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P5 were delighted to win a prestigious award for literacy this week. In January, we did a lot of literacy work on our Scots Poetry topic including writing a biography of Rabbie Burns, learning and reciting his poems, creating our own Scots poems and hosting a Burn supper for parents. We met benchmarks across reading, ... Continue reading P5 win Creativity in Literacy Award →

The scientists from the University of Edinburgh were back in P5 this week sharing our results from our DNA experiment. Well done to everyone! We discovered that it's easier to extract DNA from strawberries than it is from grapes. Our experiment was part of their research into DNA and will be published in a forthcoming ... Continue reading Scientists in P5 →

Scientists from the University of Edinburgh visited P5 for the third time to complete our investigation into the DNA extraction of fruit. We completed the experiment a few weeks ago when the scientists first visited, and today found out our results. All four groups successfully extracted DNA from grapes, but we discovered it is easier ... Continue reading Scientists visit P5 →

Primary 2 have had a busy but brilliant week! We finished off our money topic by finalising our understanding of 'change' through our very own shop! We made 50p in different ways, using different coins and purchased our sweeties, working out the change we should receive. Everyone did brilliantly! As part of our recycling ... Continue reading Primary 2's Week →

P4 had a fantastic trip to Blair Drummond Safari Park. We watched the sealion show and learned all about their health and how we can help them by looking after the environment. We got to pet some goats and sheep and we loved how soft they were. We saw lions, an elephant, giraffes and camels. ... Continue reading P4 at the safari park →

P5 have been very busy these last few weeks! We are currently in the middle of exploring the DNA of fruit samples as part of a study with Edinburgh University scientists. We conducted the experiment last week and will welcome the scientists back next week for the results. The results will be used at uni ... Continue reading P5's busy weeks! →