School Blog

We can't believe that we are at the end of our second term at St Mary's. This week we have enjoyed sensory experiences...we love the different textures of jelly and cream! Some of us have also enjoyed playing shopkeeper! We have also enjoyed our breakfast in class and lunch times with our friends. We have ... Continue reading TheLifeOfTay! →

Sweet week in cooking club and we had a Easter theme. we made chocolate crispy nests.

What a joy to see the sun shining and feel the temperatures rise. Ness class enjoyed linking their Food Technology learning to planning and then having a picnic in the sun. We chose our bread, fillings and other acompanyments before packing our picnic and heading to the local park.

Yesterday during outdoor learning with Miss Nelson, Primary 3 had a fantastic time planting seeds. The children enjoyed getting hands-on in nature, learning how to plant and what plants need to grow. They worked together to dig holes, place the seeds in the ground, and talked about how these seeds will grow into trees in ... Continue reading P3 ☀️ →

Some of P7/6 enjoyed a trip to see Matilda in Edinburgh this week. It was a fantastic production! We are all looking forward to seeing the upper school put on the show at the end of the year! In outdoor learning we have been planting trees and enjoying a blindfolded scavenger hunt! In numeracy we ... Continue reading P7/6 Theatre Trip and Outdoor Learning →

P5 had a fantastic time celebrating St Patrick's Day on Tuesday with Ms Fox. The children enjoyed taste-testing real Tayto crisps and even made their own shamrock shakes, which was a big hit! These fun activities were linked to our learning, inspiring some excellent descriptive writing. In Religion, the class explored the life of St ... Continue reading This week in Primary 5! →

This week in P3 we used our measurement skills from Maths to create our very own rain gauges. A rain gauge helps us measure how much rain falls over a period of time. We focused on measuring using centimetres and practised reading the measurements carefully. First, we made our rain gauges and marked clear measurement ... Continue reading P3 ☔️ →

What we've been working on in Primary 7 is our persuasive pieces and we got to choose, we then had worked on our class novel called Holes, we designed a front cover for it for a display, and our focus on the week was summarising in our guided reading. For our maths this week ... Continue reading What is happening in Primary 7? →

This week in P3 we had lots of exciting activities, including celebrating World Book Day and welcoming our families into school for Sharing Our Learning. To celebrate World Book Day, we took part in several fun literacy activities. The children designed their own book covers and wrote a short story to match their ideas. We ... Continue reading P3 →

This week our class enjoyed a lovely trip to the swing park on a beautiful sunny day. The children had a fantastic time playing on the swings, climbing frames, and slides while enjoying the warm weather. There was lots of laughter and excitement as everyone took turns trying the different equipment and playing together. It ... Continue reading Swing Park Fun in Nurture Class →

With the arrival of the Spring sunshine, we have had a lovely week inside and out! In class, we have been practicing our motor control skills and pencil control. We have also been practicing matching lower, and upper case letters. We have also begun to learn about CVC words. In our Maths some of us ... Continue reading TheLifeOf Tay! →

Today P3 took part in Energy Saving Hour organised by the ECO committee. For one whole hour, we switched off the lights, put away the iPads, and didn't use any technology at all even our Smart Board stayed off! During this time, we completed our Friday 5 and enjoyed some free writing. We had ... Continue reading P3 →