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Nurture have had a spook-tacular week as we've been getting into the Halloween spirit! We've been busy making our very own magical chocolate wands and creating beautiful pumpkin artwork using autumn leaves. We loved getting creative and seeing everyone's unique designs! We also enjoyed spending time with our mainstream classes at their ... Continue reading A Spook-tacular Week →

What a spooky week in Ness. Our class indicated they wanted to learn about Pumpkins this week and made this a big part of our learning. Did you know that pumpkin flesh is used to make a delicious pie? It is a very common treat in America! Also, did you know the old ... Continue reading Halloween has arrived in Ness Class →

Happy Halloween from this gruesome bunch! Have a great weekend and stay safe!

This week, we began learning about our new writing genre: Information Reports. We discussed what information reports are, explored examples and talked about how they help us learn facts about different topics. We also completed a cold piece of writing on penguins to show what we already know about information reports before we begin developing ... Continue reading Halloween week →

LOTS OF EXCITEMENT THIS MORNING AS EVERYONE CAME TO SCHOOL DRESSED UP FOR HALLOWEEN! A GREAT TIME WAS HAD BY ALL!

Primary 1 enjoyed their first school Halloween Party. We had some fabulous costumes, some were very scary! We had lots of fun playing party games and dancing to Halloween music. Some people brought in carved pumpkins . During the week we made scary ghost pictures, we are all very pleased at how scary ... Continue reading Halloween in Primary 1 →

We all seemed to have had a great October break holiday and have returned refreshed and ready to learn. We were treated to a wonderful theatre performance of "Robin Hood" on Wednesday morning where we were a quality audience and were able to demonstrate the school values to our visitors. Well done everyone! There have ... Continue reading Primary 3 - Friday 30th October →

Welcome back! We are rested. We are ready! Back with our friends we have had a lovely couple of days. We have reignited our reading skills and our number work. Our letter formation is a thing of wonder and our Halloween art...quite majestic! With only 1 day to the weekend it's like we've never been ... Continue reading thelifeoftay! →

P7 are happy to be back and ready for the new term. We are delighted that we were all successful in our Prefect interviews and we have all been assigned our Prefect jobs. Well done everyone! In our class we love reading. We read for enjoyment, we all love our class novel Holes. Narwin - ... Continue reading P7 are back →

P5/4 have been enjoying a fun week back after half term. On Wednesday we enjoyed a pantomime in school - Robin Hood. We also planned a few Halloweens crafts to do before our party on Friday which we can't wait for! We have also been busy starting a new writing topic - Information Report. In ... Continue reading P5/4s fun week back →

This week we kicked off our cooking club. We have four Creative Curriculum pupil leaders helping us plan and lead the learning. We started of agreeing some rules for cooking club and brainstorming what we would like to cook during the club time. After we all washed our hands we got started making iced Halloween ... Continue reading Cooking Club Week 1 →

On Thursday, Primary 7 went to West Calder High School to take part in a Mini Olympics event which was organised by S5 pupils. We are so proud to share that our Primary 7 stars won the most amount of medals and were awarded with the cup! Primary 7 are going to tell you more... ... Continue reading P7 - MINI OLYMPIC WINNERS! →