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Glendevon Term 1

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We can’t believe that’s term 1 over and what a busy term it has been.

We have enjoyed exploring technology this term including using the life skills area and through our topic of taking care of ourselves.

We made the most of our good weather by getting back on our bikes and using the drive deck to explore independently.

On the theme of health we have been making healthy foods and snacks in term 1 developing skills in chopping, mixing and weighing ingredients. Our Harvest healthy muffins went down a treat at café.

We have enjoyed taking part in messy art activities to make resources for our class charter and had fun with a food messy play for Fairtrade fortnight involving chocolate.

We are looking forward to lots more opportunities to explore our new topic of fashion through our playboxes, sensology and multi-sensory sessions this term.

Duntarvie, Glendevon, Hopetoun, Lammermuir, Lomond, Ochiltree, Uncategorized, Whole School

Harvest Cafe and Foodbank

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Last week we celebrated harvest time by hosting a cafe for all our friends and families.  There were lots of visitors. The pupils made some delicious autumn treats to share with everyone. There was also a collection for the foodbank and a raffle. In total we made £134 and also had lots of donations of tins and packets of food. The secondary pupils are looking forward to visiting the shops to spend the money buying other essential items for the foodbank. Great work everyone!

Global Goal 3: Good Health and Wellbeing

Global Goal 12: Responsible Consumption and Production

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Glendevon staff 24-25

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Welcome back to Glendevon 24-25

It was fantastic to see all the boys back in their new class – Glendevon this week getting to know one another and all the new staff that they will be working with.

Below you can get to know the staff too and I look forward to speaking to you all during check in calls and at the ‘Meet the Team’ opportunity in September.

Have a lovely weekend and get ready for another busy week with lots of learning and fun next week.

Duntarvie, Glendevon, Hopetoun, Lomond, Ochiltree, Pentland

Summer Music

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It has been a busy Summer term in Music. In particular, secondary classes have focused on the culmination of a year-long project, with some of our young people working towards SQA National 1 Producing a Sound (alternative context).

For this, we have been choosing instruments and playing them correctly, then using our skills to tell a musical story. The story was a traditional tale from the Borders, that of Tam Lin and how Janet saved him from the Queen of the Fairies in the enchanted forest.

Ochiltree and Duntarvie had been working separately on the skills, but this term they came together  to create the sounds. We had a star guest as Carol Robbie came back to narrate the story.

It was a great success and has opened up options for other musical stories together and with others. We will certainly we doing this again, hopefully at a time that will be easier for friends and families to participate.

Meanwhile, primary classes have been having fun continuing to choose favourite songs to sing and play.

 

 

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Term 4 in Glendevon

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What a great end to a brilliant year in Glendevon.  We have all had such a great year at school, we have loved our year together in the Glendevon class, we have made new friends, shared lots of lovely experiences together, learned lots, made lots of mess and shared in lots of laughs and fun along to the way!

We hope you all have an amazing summer holiday and we are looking forward to everything the new school year will bring!

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Glendevon News

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Another wonderful term for The Glendevon Class.  We have all been learning, exploring, playing and experiencing lots of exciting things this term and as always we have been absolutely amazing!

We have loved getting out to Horse Riding this term and we all love our horses so much.  We have increased in our confidence and strength when riding the horses and will miss them next term.

We also really enjoyed some cross class groups this term including story telling week and PE groups.  It has been nice seeing all of our friends from across the school and visiting some new classes.

In class we have had our weekly visits from the Clown Doctors, baking, arts and crafts, attention and listening games, messy play, singing, stories and games – we have had a ball and continue to succeed in all we do.

Duntarvie, Glendevon, Hopetoun, Lammermuir, Lomond, Ochiltree, Pentland

Music Autumn 2023

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This term we have focused on making choices in Music. Lammermuir joined Hopetoun for some fun for Hairy Scary Castle, first choosing spooky sounds from switches for Halloween and then using symbols to select animals to sing about for Old McDonald’s Farm. Pentland also made musical choices with instruments and symbols and appreciated movement and relaxation.

In Lomond the children greatly enjoyed coming together, singing nursery rhymes and  playing along with instruments. Sometimes this could be up tempo or more relaxed, depending on the needs of the day.
Glendevon focused on our regular routines, structure, and exploring instruments, including playing along on wooden instruments and dancing to a percussion track by Moondog – an American improvisational composer and performer.
Duntarvie worked towards their SQAs by playing different ranges of instruments for different moods and textures, such as tuned instruments in A minor or wooden instruments. This is to work towards a project in 2024 with Ochiltree, who followed similar lessons.
All the classes enjoyed some Song Massage with All the Leaves and then All the Snow as we got to December. The children had a great time moving to some Christmas songs and playing along to Jingle Bells. In case things felt too busy, we also had some sensory music time, taking some time to relax while exploring instruments to gentle music with subdued lighting and festive lights.
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Merry Christmas from Glendevon

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We have had a lovely term in the Glendevon class.  We have had a brilliant time attending Bathgate Excite for swimming – we have all grown in confidence using the pool and have had so much fun each week.  We have also had lovely sessions with The Clown Doctors and enjoyed playing with and developing relationships with them.

We have fully embraced the Christmas spirit and taken part in lots of crafts, messy play activities, cooking/baking, songs and games in class.  We worked hard on our performance for the Christmas show and loved sharing this with all of our parents and families.

We hope you all have a wonderful Christmas and Happy New Year when it comes.

 

Duntarvie, Glendevon, Hopetoun, Lammermuir, Lomond, Ochiltree, Pentland

Music Term 1

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This term we have had fun settling into our new space in Music. Some of the lessons, the1-1  and small group sessions have taken place in the new GP room while other lessons have been taking place in the classrooms.

Lammermuir have sociably been joining Hopetoun in their classroom and have had fun choosing nursery rhymes to sing together. Lomond and Glendevon had more relaxed afternoon lessons to meet the children’s needs at that time of the day.

Pentland used the giant scrunchie to sing about The Great Big Turnip at the Bottom of the field and it became a big favourite. Tommy and Matthew found it hilarious when the different characters shouted for help and that the mouse had the biggest muscles.

All of the Primary classes also enjoyed the The Wheels on the Bus. This turned into something bigger, with everyone taking turns choosing  the different things that are on the bus from a range of choices on cards. The result was like a different remix of the song each time as the order kept changing.

As we approached Scarecrow Festival time, all of the Primary classes of course enjoyed singing the old favourite Dingle Dangle Scarecrow.

In Secondary, the groups focused on playing tuned percussion instruments to rock backing tracks and there has been lots of interaction and engagement, which bodes well as we head into a musical project together. More will be revealed in due course!