Author: Mrs Findlay

Tummel – Our Class is a Family

During the first few weeks of school, we created our Class Charter, inspired by the wonderful book Our Class is a Family by Shannon Olsen. The story encouraged us to think about what it means to belong, support one another, and work together as a team.

As a class, we explored the United Nations Convention on the Rights of the Child (UNCRC) and discussed the rights that are important to us at school. We learned that every child has the right to feel safe, respected, included, and listened to. Together, we identified the promises and responsibilities that will help us uphold and protect these rights each day.

To bring our charter to life, we decided to base our charter around a neighbourhood. Each pupil designed their own house (or Vue Cinema!) and this helps us to remember  we are all part of a community that celebrates our own individuality, ensures every voice is valued, and we can be

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stronger when we support one another.

What have Bramble Clan Been Up To This Week?

We’ve had lots of fun in our Clan this week including playing hopscotch in the sun.

In numeracy, we explained to each other what odd and even numbers were.  We then recapped on counting up in 2s, we did it together, silently whispering our odd numbers and then shouting out our even numbers. We did really well and some of us even attempted to count up in 11s!

In literacy, as part of our ‘Invisible Strings’ topic, we wrote letters to people we love, we then shared these with our class. We remembered to use capital letters, full stops and finger spaces.  Mrs Findlay was so proud of us for sounding out tricky words.

In health and wellbeing, we listened to a story called ‘Bounce Back’ which was about resilience.  We learned that even if we can’t do something at the moment, if we keep trying we will eventually be able to do it.  We completed sheets with 3 things we ‘can’ do already and 1 thing we ‘can’t’ do YET.  Mrs Findlay is a bit concerned as lots of us want to learn to drive so she explained that we will need to wait until we are older but in the meantime, we can practise riding our bikes and scooters.  We decided not to use the  word ‘can’t’  in our Clan and instead use the phrase ‘I will try’.

We are looking forward to our last day based in Mid Calder Primary and can’t wait until we move into Calderwood on Wednesday. Only 5 more sleeps to go!  Have a lovely weekend everyone.

 

This Week in Bramble Clan

It has been a wonderful week in Bramble Clan and it has been lovely finally meeting the children in person.

Our focus this week has been settling into our new environment and learning about the daily routines and expectations of Calderwood Primary School.

We have also spent time getting to know each other and the children have enjoyed sharing their thoughts and feelings.  The children have been learning that we are all different from each other and this is what makes us unique. It has been great to see the children forming new friendships and showing respect towards each other.

Have you all have a wonderful weekend and I look forward to seeing you all next week.

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