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August 15, 2025
by Mrs Webber
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March 23, 2026
by Miss Beatts
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Room 21
Thank you Hasfa and Aarya for this week’s blog!
Welcome to Room 21’s class blog.
This is what we have been learning this week! First we have been learning about the water cycle and how it works. Second, we have been learning about characteristics of animals. Third, we have been learning about division and how to use the bus stop method. Fourth we have been working with virgin money groups for the make £5 grow challenge. Fifth we have been working with pupil voice groups and the STEM leaders came to our classes to show us a dancing popcorn experiment and fairtrade came and gave all the classes bananas for fairtrade fortnight. Finally in IOW (stands for improving our writing) we have been learning about word associations using the frayer model. Thank you for listening. That is all, see you next time.
March 23, 2026
by Miss Nimmo
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Room 8
Hello, this weeks blog is written by Arwyn and Katie we have been learning about our 4 and 3 times table and we have practiced songs to help us to remember these. In PE we are doing hockey Chloe got player of the week, we are so excited to go to the hockey festival on Tuesday. The weather was finally so nice and sunny so we went outside for PE which was so nice and we went outside for DEAR time. We also learned about the Easter story in RME.
March 22, 2026
by Miss Stark
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This Week in Room 13
This week we had a visit from our Young STEM Leaders who taught us all about effervescent reactions! They were all so helpful and talked us through our learning so well.
Whave been learning about plants and how they grown. We used the Indi’s to create a continuous circular pathway for us to plot the life cycle of a plant onto. Some of the pupils made very creative algorithms.
We also dissected some daffodils, labelling each part of the flower and stating its purpose.
As the weather was so lovely we took our art lesson outside and further developed our sketching skills by using the grid method.
We also went on our class trip to Kelvingrove Park and Museum! Colleen from the RSPB led us in some birdwatching in the park. We saw lots of birds we knew, even some Goldfinches and mallards! We then took ourselves around the museum, sketching things we found interesting. The pupils were a credit to our school ☺️
”It was my most fun day at school” – Duncan
Congratulations also to our Star Writer Hannah L and to Charlotte who was awarded the RESPECT certificate at our assembly!
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March 20, 2026
by Ms McIver
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Room 1 – 20.3.26
This week in Room 1:
– We had a visit from the Fire Brigade, they gave us a shot in the fire truck and with the hose! 🚒
– STEM Leaders visited us and taught us how to make bubbles! 🫧 It was so much fun!
– Continuing to learn about life on a farm we are having a go at growing our own potatoes 🥔
– Lots of creativity during play 🧱
– We also celebrated a Star Writer and Respect award at assembly ⭐️
Have a lovely weekend, enjoy the sun ☀️
Room 24
March 20, 2026 by Miss Napier | 0 comments
PE – On Monday, we did a teamwork/reaction time game where 2 people had to hold a ball between them with just one hand, while trying to knock the ball out of others’ hands. It was tricky to try and keep your ball from getting knocked out and trying to talk with your partner so you went in the same direction! On Tuesday, We did more WWII drills with Miss O’Brien. We got in groups with our houses and got led by two platoon leaders. They got us to do drills and running. This was to work on communication and teamwork, and if your house worked hard enough we got house points.
Science – We learned more about bacteria on our hands by doing a handwashing experiment. We talked about where germ hotspots might be on our hands and then we put sanitiser on our hands. What didn’t know was that Miss Napier had put UV powder in the sanitiser and then she showed us all the ‘germs’ still on our hands with a blue light! Each group of tables had to wash their hands differently. Some had to wash just with water for 5 seconds, another group washed without soap for 10 seconds, and the last group used soap and washed their hands for 20 seconds. Miss Napier checked our hands again to see how effective each group’s handwashing was at removing the ‘germs.’ Using soap and water for 20 seconds is definitely the better option! We also did a sneezing experiment with a spray bottle to see how far a sneeze might travel when you put your hand over it, a tissue over it, or just nothing! Did you know a high force sneeze could travel up to 7.6 metres, if it’s not caught in a tissue or in your elbow?! Insane! We made some green slime too, which we pretended were bogies, and we had to catch all the bacteria (glitter) with it.
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March 20, 2026
by Miss McBride
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Room 3
This week in Primary 1, we have been busy learning and having lots of fun!
In Literacy, we have been continuing to consolidate the sounds we have already learned. The children have been working hard to recognise, say and use these sounds in their reading and writing.
In Maths, we have been focusing on ordering and sequencing numbers up to 20. The class enjoyed a variety of activities to help them understand number order, including games and practical tasks. They are becoming much more confident in recognising numbers and putting them in the correct order.
On Monday, we had a very exciting visit from the fire department as part of our “People Who Help Us” topic. The children learned how to call 999 using a smartphone and talked about when it is important to use this emergency number. They also had the chance to spray a real fire hose and go inside a fire engine, which was a highlight! We were shown different tools that firefighters use and learned how they help keep people safe. It was a fantastic experience and the children had so much fun while learning.
Well done to all the children for another great week of learning!
I hope you have a lovely weekend!
Miss McBride and Room 3
March 20, 2026
by Miss Laird
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This week, our P1/2 class has been very busy and engaged in lots of exciting learning activities.
On Monday, we had a very special surprise visit from some firefighters. As part of our learning about “People Who Help Us,” we have been linking this to our Scottish Islands topic. We explored how the roles of emergency services in Glasgow compare to those on the islands, and how they help keep people safe in different environments.
During their visit, the firefighters spoke to the children about the important work they do and the different situations they respond to. They also taught us how to dial 999 and what to say if we ever find ourselves in an emergency.
After the talk, we then went outside to see the fire engine. The children were very excited to sit inside, explore the vehicle, and learn more about the equipment. Everyone even had a turn using the fire hose, which was definitely a highlight of the day!
Our Favourite Parts of the Week
Here are some of the children’s favourite moments from their learning this week:
KA – I liked learning and listening
EM – I got 10 stars everyday!
BR – I liked doing the fitness PE lesson on the pitch.
FM – I liked seeing the firetruck and going inside it to see all the things they use in a fire.
ED – I liked using the fire hose.
AB – I liked having a go at the fire hose.
HM – I liked going inside the fire engine.
DP – I liked trying the hose.
JS – I liked playing maths bingo.
TC – I liked going to the pitches to do fitness.
CS – I liked playing with the Indi.
KJO – I liked when the STEM leaders came to the class and we did an experiment.
KH – I liked expanding sentences about the boy jumping.
DM – I liked playing with the Indi.
LF – I liked when the Stem Leaders visited us and we made the flowers change colours.
SM – I liked playing with the snowflakes.
AR – I liked using the fire hose.
AM – I liked doing the science experiment with the STEM Leaders.
KO – I liked playing with the Indi.
CH – I liked the flowers changing colours experiment.
MS – I liked playing with the Indi.
Have a lovely weekend everyone!
Miss Laird and Room 4
March 20, 2026
by Miss Lockhart
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This Week in Room 15
Hello everyone,
This week in Room 15 …
We have been learning about fractions and finding fractions of a number.
We made T-shirts for our hockey festival next week – we are so excited!
We did cheerleading at P.E.
We are learning about money and totals with Miss McFadyen.
We read more of our class novel the 100 Mile an Hour Dog – we only have 2 chapters left.
We had a fun assembly this week. It took a while to get Mrs Calder’s riddle.
We created our own board games with a twist on snakes and ladders.
We made posters about Mental Health with Mrs Kerr.
If you have any spare junk or recycling materials could you please give these to Room 15 next week to help us with our junk modelling designs. Thank you.
Have a lovely weekend and we hope the sun stays shining.
Room 15
March 20, 2026
by Miss Finch
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Room 11 Update
We are learning about equivalent fractions.
‘Learning about fractions is really fun’ KS
‘They are hard to understand’ NM P4
Most of the class are finding it a little tricky, but if we remember to use our times tables facts and division strategies then we can get it right.
On Wednesday we did a giant PE session with most of the school. Mrs Sheed led a fun fitness class, and we all followed along.
‘It was really fun but really tiring!’ NM P3
‘It was fun and it made me feel good’ AW
‘It was really fun and when I got home I did even more exercise!’ OC
‘ It was good that we got to exercise with all of our friends’ RC
Big congrats to Ethan I and Freddie who received certificates and a book for Star Writer this month.
Also to Harris, who received our class certificate for our school value ‘Respect’.
March 20, 2026
by Miss Welsh
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Our Learning Week in Room 9
This week we have learned how to divide with the 2,5, 3, 4 and 10 times tables- CB and AMe
We have been doing acrostic poems all about Easter- AN
We have been learning about the 2,5 and 10 times tables- BB
We have been learning the o_e phoneme- CM
In science we have been building houses- AMcI
We have been learning how to use conjunctions in our sentences- AR
We have been learning the ough phoneme- SG
We have been learning our numbers and colours in french- HM
We have learned colours, our names and the Scotland national anthem in makaton- LH, SA, JS
We have been learning about different instruments in music and the sounds they make- LM
