Newton Farm Primary School and Nursery Class

June 1, 2026
by Miss Lockhart
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Last Week in Room 15

Hello everyone,

We had a super busy week last week, we were so busy on Friday we didn’t even have time to blog!

“We made maracas because we were learning about Brazilian carnivals.” I

“We met our new Wednesday afternoon teacher, mrs Reilly.” L

“We listened to samba music.” A

“We researched some questions we had about Haiti.” L

“We watched some samba dancing and loved the bright colours and feathers.” K

“We finished learning about coordinates and we played Battleships.” C

“We learned how to throw a javelin and used cones to mark where it has landed and then we measured the distance.” L

“Did you know that Haiti’s national stadium is 72 years old.” A

“We are focusing on gymnastic sequences at P.E.” C

“We are now revising all that we have learned in P4 in our Maths.” K

“We read Chapter 3 of the Iron Man, it was very exciting.” C

We are looking forward to another fun week.

Room 15

 

May 29, 2026
by Miss Finch
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29.05.26 Room 11

We love being taught about money and maths! We also love learning about shapes, and we have been doing persuasive writing and adverts! We have loved doing exercises in gym, also we did african drumming one time and we loved it. By Abigail and Eva.

‘We were letting the butterflys go because they need fresh air’ Ari

‘This week we got 20 proud clouds so the class voted on a day outside playing and a movie’ by DW

‘I’ve enjoyed learning about our world cup topic’ NM

I enjoyed raising butterfly’s’ OM

‘I have enjoyed learning about the butterfly life cycle’ RC

May 29, 2026
by Miss McBride
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Room 3

A very busy week of learning in Room 3!

In Literacy, we have been learning the new sound “ph”. The children enjoyed exploring words with this sound and practising reading and writing them during our phonics activities.

In Numeracy, we are continuing to learn about money. We have been using coins and taking part in active games to help us add and subtract amounts within 10p. The children have been working hard to recognise coins and use their counting skills during practical activities.

Today, we also had our assembly and the children did a fantastic job singing their songs. We were so proud of their confidence, enthusiasm and beautiful singing voices!

Well done to all of Primary 1 for another wonderful week of learning!

I hope you have a lovely weekend.

Miss McBride and Room 3.

 

May 29, 2026
by Miss Nimmo
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Room 8’s last week of May!

Hello, we have had a very fun and sunny week in room 8!

On Tuesday we created persuasive writing pieces to persuade people to wear sun cream, very fitting with this weeks weather!

On Wednesday we had a very emotional day letting our pet butterflies free! We have loved watching them grow from tiny caterpillars into beautiful butterflies, and we will miss them so much. We also measured our bean plants which are getting so tall.

On Thursday we learned how to play rounders in PE which we all thoroughly enjoyed.

On Friday afternoon we used Adobe AI to create futuristic cars which links to our topic ‘What will happen in the future?” this was so fun!!!

We can’t wait for another fun-filled week next week and we cannot believe that we only have a few more to go before the holidays!

May 29, 2026
by Mrs Norton
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African Drumming with Room 7

This morning room 7 went to enjoy African drumming in the gym hall this morning.

EC – I enjoyed doing the song part when we were all in a circle.

TT – I liked when we were playing the drums and it was a lovely beat.

KM – I liked when he done the music.

SF – I liked it at the start when he was playing the music and I liked doing the drums.

KM – I liked when he done the music.

CS – I liked doing the drums.

CM – I liked seeing the people dance and doing the drums.

LW – I liked when he made music with the drums and I liked watching people dancing.

CW – I liked doing the music with the drums.

MG – I liked hitting the drums.

MM – I liked when he would play a note on his drum and we had to copy it.

 

May 28, 2026
by Miss Livingstone
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Exploring Area in cm squared

This week in Room 5, we have been learning how to calculate the area of a shape. We have been completing lots of active tasks, using different units of measurement and measuring tools, and putting all we have learned into practice. We spent some time measuring in cm squared, and calculating the area of really large shapes, and also of shapes that are different from squares and rectangles.

Here is our pupil voice:

Xayah: We were exploring outside looking at shapes.

Reiss: We are learning about area and measuring the inside of shapes.

Eilidh: We drew shapes and counted the squares inside to find the area.

Alice: I enjoyed exploring area and I learned how to times the numbers together. We found the area of lots of different things from around the classroom,

Beth: We were using different materials with the cubes to measure.

Sam: We were learning about cubes and the area of shapes.

Reminder:

P.E – Thursday (indoor), Friday (outdoor)

Homework will be issued on a Tuesday, bring it back on a Monday. N0 homework this week has been issued 🙂

 

Thanks

Miss Livingstone and Room 5

May 22, 2026
by Ms McIver
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Yoga with Room 1 – 20.5.26

We enjoyed a morning of zen on Wednesday before our sports day in the afternoon 🏃‍♀️🏅 Thank you to all the parents and family members who came to support our superstars and an extra well done for participating in the parent race 🤣🏅

Have a lovely long weekend!

Room 24

May 22, 2026 by Miss Napier | 0 comments

It’s been such a fun week!

In morning clubs, we’ve had modelling balloons and lots of us learned how to make balloon dogs and swords with them! We even taught Miss Napier, Miss White and Miss Thom how to make the balloon dogs too.

We did lots of Health and Wellbeing activities this week because it was Health Week. We learned about sun safety and made UV bead keyrings. They were so cool because the beads start off clear and then they change colour when UV rays reach them! The more colourful they are, the stronger the UV rays are. SAMH came in to chat to us about how important our mental health is and that we need to look after ourselves. We had sports day too and it was very competitive. The teachers even had to film everyone crossing the finish line so they could check the ‘VAR’ to see who crossed the line first for some races! There was a lot of great and fun moments. We also had a ‘Smoothie Bar’ in our class on Thursday and got to choose a smoothie to make. They were loads of fun to make and were really tasty.

It was Miss Thom’s last day on Thursday too. She’s been a student in our class since January. We got to  watch a David Attenborough documentary about Australian animals while we were making the smoothies, then Miss Thom surprised us with a big cake! It was great day.

We’ve got our two day visit to Uddingston Grammar next Tuesday and Wednesday and we can’t wait! We’re all very excited!

By Olivia and John

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May 21, 2026
by Miss Lockhart
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A Very Happy Health Week from Room 15!

Hello everyone,

This week we have been celebrating Health Week at Newton Farm.

“We had a taster session of Taekwondo”. I

“A man came to teach us how to play different percussion instruments. It was incredible!” L

“We had our sports day, I really enjoyed it.” O

“Last Friday we had a sponsored fun run and we ran 2k.” C

“Today we are celebrating achieving 20 proud clouds with a special movie afternoon.” L

“We have been learning about coordinates and map reading in our maths lessons. We have loved playing Battleships.” A

“We made our own ‘Top Trumps’ football cards for Scotland’s World Cup team that was announced this week.” I

“We designed our own football strips.” J

“With Mrs Kerr we talked about food and how we eat different foods as we grow older.” C

We hope you have a lovely long weekend with your families and friends.

Thank you for reading our blog.

Room 15.

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