On Saturday, our Primary 3 pupils celebrated the Sacrament of Reconciliation. This important step in their faith journey gave the children time to reflect, say sorry, and experience forgiveness.
The pupils approached the sacrament with care and confidence, showing how much they have learned during their preparation. We are extremely proud of each child.😁
Well done to everyone involved, and thank you to the parish and parents who supported the children on this special occasion.
We started our week by celebrating Shrove Tuesday. P3 learned all about why we have Pancake Day and that it is the day before Lent begins. We talked about what Lent means and shared our own Lenten promises. As a class, we also made a very special promise to try our best to be kind to one another throughout Lent. 💜
On Wednesday, as part of our science topic on weather, P3 explored different weather symbols and discussed what they tell us. We used the iPads to check the weather forecast and even watched the news to see the symbols being used in real life. P3 were able to identify many different symbols and talked about which types of weather we see most often in Scotland, such as rain, clouds, and wind. We also discussed how the weather can be very different in other countries. Some places are much hotter and sunnier, while others may have lots of snow or very dry weather. P3 enjoyed comparing Scotland’s climate to countries around the world. 🌦️🌍
On Thursday and Friday, P3 began redesigning our classroom play area. After sharing lots of creative ideas, we took a class vote and decided to create a McDonald’s with a drive-through! P3 were very excited and started designing their play area, thinking carefully about what they would need and how it should look. We are looking forward to continuing this project next week and seeing our ideas come to life! 🍟🚗
This week in Nurture class, the children really enjoyed sharing the story ‘When Whale Won’t Wait’ The colourful illustrations and clear visuals captured their attention and encouraged lots of smiles, engagement, and shared moments. Through adult modelling, symbols, and turn-taking activities linked to the story, the children practised waiting, making choices, and enjoying learning alongside their peers. It was lovely to see the children so settled, engaged, and proud as they took part in the session.
Today was an exciting day for our Primary 5s as we headed off on our very first camp trip! The buzz on the bus said it all — everyone was full of excitement and ready for adventure.
When we arrived, our first challenge was making our beds. There were a few tricky duvet covers to tackle, but with teamwork and determination, everyone rose to the occasion! After working up an appetite, we enjoyed lunch together before heading off for our afternoon activities.
In the afternoon, we took part in crate climbing and low ropes. Both activities encouraged us to step outside our comfort zones and, most importantly, work together as a team. There was lots of cheering, encouragement and celebrating each other’s successes — fantastic teamwork all round!
After a well-earned dinner, we wrapped up the evening around the campfire. We sang songs, played games and toasted marshmallows while sharing plenty of laughs.
It was the perfect end to a brilliant first day, and everyone is looking forward to what tomorrow brings!
What a surprise! Arrived at camp today to snow on the ground. Lots of excited campers! After making our beds (the boys were amazing) and then eating a brilliant lunch, we were straight into activity. Crate Climbing and Low Ropes gave everyone the opportunity to challenge themselves and support others. Below are a selection of pics taken my myself (Mr E).
Look out for a further update later!
We have had a very busy first day back. Today is Pancake Tuesday and we all had the chance to flip our own pancakes. We know that tomorrow is the beginning of Lent and it is tradition to use up all the ingredients the day before Ash Wednesday and to make pancakes. Some of us liked chocolate spread on our pancakes and some of us liked syrup and some of us had both!
At the end of the day we were very lucky to get to watch a show! A theatre company came into school and performed ‘Treasure Island’. We all loved it! Some of the character were funny and we enjoyed shouting out and booing for the baddy.
Primary 3 have had a very busy and exciting start to the new term! Since returning after Christmas, we have been working hard, having fun and learning lots of new things across the curriculum.
We have been learning about the famous Scottish poet Robert Burns and exploring Scottish traditions such as tartan. We talked about the different colours and patterns in tartan and how they are made.
To link with our learning, we designed and created our very own Scottish kilts by weaving paper, they looked fantastic!
We also learned the famous Scottish poem “The Sair Finger” together as a class. Three very brave Primary 3 pupils even took part in the school finalist competition, we were so proud of them!🏴😊
In RE, we have been learning about the Sacrament of Reconciliation. We explored the different stages of the sacrament, listened to Bible stories and talked about why forgiveness is so important in our lives.
The children shared thoughtful ideas and showed great understanding during our discussions.✝️
We have started a new class topic all about Greyfriars Bobby. We explored the story of Bobby and talked about the important themes of loyalty and friendship.
To bring the story to life, we incorporated drama into our learning by taking part in hot seating, where pupils acted in role as Greyfriars Bobby and answered questions from the class. This helped us to think deeply about Bobby’s feelings and experiences.
We also compared Edinburgh in the past and present and learned about some famous Edinburgh landmarks, such as the castle and Greyfriars Kirkyard.🐾
➗ Maths
In maths, we have been working hard on multiplication and have made great progress. We are now ready to move on to learning about division, well done Primary 3!🧠
Of course, we have also had lots of opportunities to play and learn together. We especially love spending time in the outdoor classroom every Monday and outdoor learning every Thursday with Miss Nelson, where we explore, work as a team and enjoy being active outside.🍃
Primary 5 have had a busy and exciting start to the week!
On Monday and Tuesday, we began our STEM space project, focusing on improving our spatial reasoning skills. We took part in two fun, active and hands-on maths lessons where we explored axis, lines of symmetry and reflections.
In Religion, we learned about the Feast of St Brigid, which takes place on the 1st of February and links to Our Lady & St Brigid’s, our parish church. We then had a go at making St Brigid’s crosses, which proved trickier than we expected but very rewarding.
We also enjoyed movement breaks and outdoor learning with Ms Nelson.
In science, we investigated sinking and floating, using our reciprocal reading skill of predicting to think about what might happen to different objects before testing them out. We then recorded our answers on our worksheet.
In our committee group this week we discussed what’s going well in both digital and play in our classes, we also talked about what we would like to see in our classrooms going forward.
We made a two stars 🌟 and a wish 🪄for each class. Using our collaboration skills to decide what our wish would be for our class. It was helpful to all about what other classes use digital for and how we play in class.
We talked about how we learn better when we are having fun 🤩 or playing together. This inspired us to make posters to put up around the school to remind everyone why play is important.
Primary 1 have had lots of fun exploring den building skills. Working as a team we created some very unique dens. We had to think carefully about where to set our dens, what we would use and if the dens to survive a full day. This involved lots of collaboration and creative thinking skills, as well as lots of fun 😀
We have been enjoying our topic, Scotland, 🏴and this week we have been learning about Robert Burns and in particular enjoyed the poem To a Mouse 🐭 . In PE we have also been learning some Scottish dancing, everyone has enjoyed this and showed good skills in learning the dances.
During outdoor learning we ventured to the local woodland area where our learning focus was on pH testing on natural objects, we talked about the pH scale and tried to predict where each item would sit on the scale.
After exploring the Bible story of Noah and the Ark this inspired our art activity for the week. We created painted rainbows 🌈 and added texture to them with cotton wool ⛅️. We thought about the story of Noah and how God wants us to listen to him even if others try to convince us not to.
A few of us have been suffering from colds and coughs this week but everyone has been such good troopers engaging in all learning activities. We hope everyone has a restful weekend to recharge for more learning next week.😉
