St. Brendan's Primary School and Nursery

We’d like to say a big thank you to all our families for their wonderful support throughout the term, especially during the busy month of December. The children have had a fantastic time taking part in lots of festive activities, including class parties and a special Breakfast with Santa for our nursery children.

This week, our pupils enjoyed an amazing trip to see The Little Mermaid pantomime at the King’s Theatre in Glasgow. They absolutely loved the show, and their behaviour was excellent – we’re so proud of them!

Yesterday, Wednesday 17th December, the whole school came together for our annual Carol Service at St. Brendan’s Church. Our Primary 1 children did a fantastic job playing the Nativity characters, supported by readers from P2–P7 who shared the Christmas story and led us in thoughtful reflections.

A huge thank you to our choir for leading the carols so beautifully, and to Mr Greechan and Mrs O’Donnell for all their hard work preparing them.

We truly appreciate the support of all our parents, carers, and families throughout the year – it makes such a difference. Below are some photos from our Carol Service, and we’d like to wish you all a happy, peaceful, and holy Christmas, along with our very best wishes for 2026.

School reopens on Monday 5th January 2026 at 8:50am.

Primary 3/2 and Primary 3 have had a very exciting and busy Term 2! The children have been working hard in class with Primary 3/2 learning about their Local Environment. They learned about renewable energy and created waterwheels. Also they learned about shops and homes in their local area. The Primary 3 children have been working hard in class learning about The Rainforest. They have been learning about the layers of the rainforest and they drew their own picture of a toucan.

The children all worked hard on their performing skills when preparing for St. Andrew’s Day. I am sure you would all agree that they were all fabulous and lots of money was raised to support St. Andrew’s Hospice.

Many exciting events have  taken place this term which have been enjoyed by the children. The children had an exciting Halloween afternoon where they got to dress up and participate in a range of Halloween themed activities.

This week we had a visit from an author, Debbie Quinn who wrote Leonard’s Lunch. The children had the chance to listen to the story then they had a Q &  A with Debbie. They also learned a dance and had a special visit from Leonard the lion himself! The theme of the story is adopting a healthy lifestyle.

The children have been working collaboratively in class to create their Christmas crafts. Primary 3/2 have made sweetie cones and Primary 3 have made bake at home cookie bags.

This week the children partied together with Primary 1 and 2/1. They all enjoyed dancing, party games, food and a special visit from Santa!

Primary 1 & 2/1 have had such a lovely and busy Term 2. We have been working hard on our performing skills as we prepared for our St. Andrew’s Day performance and we continue to practise for our Carol Service. St. Andrew’s Day was the first time some of the children got to perform on St. Brendan’s stage and I think you will agree they were amazing and did us so proud!

Literacy

We have been continuing to learn our initial sounds and common words this term. The children have been enjoying exploring some new activities during Literacy time as their confidence in using their sounds and words continues to grow. The children have also started to do story writing in class and love using their imagination to create new stories.

Numeracy

This Term we have been learning about patterns in class. The children have had lots of opportunities through play to continue patterns and to create their own patterns. Using the unifix cubes and compare bears to create patterns has been a firm favourite!  We are currently learning all about shapes around us. We have learned about 2D shapes and their properties and have now moved onto learning about 3D shapes. We have been learning all about the properties of 3D shapes as we explore new vocabulary to describe the shapes, such as, edges, corners and faces. The children love exploring these shapes through their tasks and especially enjoy investigating whether the 3D shapes can roll or stack.

IDL

In Term 2 we have been learning all about ‘People Who Help Us.’ The children understand that there are a range of different jobs that people have to provide us with help. They have thoroughly enjoyed exploring some of these jobs through role play within the classroom. We were also very lucky to have Alan, our very own janitor, come and speak to us about crossing patrol. We created questions to ask him and learned a few interesting facts! Some of us even got to try on the uniform!

Carol Service

We have been working so hard in preparation for our Carol Service in the Church. We have been taking our roles very seriously and practising our singing skills. We cannot wait to share our lovely performance with you in a couple of weeks!