learn about animal classifications. Animals are divided into two ... Continue reading Primary 4 - Science →

23
JAN

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 →

23
JAN

On Monday we had a great buddy session where we learned lots about Robert Burns and made information posters to show our learning. Our Topic this term is Scotland and we are enjoying learning Scots language through stories and poems. Our art this week was based on our Scottish topic, inspired by tartan and Robert ... Continue reading Primary 1 →