P2 practising the 5 finger strategy on our magnetic boards.

Golden Time Fun in P2.

Practising our 5 finger strategy in phonics. 🤚

Lots of great reading in P2M this week. 📚

Some great examples of fun ways to practise our spelling and phoneme words. 🧜‍♀️🦖✋

We have had a fantastic #EuropeanDayofLanguages in P5P. We listened to stories in Greek and French, created presentations on national animals on Canva and continued learning a language of our own choice on Duolingo!👏 @missmcguckinbps.bsky.social

Thanks to the funding we secured from @mathsweek.scot we have been able to create ’number adventure kits’ to go home with our families! Each kit has a different focus: ‘Number and counting’, ‘pattern and shape’, “‘movement’ and ‘measure’, providing our families different opportunities to learn. 📏🔢

@misspenn-bps.bsky.social We used Lego Spike to synchronise the motor movements of our ‘break dancer’ to keep rhythm with light and beats! What do you think of his moves? #STEAM 🕺🏽💃🏼

Our new STEM newsletter is now available, packed with news, resources and support for science and STEM education. blogs.glowscotland.org.uk/glowblogs/stemnation/2025/09/10/september-2025-newsletter/

Some fantastic phonics work in P2N. We were learning to work in partners to take on the roles of Word Reader and Word Maker, revising the ‘ck’ phoneme.🤝

Some fantastic phonics work in P2N. We were learning to work in partners to take on the roles of Word Reader and Word Maker, revising the ‘ck’ phoneme.🤝

Because tomorrow is Roald Dahl Day, we watched a clip from Charlie and the Chocolate Factory. After we worked with our buddies to create a new chocolate bar then we shared them with the rest of the class @misspenn-bps.bsky.social @missmeiklebps.bsky.social

This week we have been reading the story of Stickman. This pupil created an amazing stickman using natural materials 🧍‍♂️

We have been learning how to count up to 4, form the number 4, and show 4 in different ways 4️⃣

Last week, the Helicopter Fairy visited our class and left us Helicopter Story jotters as a present 🚁🧚 We wrote our own stories and then acted them out, it was so exciting, and we came up with lots of creative and interesting ideas 📚

We’ve been exploring 2D shapes 🔴🔷 We used lots of different shapes to create pictures and they looked wonderful 🤩

We’ve been exploring rhyming words 🎶🐭 With The Gruffalo book as our guide, we spotted rhyming pairs and matched them up🦉🦊🐍

This week some of the children have been fascinated with caring for babies 👶🏼 They carried out check-ups to listen to heartbeats ❤️, gave “immunisations” 🩺, and checked weights to make sure the babies were growing strong 🧑‍⚕️✨

Some pictures from our place value lesson. We have been working on Hundreds Tens and Ones.

On the first week of school we created our own ‘All About Me’ gameshows and played them in our groups ☺️

P7M 25-26 🥳💜

Egg Carrier STEM Challenge 🥚 What a success! The majority of our egg carriers managed to keep our eggs safe as we dropped them off the trim trail 🥳

We have been learning how to stay safe online 💻 We enjoyed playing ‘Interland’ to reinforce our learning 👾

We have been sharing what we have learnt from reading our non-fiction books 📚

We have been learning to write numbers in words 🔢 We worked in pairs, rolling our dice to give us a number and then raced our partner to write the number ✏️

P7 are very excited to be participating in rugby lessons led by Grangemouth Stags RFC for the next 4 weeks 🏉 Sessions will take place on Thursdays, starting Thursday 18th September. Please ensure your child brings a full change of P.E kit and a change of shoes for these sessions 👟

P7M Class Charter ☺️ We decided we wanted everyone’s handprints decorated with things they love as our theme 👏 We discussed what rights were most important to us and decided how we could ensure everyone gets their rights met 💜 @rightsbeancross.bsky.social

Once we finished we wanted to spend some time playing with our buddies 💜

We celebrated Roald Dahl day one day early today 📚 We created our own chocolate bars and golden tickets inspired by ‘Charlie and the Chocolate Factory’ 🍫 There were lots of creative ideas! @misspenn-bps.bsky.social @missmcguckinbps.bsky.social

SHANARRI We discussed when we feel safe 😊 We shared our achievements 🏆 We planned healthy meals 🍽️ We discussed different behaviours and choices ✅ ❌ We explored friendships 👫🏻🍎🍏 Ask us at home about the results of our apple experiment - we loved this! @mrslangbps.bsky.social

Active Literacy 🔡✏️ We know there are 5 representations of the phoneme ae. We created a phoneme family chart, used elkonin boxes, diacritically marked and searched for words in a phoneme story. We’ve also been practising common words ✍🏼 Ask us at home about the 4 strategies @mrslangbps.bsky.social

Another birthday girl in P4SL 🎈 🥳 @mrslangbps.bsky.social

We explored our Connectors non fiction text today. What did your child learn?

At Meet the Teacher, P6R decided on a gaming theme for our charter. During our first week, we discussed the articles we wished to have in it and how we could make sure these could be sustained @rightsbeancross.bsky.social

In literacy today, we practised our words in a way of our choice and we read for pleasure on BorrowBox. Lots of pupils chose Audiobooks to enjoy.

Some pupils were keen to share their findings and creations by screening on to Apple TV in the classroom.

P5E Class Charter - This week P5E discussed how our rights can be respected in both our class and across our school. We looked at a number of the UNCRC articles and how they relate to us. We then created our own class charter after voting on themes of our choice. @rightsbeancross.bsky.social

🏆 SPORTS AWARDS 🏆 Tonight we held out 3rd annual Sports Ball/Awards night. Well done to all our award winners this year, but a huge thank you to all pupils who come along to our Extra-Curricular activities & to your parents for allowing you to take part. It wouldn’t be possible without you!

Learning all about mini beasts in our recent Under the trees session🌳 Finished off with a mini beast hunt 🕵️‍♀️🐜

✨ASSEMBLY SUPERSTARS ✨ 🗳️ Our P7’s presented in their ‘political parties’ today & shared their ideas for change @beancross.bsky.social 💡 Ideas inc: 🛝 Playground re-design 🫶🏻 Kindness ambassadors ♻️ Eco Initiatives 🏈 Additional sports clubs All pupils will cast their vote in the coming weeks 📆

👍🏻 It’s another ‘thumbs up’ for breakfast here at PGL - some pupils have been trying new foods here too (for breakfast & dinner) 🍽️

🍊 BREAKFAST - THURS 🍊 ⏰ Another early morning for us but as you can see, we’re all wide awake and ready to go! 🤩 🥓 Breakfast first before we head to LegoLand! 🥳 Pupils are SO excited for today! 🎢 @beancross.bsky.social

Our upper school Assembly Superstars 🌟 🤩 💜 - Top of the Chart, Playground Superstars and some personal achievements! 👏@beancross.bsky.social

Our P1-P3 school Assembly Superstars 🌟 🤩 💜 - Top of the Chart, Playground Superstars and some personal achievements! 👏@beancross.bsky.social

🪩 SILENT DISCO - WED 🪩 Whilst taking a breather on the balcony, the boys held their own ‘silent’ dance battle 🕺 They’ve definitely got some moves (Even with no music!)🕺🪩 @beancross.bsky.social

🇬🇧 LONDON 🇬🇧 Today was our adventure in the centre of London. After our weeks of learning about different inspirational figures and landmarks, we got to see it all.

🚣🏽 RAFT BUILDING 🚣‍♂️ The heat today meant that chilling in the water was a perfect time to “unwind” (if you can call it that!)

Raft Building 🛶