In December 2022, we set Falkirk schools a whopping eight different digital challenges to help them celebrate the Festive Season. Find out more about the activities themselves and our schools amazing results below.
The Challenge
Activity Instructions
Tutorial Videos
The Results
Celebrating Success – Happy Holidays Interactive Display
Thank you to everyone that's completed any of our Creative Activities or shared other festive digital work with us this month🎄
Click your school's bauble at the link below to see a summary celebrating just a few of the fab things you've been up to👇🌟
🔗https://t.co/1EC5d17dS8 pic.twitter.com/zgQutEkvJG— Connected Falkirk (@ConnectedFalk) December 21, 2022
I love how ideas are shared with a class and within seconds a hand goes up … “Mr Hedley! How about …”Our awesome P7’s loved @ConnectedFalk Activity 6 – make festive maps, but instead of maps they searched up houses or somewhere in Denny and made it look Christmasy!😁👏🎅🎄 pic.twitter.com/97v7niupI9
— David Hedley (@MrH_DPS) December 22, 2022
@ConnectedFalk Activity 3 – ‘Picture a Winter Word’ was lots of fun and the results looked BRILLIANT! @dennyprimsch @MissScrimgeour @misswatts__ pic.twitter.com/D7YiUC9M1I
— David Hedley (@MrH_DPS) December 22, 2022
Check this out! A brilliant video made by some of our awesome P7’s using time-lapse and Clips to show how their Christmas Enterprise items were made. @ConnectedFalk – an excellent combination of skills from the Festive Activities 4 and 8! 👍👏😁🎄🎅 @misswatts__ @MissScrimgeour pic.twitter.com/V3mznts6qg
— David Hedley (@MrH_DPS) December 22, 2022
Creative Activities for Kids 7 (Festive Edition). We used Pages app to create or trace festive drawings, add text & then festive shapes! We used our Glow email to send them to Mrs Morrison so that we could print them for special people at home. @DigiLearnFalk @ConnectedFalk pic.twitter.com/dTJr1P1Mjd
— Mrs Morrison & P7 (@BowhouseP7M) December 21, 2022
We used our @ConnectedFalk IPads to create some festive pictures and stories ❤️🎄 pic.twitter.com/f76FBjxH5N
— Primary 2 and Miss Mair 💫 (@BowhouseP2) December 21, 2022
@MPS_Primary6 enjoyed creating some festive jokes for everyone to enjoy today. @ConnectedFalk pic.twitter.com/aLZv3cnITV
— Mrs McKay (@MrsMcKayDigital) December 21, 2022
Task 8 from ‘Creative activities for kids’ was to use ‘clips’ to create our own Global Season’s Greetings! 🌎 🎄. Thank you @ConnectedFalk for all these great festive activities 😁 pic.twitter.com/aH5BiVXiQv
— P6G (@P6GHOMPS) December 20, 2022
Some images of the Christmas Cards we created using ‘Pages’ on our iPads 💻 🎄@ConnectedFalk pic.twitter.com/lVTbXdnfmm
— P6G (@P6GHOMPS) December 20, 2022
@MPS_Primary6 have enjoyed completing some of the @ConnectedFalk tasks today. Thank you for the suggestions! pic.twitter.com/VWgEPN73bk
— Mrs McKay (@MrsMcKayDigital) December 20, 2022
Some of us showed off examples of the ‘Wintery Words’ challenge we did on Keynote today on our @ConnectedFalk iPads! More to follow. @DigiLearnFalk @BowhousePS pic.twitter.com/sI8plj9ykp
— Mrs Morrison & P7 (@BowhouseP7M) December 19, 2022
P6H enjoyed developing their iPad skills and creating their Winter Wonderland maps this morning. @ConnectedFalk #digistmarg pic.twitter.com/Sthp5oLUNZ
— St Margaret's PS (@stmargaretsps) December 19, 2022
We are loving the daily @connectedfalk challenges!
Our Winter Wonderlands are currently in progress and I’m so impressed with how they have combined so many of the skills they’ve already learned #ExploreMoreAtADLC pic.twitter.com/CVdnzfaj0a
— Mrs Parker 📚 (@MrsParkersPage) December 19, 2022
Some of P6/7s wonderful winter wonderlands! ❄️ Definitely been their favourite activity so far! 😁 @ConnectedFalk pic.twitter.com/rb6Z1BQtI9
— Primary 6/7 & Miss Munro (@BantMissMunro) December 16, 2022
These Christmas jokes are cracking me up 🤣🤣🤣🤣🤣🤣🎄🎄🎄🎄🎄@ConnectedFalk pic.twitter.com/qUiXNfL0CO
— MrsHepburnCPS (@CpsHepburn) December 16, 2022
Sooooo funny 😆😆😆🤣🤣🤣🤣@ConnectedFalk pic.twitter.com/GoIRtd76Bg
— MrsHepburnCPS (@CpsHepburn) December 16, 2022
We used keynote to create these winter words. Thanks to @ConnectedFalk for the great ideas! @Kinneil_PS pic.twitter.com/MxRn89Tys3
— Ms Glasgow (@MsGlasgow_KPS) December 15, 2022
I love this ‘seasonified’ pen tub! 🎅🏼🎄🎅🏼🎄🎅🏼 @ConnectedFalk pic.twitter.com/JbxFVAbJr6
— Antonine Primary 3 & Mrs Gillespie (@mrsgillespie15) December 15, 2022
This 🌟 added animation to her ‘seasonified’ glasses case! 🙌🙌 @ConnectedFalk pic.twitter.com/Hn9nEO14Vx
— Antonine Primary 3 & Mrs Gillespie (@mrsgillespie15) December 15, 2022
While Aer were at their house party, the rest of us ‘seasonified’ some classroom objects on the iPads! 🎅🏼🎄🎅🏼🎄🎅🏼 @ConnectedFalk #Christmas2022 pic.twitter.com/JIPduBlvuA
— Antonine Primary 3 & Mrs Gillespie (@mrsgillespie15) December 15, 2022
We took part in @ConnectedFalk Festive Activity 8 this morning, demonstrating our skills in using Clips to create ‘Seasons Greetings from Around the World’ 🌎 @DigiLearnFalk #clips #christmas #newyear #seasonsgreetings #clips 🎄🎅🏼 pic.twitter.com/mRcEHXBigR
— Deanburn PS P3 (@DeanburnPS_P3) December 15, 2022
P7 had great fun creating their winter word using various skills on the iPads! @ConnectedFalk @DigiLearnFalk @MissTolandLVPS pic.twitter.com/Glz9MEiaiC
— Miss Cuthbertson (@CuthbertsonLVPS) December 15, 2022
On the 11th Day of Fitmas our chosen challenge was… Create a Fitmas classroom wonderland! We used our @ConnectedFalk iPads and some of the apps we’ve learned to use to turn out classroom into a Fitmas Classroom! @FalkirkSport #FalkirkFitmas2022 pic.twitter.com/3Rhqfjr0Zy
— Miss Hurren & P6H (@MissHurrenHPS) December 15, 2022
We had so much fun making these using the mark up tool @ConnectedFalk pic.twitter.com/AqvePGndw3
— StFrancisP2 (@stfrancisp2) December 15, 2022
The @stfrancisP6 showed us how to use the mark up tool. V turned herself and her friends into Santa, the elves and Rudolph! @ConnectedFalk pic.twitter.com/ChKkCo5kk9
— StFrancisP2 (@stfrancisp2) December 15, 2022
Great fun creating a Winter Word Picture on our @ConnectedFalk using @keynote @DigiLearnFalk pic.twitter.com/nUZto7QfAC
— P7HWPS (@P7HWPS) December 14, 2022
Great fun creating a Winter Word Picture on our @ConnectedFalk using @keynote @DigiLearnFalk pic.twitter.com/jodMwv0MrC
— P7HWPS (@P7HWPS) December 14, 2022
P7M completed @ConnectedFalk festive activity number 3 to create a winter word. Here are a few examples. 🎄🌟🎅 pic.twitter.com/BLMg5dlSxE
— Mrs McShane and P7M (@KPS_Primary7M) December 14, 2022
Today we took part in @ConnectedFalk Creative Festive Activity 5: Cracker Jokes – where we told and recorded our own seasonal jokes in groups! We then airdropped these to our peers to share the laughter! Not sure I can add voice memos to tweets to share! 😂 #jokes @DigiLearnFalk pic.twitter.com/Gll7GKP0ms
— Deanburn PS P3 (@DeanburnPS_P3) December 13, 2022
The Green Room have enjoyed using Keynote on our @ConnectedFalk iPads to create Christmas GIFS 🎄🦌☃️🐧
Check out the thread of our designs 🧵⬇️ pic.twitter.com/Xq8Ig8Gle4
— Mr Knight (@MrKnightTweets1) December 13, 2022
We’ve had a busy day in @KPS_Primary5L! Using fronted adverbials in our writing, Christmas-themed problem solving then Day 7 of @ConnectedFalk’s iPad advent, designing a Christmas card using the Pages app! 🎅🏼🎄⭐️ pic.twitter.com/NcsaLjJBVQ
— Miss Taylor (@KPS_MissTaylor) December 13, 2022
Getting in the festive spirit in P3Q. We have been using different tools on our @ConnectedFalk devices to design our own Christmas jumper. 👏🏼🌟🎄☃️ pic.twitter.com/KNVkIPmhHF
— P6W and Miss Shaw (@MissShawWPS) December 13, 2022
We have completed all 8 of the @ConnectedFalk challenges! Thank you so much we really enjoyed them and learned lots of new skills
— Miss Thompson & P6_5 (@LauriestonP6_5) December 13, 2022
Today we used our spelling words to create a Winter Themed Keynote. We had so much fun doing this! 😁@ConnectedFalk pic.twitter.com/oQhuGhltn3
— Miss McLaughlan (@MissMcLCPS) December 12, 2022
Look at the concentration as we used maps to plan out our very own ‘winter wonderland’ @ConnectedFalk ❄️⛄️ pic.twitter.com/xORhChBUG2
— P6G (@P6GHOMPS) December 12, 2022
@ConnectedFalk challenge 7 with @LauriestonP6a – Happy holiday cards using the Pages app pic.twitter.com/G8q8yixptn
— Miss Thompson & P6_5 (@LauriestonP6_5) December 12, 2022
We are using our spelling words to create a winter themed keynote. Thanks to @ConnectedFalk for another fabulous idea 💡 pic.twitter.com/hlLEsKJLLK
— mrsgentlescps (@mrsgentlescps) December 12, 2022
Yesterday, for festive activity task No. 5, we used voice memos to record Christmas cracker jokes we’d researched on our @ConnectedFalk iPads 💻🎄😁 pic.twitter.com/3q2bKbLsFv
— P6G (@P6GHOMPS) December 10, 2022
I had great fun the other day working with our P7’s on @ConnectedFalk Festive Edition of Creative Ideas for iPad activity 8. We loved learning about Clips and decided to use our new knowledge immediately to make adverts for the P7 Christmas Enterprise. Well done P7 👍🎅🎄 pic.twitter.com/t3Pn3oDYiY
— David Hedley (@MrH_DPS) December 10, 2022
@ConnectedFalk challenge – picture a winter/Christmas word pic.twitter.com/4BWyOJXSQF
— Miss Thompson & P6_5 (@LauriestonP6_5) December 9, 2022
More new skills learned today on our @ConnectedFalk iPads. We opened day 2 @DigiLearnFalk advent calendar and created storyboards using the Pages app 🎄 pic.twitter.com/cIq0Osxhm0
— P7HWPS (@P7HWPS) December 8, 2022
More new skills learned today on our @ConnectedFalk iPads. We opened day 2 @DigiLearnFalk advent calendar and created storyboards using the Pages app 🎄 pic.twitter.com/0Ex2joRoAb
— P7HWPS (@P7HWPS) December 8, 2022
📱Digital December 🌟
Thanks @ConnectedFalk for kicking starting December with teaching us how to seasonify objects. We used our skills in editing and made an object into something christmassy #P7Journey #digitalliteracy #StPatsdigi pic.twitter.com/I2SNnL3320— Mrs Mutch, Mrs Roche & P2M (@MrsM_StP) December 8, 2022
Just a few photos of us trying out festive task No. 4 – making a time lapse video 📹. Our festive drawing demonstrations were great 👍🎄😁 @ConnectedFalk pic.twitter.com/DzDgdljBLM
— P6G (@P6GHOMPS) December 8, 2022
@ConnectedFalk Festive Creative Activity 3 in progress – Picture a Winter Word! ❄️ We used the camera and the keynote app to begin creating our winter words, following the instructions from @DigiLearnFalk #festive #creative #activity #morningstarter #digi pic.twitter.com/e5X75lLSHE
— Deanburn PS P3 (@DeanburnPS_P3) December 8, 2022
@ConnectedFalk challenge 8 -Seasons Greetings. We used the clips app to translate a seasonal greeting into another language. This wasn’t an app we were familiar will do it took a bit after trial and error but we got there! pic.twitter.com/BGKuycpU5u
— Miss Thompson & P6_5 (@LauriestonP6_5) December 8, 2022
@ConnectedFalk challenge 2 -We created a seasonal storybook using the Pages app. pic.twitter.com/u66Tb1eTcP
— Miss Thompson & P6_5 (@LauriestonP6_5) December 7, 2022
We managed to complete two challenges in one today – @ConnectedFalk and @FalkirkSport we were so pleased with the new skills we learned 👏 pic.twitter.com/liBgKM9UTe
— mrsgentlescps (@mrsgentlescps) December 7, 2022
We have been working on @ConnectedFalk Christmas challenges. Our first challenge was to seasonify something. Here are a couple of examples. 🎄🌟🎅 pic.twitter.com/XpAFO3m37j
— Mrs McShane and P7M (@KPS_Primary7M) December 7, 2022
@ConnectedFalk Festive Creative Activity 1 ✔️ ‘Seasonify’ a classroom object – we completed this as our morning starter using the camera app and the mark up tool! 🎅🏼🎄🎁 @DigiLearnFalk @DigiLearnScot #festive #creative #digital pic.twitter.com/Cb2VAji8kF
— Deanburn PS P3 (@DeanburnPS_P3) December 6, 2022
Task No. 3 @ConnectedFalk was using Keynote to ‘picture a winter word’ using letters we found in our class ❄️ ⛄️. Thank you E for sharing your ‘winter word’ 😁 pic.twitter.com/g4px0InF1x
— P6G (@P6GHOMPS) December 6, 2022
P5 enjoyed their Christmas challenge today. We used the mark-up tool to seasonify different objects.🎅🎄Love how these turned out! @ConnectedFalk pic.twitter.com/o8mLLNLdCp
— Miss Cuthbertson (@CuthbertsonLVPS) December 6, 2022
@ConnectedFalk task 6 – we created a winter wonderland using Maps and Mark-up pic.twitter.com/H3NoWGEMk9
— Miss Thompson & P6_5 (@LauriestonP6_5) December 6, 2022
Forgot to post yesterday! @ConnectedFalk challenge 3 We created a festive time-lapse of how to make a paper snowflake pic.twitter.com/AX66QmlC1X
— Miss Thompson & P6_5 (@LauriestonP6_5) December 6, 2022
We got started on the 2nd ‘Creative Activity for Kids’ by @ConnectedFalk – making a ‘Seasonal Storybook’. Looking good 👍🎄 pic.twitter.com/p9i5Uz9Xta
— P6G (@P6GHOMPS) December 5, 2022
Last week was a busy week in P3. Our Christmas activities started with our STEM advent calendar. The first challenge was take take part in the @ConnectedFalk Xmas challenge. We had great fun giving objects a Christmas twist with the mark up tools. #bantSTEM #banttech pic.twitter.com/chHM0jN85k
— BantMissKilpatrick (@BantMissK) December 5, 2022
Some more of our fab ‘festivified’ objects / humans. @kabercrombie_ @DigiLearnFalk @ConnectedFalk pic.twitter.com/xLORTopXhI
— Mrs Morrison & P7 (@BowhouseP7M) December 4, 2022
Some more ‘festivifying’ everyday objects on our iPads. @ConnectedFalk pic.twitter.com/C1YBmeIpm6
— Mrs Morrison & P7 (@BowhouseP7M) December 4, 2022
We had fun this week using our Mark Up tools on iPad & joining @ConnectedFalk @kabercrombie_ in their ‘Festivifying’ an object online workshop. 🎅🏽🎄🤶🏼@BowhousePS pic.twitter.com/uzZ175iGku
— Mrs Morrison & P7 (@BowhouseP7M) December 4, 2022
On the first day of Advent we joined the @ConnectedFalk team as they showed us their festive creative ideas! We joined in seasonifying items around our classroom! #bantdigital pic.twitter.com/S2i1l5nRYU
— Bantaskin P6C (@BantMissCollins) December 2, 2022
@ConnectedFalk Festive challenge day 2: cracker jokes. We used voice memo to record a cheesy festive joke pic.twitter.com/hV4F2LIKp8
— Miss Thompson & P6_5 (@LauriestonP6_5) December 2, 2022
What a fantastic way to start off the festive season using iPads to take part in Festive Creative Activities @ConnectedFalk. We used iPads to ‘seasonify’ objects around the class.🎄 pic.twitter.com/AVHBylBrap
— P5 Dunipace (@_MissMcKechnie_) December 2, 2022
Using Markup tools to ‘seasonify’ every day objects @ConnectedFalk 🎄☃️@Kinneil_PS pic.twitter.com/sSNc8hCFhp
— Ms Glasgow (@MsGlasgow_KPS) December 1, 2022
🎄What a great way to start off the festive season using iPads to take part in Festive Creative Activities @ConnectedFalk Excitment, enthusiasm and teamwork all around. @Kinneil_PS pic.twitter.com/dHorYhSycV
— Ms Glasgow (@MsGlasgow_KPS) December 1, 2022
Great festive session this morning from @ConnectedFalk. Here are some of our ‘seasonified’ photos. We had so much fun making them!🎅🏼🎄🎅🏼🎄 pic.twitter.com/ioHCNTutjT
— Miss McLaughlan (@MissMcLCPS) December 1, 2022
This morning we joined a Teams meeting with @ConnectedFalk where we were given a Christmas task to work on with our iPads 🎄😁 pic.twitter.com/hCvFaqwZTf
— P6G (@P6GHOMPS) December 1, 2022
Just some of our items that were ‘seasonified’ @ConnectedFalk pic.twitter.com/MRS6Rm3Ve0
— N Huggins (@mrsNHuggins) December 1, 2022
Great excitement coming 1st on the @Kahoot podium @ConnectedFalk session this morning!🎄🎅 pic.twitter.com/yx4Qc3WhJv
— P7HWPS (@P7HWPS) December 1, 2022
Great excitement at our @ConnectedFalk session using @Kahoot!! Thanks to F, who was chosen as our “fastest finger”.🎄🎅 pic.twitter.com/r2At8Gh8Gd
— P7HWPS (@P7HWPS) December 1, 2022
Thank you so much to @ConnectedFalk for this morning’s session using mark-up to “seasonify” items in our class!🎄🎅 pic.twitter.com/gIPBT4TmBd
— P7HWPS (@P7HWPS) December 1, 2022
Thank you so much to @ConnectedFalk for this morning’s session using mark-up to “seasonify” items in our class!🎄🎅 pic.twitter.com/XCULlwLRDp
— P7HWPS (@P7HWPS) December 1, 2022
Thanks @ConnectedFalk! P6J had great fun 'Seasonifying' classroom items this morning. 😊🎄Look out for the red nosed tap-deer! 🦌🤣 pic.twitter.com/h85oz0kJvw
— P6 🐝 (@Cpsmrsw) December 1, 2022
This morning we participated in the @ConnectedFalk Xmas event! P7 had to take a picture of an object in the classroom and we had to use the mark up tool to make it Christmas themed. Can you guess the object behind the Xmas design?☃️🎄 pic.twitter.com/kIiES3hH0x
— Primary 7 & Miss Doak (@BantMissDoak) December 1, 2022
#P7M enjoyed the first Creative Festive Activity from @ConnectedFalk this morning. We enjoyed ‘seasonify-ing’ some objects we found in the classroom! 🎅🏻🎄 pic.twitter.com/a5czT0yHfP
— St Margaret's PS (@stmargaretsps) December 1, 2022
Here are some of our finished pieces of work @ConnectedFalk thank you for the session this morning 😁👏🏼⭐️✨🎄 pic.twitter.com/Tcc0SCeGNx
— Miss Binnie P7W (@MissBinnieP1B) December 1, 2022
More "seasonifying" of photos today with our secondary pupils. I was really impressed with their creativity and engagement 🎅🏼#WatchUsGrow #IWBStech @ConnectedFalk pic.twitter.com/zO6KyGIvDx
— Miss Hedges (@MissHedgesIWBS) December 1, 2022
Thank you @ConnectedFalk for a great session this morning. What a fab start to the Christmas festivities. Here is a wee selection of our creations. 🤶🤶🤶🤶👏👏👍🎄🎄🎄 pic.twitter.com/uG4AMAvCtK
— MrsHepburnCPS (@CpsHepburn) December 1, 2022
@ConnectedFalk look at some of our seasonified creations! pic.twitter.com/UgPXv7d1Q2
— mrsgentlescps (@mrsgentlescps) December 1, 2022
We have officially stepped into Christmas 🎶 thanks to @ConnectedFalk lots of great ideas, can’t wait to try them! pic.twitter.com/BqXJ8RbKbg
— mrsgentlescps (@mrsgentlescps) December 1, 2022
Thank you @ConnectedFalk for your 🎄⛄Festive Creative Activities Live Launch!🎅🏼🎁 We had great fun taking part in the Kahoot and then "seasonifying" objects using the mark up tool. Even Toby 🐾 was seasonifyed. More pupils will be getting involved in future lessons. #IWBStech pic.twitter.com/u22LlBhkC1
— Miss Hedges (@MissHedgesIWBS) December 1, 2022
We took part in @ConnectedFalk Festive challenge to “seasonify” an object. pic.twitter.com/38nXARlfp4
— Miss Thompson & P6_5 (@LauriestonP6_5) December 1, 2022
P7 had a fabulous morning seasonifing images with @ConnectedFalk during the Creative Activities for Kids festive edition 🎄🎅🏻 pic.twitter.com/NoBwi6WRl2
— Mr Flanigan & P2F (@MrF_StP) December 1, 2022
@ConnectedFalk We’re ‘seasonifying’ photos using the markup tool on our iPads. ✏️✏️ pic.twitter.com/d9opdoQbjN
— 4DM WPS (@4dmwps2223) December 1, 2022
We are loving a fun start to December with @ConnectedFalk on the IPads this morning, thank you 🎄 @dennyprimsch pic.twitter.com/nGEcgWUQhf
— N Huggins (@mrsNHuggins) December 1, 2022
P5/6B had fun with the editing tools on the iPads. Making inanimate objects into characters had everyone laughing 😁 @ConnectedFalk @DPSMrsBrownP6 pic.twitter.com/lkDmQfcKEh
— Denny Primary School (@dennyprimsch) March 22, 2023
