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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 →

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 →

What a fantastic time we had during our Food Technology session. The pupils decided they wanted to make 'Monster Burgers' with scary faces and tasty teeth. Well done to all the pupils who flipped their own burgers, used different food textures and sniffed and tasted everything, they cooked. A very responsible class who cleaned and ... Continue reading Monster Burgers Invade Ness Class →

At the beginning of the new term we had our business meeting to decide what we wanted our house corner to be. Jenson chaired the meeting and Macie took the minutes. Everyone had lots of great ideas but in the end, after a fair vote, it was decided to turn it into a Starbucks. Everyone ... Continue reading P4/3 New year, new house corner →

We have had a very busy start to the new term. Out new IDL topic is Our Community. We started by looking at the difference between our wants and needs. We now know that our needs are the things we require to live and be healthy whereas our wants are things that make our life ... Continue reading A new term in P4/3 →

Finishing off a fine week at P7 In outdoor learnings we went for a nature walk and made alphabetical list full of the stuff we saw Adam and his friend Anna came in to teach us about a Ghanian-monkey called mangabey and they're also sending letters by us to a school in Ghana In physical ... Continue reading This week in P7 →

A lovely sunny week!! We have had a ball outside...lots of muddy play! We have also enjoyed sensory time in class....with flour, popcorn, oats and crispies...yummy tactile fun! Our learning is coming on a pace too...some of us are working on our numbers 11-20!! Our pencil control is wonderful too...and we are learning to recognise ... Continue reading TheLifeOfTay! →

Hello everyone and a happy new year from P7 It's good to be back with all our friends and something to do after 2 weeks off! We've been up to a lot of learning and we've been manly focusing on maths,literacy,and spelling In guided reading we've got new books for the topic of world war ... Continue reading What's been happening in P7 this week →

The New Year got off to a brilliant start this week in Ness. Getting back into our routines helped focus our minds back to enjoying time with our learning friends. In reading, we have been exploring non fiction texts. In writing, we have been focusing on New Year Resolutions and presentation. Our Number learning is ... Continue reading Happy New Year in Ness Class →

Well...! We are all back from our break and are raring to go. We have settled back into our routine very well and have enjoyed learning about the letter 'm' and revising our numbers to 10. We have also made some beautiful feather Art and enjoyed bubbletastic tuff tray sensory time! The weather has been ... Continue reading TheLifeOfTay! →

We started our week with our Christmas party, everyone enjoyed the music, games and some party treats! The excitement continued with a very special visit from Santa, which made everyone's day extra special❤️ Yesterday was our Polar Express Day, children showed there golden ticket before enjoying a hot chocolate and some treats! There was plenty ... Continue reading A Magical Week! →

On the 25th of November a group of children represented our school at the Catholic Education Week Mass in Edinburgh. They had a lovely day travelling by train and attending a special Mass at the Cathedral. We went to the shop afterwards and purchases rosary beads and prayer cards for each class. All children were ... Continue reading Catholic Education Week Mass →