School Blog

Ursula Cheng came into school this week as part of a community art project. Ursula is collating ideas from local schools and community groups as she is planning to use these ideas to paint a local tunnel. The children at Toronto helped Ursula to make paints from natural materials such as fruit and vegetables and [...]

We are delighted that our clubs are up and running again at Toronto. This week saw our first club, Level 1 Bikeability, up and running. Next week we have P4-7 Tennis on Monday, P4-7 Choir on Wednesday and P1-3 Football on Thursday. We are hoping to add more to our list soon!

Through our recent learning we have been finding out about the Romans. We looked this week at Roman foods and were shocked at some of the items they would have on their feast menus - can you imagine eating peacock, tongue or dormice! We created our own Roman Feast menus with a variety of foods [...]

On Thursday 10th October 2024, P4/5 recognised World Mental Health Day by taking their learning outdoors. Outdoor learning is thought to improve mood, reduce stress, encourage relaxation, improve physical activity and boost confidence and self esteem. P4/5 took their literacy outdoors where they found interesting places to read their books and then use the natural [...]

You may remember a few months ago that we launched an app design competition for our P1-7 children through the Make It Happen Club, a charity whose aim is to inspire children's digital learning! This week Frances from Make It Happen returned to Toronto for a special Assembly to announce the winning design. Frances and [...]

Primary 1 and Primary 1/2 have been having fun with Mrs Graham, Mrs Stewart and Mrs Black, with the parachute! We loved trying to keep the ball on the parachute, then we changed our game and were actually aiming to get the ball through the hole in the middle. We enjoyed sitting inside the parachute [...]

This week Primary 7 attended WL track and Field Championships at Craigswood Sports Centre. There were teams of boys and girls competing in long jump, shot put, 80m, 600m and 4x100m relay. All pupils gave their best and enjoyed taking part and cheering each other on. Well done to one of our P7's who was [...]

This week P1 and P1/2 had the best time during their Kids Gone Wild session with Rob and Jax. The children enjoyed relaxing in the hammock, swinging on the tree swing and flying down the zip line. Even some of the adults had a go on the zip line!

Primary 7 enjoyed a visit to Heriot Watt University where they had fun designing and testing their own parachutes, took part in fun activities to programme the Sphero bots and also learned more about life at University. In January Primary 7 pupils took part in the Watt Box challenge, set by Heriot Watt University. The [...]