We’ve been as busy as ever and have had lots of fun learning together!

🎨 Art: On Monday, we enjoyed a special art lesson with Mrs Ferguson, where we explored self-portraits and thought carefully about the features that make each of us unique.

📚 Read Write Inc.: We officially began our phonics and reading programme! We’ve been enjoying learning new sounds, practising our reading skills and getting stuck into lots of exciting stories.

🔢 Numeracy: great excitement this week as we started using our Maths No Problem book. We have been counting forwards and backwards from 10, recognising the number 0 and using concrete materials to help us develop our understanding. We’ve been on a real quest for numeracy success!

🧠 Health & Wellbeing: We talked about things that can help our minds when we are feeling worried or anxious. We enjoyed stories such as The Invisible String and explored different strategies we can use to help ourselves feel calm and safe. We have also reintroduced brushing our teeth after lunch, helping us develop healthy habits.

🇫🇷 French: We revised our French greetings and practised saying bonjour and greeting one another.

👮‍♀️👩‍⚕️We have begun our new topic ‘People Who Help Us’! We shared our ideas about the different people who help us in our community and started thinking of lots of wonderful questions we would like to find the answers to such as “do farmers sleep outside?”, “do fire fighters get scared?” and “do dentists take out their own teeth?”

What a fantastic second week! Stay tuned to see what we get up to next week!

What a wonderful first week back at school! 💛 We have loved welcoming our Primary 2 children back and getting to know one another  and Miss Fox again in our new classroom.

This week has been all about settling in, building relationships and making our classroom a happy, safe and welcoming place to learn. We have been talking about our school values, expectations and routines, learning how we can be kind, respectful and responsible members of our class community.

There has been lots of chatting, exploring, creating and, of course, lots of play! Through play and our activities, we have been discovering more about each other, sharing our interests and learning what makes our new class special.

It has been a busy but lovely start to our Primary 2 journey, and we are so excited for all the learning, fun and adventures still to come!

Well done, Primary 2 — what a fantastic first week!

We had a lovely last day in P5 with Miss Fox! We enjoyed drawing self-portraits and filling our sunglasses with our hopes and wishes for the summer. We also read the letters we wrote to our future selves when we first met Miss Fox back in P4 and shared them with our friends – there were lots of laughs as we looked back on our memories together. In the afternoon, we enjoyed some time outdoors before heading home. It was a wonderful way to spend our final day together in class this session.

We had a great day out yesterday at The Kelpies and Calendar Park for our end of year school trip! The rain stayed away which meant we could enjoy our time there! 🛝

Great excitement in P5 this morning – it was all about Scotlands victory at the weekend! We made some predictions last week, so we enjoyed having a look at them and seeing who really knows their stuff! 🏴󠁧󠁢󠁳󠁣󠁴󠁿⚽️

We created some art work based on the highland cow and Scotlands participation in this year’s World Cup! 🏴󠁧󠁢󠁳󠁣󠁴󠁿

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! 🌟🎶🎬

First up on this Tuesday morning – we started at The Smoothie Bike. We had the opportunity to make a fruit kebab or a smoothie. We used our collaboration skills to choose fruit, safely prepare it for the blender and make our morning smoothie. 🍑🍌🍊🍓🍎

Next up we had our Circus School Class – we played games, learned new tricks and had fun 🤩 🤡🎪

After a quick snack break we headed outside to the Trim Trail for smores, after a quick safety brief we toasted our marshmallows around the fire. 🔥

In the afternoon we took part in a Strongman/woman led by Mrs. Mains

Let’s see what tomorrow brings!! 🔥

Primary 5-7 have started rehearsals for the big show in June. Everyone is very excited and cannot wait to see it all come together. We hope you will come and support us! ⭐️🎭