Category Archives: -My Achievements

St Andrew’s Day

Oliver brought a very interesting piece of material into nursery on Monday. At welcome time his group discussed this piece of material and learned it was a strip of tartan. Oliver explained tartan is a traditional Scottish fabric and that Monday was a special Scottish day known as St Andrew’s Day.

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Oliver shared this knowledge with the rest of the nursery and the boys and girls decided they would like to make their own tartan. Our Child Development Officer Nicole set up the arts and craft table with cars, paint and paper to make our own tartan prints.

 

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Welly Waddle

On Thursday 8th October 2015, the nursery class participated in a sponsored Welly Waddle to raise funds for the Scottish Cot Death Trust. We all waddled our way around Newlands Park wearing a fantastic selection of wellington boots. Luckily the weather was on our side and we didn’t need the raincoats to match our wellies. The event finished with a lovely picnic in the park. Thank you to all the parents who turned out to cheer us on.

 

Keep checking the blog for the final total of sponsorship we achieved.

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Eid ul Adha

Many of our families celebrated Eid ul Adha in September. Children who were celebrating Eid ul Adha shared experiences of buying new clothes and visiting relatives for the celebration. Miss Rasul, who teaches in the school, also celebrates Eid ul Adha and popped into nursery to help explore henna patterns and Eid celebration cards.

We wish all our families celebrating Eid Mubarak!

Calderwood Celebrates Rosh Hashanah

In early September many of our families were celebrating the Jewish festival of Rosh Hashanah, the celebration of New Year.  Jewish families celebrate Rosh Hashanah with sweet foods, like apples dipped in honey and honey cake, as a wish for a sweet year. Some families also celebrate with symbolic foods like the head of a fish, pomegranates, and carrots.

In nursery we used our creative skills to make lots of craft apples and bumblebees. We got noisy learning songs about Rosh Hashanah and accompanying them with percussion instruments. Some of us even dressed up as bumblebees and buzzed around the playroom floor!

We wish all our Jewish families Shanah Tovah.

 

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