School Blog

Over the last 2 weeks, as part of a whole school topic, P2 have been learning all about recycling. ♻️ We started our topic by having a pupil voice planning session as to what we would like to learn and what we already knew. We read through our story book and made a list in ... Continue reading P2's Recycling Fortnight →

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! →

We have had a lovely week in Rannoch. We have consolidated our Phonics learning this year and are able to make sound associations with pictures, and in some cases with the associated word. In our Numeracy we have focused on ordering muddled numbers to 10, to 20 and even to 25! In the warmth of ... Continue reading Rannoch News →

Primary 2 have had an exciting few weeks. We started our week by celebrating our amazing volcano assembly by making hot chocolate! It was super yummy and super fun! We then wrote a procedure piece on how to make make it! ☕️ We continued our money work by learning how to make change from 10p. ... Continue reading Primary 2's Week →

Today we had our sports day and what a lovely day for it! We were put into house teams and we all tried really hard to win as many points for our houses as we could at each station. We then had fun taking part in the class egg and spoon and running races. Well ... Continue reading P4 Sports Day →

Primary 5 have had a busy week! Firstly, we worked hard to complete our Puma Maths assessment. We also tidied up the school grounds with a litter pick. We filled eight bags of rubbish! All week we have also been rehearsing our assembly - Mary Queen of Scots from Birth to the Block. We have ... Continue reading Primary 5's dramatic week! →

This week in Primary 1 we have been having fun being rock stars with Rookie Rockstars. We learned lots of new songs and dances as well as games and fun facts. For some of us it was a bit loud to start with and it was very different to our usual learning but ... Continue reading Primary 1 →