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Miss McGuckin and P2 @missmcguckinbps.bsky.social · 11/06/2026

Today in P1 we celebrated the start of the World Cup ⚽🌍 We had a fantastic session with Galaxy Football, where we practised our football skills, took part in fun activities, and worked together as a team. We had so much fun and showed great enthusiasm throughout! ⭐⚽🙌

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Miss Jennifer Lesko @missjlesko.bsky.social · 29/05/2026

⚽BEANIE CUP AND FUN DAY⚽ Have fun while helping to raise money on Sunday 7th June, from 11am at Beancross Primary School for our 3rd Annual Beanie Cup and Fun Day. There will be lots going on for all the family and entry to the fayre is completely free. Please come along and support our school.

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Miss McGuckin and P2 @missmcguckinbps.bsky.social · 20/05/2026

We have been exploring the seasons 🍂☀️❄️🌸 We sorted different objects into the seasons we would find them in and had some great discussions about where each item should go. Fantastic thinking and teamwork from everyone! 🌟

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Miss McQuade @beanxmcquade.bsky.social · 27/04/2026

What a lovely day ☀️ just the perfect weather to try out some transient land art! 🍃 🎨 pupils used natural materials to create mandalas and pictures. Ask your child what they made! @missmcguckinbps.bsky.social @missmci-bps.bsky.social @mrsmclachlan.bsky.social

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Miss McGuckin and P2 @missmcguckinbps.bsky.social · 26/03/2026

🐣🐰Beancross Easter Fayre🐰🐣 Come along on Sunday the 29th of March between 12-2pm to our Easter Fayre! We look forward to seeing you there👋

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Miss Jennifer Lesko @missjlesko.bsky.social · 11/03/2026

🌟GLEE🌟 We are on our way home with some very tired faces. Our arrival time is approx 9pm at Beancross PS. See you there!

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Miss McGuckin and P2 @missmcguckinbps.bsky.social · 05/03/2026

We have been learning about farms 🚜🐄 We explored non-fiction texts and created our own fact files about animals on the farm. We learned about what they eat and where they live. Fantastic learning P1💜

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Miss McGuckin and P2 @missmcguckinbps.bsky.social · 05/03/2026

We have been exploring patterns 🔵🔺 We used different materials to continue patterns, find the missing item, and create our own patterns. Fantastic thinking and creativity🌟

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Miss McGuckin and P2 @missmcguckinbps.bsky.social · 05/03/2026

Today we have been learning to double numbers to 5 and beyond 🔢✨ We played a game called Flip and Double, where we used our mental maths to work out the doubles. Great thinking and number skills from everyone🌟

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Miss McGuckin and P2 @missmcguckinbps.bsky.social · 18/02/2026

Today in P1 we explored Chinese New Year 🧧✨ We learned that it is the Year of the Horse and discovered that the colour red brings good luck in China. We then created our own Chinese-inspired lanterns, they look fantastic! 🏮🌟

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Miss McGuckin and P2 @missmcguckinbps.bsky.social · 11/02/2026

Just a reminder that tomorrow is a dress down day for all children🥰

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Beancross Primary School @beancross.bsky.social · 11/02/2026

Our Parent Council have arranged a Dress Down Day for tomorrow.

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Miss McGuckin and P2 @missmcguckinbps.bsky.social · 04/02/2026

We tasted different Scottish foods to celebrate Burns Day, we described the Haggis as spicy and we weren’t the biggest fans of Neeps🤣 We then rated the foods out of 5, the shortbread was our favourite🏴󠁧󠁢󠁳󠁣󠁴󠁿⭐️

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Miss McGuckin and P2 @missmcguckinbps.bsky.social · 17/01/2026

We have been learning how to subtract ➖ We played Subtraction Smash, rolling the dice to take away numbers from 10 and then writing the number sentence. A fun and active way to build our maths skills! 🎲✏️

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Miss McGuckin and P2 @missmcguckinbps.bsky.social · 17/01/2026

We have been learning about Scotland and discovered lots of interesting facts about the Kelpies 🐎 The children then used their creativity to make their own Kelpies using playdough, fantastic learning 🎨✨

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Miss McGuckin and P2 @missmcguckinbps.bsky.social · 18/12/2025

This week we made sustainable reindeer dust ✨🦌 We had lots of fun making it and can’t wait to sprinkle it outside our houses on Christmas Eve to help guide Santa’s reindeer🎄💫

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Miss McGuckin and P2 @missmcguckinbps.bsky.social · 18/12/2025

Today our buddies came to read us their Christmas picture books 🎄📚 We loved sharing stories together and spending time with our P7 buddies. Thank you so much P7 for making it such a special part of our day💜✨ @missmeiklebps.bsky.social @misspenn-bps.bsky.social

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Miss McGuckin and P2 @missmcguckinbps.bsky.social · 09/12/2025

Tomorrow is the P1 Christmas Party🎄✨ Your child can either: – Go home for lunch at 12pm and return to school in their party clothes for 1pm. – Stay for lunch at school and bring their party clothes with them. - Wear their party clothes to school. We can’t wait to party🎉

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Miss McGuckin and P2 @missmcguckinbps.bsky.social · 09/12/2025

Today we made ginger salt dough decorations🎄✨ We followed the recipe carefully and made sure all our measurements were just right. We can’t wait to paint them and hang them on our Christmas tree🎨🌟

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Miss McGuckin and P2 @missmcguckinbps.bsky.social · 05/12/2025

We had an amazing time on our Christmas adventure at Callendar House! 🎄✨ We helped Trixie and Cupid save Rudolph from Jack Frost, and the fun continued as the children got to decorate a Christmas tree! 🎁🌟

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Miss McGuckin and P2 @missmcguckinbps.bsky.social · 04/12/2025

Tomorrow P1G are off on our Christmas Adventure! 🎄✨ We’ll be leaving school around 9:15am, so please arrive for 9:00am. Children don’t need to bring anything, just make sure they’re wrapped up warm🧣🧤

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Miss McGuckin and P2 @missmcguckinbps.bsky.social · 20/11/2025

🏙️✨ We’ve been exploring landmarks this week! The children created beautiful silhouette art by placing an outline of their favourite landmark, sponge-painting dots all around it, and then peeling it back for the big reveal. They look amazing🎨🖼️💛

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Miss McGuckin and P2 @missmcguckinbps.bsky.social · 20/11/2025

📚✨ We’ve been consolidating our s, a, t, p, i, n sounds this week! Today we played Tap, Tap, Read - sounding out and spelling words hidden in the cup. The children loved this game and showed amazing blending skills 🔤💡🤩

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Miss McGuckin and P2 @missmcguckinbps.bsky.social · 06/11/2025

We learned about children’s rights and explored what international aid means. We discussed how organisations work together to lend a helping had. We drew pictures showing things they could give or do to help people in less economically developed countries and communities in need of support💛🌍

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Miss McGuckin and P2 @missmcguckinbps.bsky.social · 03/11/2025

Today we created beautiful Bonfire pictures using salt art! We sprinkled salt onto our designs and added watercolour paints to bring them to life, the colours spread through the salt and looked just like fireworks in the night sky🎆🎇

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Mrs Rowan @mrsvrowan.bsky.social · 31/10/2025

We worked with our buddies to design and build a model of our choice using K'nex, Lego or blocks. We had castles, a treehouse, Big Ben, Stonehenge, Statue of Liberty and a bridge 🌉 @missmci-bps.bsky.social @missmcguckinbps.bsky.social @misspenn-bps.bsky.social @missmeiklebps.bsky.social

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Miss McGuckin and P2 @missmcguckinbps.bsky.social · 30/10/2025

🎃 Happy Halloween! 👻 Tomorrow, pupils are welcome to come to school dressed in their Halloween costumes🧛‍♀️🧙‍♂️ Please remember: • No masks or weapons are allowed We’re looking forward to a fun and spooky day🕸️🦇

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Miss McGuckin and P2 @missmcguckinbps.bsky.social · 29/10/2025

Today we explored measurement by making playdough! 🎨👩‍🍳 We measured full and half cups to get the mix just right 🥣 Then we discussed how to fix it if it was too sticky or if we’d added too much flour, great problem-solving💡

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Miss Meikle and P7M @missmeiklebps.bsky.social · 10/10/2025

Buddy Time Halloween Party! We enjoyed playing Halloween themed games and dancing to spooky songs with our P1 buddies this morning! 👻🎃 @misspenn-bps.bsky.social @missmci-bps.bsky.social @missmcguckinbps.bsky.social

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Miss Meikle and P7M @missmeiklebps.bsky.social · 09/10/2025

Our P1 buddies had a visit from the fire brigade and we were lucky enough to join them! ☺️🧯 P7 thoroughly enjoyed this experience and asked lots of great questions! 🚒 @missmcguckinbps.bsky.social @missmci-bps.bsky.social

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Miss Mitchell @missmitchell2.bsky.social · 26/09/2025

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

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Mrs Lang @mrslangbps.bsky.social · 26/09/2025

Today is the European day of languages. We listened to stories which were in French, Spanish and Irish. We also designed flags for a country of our choice. They did a great job! @missmeiklebps.bsky.social @missmcguckinbps.bsky.social @mrsswanbx.bsky.social #EuropeanDayOfLanguages

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Miss McGuckin and P2 @missmcguckinbps.bsky.social · 25/09/2025

We have been learning about the Zones of Regulation. 🌱 Today we explored the Green Zone- when we feel calm, happy & ready to learn. We shared ideas that help us stay there & started making our own Zones of Regulation charts to track our feelings. 💚

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Miss McGuckin and P2 @missmcguckinbps.bsky.social · 19/09/2025

What an exciting day with our buddies! 🚒 The fire brigade came to visit, we held the hose, sat in the fire engine, and asked loads of questions 🙋🏼‍♀️🙋🏽‍♂️ @missmeiklebps.bsky.social @misspenn-bps.bsky.social

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Miss McGuckin and P2 @missmcguckinbps.bsky.social · 17/09/2025

We have created our Class Charter, underpinned by the UNCRC 🌍✨ We talked about what respect looks like in our classroom and how we can treat each other kindly #RightsRespectingSchools @rightsbeancross.bsky.social

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Miss McGuckin and P2 @missmcguckinbps.bsky.social · 12/09/2025

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 🧑‍⚕️✨

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Miss Meikle and P7M @missmeiklebps.bsky.social · 12/09/2025

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

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Miss Meikle and P7M @missmeiklebps.bsky.social · 12/09/2025

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

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Miss McGuckin and P2 @missmcguckinbps.bsky.social · 09/09/2025

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

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Miss McGuckin and P2 @missmcguckinbps.bsky.social · 09/09/2025

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

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Miss McGuckin and P2 @missmcguckinbps.bsky.social · 09/09/2025

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 📚

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Miss McGuckin and P2 @missmcguckinbps.bsky.social · 08/09/2025

⚽️🥎Change of PE Days🥎⚽️ Due to a change in timetabling, P1G’s PE days will now be on Monday and Tuesday. Please ensure your child either wears their PE kit under their uniform or brings a change of clothes in their bag👟🤸‍♀️

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Miss McGuckin and P2 @missmcguckinbps.bsky.social · 20/08/2025

📸 Permission slips have been sent home to allow us to share class photos on Bluesky. Please return them by Friday so we can start posting! 💜

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Beancross Primary School @beancross.bsky.social · 18/08/2025

We are very much enjoying the warm weather! We would encourage that during the warm weather, that pupils: 🧴Have sun cream applied before school. 🚰bring a full water bottle with them. 🧢bring a sun hat to wear when outdoors. Your support is always appreciated.

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Miss McGuckin and P2 @missmcguckinbps.bsky.social · 15/08/2025

We’ve had a fantastic first week in Primary 1G! 🥳 Wishing everyone a sunny weekend ☀️ From Monday: line up at the 9am bell & pick-up at 3pm ⌚️

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Miss McGuckin and P2 @missmcguckinbps.bsky.social · 26/06/2025

Our first week of Primary 1 and our last week of Primary 1💜 I am super proud of how far they have all come this year, it has been an absolute pleasure to teach you this year👩🏼‍🏫📚✏️

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Miss McGuckin and P2 @missmcguckinbps.bsky.social · 10/06/2025

Today in numeracy, we had fun adding 10s together! We threw a ball at the dartboard to hit two numbers, then wrote a number sentence to match. Using our super counting-in-10s skills, we figured out the answers🎯➕🔟

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Miss McGuckin and P2 @missmcguckinbps.bsky.social · 09/06/2025

We had a wonderful day at the science centre for our end-of-school trip. We enjoyed exploring all the different exhibits, and we also got to watch Animal Kingdom in the IMAX theatre🧫🔭🔬🧬

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Miss McGuckin and P2 @missmcguckinbps.bsky.social · 04/06/2025

This week we have been learning to round to the nearest 10, and we had to round the number up or down and put it in the correct cup🔟

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