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Rannoch News!

Rannoch Class have had a great week!

We’ve enjoyed lots of learning to do with the measurement and ordering of objects in our Numeracy lessons and where we find Tropical Rainforests, as we begin this new Topic…as well as the animals that live there. We’ve also enjoyed time outside in the good weather and in the Outdoor Classroom where we built our own symmetrical models from the wooden blocks. We have also enjoyed catching and feeling bubbles! Tomorrow…Friday morning…we are ending our week making our own pizzas. Yum!

 

Primary 1S last week before 🐣 Easter

Primary 1S has had a very busy week.
On Monday we enjoyed our school cake and candy. We all did very well making sure we kept our money safe and paid for the cakes we wanted. For some of us it was hard to choose what we wanted to buy as there was a lot of choice!

We also did some Easter craft activities and enjoyed learning about the Bible story of Easter.

As we are coming into spring time on Tuesday we spent some time in our school garden. We decided as a class that we wanted to try and grow something we could eat. In the garden we have planted Gooseberries, Raspberries, Blackberries, Blackcurrants and Blueberries 🫐. We had to prepare the planters by taking out all the weeds and putting plant food into the soil before planting our trees.

On Tuesday we also experienced our first school fun fair. We played lots of fun games.

 

On Wednesday we played Bingo! We worked with our Primary 7 buddies who helped us keep track of our numbers. We had lots of fun, even though we had to concentrate. Our class were lucky 🍀 to have two winners.

Our school also took part in a gymnastics 🤸 competition on Wednesday and we are all very proud of the gymnasts from our class that took part.

On Thursday we painted real boiled 🥚 eggs. Some of us have decided to take them home but some of us enjoyed tasting them.

And last but not least we got to watch and take part in our school talent show 🎤, St Mary’s Got Talent 2024. Our Dance Monkeys did the class proud.

Have a lovey Easter 🐣 Break.

 

 

Well done to the P6 Euro Quiz team!

On Thursday P6’s Euro Quiz team took part in the West Lothian heat, competing against dozens of other primary schools. Luke, Cooper, Corra and Skye worked together brilliantly to answer 60 questions across 4 rounds on topics including culture, flags, food, language, history and general knowledge.

They impressed with an incredible 40 points, and got some very tricky questions correct including what is a pastel de nata? (custard tart); what created the fjords? (glaciers) and what’s the smallest country in the EU? (Malta).

Brilliant effort all of you! Very well done for super team work too. Here they are with their certificates!

 

Primary 5

Primary 5 have had such a busy week this week, and everyone has done so so well!

We started our week with Outdoor Learning up in the woods where we were exploring habitats and built dens for tiny creatures (or creepy crawlies!) The class participated so well in pairs to complete this activity – great communication and teamwork from everyone!

Then on Monday afternoon we headed to Xcite in Whitburn for our swimming assessment! Everyone had loads of fun; the children were excellent, especially at getting showered and organised so we didn’t miss the bus back to school!

We have had a very busy time rehearsing for the St Mary’s Got Talent show next Thursday, with P5 having their additions yesterday! Our 3 groups have been voted for and we can’t wait to see them perform again at the show next week!

In Numeracy, we have been learning our Roman Numerals which led to a really exciting conversation about the different places we might find them! In Literacy, big well done because everyone did so well this morning on their spelling test. Two reading groups finished their books this week too so we’ll be starting new ones just before our Easter Holidays! 4 more school days then it is our holidays, you can do this Primary 5!!!

Happy Friday everyone, have a great weekend!!

P1 M’s Wonderful World Book Day events and Sharing Our Learning !

What a fantastic time we had celebrating WORLD BOOK DAYon Thursday.    Here we are in our costumes and pyjamas .

 

This young chap celebrated his birthday too !

We took part in the Where’s Wally Search around the school.   We had to find pictures of Wally. They were all well hidden and we were excited when we found them.

We also had a great time reading with our P7 Buddies and enjoyed some yummy hot chocolate !

 

On Friday we were so excited when our parents came to school for the Sharing Our Learning morning,   We showed them some of the activities that we usually do during Maths time.  We followed our timetable  and completed them very well.  We were absolute superstars and made Mrs Moffat very proud.  Thank you to everyone who came along.

What a fabulous week !

 

 

Craft and Construction club

Craft and construction club started last week and we are enjoying the freedom to be creative. We started with a Lent theme last week and moved onto Spring this week. We enjoy playing with the train track, Lego and blocks and we have enjoyed colouring and creating craft pictures. This week we made some Spring trees with blossoms. They will be beautiful when completed.

P6 & 7 Burns Supper

Primary 6 & 7 hosted a super Burns Supper in the dining hall today for parents and carers. After a welcome from the House Captains we kicked off with a song from P6 and poems from P7.

Next we enjoyed some live music and some pipes and drums before we addressed the haggis. After a feast of haggis, neeps and tatties followed by Irn Bru and shortbread, we heard poems from P6 and finished with the P7 song.

On display were our Robbie Burns information reports and portraits, as well as our tartan kilts.

It was a great turnout – thank you to all parents and careers who came along. Special thanks to Mrs Blair for playing the piano and to kitchen staff for making the afternoon possible by preparing such a lovely feast.