Firstly, I would like to thank our leadership team, teaching staff and support staff for their commitment to our pupils. Every day they go above and beyond to provide the highest quality learning experiences, care and support for our children. Their passion, professionalism and determination to continually improve our school is truly remarkable.

I would also like to extend my thanks to Friends of Blackness for their continued support throughout the year. Their commitment to our school and willingness to work alongside us helps strengthen the positive partnerships that are so important to our success.

To all of our parents and carers, thank you for your ongoing support and for working in partnership with us. Together, we continue to ensure that Blackness is a school of excellence where children are supported to achieve their full potential. The positive relationships between home and school are one of our greatest strengths and we are incredibly grateful for your trust and encouragement.

Most importantly, I would like to congratulate our wonderful pupils. They are at the heart of everything we do and continue to make us proud every day. Their enthusiasm, resilience, kindness and dedication to their learning have been evident throughout the year. They are a credit to themselves, their families and our school.

To our Primary 7 pupils, as you prepare to move on to the next stage of your educational journey, I would like to wish you every success, happiness and fulfilment in the years ahead. You will be greatly missed by everyone at Blackness. Over the past seven years, you have grown into confident, responsible and caring pupils who have made a lasting contribution to our school community. You have been excellent role models for our younger pupils and have embodied the values that make Blackness such a special place. We are incredibly proud of all that you have achieved and have no doubt that you will continue to accomplish great things in the future.

As one chapter closes, another begins. In August, we are delighted to welcome our new Primary 1 pupils and their families to Blackness. We look forward to supporting them as they begin their own journey with us. We know that our new Primary 1s will quickly become valued members of the Blackness family, creating their own memories, achievements and successes over the next seven years.

This year has also been one of significant improvement and achievement. I am delighted that we have successfully met our attendance stretch aim, as well as our overall literacy and numeracy stretch aims. We have also continued to strengthen our inclusive practice and learning environments, ensuring that every child feels valued, supported and able to succeed. Staff have engaged in professional learning focused on pedagogy, including differentiation and the development of metaskills, helping us further enhance learning and teaching across the school. We look forward to sharing our new School Improvement Plan with you in August as we continue our journey of growth and excellence.

I wish all our pupils, families and staff a happy, safe and restful summer break. We look forward to welcoming everyone back in August for another exciting year ahead.

Miss Taylor
Head Teacher

We look forward to seeing as many of you as possible at the Teddy Bears Picnic on August 13th at 11:30AM

Lisa was fantastic with the class and used her experience of leading baby sensory classes to help us explore our senses in a fun and engaging way. She brought along lots of interactive activities, including tasting different fruits and smelling a variety of spices and fruits. We also had the opportunity to touch and feel different textures while learning many amazing facts about how our senses work.

It was a truly wonderful workshop that everyone thoroughly enjoyed. The children had a fantastic time, and even Mrs Thomson learned something new!

A huge thank you to Lisa for sharing her time, expertise and enthusiasm with Primary 2. We are very grateful for such a memorable learning experience.

During this term, we have studied varied aspects of the sciences; Space, Renewable resources, Scientific experiments, Biomes / Habitats and Endangered animals. The class embarked on a journey to the Botanical Gardens to examine plants in varied biomes. The class learned the importance of light within the photosynthesis process.

The class has also been learning how to include persuasive techniques within their writing. We all agree that the using a growth mindset and The Power of Yet phrase, is a helpful strategy for climbing out of the pit  of discouragement. We believe that promoting an end to cyberbullying and recognising how to keep safe online is an important message for kids to know. We have enjoyed our recent cricket gym sessions and have focused on improving our skills, teamwork, and sportsmanship.

P5a, I am very proud of your hard work and determination to achieve in all areas of the curriculum this year. It is truly wonderful to watch you strengthen your presentation skills! Wishing you a lovely holiday and an amazing transition to P6!

With gratitude,

Mrs Courtney McConnell

Ritchie told us about the incubator he used when the chicks were still eggs and explained how the chicks now snuggle under a warm plate which mimics their mum. We also saw photographs of the hens they own and used a special light to look inside eggs to see whether there might be a chick growing inside.

It was a wonderful experience for all of the children. Kit H and Sylvie were experts too, and we learned so much from them both.

Most importantly the children took part in buddy training with Mr Ferrier and took over as buddies from the P7s earlier this month. They have proved themselves to be very responsible members of the school community willing to give up their own time to support the younger pupils which is exactly what we hope our senior pupils will do. Primary 6a you have shown you are more than ready for the responsibilities that go along with Primary 7 which you will be before you know it - very well done indeed, we are very proud of you.

We also really appreciated having Jayden's Dad come in to help us with our singing and choreography for Surfin USA which was part of our class performance to parents.

This term P5B had the opportunity to learn more about habits and behaviours through a drama workshop. We then put our knowledge of all the learning to test and had a class performance at the end to an audience. 

At Blackness, we are incredibly proud to be a mosaic of cultures.

Our school brings together pupils from 31 different countries, bringing a world of traditions and perspective right into our classrooms, our pupils speak many languages and our community follows five main religions.

This incredible mix makes our school a unique, welcoming and exciting place to learn.

Next session we hope to learn even more from each other. Our UNCRC Ambassadors will be organising a culture day - look out for more information.

Here are just some of the photographs from our Summer Fair.

Here is some useful information from Occupational Therapy.

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blacknessprimary@dundeeschools.scot

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• Thursday 2 July - P7 Leavers Gathering

• Friday 3 July - Term ends at 12 noon

• Monday 10 - Friday 14 August Holiday Club - invitations sent

• Thursday 13 August - Teddy Bears Picnic 11:30AM -12:30PM

Autumn Term

• Monday 17 August - P1 pupils visit to new classroom

• Monday 17 August- FoB Committee Meeting

• Tuesday 18 August - Pupils resume

• Friday 21 August - P1 Stay and Play, 2PM - invitation in P1 transition information

• Friday 28 August - P1 Stay and Play, 2PM - invitation in P1 transition information

• Tuesday 1 September, 5PM - P7 Parent Residential Meeting

• Wednesday 9 September - Thistle House Lunch

• Wednesday 16 September - Bluebell House Lunch

• Wednesday 16 September, 5PM - Early Level Curriculum Evening

• Thursday 10 September - FoB P1 Beetle Drive

• Wednesday 23 September - Heather House Lunch

• Thursday 24 September - FoB Parent Get Together

• Wednesday 30 September - Primrose House Lunch

• Wednesday 30 September - Friday 2 October - P7 Douglaswood Residential

• Tuesday 6 October - Parent/ Teacher Meetings (more information to follow)

• Thursday 8 October - Parent/ Teacher Meetings (more information to follow)

• Friday 9 October - Fun Fit Friday - Raising money for digital resources (more information to follow)

• Friday 9 October - Term ends

Autumn Holiday

• Monday 12 October - Holiday starts

• Friday 23 October- Holiday ends

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Winter Term

• Monday 26 October - All resume

• Thursday 5 November - P6 Parent/ Career Residential Meeting

• Wednesday 11 November - House Afternoon - come dressed in house colours

• Thursday 12 November - In service day, schools closed

• Friday 13 November - In service day, schools closed

• Monday 16 November- FoB Get Together

• Wednesday 18 November - Bluebell House Lunch

• Wednesday 25 November - Heather House Lunch

• Saturday 28 November - Winter Fair

• Wednesday 2 December - Primrose House Lunch

• Wednesday 9 December - Thistle House Lunch

• Tuesday 15 December, 11AM - P1 Nativity

• Thursday 17 December - P3- P7 to REP Snow Queen

• Friday 18 December -Church Service

• Monday 21-Wednesday 23 December -Christmas Parties (more information to follow)

• Wednesday 23 December - Term ends

  
  

Christmas Holiday

• Thursday 24 December 2026 - Holiday starts

• Wednesday 6 January 2027 - Holiday ends

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Inspired by the political interests and actions of the Primary 7 pupils, Graeme gave the pupils a deeper look at Events, Patterns & Trends, Systems & Structures and Mental Modes of large scale current political issues. Pupils in teams discussed and discovered the definition of key vocabulary of Activism. Graeme also shared some historical figures and their respective movements with the pupils.

Pupil voice:

James

“When Graeme was teaching us, he was talking about how people can make a difference in the world your in.”

Annabel

“When Graeme was teaching us, I learned that anyone can change the world."

Freddie

“I liked learning about activism and how to do it correctly. I also like to learn about Mary Barbour and Martin Luther Kings speech and how it impacted the world.”

There were 2 Blackness teams:

Team 1 - played 4; won 1 and lost 3

Charlotte Gibson

Olivia McBrearty

Dylan Kettles

Rachel Easson

Carah Sinclair

Sophie Hands

Vaishnavi Hari

Raghad Mekawy

Team 2 - played 4; won 1; drew 1 and lost 2

Freya MacLeod

Etta Davidson

Belle Calder

Lizzie Douglas 

Lois McClean

Mya Jones

Ruby San

Imogen Forbes

Amy MacDougall

It has been non-stop with activities and events in the classroom and series of trips out and about. P7 have been hard at work finishing off assessments and learning before they transition onto their high schools. We have had events at local high schools allowing lots of new relationships to be built. 

We have had visitors in to teach us the importance of activism and social justice, medical students educating us on services to use when we are unwell and doctors who volunteered in Nepal and met Freddie Flintoff!

We have made bread dough, visited the V&A (again), where some of our Trashion Show pictures were placed in the Catwalk exhibition, written and performed original songs based around our favourite foods, participated in another House Afternoon and Sports day and visited Active Kids in a whole school trip. We also were let loose in Craigtoun Park for our P7 Leavers Trip and enjoyed a buffet from Clarks Bakery. 

In class we celebrated David Attenborough's 100^th birthday and enjoyed working with perspective art, taking inspirating from Van Gogh with our bedroom sketches and the impact of colour. Of course, we have linked a lot of our learning to the World Cup and Scotland!

Finally, as we prepare to say goodbye to Blackness Primary School, we wrote letters and poems for our future P1s to help them feel welcome and ready to join after the Summer.

A wonderful last term to celebrate a wonderful group of children - still so much to come: a disco, shirt signing, Leavers Gathering and our final morning at School!

Over this session, led by Mrs Fairfield and Mr Pound, our staff and pupils have worked incredibly hard to showcase how we use digital tools to enhance our curriculum, promote online safety, and build essential 21st century skills.

This is a fantastic milestone for our school community. We look forward to continuing our digital journey as we prepare our learners to thrive in an evolving digital landscape.

We are committed to embedding children's rights into our school's ethos, policies and daily practice.

Congratulations to our fantastic UNCRC Ambassadors, they have worked all year delivering rights in gatherings, and helping with rights displays around school and in classroom. Thank you too for your support, discussing learning shared via the Padlet at home, sharing your opinions through surveys and to those parents who joined our accreditation meeting.

Over the past eight years, she has been an integral part of our Blackness Primary School family. Ms Sloane has inspired many pupils with her passion for literacy, dedication to growth and a great school show. While we will deeply miss her presence in school, we wish her a joyful and well deserved retirement.

Over the past six years, Fiona has worked with many in our Blackness Primary School Community, from offering a listening ear to parents, to supporting our pupils emotional growth, connecting and signposting to services and supporting the development of our Cost of the School Day plan.

We wish Fiona a happy retirement filled with wonderful moments with her granddaughter!

Staffing and Classes for Session 2026-27 

Primary 1a- Mrs Finlay

Primary1b- Mrs Dingwall  

Primary 2- Mrs Stewart/ Mrs MacDonald

Primary 2/3- Mrs Thomson  

Primary 3- Miss Montieth

Primary 3 /4 – Miss Allen 

Primary 4- Miss Riley

Primary 5- Miss Stewart  

Primary 5/6- Mrs McConnell & Mr Tarbett (Fri)

Primary 6- Mr Pound 

Primary 6/7- Mrs Fairfield

Primary 7- Mr Pullar 

Supporting learners: Mrs Nivison 

Raising Attainment and Reduced Contact Time (RCT) staff: Miss Anderson, Mrs Stephen-Pont and Mr Tarbett.  

Principal Teacher: Mrs Cuthbert  

Depute Head Teacher: Mrs Allan  

Head Teacher: Miss Taylor

Here a few pictures captured at the event.

What a tremendous effort made by all! It was great to see lots of Scottish colours and the children (and staff) enjoyed a range of play and football related activities.

This all links to UNCRC article 31 every child has the right to relax, play and take part in a wide range of cultural and artistic activities.

Thank you to Lisa Melrose, Friends of Blackness and our wonderful P7 teachers for putting together such a great event.

Their success didn't stop there, as they also lifted the Linton Cup after a tense and hard-fought final against St Joseph's.

Pictured are the boys celebrating their league and cup triumphs. We are incredibly proud of their commitment, teamwork, sportsmanship and achievements throughout the season. Congratulations to all involved!