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Calderwood Nursery Chronicle 23.8.24
Baird Clan are a Family
Over the last two weeks, Baird Clan have been using the book “Our Clan is a Family” as a context for our learning. We have discussed how the idea of our Clan being a family relates to our school value of belonging, and how we can demonstrate this around the school. While making our clan charter, we spoke about one of Miss Boden’s favourite sayings, “we are just like popcorn, our learning all pops at different times”. We used this quote as the basis for our clan charter. 
We have also looked at the importance of resilience and working as a team. We started with a small team game where each team had to balance a hula-hoop on their fingers and get it to touch the floor. We soon realised without good communication this was extremely tricky! As a clan, we looked at some successful teams from this year’s Olympics, and discussed what made them a good team. We were surprised to see that many of the skills were ones we used in our own Clan team.
Tay Clan – ‘Our Clan is a family’
Tay clan have had a fantastic 2 weeks of getting to know each other. We have worked together on expectations, routines and built up our Tay Clan family. Please click on the link below to read and look at what we have been doing together.
We have created a Tay Clan family album which we look forward to sharing with you soon.
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Finding our way in Schiehallion
Schiehallion have had an excellent first 2 weeks settling back into Calderwood life after our summer holidays. We have been very welcoming to the new pupils and champions who are now in our clan.
We have really enjoyed playing Getting to Know You games, as well beginning our PE lessons. We have also been learning about measure and forces, making posters, which you can see below.
This week we held our pupil council elections. We discussed what would make a good pupil council representative, and then a number of the students campaigned for election. This included making posters and making a speech to the rest of the clan
Welcome Back Rannoch!
We have had so much fun getting to know each other in Rannoch clan these past 2 weeks!
We have been focusing on the book ‘Our Class is a Family’. We read the book together and shared our thoughts on what makes our clan a family. This then led us on to create our clan charter, where we discussed the UNCRC and decided on what we thought should be our clan expectations for the year. We made sure to link it to our school values of ready, respectful and safe!
We have enjoyed taking part in different STEM challenges to develop our teamwork skills. Rannoch clan have also created some wonderful drawings of their family and have loved building friendships with each other.
‘Our Clan is a Family’- Leven
Leven clan have had a fantastic start to P4, we have been working hard getting to know one another and building our classroom community! We took part in a number of activities that allowed us to express ourselves and work co-operatively.
We explored the story “Our Class is a Family” and took part in a meaningful discussion about how we can make our clan a supportive and positive environment for all learners. We touched on important topics such as respect, growth mindset and kindness.
Leven clan also helped Mrs Bates lead our connects this week, where they introduced everyone to our first value ‘Belonging’. They presented what belonging meant to them and how they belong Calderwood.
Tummel
We have had a wonderful time getting to know each other in Tummel Clan!
As we begin to build our clan community, we explored the story “Our Clan is a Family” and discussed its meaning. We agreed that our clan room should be a safe place where everyone feels confident to be themselves and make mistakes. We recognised that we each have similarities but that we are all unique and should respect each other’s differences. We talked about what makes a good friend and had fun creating friendship bracelets for those closest to us!
Welcome Back Ben Lawers!
Ben Lawers have had a fab few weeks getting to catch up with each other and reconnect after the summer holidays.
We have been exploring the book “Our Clan is our Family” and we have been beginning to look at our new clan name, exploring its origin and history.
We have really enjoyed being creative together and investigating what makes us unique inside and out. We created “two-faced” artwork where one half of our face shows what we physically look like and the other half shows who we are on the inside.
We have been really enjoying all the new space in our outdoor learning environments and have been especially excited about the return of the trim trail.
Ben Lomond
Throughout the first two weeks of school, Ben Lomond clan have been busy exploring the school building and our new Clan Room.
We delved into the book ‘Our Clan is a Family,’ which inspired us to play games that help us identify what connects us, what makes us different, and what makes us a team. We also made displays to reflect this and to decorate our new home. We enjoyed engaging in STEM challenges to further develop our teamwork skills.
In addition, we located Ben Lomond on a map and considered the activities we could do there and the animals that live there. We used this information to create unique table names including ‘Loch Porpoises’, ‘Highland Golden Eagles’, Wind-Surfing Sea Birds’ and ‘Fresh Water Otters’. We look forward to exploring this further through our new IDL topic.
