Rannoch News!

March 6, 2025 J Hudson Leave a comment

A lovely week in Rannoch class!

We have enjoyed ourselves in the warming sun this week and have spent time running around on the grass with our friends. We have also enjoyed listening to music in the sensory room and playing with the new toys in the outdoor classroom. We also enjoyed tasting some pancakes with some squirty cream!! Yum!!

In our Beyond Number studies we have been learning about the concept of time and what activities we do as part of our morning routines.

In Literacy we have been focused on learning about the initial sound ‘c’.

In our Topic studies we have been continuing our ‘Under the Sea’ studies and have made some honey-nut starfish!!

Ness

Under the water in Ness Class

February 28, 2025 wlmartin.elliott1@glow Leave a comment

On Wednesday, we began our 6 week block of swimming lessons. Lots of excellent swimmers in our class, and even a few of us brave enough to dive into the pool. We had a great time at the pool and look forward to our next session.

Primary 1

February 28, 2025 Miss Stenhouse Leave a comment

What a great week in Primary 1!

We have been learning to measure, we have used block, paperclips, hands and feet and finally a ruler. We discussed how it looked like a number line and how it can help us measure. We were all very good at using it!
We had lots of activities around ordering things in size, talkers to shortest, longest to shortest etc. Finally we all got in size order ourselves.

In our topic work we have been looking at Scotland 🏴󠁧󠁢󠁳󠁣󠁴󠁿 and the focus this week was where we live, or where the school is, Polbeth. We had lots of fun walking round the village ticking off places of interest. We we excited about buying something in the shop and getting to taste a Subway. We finished off our walk with a trip to the park.

Rannoch

Rannoch News

February 28, 2025 J Hudson Leave a comment

This week in Rannoch we have enjoyed some lovely early Spring sunshine outside with our friends.

We have also been working really hard in class and have progressed well with our understanding of the initial sound ‘o’ and related words. We have also begun our learning journey in relation to the concept of ‘time’ and have been learning to recognise our morning routines.

In our Topic studies we have learned about sea creatures and enjoyed painting some fish and practising our fine motor skills in cutting and sticking jellyfish pictures.

All in all, a lovely week.

Tay, Whole School Events

Tay Class Update

February 24, 2025 Miss Robertson Leave a comment

Prior to the February holiday Tay Class made bird feeders using apple slices. peanut butter and bird seed. They’re super quick and easy to make – why don’t you have a try? We hung ours around the Trim Trail so we could observe them and see how quickly the birds eat them.

As a treat and to end our ‘Hot and Cold’ science topic we had some ice cream cones. They were delicious! We chose from either vanilla, strawberry or chocolate. We are planning to do a pictogram to show our favourite flavours across the class, however some of the class were absent which means we will need to have more ice-cream another day. Will our choices will be the same next time?

It was great to have everyone back in class last week after the break. We quickly settled back into our routines.

We met some friends and adults from other classes in our Sensory Committee, out at the Trim Trail. There were balloons, ice, paint blocks, brushes, spray bottles with watery paint and paper. Many of us enjoyed exploring these resources.

There was a huge cardboard box in the outdoor classroom. One of our favourite activities ‘What’s in the box?’ changed to ‘who’s in the box?’ Everyone had a turn in the box. Some of us had lots of turns. It was great fun!- We did so well to take turns and share (a very small) space.

Primary 4

MONEY, MONEY, MONEY in Primary 4!

February 23, 2025 Mrs Swanston Leave a comment

A Complete Guide to British Currency

M O N E Y

Money is one of the concepts we have been learning in Maths. This week, we focused on recognising coins and notes, sorting money, counting and adding amounts and discussing the importance of money and how it affects our lives. We also showed amounts of money using different combinations of coins and we all practised writing amounts of money on the whiteboard.

Next week, we will use iPads and the Smartboard to play different money games and focus on adding pounds and pence to find a total.

Bonnie – Money is really important because it helps you buy things that you want.

Karlie – We all need money to buy things that we need and things that we want.

Peter – I liked writing the pound sign.

Cody – I filled the whole whiteboard by writing lots of money amounts. You shouldn’t write ‘p’ (for pence) if you are writing an amount like £10.50, you only need the pound sign.

Jacob – I could make lots of ways to make £2.75.

Jordyn – I enjoyed sorting the coins and I did it quickly.

Rocco – You can make an amount using different coins.

Alexander – I liked adding the (total) cost of things.

Whole School Events

Welcome Back Ness Class

February 21, 2025 wlmartin.elliott1@glow Leave a comment

It was great for everyone to be back in Ness Class this week. We all had great breaks: some of us had a birthday, some of us went to London, some went to Oban, some had day trips but we all enjoyed a good rest. This was why we were ready to get back to learning and having fun in class this week. Our new Topic is Under the Ocean and in Science we are learning about Hot and Cold. In number, we are looking at division and fractions and in literacy our big focus is learning how to write to persuade! Routines were re-established very quickly and we are already excited about the remainder of this term. Enjoy some of the highlights of our week below!

Primary 2

P2 News

February 21, 2025 J Hudson Leave a comment

We have thoroughly enjoyed our first week back after the holidays – it has been lovely to see our friends again.

We have had a very busy week….In Read, Write, Inc. we have worked hard on developing our Phonic skills and our reading.

In Maths we have also worked hard on learning about Fractions of amounts. We have been learning about whole parts, halves, quarters and three-quarters.

We have also learned about the symbols of the Holy Spirit as well as its meaning.

We also worked as table teams to design and draw a 7 foot long ‘tapestry of life at St Mary’s’ with illustrations of our memories, and experiences at school.

A great week!

Rannoch

Rannoch News

February 21, 2025 J Hudson Leave a comment

This week we have enjoyed time with our friends during Committee Time…we wrapped up warm and enjoyed fun times on the Trim Trail.

In Literacy we have focused on the initial sound ‘g’ and have begun to look a telling the time to the hour in our ‘Beyond Number’ studies.

We have also started a new topic and are looking at the wonderful word ‘Under the Sea’.

We had a lovely break but have thoroughly enjoyed our first week back with our friends.

Primary 1

February 21, 2025 Miss Stenhouse Leave a comment

This week in Primary 1 we had a theme of love ❤️ and kindness. We learned all about St Valentine and how we can show love and kindness to others. We made tie die love hearts to display in class to remind us how to show love and kindness.

In outdoor learning this week, due to the very wet weather, we spent it in the outdoor classroom. We were tasked by building a structure, some of us built bridges and some built towers or castles and house.