Well done to our wonderful Primary 4/3 pupils who led our Advent Mass on Friday. We were so proud of the children who read with confidence and sang with pride! This is a special time of year where we prepare to celebrate the birth of our Lord.
Catholic Education Week 2025
Catholic Education Week 2025
“We must fan the flame of hope that has been given us, and help everyone to gain new strength and certainty by looking to the future with an open spirit, a trusting heart and far- sighted vision. The forthcoming Jubilee can contribute greatly to restoring a climate of hope and trust as a prelude to the renewal and rebirth that we so urgently desire; that is why I have chosen as the motto of the Jubilee, Pilgrims of Hope. ” Pope Francis
December in P1
Wow what an exciting time in Primary 1, Santa 🎅🏻 has sent one of his elf’s to our classroom. He brought us a Christmas tree 🎄 all the way from the North Pole and left us some things to decorate it with.
We have also decorated our classroom door for Christmas 🎄
We have been working super had practicing the Nativity show and are looking forward to performing it for you next week!
In RE we learned about St Andrew and that he is the patron saint of Scotland 🏴 to celebrate this we made our very own Scotland 🏴 flags.
Our writing inspiration for this week was The Elf, we drew our own elf’s and described them as well as giving them a cheeky name.
On Friday Cookie Crumble left us instructions and ingredients to grow our own candy canes . Special soil, a candy cane seed and some special elf magic.
We also attended the school start of advent mass. We were very respectful and joined in when we could.
Have a lovely weekend.
Banging music lessons with Resilient Rhythms
P7/6 and P5 put on a superb performance for parents this week to showcase their learning from their workshop with Resilient Rhythms.
For the past four weeks, both classes have taken part in the music lessons with Eamonn, who put them through their paces to experience how music can inspire and uplift. Classes demonstrated their new skills using percussion instruments to perform their concert.
One pupil said “I have love this workshop and have learned so much about beat and resilience”; another said “it was super fun and Iwant a drum kit for Christmas!”
Well done to all our pupils and huge thanks to Eamonn who was an inspirational coach! St Mary’s loved our time drumming with Resilient Rhythms,
Cooking 🧑🍳 Club P1&2
It’s sweet week! We made chocolate filled croissants 🥐.
We had had to use cutting skills for today’s cooking 🧑🍳 we cut the pastry into triangles and then rolled our chocolate 🍫 in the pastry 🥐. We had to paint them with milk before we cooked them.
A adult had to put them in the oven and set the timer. We could smell them cooking, they smelled delicious.
TheLifeOfTay!
What a busy first week of December!
We have been out on the field filling our lungs with fresh air as we ran around!
We have been to the Outdoor Classroom where we have engaged in Block Play!
We have been to the Sensory Room and enjoyed the lights and the music….We love the Infinity Panel!
We have been to the Trim Trail….complete with waterproofs and wellies as it’s a bit muddy…and we love mud!
We have learned lots in our classroom….We have learned about the initial sound ‘j’ and practiced our number work to 10.
We have painted monsters and loved our ‘What’s in the Box’ times….shaving foam was a big hit!
P5 Update 28.11.25
We took part in class presentations this week. There were a few nerves but I was absolutely blown away by the information that was shared, the confidence our P5s had and their natural ability to engage an audience. I think there are some future leaders among us! Well done P5!
P3 Festive Fun and Solo Talks!
P3 have had a very busy week as we prepared for the Christmas Fayre and took part in our solo talks.
In preparation for the Christmas Fayre, P3 enjoyed making Ruldolph hot chocolates with marshmallows🍫 and snowmen biscuits☃️. We loved preparing these treats and of course we had to taste test the goods!
We also spent time working on our solo talks all about our favourite animals. P3 done an amazing job sharing their knowledge with so much confidence! They demonstrated excellent talking and listening skills, showing respect for one another while presenting. I am so proud of everyone for taking part!
Well done P3 for a fantastic week!😊
Primary 1
This week we started of by learning all about the Jubilee 2025 and what it means to be Pilgrims of Hope!
We set off on a pilgrimage around the school looking for signs of our faith.
Pledge Cards were also created as we thought about what we could do to be Pilgrims of Hope.
During outdoor learning we painted with mud! We had never painted with mud before and it was lots of fun.
Lots of us brought in our favourite toy or a poster of our favourite toy to complete our class talks. We all did very well.
And on Friday we got to join in the school Christmas 🎄 Fair.
Eveyone is excited that next week is December. Have a lovely weekend.
Primary 1 & 2 Cooking club
It was savoury week in cooking club and everyone had voted to make pizza 🍕
We had to spread the sauce on then add the cheese 🧀 and toppings. After all the toppings were on we had to put them in the oven, only adults are allowed to use the cooker but we set the timer.⏱️
While the pizzas 🍕 were cooking we cleaned up all our tools. Some of us wanted to eat them straight away and some wanted to take them home.
