Category: Ben Lomond
Ben Lomond’s Christmas Festivities
The Bens have been incredibly busy with our festive celebrations!
We spent the afternoon making Christmas crafts for our friends and family: we made woolly hats, cards, jewellery, coasters and tiles.
We made our own ‘Aztec’ hot chocolate as part of our IDL topic on Ancient Civilisations. It was pure 100% dark chocolate powder with no sugar or milk. Most of us thought it was ‘bitter’, ‘disgusting’ and ‘terrible’, however a few people thought it was ‘amazing!’
We also celebrated our Christmas lunch together – the food was yummy and we were also amazing helpers – helping to serve the younger pupils!
We also enjoyed our Christmas party for which we planned the games, activities and playlist! We had a best dancer competition, best singer competition, hula hoop pass-the-parcel, corners, musical chairs and of course… party food!!
Our Christmas Around the World play was also one on Ben Lomond’s highlights! We chose the topic, wrote the script, designed the set, costumes and chose our song. It was directed and lead by the pupils and was a huge success – check out our vid here! https://sway.office.com/gm4BEjrfvmuvnQBw?ref=Link
It’s been an incredible year and we thank you for all your continued support.
Next term will be VERY exciting as we begin to think about leaving our Calderwood P7 Legacy behind.
For now, relax & enjoy the break!
Ben Lomond & Mrs McGarvey 🙂
Calderwood Primary Presents Christmas Around the World
Primary 2-7 children invite one family member along to the performance below in our Arena. We look forward to seeing you.
If you are attending both performances you can wait in the Arena between times.
(Children should wear Christmas jumper/ accessorise on top and uniform on bottoms).
Rich Thinking in Ben Lomond
In Ben Lomond, we have been taking part in ‘rich thinking tasks’.
Researched & developed by Peter Liljedahl, in his book ‘Building Thinking Classrooms, ‘Rich Tasks’ are what help us develop thinking, focus, collaboration and problem solving skills.
We have been asking our own questions and working together to answer them. Click on our working Mural to see what we have been investigating: https://app.mural.co/t/p5674878/m/p5674878/1668019801710/a4710e942591b6376ed5ad757ed9507c33a79ff9?sender=u02dad2b8e3b96ab9b15d6187
We have been exploring measure, shape, perimeter and area to answer questions about our own school and playground. We self-direct ourselves by choosing which part of the task to work on, whilst communicating our finding with the rest of the class and contributing to the overall research.
We’re also enjoying using vertical wall spaces for workings!
Cosy Corner Club – Upper Challenge 1
A group of our upper school pupils were tasked with a challenge to fully research what activities are available for kids in Livingston. They had to work in a small group to find total costs, bus times and costs before voting on the best place to go. They invited Miss Burton to listen to their ideas and pitched their proposition. All of the children were able to convince Miss Burton that a visit to our local cinema via local transport and to visit Hot Flame was the best option. The pupils created their own itinerary using the information they had gathered, were involved in the risk assessment and one of our pupils was responsible for booking of the trip by phone.
This group are now our ‘Upper Skills’ ambassadors and some are looking forward to leading the next challenge… Ready, Steady, Cook 👨🍳
P7 Transition Information for Children with ASN
Christmas Choir Events
Dear parent/ carer,
If your child attends the choir rehearsals at lunch time or at Monday afterschool club, they are invited to take part in the following community events: https://forms.office.com/r/ByLWXEXhH6
Kind regards,
Miss Burton
