The proud participants, showcasing their creations. Well done everyone. Merry Christmas to all. #SuccessfulLearners

Then we got busy, families working together, creating beautiful wreaths. A huge thank you to Morag from MonkeyMakes for donating resources and coming along with her advice. #Community

Ready for our wreath making workshop this afternoon. Thank you to everyone who donated greenery, ribbons and sparkly bits. #partnerships

Each week in assembly we focus on one of our zones, the range of emotions we feel and strategies to support us with these emotions. If you would like to know more, please contact school. #partnerships #ResponsibleCitizens #ConfidentIndividuals

As staff prepare for inset over the coming days, I came across this article which may resonate with families over Christmas:

A huge thank you to everyone for dressing in Christmas colours today and bringing a donation for our Chocolate Tombola, it's all adding up to be an exciting Christmas. #partnerships #Christmas2025

The children amazed me in assembly today as we celebrated @BookWeekScot and wrote our own stories, some children created their own books, their imaginations and ideas were flowing and they worked very well together, in pairs and groups of 3 @scottishbktrust

Today we went to Willowbank Care Home to sing songs. The residents really enjoyed our visit. #communitylinks #balhousiecarehome #willowbank #literacy #singing #earlyyears

We celebrated anti-bullying week today by wearing odd socks and celebrating our differences @_respectme_

P1 - 4 worked very hard on their poppies today after watching a clip about remembrance day and thinking about all our service men, women and animals. #ResponsibleCitizens @PoppyLegion

So proud of our team who brought home the FairPlay trophy today #responsiblecitizens

Some more beautiful artwork by P5, inspired by @GoldsworthyAndy We were inspired by @GoldsworthyAndy #successfullearners #outdoorlearning @LtLScotland @LfSAngus

We were inspired by @GoldsworthyAndy artwork and created our own nature art today in P5 #successfullearners #outdoorlearning @LtLScotland @LfSAngus

We had a great assembly with Kenny from the Carnoustie Scouts today, a huge thank you to everyone who dressed in uniform and took part. Take a look here https://t.co/cWFp2OnCE1 to find out more

We are working on our hand and eye coordination, fine motor skills and keeping safe while hammering the golf tee’s into the pumpkins.🎃 🔨 #safe #tools #earlyyears #STEAM #pumpkins #golftees #HWB #handandeyecoordination #socialising

At today's P1 - 4 assembly, we talked about staying Safe and Healthy at Halloween and ensuring we are Included in part of a group if out guising. We made some pumpkins to decorate the school hall for next week's disco.

We have been learning how to manage risks and reduce harm. We crossed the road to the outdoor classroom safely by following the instructions by looking, listening, looking again. Then we looked at the big tree that had fallen down in the park. #earlyyears #HWB #environment #safe

Yesterday the Nursery had a Little Scribblers session with the Occupational Therapists. Lots of parents, carers and grandparents attended and had fun learning with the children #earlyyears #littlescribblers #learning #communitylinks #parentsandcarers #earlywriting #nhstayside

This week we have plums and more apples in the foyer, please come and help yourself. Thank you to P1 and P2 for helping to pick the fruit. #Teamwork

Welcome back to our new session. The children have come back with happy faces and all seem settled in to their new classes. We have been apple picking today and their are apples galore in the foyer for collection. #partnerships #gardening