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The children in our Nursery have been very busy playing and learning in their different indoor and outdoor spaces. Please find a link below to our Nursery Newsletter for October-November which has all our updates and captures some of our recent experiences in Nursery. Oct Nov 2023 Newsletter (1)

Some of The Hive children are taking part in a project with Five sisters Zoo. On our first week we got to walk round and become familiar with the zoo. On the second week we got to feed the birds. Last week we got to handle some reptiles! We are looking forward to meeting the ... Continue reading "Five Sisters Zoo"

Some of The Hive boys and girls were practising motor skills and getting a sensory break by playing on the bikes and scooters. Aria was super at teaching the little ones how to play safely.

We have been learning about Space and wrote some facts about the moon. P2 wrote information reports and P1 wrote a sentence. We learned that the moon orbits the Earth and reflects the light of the Sun. We have all been listening to Stick Man by Julia Donaldson this week. 'I liked our Boost Words'. ... Continue reading "Learning in P2/1"

This week in P2 we have been practising making arrays to help us with multiplication. We drew on our tables to help us spread out our dots carefully. We have also been working on our word boost words this week. We read a story and choose 5 key words which we practise throughout the week. ... Continue reading "This week in P2"

In our maths this week Primary 1 have been using balance scales. we compared objects to see which was heavy and which was light. we then used cubes to find out how heavy things were. We estimated first and then measured. Then we used different measures to make reindeer food to sell at the Christmas ... Continue reading "Primary 1"

We are learning the "sh" sound this week and some of us are learning more CVC words. We have learned the "sh" sound before but we are excited to learn some new words with this sound. We take part in Active Spelling every Monday morning to help us practise reading and writing our words. ... Continue reading "Active Spelling in P3/2"

In Literacy, we have been working hard on our Bump It Up Wall. We have changed the writing on our wall and we worked together as a class to give feedback to each other. This means the people with their writing on the wall, all know what they are doing well and their next steps. ... Continue reading "More Literacy in P3/2"

We have been learning how to write a discussion this term. We have to think about arguments for and against a topic. We have completed several this term including 'Should we get a class pet?' and 'Should children be made to wear school uniform?'. We write our plan one day and then the nest we ... Continue reading "P3 Literacy"

A huge thank you to everyone who came along to school recently to support our learning and enjoyment of books as part of Book Week Scotland. A very special thank you to all of our wonderful Secret Readers who volunteered to read to classes as part of our Book Week celebrations. Sometimes our lovely volunteers ... Continue reading "Book Week Thanks!"