This year, the children at St Mary’s having been working especially hard to learn about their local environment, engage with nature and improve and care for our school grounds. As a result, we have been awarded our 5th Eco Schools Green Flag. A special thank you to Miss Nelson who has carefully co-ordinated our whole school outdoor learning programme this year. Well done everyone!
Primary 1
In Primary 1 this week the Friendly Dragon from fairyland paid us another visit. The dragon said thank you for us bringing fairyland alive, and encouraged us to keep reading fairytales. Everyone in Primary 1 has enjoyed listening to the fairytale stories and have been able to discuss if we have heard them before.
The dragon also left us a dragon teddy to take care off, we are going to take turns at taking the dragon home, showing the dragon our home and maybe reading the dragon some stories from home.
During PE this week we have been practicing ball skills, throwing and catching and even trying to score some hoops. Everyone in Primary 1 gives 100% to PE as we love being active!
We were lucky to find some big boxes in the school this week and these have created lots of role play opportunities. We have had. House, a pirate ship, a space ship, a den, a car and lots more, This allowed us to create different stories and characters.
And on Friday we had the opportunity to share our Primary 1 journey at our class assembly. We worked together to pick what photos we wanted to share with everyone and what we wanted to say about this year. it’s safe to say we have had a lot of learning but even more fun together this year!
Thank you to all the adults who came to watch us 😀 and who have supported our learning this year!
Have a lovely ☺️ weekend.
Nurture class ☀️
This week in Nurture, the children enjoyed exploring our summer-inspired sand and turf sensory tray. They had lots of fun digging, scooping, and creating while engaging their senses through different textures and natural materials. The activity encouraged imaginative play, curiosity, and conversation, while supporting fine motor skills and providing a calm and enjoyable sensory experience.
P6 meet their buddies!
This week P6 met their buddies in school for a special lunch! They presented them with their buddy booklets and a special teddy. Over the coming weeks buddies will have a chance to meet up and play before starting school in August.
Well done P6! You are great role models!
TheLifeOfTay!
Another busy week in the world of Super Tay!
Along with lots of sensory exploration with sand and bubbles (…lots of bubbles!)…we’ve been learning about the different types of fruits and their colours this week. Some of us he have also looked at how Numicon can help us learn in terms of our number work.
Some of us have also worked on our building and symmetry skills in the wood corner of the Outdoor Classroom.
With the return of the sun, a highlight of our week has been taking the scooters out to the Kick Pitch! We had great fun zooming around with our friends!
Busy, busy!
St. Mary’s Presents “Matilda the Musical”
Matilda🎭
Our P5–P7 pupils are entering the final stages of preparation for their upcoming show next week. Over the coming days, the children will be taking part in final rehearsals, dress rehearsals and technical rehearsals as they bring together all aspects of their performance.
Through the Expressive Arts curriculum, pupils have been developing a wide range of skills including confidence, creativity, communication, teamwork and performance techniques. The rehearsal process has allowed them to explore characterisation, movement, music and drama while working collaboratively towards a shared goal.
The excitement is certainly building as the children prepare to showcase all of their hard work and dedication. We are incredibly proud of their commitment and enthusiasm and cannot wait for them to perform for family and friends.
Tickets are available from the school office for £3 each. Performances will take place on Tuesday afternoon (16th June) and Wednesday evening (17th June). We look forward to welcoming you and celebrating the pupils’ achievements on stage! 🌟🎶🎬
Nurture class
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This week in Nurture class, we had lots of fun creating a beehive picture using finger painting as part of our mini beasts topic. Everyone enjoyed getting creative and exploring different textures and colours. We also had some very exciting news when one of our butterflies emerged from its cocoon! The children were fascinated to watch this special moment and enjoyed learning more about the butterfly life cycle.
Primary 1
Everyone in Primary 1 was delighted that our caterpillars 🐛 had emerged from their chrysalis as beautiful butterflies 🦋. We looked after them in the classroom for a few days, they loved oranges 🍊. When it was time t release them some of us we sad but we talked about how it wasn’t fair to keep the butterflies 🦋 in class as they needed to be able to fly. We loved seeing the butterflies 🦋 in the flowers 🌺.
Throughout the week we have explored different ways to measure 📏 we all enjoyed measuring each other as well as other items in the classroom.
On Friday we had our last Big Breakfast 🥞 and Sharing our Learning in Primary 1. Our theme this time was Health and Wellbeing and we decided that we wanted to share Worry Monsters with our adults. Everyone loves it when our adults come into school .
Have a lovely weekend 😀
P5 Update 5.6.26
Another week over, those holidays are looming in the distance! We’ve had another busy week here with Matilda practises coming in thick and fast. I was lucky enough to catch a glimpse of what is being prepared for you and it was fabulous. It was lovely to see so many of you today at our sharing the learning and we hope you enjoyed working with us. Have a lovely weekend!
P3✏️🦋
This week has been another busy and exciting one in P3!
One of the highlights of our week was releasing our butterflies. We were so excited to watch them fly away after observing their life cycle in our classroom. One butterfly even landed on a member of P3’s head before taking off! We discussed why it was important to let the butterflies go and learned that they need to live in their natural habitats where they can find food, shelter and other butterflies.
As part of our topic, we have begun planning and designing our own castles. P3 have come up with lots of fantastic ideas and are looking forward to building them. Any donations of clean cardboard boxes, tubes or plastic materials would be greatly appreciated to help us with our castle construction.
In maths, we have been enjoying learning about fractions. P3 have been exploring halves, quarters and thirds through a variety of practical and fun activities.
To finish off our week, we completed a recount of our trip to Deep Sea World. Everyone produced some amazing writing and worked hard to include lots of detail. We were delighted when Miss Pritchard came to visit our classroom and read some of our work. She was very impressed! Two P3 boys were also awarded a special Be Proactive wristband by Miss Pritchard in recognition of their excellent attitude and effort.
Well done, P3, for another fantastic week of learning! 🌟🦋🏰✏️📚
