School Blog

P5 had an awesome visit to Xcite swimming pool today. They really enjoyed their assessment and had plenty of time for trying out the swimming noodles and having fun! Everyone really enjoyed it and wished they could go back sooon! Staff said they were a lovely class to work with. Well done P5! K

In Ness, our learning is not just the curriculum. We also learn Life Skills and display them in our class. Today we were able to celebrate 2 life skills in Ness. A big congratulations to Hunter, who went swimming with his P5 class all by himself. He learned to be resilient and overcome his anxiety, ... Continue reading Life Skills in Ness Class →

In P7 we have completed our first maths topic. We have enjoyed working with numbers to 10 million. We have been rounding numbers at different place values and ordering numbers to 10 million. We have enjoyed playing games to support us in our learning. In P7 we value any time we have with our P1 ... Continue reading P7 Update →

Primary 1 enjoyed a lovely buddy session this week, we listened to "What We'll Build" by Oliver Jeffers. We then then built things in our classroom with our buddies. In RE this week we discussed how we use our hands to pray and thought about who we talk to when we pray. We used ... Continue reading Primary 1 →

Another fantastic week of learning in Primary 1. A firm favourite this week has been PE, we all enjoy having space to run around, work together and playing games. We explored friendships this week, what makes a good friend and how we are a good friend, after talking about this we then created images of ... Continue reading Primary 1 →

A busy week as always! In Numeracy, we completed our assessment and moved on to a new topic, addition using our number bonds. We continued to develop our confidence with numbers through practical activities and lots of discussion. In Literacy, we continued working hard in our Read Write Inc. groups, practising our sounds, reading and ... Continue reading Another week in P2! →

In Primary 3 this week, we received an important package from the Museum of Scotland which contained lots of Ancient Egyptian books and artefacts to support our learning on this topic. We had to be extremely careful when unpacking them because they are very fragile. We are looking forward to finding out more about them ... Continue reading Primary 3 - Friday 11th September →

Welcome! We have been busy, busy, this week! For some of us, our reading of CVC words is going great guns - we are even working with recognising mixed middle sounds! In our Beyond Number work we have been looking at repeating patterns and learning how to recognise which shape or colour follows on from ... Continue reading thelifeoftay! →

P5/4 are having a busy few weeks! We are now exploring planet earth and habitats in our Science lessons, and researching Myths and Legends in our mini IDL topic. In literacy we have begun to work on core targets and jotter presentations and guided reading, which is going very well! We are half way through ... Continue reading P5/4 's busy week →

This week, our P4 and P5/4 classes have been exploring biodiversity and habitats! We have been learning about the amazing variety of living things around us and thinking about the different habitats they call home. We took our learning outdoors and headed to the woods to become biodiversity detectives! We worked together to see ... Continue reading Exploring biodiversity and habitats in P4 and P5/4 →

We are so proud of the Primary 7 children this week! It was lovely to have all classes visiting our P7 classroom on Thursday for the HOUSE CAPTAIN ELECTIONS. Children talked to the candidates, then posted their ballot paper. After a very successful House Captain election, we are delighted to announce the House and Vice ... Continue reading Primary 7 Super Stars! →

We've had another positive week in primary 6. In numeracy we have been continuing our work on understanding number, comparing numbers up to 1,000,000. We also completed some building thinking classroom challenges, the different ways everybody worked to try and solve the problems was great to see. In literacy this week we were working on ... Continue reading Another good week in primary 6 →