Moray Foodbank.

At our recent Community Groups meeting the Nursery to Primary Three Global Citizenship group were learning about the United Nations Global Goals for Sustainable Development.   They pretended they were the Kings and Queens of the whole world and worked together to answer the question “What are the biggest problems faced by people in our world?”   They then learned that the United Nations are working to empower everyone to

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Who Do You Appreciate? Nursery to P3 Community Group

In our community group this morning we talked about the people in our lives that we really appreciate.  The people who make us feel all warm and fuzzy inside and who make our world’s safe, fun and enjoyable. We decided to make these people a small gift to let them know we appreciate them. We followed a recipe to make chocolate truffles.

Have You Filled a Bucket Today?

In our Community Group this month we used the book “Have You Filled a Bucket Today?” by Carol McCloud to get us thinking about happiness. We learned that we can find ways to make ourselves happy.  We can make others around us feel happy.  When they feel happy they can make others around them feel happy.  Before you know it happiness will be rippling out around the world. The book

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I Can…

The Early Years Global Citizenship Group met again on the 31st January.  We looked at the daily routines of children from Serbia, Brazil, Ethiopia and India to see how their routines compared to our daily routines. We discussed all the different things the children from other countries could do and whether these were linked to the climate the children lived in. Once we had shared our thinking we recorded our ideas in

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25.10.17 Nursery to P3 Global Citizenship Group

Yay!  Another community group meeting 🙂 We enjoy learning with our friends from other classes. Today we started with some circle activities to strengthen our group community and to welcome Botond, a new P2 pupil, to the group. We introduced ourselves and shared a colour we liked.  It can be a little intimidating talking to such a large group but we all spoke confidently.  A sure sign we are growing

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27.09.17 Nursery to P3 Global Citizenship Group

Our community group meeting kicked off with some circle activities to build our group community.  We introduced ourselves and shared something we liked. Last time we met we decided we would like to learn about the lives of children in other parts of the world.   This week we were introduced to four children, Sasha from Russia, Muluken from Ethiopia, Cidinha from Brazil and Shakeel from India. We looked at

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