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This term, as part of our learning in Science, we are finding out about living and non living things. Children are learning to explain the difference between living and non-living things, taking into consideration movement, reproduction, sensitivity, growth, excretion and feeding. This week we started to learn about animal classifications. Animals are divided into two ... Continue reading Primary 4 - Science →

Another successful and entertaining week in Ness Class. We had an amazing breakthrough in our Maths learning. The 6 times table is tricky, but we have discovered that making groups of 6 and adding on by 6 each time, gets the correct answer! In our writing we were learning about Rabbie Burns. We planned a ... Continue reading A Wee Week O' Burns →

On Monday we had a great buddy session where we learned lots about Robert Burns and made information posters to show our learning. Our Topic this term is Scotland and we are enjoying learning Scots language through stories and poems. Our art this week was based on our Scottish topic, inspired by tartan and Robert ... Continue reading Primary 1 →

Dear Parent/Carer, Please follow the link below to access information regarding remote learning which will be happening tomorrow as a result of the red weather warning. The school will be closed with staff setting learning activities from home either via Seesaw or Microsoft Teams. Remote Learning at St Mary's Yours sincerely, Helen Pritchard Head Teacher

This week we have enjoyed time with our Committee friends outside in the fresh air...where we also enjoyed Outdoor Morning. We have also enjoyed learning more about the initial sound 'i'. We have confidently identified those items with the sound through pictures, model making and songs. In our number work we have continued our learning ... Continue reading Rannoch News →

What a difference a week can make... Tay Class had time playing outdoors on the grass now all the snow has melted. We had a visit to the trim trail with Rannoch Class which we really enjoyed especially as we haven't been there for a while. AE and AH loved playing in the big puddle ... Continue reading Tay Class St. Mary's Primary Enhanced Resource Base →

In class this week we have been using different language for big and small in our number work, greater and less, more and fewer. We have played lots of games with numbers to develop our understanding. We spent some time this week deciding what it was that we wanted to learn about Scotland for our ... Continue reading Primary 1 →

We have had a super week in Rannoch Class...Despite the snow being away we have enjoyed beginning our new Topic - 'Winter' We have been learning about related weather, what to wear and what animals do when the weather grows cold. In our Read, Write Inc. lessons we have been learning about the initial sound ... Continue reading Rannoch News →

Happy new year from primary 7! we have came back from our winter holidays feeling refreshed and ready to learn. We have settled back into out structure and routine and enjoyed setting out 2025 goals. We discussed how we can be the best versions of ourselves for our last few years of primary school. We ... Continue reading It's 2025 →

Happy New Year from Ness Class. And what a start to 2025. Our budding entrepreneurs decided they would like to create their own McDonalds at cooking time today. Lots of processes to go through but the production line worked well. Fries, burgers (cheese and plain) and nuggets were offered. Inspired by the cartoon Sponge Bob, ... Continue reading Welcome to 2025... Ness off a good start! →

What a fast first week back to school in Primary 1. We have enjoyed the excitement of the colder weather, in class we had snow in our tuff tray and made our own ice with water in the freezer. It was lots of fun trying to save the winter animals that were trapped in ... Continue reading Hello 2025 in Primary 1 →

Everyone quickly settled back into our school routines this week after the Christmas holidays. There was lots of snow to explore in the big school field! Sledging was lots of fun. The children used their communication and turn-taking skills. They showed great determination too! Well done Tay Class.