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Primary 5 have been working hard all term on their Scots language topic and got to share it with parents and carers at our Scots Showcase and Burns Supper this week! We began the week with the Scots poetry competition. Katie, Hope and Amelia were our class finalists, with Amelia lifting the trophy with her ... Continue reading Primary 5's blithe Scots Showcase and Burns Supper →
In Primary 1 we learned about the Lunar New Year . we found it very interesting that each year is represented by a animal and that this year is the year of the snake . We talked about what animals represented the years we were born, 2018 the dog , 2019 the pig and ... Continue reading Primary 1 →
This week in Rannoch we have continued our phonics learning journey in looking at the initial sound 'n'.....we've looked at words from the height of a bird's nest to the very tip of our noses! In Beyond Number we have made great progress in understanding, and recognising, 'what comes next'. In our other number work ... Continue reading Rannoch News →
What a lovely day we have had in P4 and we are very lucky to have 2 mums who work very hard in our local community. Mrs McFarlane (Luke's mum) very kindly let us visit her at her work in the Polbeth Hub where she discussed with us all the ways the hub helps and ... Continue reading Our community in P4 →
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 →