School Blog

Welcome back to the Tales of Tay! We have enjoyed meeting up again after our well-earned break. We had such a busy start to our first year at St Mary's and have continued in the same vein this week! We have wellied-up and enjoyed Trim Trail increasingly muddy fun! Songs and personalised learning have focused ... Continue reading #TheLifeofTay! →

In Lomond Class we made chocolate chip cookies this week. We did good looking and listening. We waited for our turn and mixed the ingredients together. The mixture smelled good before baking and even better after. Everyone enjoyed eating the warm cookies!

We brought the curtain down on a very busy but successful first term. We have made lots of friends and learned lots of amazing facts and skills over the past 8 weeks. The highlight of this week was our funny but edible squishy ghosts we made during Food Technology. Enjoy the pics below, and we ... Continue reading Half Term in Ness →

In Tay class we can't quite believe that we have been together for over 2 months and it's now the October break. We have learned so much...We are on our 6th initial sound, can build our names and practice our fine motor skills. We have also enjoyed Art and Music and Sensory play together. We ... Continue reading TheLifeOfTay! →

We have enjoyed another busy, busy, week! We have loved playing in the colours of the Sensory Room and have also enjoyed exploring Autumnal colours in our Topic work...where we have also enjoyed listening to songs to do with the leaves changing colour and falling from the trees. In our Art work we have enjoyed ... Continue reading TheLifeofTay! →

It was lovely that every one of us had a parent or both parents in our class for our recent 'Sharing the Learning' event. Thank you again to our parents for coming along. Some highlights of the past couple of weeks: We have been exploring with paint and used our motor skills to make some ... Continue reading Lomond Class →

We have welcomed each other back after the long weekend. We have enjoyed lunches together and building our names. We have also practiced building on our skills of cup stacking and working together. A lovely week in the Autumnal sun.

We have had another wonderful week in Tay. We have focused our Literacy learning on the initial sound 'b' in our songs and practiced our fine motor skills in dabbing safari animal spots! We have also enjoyed working on the lightboards... In our Number work we have counted our fingers and our toes...focusing on 1-5 ... Continue reading TheLifeofTay! →

'Pitta Bread Pizzas' were a big hit this week in Lomond Class. We used our looking and listening skills. We were encouraged to touch, smell and taste. We chose our toppings and practiced our spreading and cutting skills too. They looked and smelt delicious and must have tasted good too as there was not a morsel ... Continue reading Lomond Class →

What a beautiful week we have had! We have enjoyed the Autumn sun and time with our friends. We loved our water play time and have enjoyed the sand pit in the Outdoor Classroom too! In class we have been taking a closer look at the initial sound 'a' and associated words and pictures. We ... Continue reading ThelifeofTay! →

Another quick week! We're continuing our all about me topic. We've enjoyed outdoor learning, PE and visits to the outdoor class and the Trim trail. In class, we've especially enjoyed building with the giant Lego, playing in a 'den' made from blankets and spinning on the spin seat. We've had fun whilst developing so many ... Continue reading Lomond Class →

The first couple of weeks back at school have gone really well - we are all settling back into our school routines. Here are some photos of what we have been doing...