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Primary 1 have been looking at themselves to create a Primary 1 passports all about them. This week we focused on our eyes, we enjoyed looking at each others eyes to see all the different colours. During the week we have enjoyed our PE sessions and getting outside to work on our skills. We ... Continue reading Primary 1 →

Primary 1 have completed their first full week of school and completed lots of learning. on Monday our buddies read us stories, we love spending time with our buddies. During PE our buddies also joined us, we had lots of fun and got to use the giant parachute. We have all enjoyed lots of arts ... Continue reading Primary 1 →

Primary 1 have settled into St Mary's well, and have been learning and adjusting to the routines of the school. What a fantastic group they are! We have spent lots of time with our Primary 7 buddies, going for break and lunch together as well as getting to explore their big classroom. We are looking ... Continue reading Welcome to St Mary's Primary 1 2026 →

Primary 1 enjoyed a fantastic afternoon meeting their new teacher, Miss Fox, as part of our transition activities. The children took part in a fun "Get to Know Me" activity. The children shared their ideas about the toys and resources they would like to have in Primary 2 and helped design what they would like ... Continue reading Moving Up Afternoon - Primary 1 →

Second last week in Primary 1, where has the time gone! We filled or week with more fabulous learning opportunities. As we are going to the Kelpies on our next trip we learned all about the Scottish fairytale of the Kelpies. We used this to inspire our artwork this week. Everyone is please at ... Continue reading Primary 1 →

In Primary 1 this week the Friendly Dragon from fairyland paid us another visit. The dragon said thank you for us bringing fairyland alive, and encouraged us to keep reading fairytales. Everyone in Primary 1 has enjoyed listening to the fairytale stories and have been able to discuss if we have heard them before. The ... Continue reading Primary 1 →

Everyone in Primary 1 was delighted that our caterpillars had emerged from their chrysalis as beautiful butterflies . We looked after them in the classroom for a few days, they loved oranges . When it was time t release them some of us we sad but we talked about how it wasn't fair to ... Continue reading Primary 1 →

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 →

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 →

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 →

What a fantastic start to health week we have had in Primary 1! We kicked off the day with a Showtime Circus session. This was lots of fun. After Showtime Circus we made fruit ‍ kebabs and made smoothies using the smoothie bike. This was very tasty and fun. ... Continue reading Primary 1 Health Week Day one →