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January has gone in a flash. It's been a busy month, filled with fun and new learning. A lesson that was particularly enjoyed by P5 was our narrative about a wee Scottish Mouse. We enjoyed listening to the Robert Burns poem and added our own elements to the story. Next week is our Scots Poetry ... Continue reading P5 Update 30.1.26 →

Another quick week in Lomond class... The coloured rice was definitely a favourite sensory activity. All of the class enjoyed 'What's in the Box?' - inside the box were some shiny cheerleader pom poms. Everyone enjoyed looking at them and shaking them. The children did good waiting, good looking and passed the Pom poms on ... Continue reading Lomond Class →

Ness Class have been exploring Scottish songs, poems, literature and myths. Inspired by the story of Nessie, Ness class decided they wanted to make jelly monsters during Food Tech this week. We set our own jelly, gave our monsters chocolate hair and scary laces. Lots of munching followed. Clearing up and washing is something we ... Continue reading Pots of Monsters in Ness Class →

Primary 1 have had lots of fun learning this week. We have been learning about ice. How we can make ice, what we use ice for, how ice is made outside and how to melt ice . To start with we made ice then put it in hot water, the ice melted before ... Continue reading Primary 1 →

This week has been full of wonderful learning experiences! In literacy, the pupils explored stories through sensory activities and working on building their phonics skills using songs, visuals, and hands on resources. Everyone worked really hard on recognising sounds and practising blending at their own level. In numeracy, we focused on practical, real - life ... Continue reading Rannoch Class →

Well...Welcome! 360 Alphabet work... A-Z Train puzzles Patterns a plenty...of our own workings... Numbers...pictures and spot patterns. Team Tay is on it! Such commitment, and focus. So, so, proud!!

In our committee group this week we discussed what's going well in both digital and play in our classes, we also talked about what we would like to see in our classrooms going forward. We made a two stars and a wish for each class. Using our collaboration skills to decide what our wish ... Continue reading Play & Digital Pupil Committee →

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 →

Robert Burns (1759-1796) On Friday, P4/3 celebrated Scotland's national poet, Robert Burns. He was a famous poet and songwriter and known for writing in Scots. He wrote about nature, love, and animals, with famous works like "Auld Lang Syne". His birthday is celebrated annually on 25th January (Burns Night) with suppers featuring haggis, neeps and ... Continue reading Primary 4/3 celebrating Robert Burns →

Primary 1 have had lots of fun exploring den building skills. Working as a team we created some very unique dens. We had to think carefully about where to set our dens, what we would use and if the dens to survive a full day. This involved lots of collaboration and creative thinking skills, as ... Continue reading Primary 1 →

It was lovely to see everyone back after the Christmas holidays. It's been a busy few weeks... We've welcomed our new pupil to our class as well as our new APSW Miss Savage. They're both settling in so well. Below are a few recent photos and also some from before Christmas including when Santa visited ... Continue reading Lomond Class Update →

What a wonderful week in the world of Tay! We have loved our time outside on the Field...we have run, and run! We have also made our own purple octopus models...complete with googly eyes! They're so cute, and we're so proud! Our pencil control, in class, is going from strength to strength and we're loving ... Continue reading TheLifeOfTay! →