March 20, 2026
by Mrs Ventre
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Room 14

Hi everyone,

Room 14 have been really busy this week and here are some examples of what we have been learning;

“I enjoyed learning about comparing fractions” AD

“I enjoyed creating t-shirts for our hockey festival” TMcC

“I enjoyed colouring and identifying fractions” ED

“I enjoyed playing hockey games” MN

“I enjoyed learning an Indian style dance” VA

“I enjoyed doing Literacy comprehensions questions” GO

“I enjoyed completing our missing word activity to practise our common words” JMcG

Thank you for reading our blog.

We hope you all enjoy your weekend.

Room 14 and Mrs Ventre

March 19, 2026
by Miss Livingstone
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It has been a learning filled week in room 5 this week. We have been consolidating all our learning in both numeracy and literacy. We have been practicing all of our common words, and really focusing on our strategies to help us identify words we don’t know yet. We have focused on consolidating our ‘u_e and a_e’ sound and having lots of practical play with the money to help us build totals with the coins.

We created our own island, bringing together all of our knowledge so far which was really fun. We voted to call it the Isle of Five (Thank you Calvin for the great idea)!

The past 2 days, we have had some gorgeous sunshine and have spent time learning outdoors to really enjoy it. We done some relay races during p.e outside and took our reading books outside with our P5 buddies.

We also had some wonderful achievements this week. Well done!

A fantastic fun week! Have a lovely weekend.

Miss Livingstone and Room 5

March 17, 2026
by Miss Mulreany
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A Special Visit!

Yesterday in the middle of our maths session, we had a surprise knock at our class door. It was a group of Firefighters. We have been learning all about the emergency services as part of our Health and Wellbeing topic. We have been learning about their job roles, their uniforms and methods of transport that they use when responding to emergencies.

The Firefighters spoke to us about some of the jobs that they do. They also told us how to dial 999 if we find ourselves in an emergency situation. We were then invited out to see the fire engine. We sat inside and had a look around the engine and also had a turn at using the fire hose!

MJ – We got to spray the water hose.

AH – When I was spraying the hose, the water went into my face.

IJ – I liked when I sat in the fire truck.

SC – I liked being in the fire truck.

KH – I liked spraying the hose.

NP – I liked when someone soaked my teacher.

LM – I liked going into the fire truck and I had loads of fun.

IC – I liked spraying the hose and going in the fire truck. The fire service people were showing me what the people do.

CM – It was really fun going in the fire truck.

OMcM – I liked when we were learning about fire safety.

We would like to say a massive thank you to the fire service for coming out to visit us. We had a great time! 🙂

March 14, 2026
by Ms McIver
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Room 1 – 2 Week Round Up!

Hello everyone,

Sorry for the late blog post, I will do a double week round up!

Last week we had a great day celebrating World Book Day, every pupil confidently shared their favourite book and explained to the class why they chose it 📚 we made paper dolls just like the Julia Donaldson book and we created a deck for our own 100 decker bus inspired by the book. We also were given picture clues and had to match them to the correct book, we were excellent detectives 🕵🏻‍♀️

We have now learnt every sound in the alphabet and we are loving creating words independently. It is amazing how much we can write on our own, we are so good at just giving it a go!

In numeracy we are looking at doubles within 10. Some of us like a challenge beyond 10!

Some pupils worked on painting transport they had made from cardboard when learning about transport across cities and the countryside. Can you spot the Glasgow subway? 🚇

Our STEM leaders visited us for British Science Week. We created an experiment to see what happens when a white flower is in a vase of coloured water, we made predictions. Stay tuned to see the results! 🌷

You will also see some pictures from our time playing. The creations the children make are out of this world 🌎 What a lucky teacher I am.

Have a lovely weekend ☀️

Room 24 – St Mungo Museum Trip

March 13, 2026 by Miss Napier | 0 comments

On Thursday this week we went to St Mungo Museum for our class trip. We started the day off with a scavenger hunt around the museum where we had to find statues and objects from small picture clues we were given. After that, we went to see inside Glasgow Cathedral and search for the stained glass windows that had animals on them. We got to go down into the crypt and see where St Mungo is buried too!

In the afternoon, we took part in a WW2 workshop back at St Mungo’s museum. We learned about real Jewish people who either lived or died in concentration camps. It was inspiring to learn about these people, some of which moved to Scotland once they were freed or the war was over. Across 4 interactive stations, we were able to create banners displaying values that were important to us, we had Jewish objects that we could draw, we created a paper chain of kindness by writing things that make us feel happy, and we created a sun-charm by drawing things that inspire us. Overall it was a very immersive experience that we all enjoyed.

As well as the enlightening school trip, the bus rides were very musical and had everyone singing along!

It was a very fun day, and we would all love to have the adventure again.

By Evie & Ella

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March 13, 2026
by Miss Mulreany
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World Book Day 2026! :-)

On Thursday 5th March, we celebrated World Book Day 2026. We had lots of fun ‘book themed’ plans and had a really great time celebrating all things reading and books.

We came to school dressed in our comfortable clothes. Some of us even dressed up as our favourite book characters.

We enjoyed some time in the morning reading our favourite books that we brought in from home.

After break, we visited Room 3 and enjoyed watching an authors live. We also watched a helpful video which told us all about the names of different parts of a book e.g., the spine and the title page.

In the afternoon, all of our friends in Primary 1 took part in a “reading picnic” in the gym hall.

Thank you for making World Book Day a special event in our school! 🙂

March 13, 2026
by Miss McBride
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Room 3

This week in Primary 1 we have had a busy and exciting time in our learning!

In Maths, we have been learning about doubles up to 20. The children practised recognising and solving doubles such as ‘5 + 5’ and ‘6 + 6’ and beyond. To help us remember them, we also learned a fun doubles song, which the children really enjoyed singing while practising their number facts.

During Literacy, we spent time consolidating the sounds we have already learned, practising reading, writing and recognising them in different words. The children are becoming much more confident using their sounds when reading and spelling.

We also started our brand-new topic: “Under the Sea.” The class was very excited to begin exploring this topic. We talked about different sea animals and what we might find in the ocean and we are looking forward to learning much more about marine life in the coming weeks.

It has been a wonderful week of learning in Primary 1 and the children should be very proud of all their hard work!

Have a lovely weekend!

Miss McBride and Room 3

March 13, 2026
by Mr Allen
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Room 6 Sending Emails

Digital Milestones: Your Children Have Sent Their Very First Emails!

It has been a remarkably exciting week in the classroom! We are absolutely thrilled to share a fantastic digital milestone that we have just achieved. This week, our class logged on, typed up, and proudly hit “send” on our very first emails.

Who was the lucky recipient of this digital avalanche? None other than Mrs Robinson, who has been absolutely delighted reading through all of our wonderful messages!

Why were we Emailing the Deputy Head?

While sending an email might feel like second nature to adults, for us, it is a brand-new adventure in communication. Writing to our Deputy Head Teacher provided a safe, familiar, and exciting target for our first digital dispatch.

Here is a quick look at the vital skills we were building through this activity:

Digital Literacy: We practised navigating keyboards, understanding how email addresses work, and finding that ever-important “@” symbol.
Safe & Polite Communication: We spent time discussing internet safety and the “netiquette” of sending messages. We learned how to open with a polite greeting and sign off correctly.
Core Literacy Skills: Typing an email is a brilliant way to disguise spelling, grammar, and punctuation practice! We worked hard to structure our sentences so that Mrs Robinson would understand our messages perfectly.
Confidence Building: There was a real buzz of accomplishment in the room when we finally clicked the send button.

March 13, 2026
by Miss Finch
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Room 11 preparations for Mother’s Day

We have been very busy learning all about sustainability and how to reduce our plastic waste. On Wednesday we learned that many household items that we weren’t expecting contained plastic and also how difficult it can be to recycle. We are hoping to create some art next week with our plastic rubbish.

We had a week of consolidation with our spelling, as some of us found the ‘ie’ sound and the ‘f’ family difficult. We are also getting to grips with fractions. Fractions of a shape and of an amount.

In preparation for Mother’s Day we made some paper flowers. I hope you all have a lovely weekend!

March 13, 2026
by Mr Mackay
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Room 27

Room 27 Blog.

On Monday,

We had morning clubs and that was really fun.

Then we did Math which was measuring the area of regular and irregular shapes. Then it was break time.

After Break, we had ICT until 12:00, then we did Literacy and finished our book up until lunch time.

After Lunch, we carried on our Literacy then did HWB.

Tuesday, We did morning clubs. Then we did some more maths and measured the area of irregular and regular triangles.

Then we got our photos for our Scot Cards and we also get to use our Scot Cards for the bus to high school.

Then it was Break time.

After break, we did Literacy and we did IOW.Then it was Lunch time.After Lunch we finished our book.

Wednesday, We did morning clubs. Then we did some math then it was break. After break time, we had PE which was football or badminton until 12:00. Then we did Literacy which was IOW. Then it was lunch time. After Lunch we did some Art of paratroopers from WW2 which was fun to do and we used water colours and oil pastels.

Thursday, We did Morning Clubs and then we did a math assessment and Miss Love came in during it and surprised us. We loved seeing her again.

Then it was Break time, after break we did Literacy and IOW, after that it was Lunch time, after Lunch time we looked at a powerpoint on what inspires war, and we looked at how America joined WW2.

Friday, We did PE until break time. After break we did Literacy then we did math after then it was lunch time. After Lunch we did Pupil voice groups.

Newton Farm Primary School and Nursery Class