Balnain Primary - 2025-2026 School Activity Blog

School Activity Blog

from August 2025 to July 2026

4.10.25 - P1-3 IDL

Primary 1-3 have been focusing on Mini Beasts for their IDL topic. We have been learning about and investigating Mini Beast habitats! We took our knowledge and created our own Mini Beast houses that we are very proud of!

3.10.25 ~ Cyanotype Workshop

Here are some photos from our amazing Cyanotype workshop today with Angela. Safe to say this was one of those 'Best Day Ever!' school days! What a creative bunch we have here at Balnain, well done everyone!

29.09.25 - Cooking Club!

Our P4-7 pupils were delighted to have Cooking Club today so that they could make Apple Crumble too. Mrs McCloskey supported the children to read and follow the recipe, measure the ingredients and make their own apple crumble to take home. We were impressed with their food technology skills!

Pupils gave this recipe a great review!

We're glad to hear that you enjoyed it so much.

Well done everyone!

25.09.25 - Cooking Club!

P1-3 pupils put on their aprons this afternoon and were excited to make Apple Crumble in our first Cooking Club session of the year. We used apples from our own apple tree in the school grounds. Mrs McCloskey helped the children to follow the recipe and develop their food technology skills: measuring the ingredients, chopping the apples, gently cooking the apples and rubbing the butter with the flour and sugar. Good job everyone! We hope that you enjoy eating these at home.

17.9.25 Andy Goldsworthy Outdoor Art

12.9.25 - Duckling Visit

We had two very special visitors in school today...Seonaidh's family have recently hatched two ducklings and brought them into school. We were delighted to meet Salt and Pepper and learn more about how to look after young ducklings.

8.9.25 - Eco Leaders

As we are hoping to gain our Eco Schools Award this year, we need Eco Leaders to help us. We were very impressed with all of the applications for these roles and were pleased to appoint Eirica, Ella, William, Ava and Jackson to support us. Well done everyone!

8.9.25 - Digital Leaders

Applications were open for new Digital Leaders to help us develop our digital skills across the school. We were very impressed with the quality of applications for these roles and we were delighted to appoint Angus, Ben and Connie as our new Digital Leaders, along with our Junior Digital Leaders Poppy and Sorley.

8.9.25 - JRSOs

Applications were open for new Junior Road Safety Officers to help us develop our awareness of road safety across the school.

We were delighted to appoint Alexa, Lola and Joseph as our new JRSOs.

Well done!

3.9.25 - Visit from Storyteller 'Creeping Toad'

Everyone enjoyed our day of creativity today with 'Creeping Toad'. Gordon captivated us with his stories and inspired us to create our own! Pupils were busy making their own finger puppets and pop up landscapes to retell their own stories. We were also outside getting inspiration from nature to enrich our stories and artwork.

2.9.25 - P1 Numeracy

Our P1 pupils have been settling in well, and working hard on their numeracy. We had a look at forming numbers with playdough and using pom poms to help us count and develop our fine motor skills!

1.9.25 - The Balnain Sorting Hat came out today to sort our new P1 pupils into their House Groups! We love this hat, which was beautifully made by a very talented former parent. It was made from a recycled school jumper and if you look carefully, you can see each of our House Group animals on it. Each House Group now has a new Squirrel, Red Deer and Badger.

25.8.25 - At our Assembly today, we focused on what it means to show Respect for ourselves, each other, our school and our environment.

We also shared this digital book, 'Let's Explore our Rights' to help our new pupils learn more about the United Nations Convention of the Rights of the Child (UNCRC).

Article 42 states that all children and adults should know about the Convention.

Please have a look and learn more about Children's Rights.

19/8/25 - Assembly

At assembly today we reminded everyone of our school values here at Balnain Primary.

We also read this lovely book about Kindness.