Nursery Chronicle

Calderwood Nursery Chronicle 13.1.22
  

Calderwood Commitments Actions: 

  • If your child does not attend nursery on a Monday, please sign up for a slot for nursery photo day on 23rd January by clicking here. 

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UPCOMING DATES 

23rd January – Photo Day 

  

Calderwood Communication (For information): 

Welcome back! 

A warm welcome back to all our nursery families. We hope you all had a restful and fun break during the holidays. We are looking forward to the months and the exciting experiences, learning and play that will come. We will continue to share our journey with you through the Chronicle and Online Learning Journals. 

Photo Day 

Tempest Photography will visit the nursery on Monday 23rd January to take individual and sibling photos of the children. You will receive a copy and order form for these photos after this day. If you would like to purchase the photo, please return the form to nursery. If your child does not attend nursery on a Monday, please choose a slot by clicking here. 

Champion Update 

A warm welcome to Miss Skinner our new area support manager this week. She has visited our nursery on Wednesday and Thursday and enjoyed her visits.  

 

HOME LINKS: 

This week we have loved welcoming back the children with new experiences in our environment. The children have been interested in learning all about birds. We have been making nests and learning all about different birds. 

When you are out and about, try to spot any birds! If you find any take a photo and share with us on Online Learning Journals. 

You can use this to help with the identification process https://www.rspb.org.uk/birds-and-wildlife/wildlife-guides/identify-a-bird/  

 

Calderwood Compliments 

Thank you to our families for supporting us transitioning our children back into nursery after the holidays! 

As ever, thank you for your continued support. If you would like to leave us any feedback, please click here.

Kindest Regards, 

The Nursery Champions 

Calderwood Primary Chronicle: 13/01/23

Calderwood Primary Chronicle: 13/01/23

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Calderwood Compliments: 

Happy New Year! One week in and it feels like we have never been away from our Calderwood home. It has been lovely to start the new year, with new families joining us. We have had a smooth transition back to Calderwood life and next week, we look forward to all our interventions timetables fully starting, ensuring we support and challenge all of our children.

Have a lovely weekend,

Miss Burton

Fallow House Party 13th Jan

Fallow House were the proud winners of the House Points last term.

Our Primary 6 and 7 Fallow Leaders suggested some types of parties and cast a vote across all children in Fallow House. The overwhelming majority voted for a pyjama party.

This party will take place on Friday 13th January at 9:30am. On this day, if your child is in Fallow house they can come to school dressed in pyjamas or dressed down.

The children have decided they would like cupcakes! They have also planned some fun activities like pyjama corners, musical beds and catch the teddy.

Robertson Homes and Age Scotland Writing Competition

Our Primary 3 clans took part in a writing competition organised by housebuilder Robertson Homes. The pupils were asked to write letters to older people who may be feeling lonely this Christmas. The winner of the competition would then have their writing chosen to feature in Age Scotland’s Friendship Service Christmas cards.

We are delighted to announce that a Primary 3 pupil from Calderwood Primary School was selected for his design to feature on the card. He showed compassion, laughter and joy through his letter. We know it will spread Christmas cheer to those who need it this year. Well done!

Find out more information here at Robertson Homes.

(Photograph supplied by Robertson Homes)

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 🙂

Bramble at Christmas

Bramble clan have been exploring Christmas traditions in Spain and comparing them to Scottish traditions.  We found out where Spain is in the world, the colours of the Spanish flag, the food they eat at Christmas, the decorations they display at Christmas, what epiphany is, the important dates in December and Christmas Spanish Vocabulary.  We learnt to sing a Spanish song called Feliz Navidad and sang it at the Christmas around the world assembly.

We were learning how to write a persuasive text.  We learnt about the structure, the language features such as sensing verbs and time sequence words and boastful language such as out of this world and first-class.  We decided to create our own toy for Christmas.  We worked in groups with each of us taking on a different roles- creative director, team leader and resource manager.  We then had to plan and write a persuasive text on our toy and then create a persuasive advert.  This could be a poster, video or song.  We really enjoyed this task.

“It was really really fun to do” – Isla S

“My favourite part was making the models” – Isla I

We had a fab time in December celebrating Christmas with our Clan Christmas lunch and party.  Fun was had by all.

Merry Christmas to all from Bramble Clan and Mrs Scobie

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