{"id":5371,"date":"2022-12-23T12:41:19","date_gmt":"2022-12-23T12:41:19","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/blogs.glowscotland.org.uk\/wl\/calderwood\/?p=5371"},"modified":"2022-12-23T12:41:19","modified_gmt":"2022-12-23T12:41:19","slug":"ben-lomonds-christmas-festivities","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/blogs.glowscotland.org.uk\/wl\/calderwood\/2022\/12\/23\/ben-lomonds-christmas-festivities\/","title":{"rendered":"Ben Lomond&#8217;s Christmas Festivities"},"content":{"rendered":"<p>The Bens have been incredibly busy with our festive celebrations!<\/p>\n<p>We spent the afternoon making Christmas crafts for our friends and family: we made woolly hats, cards, jewellery, coasters and tiles.<\/p>\n<p>We made our own &#8216;Aztec&#8217; 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 &#8216;bitter&#8217;, &#8216;disgusting&#8217; and &#8216;terrible&#8217;, however a few people thought it was &#8216;amazing!&#8217;<\/p>\n<p>&nbsp;<\/p>\n<div data-carousel-extra='{\"blog_id\":6714,\"permalink\":\"https:\\\/\\\/blogs.glowscotland.org.uk\\\/wl\\\/calderwood\\\/2022\\\/12\\\/23\\\/ben-lomonds-christmas-festivities\\\/\"}' id='gallery-1' class='gallery galleryid-5371 gallery-columns-3 gallery-size-thumbnail'><figure class='gallery-item'>\n\t\t\t<div class='gallery-icon portrait'>\n\t\t\t\t<a href='https:\/\/blogs.glowscotland.org.uk\/wl\/calderwood\/2022\/12\/23\/ben-lomonds-christmas-festivities\/319579154_562368538646361_8369049568076823237_n-2\/'><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" width=\"150\" height=\"150\" src=\"https:\/\/blogs.glowscotland.org.uk\/wl\/public\/calderwood\/uploads\/sites\/6714\/2022\/12\/23123831\/319579154_562368538646361_8369049568076823237_n-1-150x150.jpg\" class=\"attachment-thumbnail size-thumbnail\" alt=\"\" style=\"width:100%;height:133.33%;max-width:945px;\" data-attachment-id=\"5461\" data-permalink=\"https:\/\/blogs.glowscotland.org.uk\/wl\/calderwood\/2022\/12\/23\/ben-lomonds-christmas-festivities\/319579154_562368538646361_8369049568076823237_n-2\/\" data-orig-file=\"https:\/\/blogs.glowscotland.org.uk\/wl\/public\/calderwood\/uploads\/sites\/6714\/2022\/12\/23123831\/319579154_562368538646361_8369049568076823237_n-1.jpg\" data-orig-size=\"945,1260\" data-comments-opened=\"1\" data-image-meta=\"{&quot;aperture&quot;:&quot;0&quot;,&quot;credit&quot;:&quot;&quot;,&quot;camera&quot;:&quot;&quot;,&quot;caption&quot;:&quot;&quot;,&quot;created_timestamp&quot;:&quot;0&quot;,&quot;copyright&quot;:&quot;&quot;,&quot;focal_length&quot;:&quot;0&quot;,&quot;iso&quot;:&quot;0&quot;,&quot;shutter_speed&quot;:&quot;0&quot;,&quot;title&quot;:&quot;&quot;,&quot;orientation&quot;:&quot;0&quot;}\" data-image-title=\"319579154_562368538646361_8369049568076823237_n\" data-image-description=\"\" data-image-caption=\"\" data-medium-file=\"https:\/\/blogs.glowscotland.org.uk\/wl\/public\/calderwood\/uploads\/sites\/6714\/2022\/12\/23123831\/319579154_562368538646361_8369049568076823237_n-1-225x300.jpg\" data-large-file=\"https:\/\/blogs.glowscotland.org.uk\/wl\/public\/calderwood\/uploads\/sites\/6714\/2022\/12\/23123831\/319579154_562368538646361_8369049568076823237_n-1-768x1024.jpg\" \/><\/a>\n\t\t\t<\/div><\/figure><figure class='gallery-item'>\n\t\t\t<div class='gallery-icon landscape'>\n\t\t\t\t<a href='https:\/\/blogs.glowscotland.org.uk\/wl\/calderwood\/2022\/12\/23\/ben-lomonds-christmas-festivities\/320544287_1186700315554572_8852996339335626021_n\/'><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" width=\"150\" height=\"150\" src=\"https:\/\/blogs.glowscotland.org.uk\/wl\/public\/calderwood\/uploads\/sites\/6714\/2022\/12\/23123833\/320544287_1186700315554572_8852996339335626021_n-150x150.jpg\" class=\"attachment-thumbnail size-thumbnail\" alt=\"\" style=\"width:100%;height:75%;max-width:1260px;\" data-attachment-id=\"5462\" data-permalink=\"https:\/\/blogs.glowscotland.org.uk\/wl\/calderwood\/2022\/12\/23\/ben-lomonds-christmas-festivities\/320544287_1186700315554572_8852996339335626021_n\/\" data-orig-file=\"https:\/\/blogs.glowscotland.org.uk\/wl\/public\/calderwood\/uploads\/sites\/6714\/2022\/12\/23123833\/320544287_1186700315554572_8852996339335626021_n.jpg\" data-orig-size=\"1260,945\" data-comments-opened=\"1\" data-image-meta=\"{&quot;aperture&quot;:&quot;0&quot;,&quot;credit&quot;:&quot;&quot;,&quot;camera&quot;:&quot;&quot;,&quot;caption&quot;:&quot;&quot;,&quot;created_timestamp&quot;:&quot;0&quot;,&quot;copyright&quot;:&quot;&quot;,&quot;focal_length&quot;:&quot;0&quot;,&quot;iso&quot;:&quot;0&quot;,&quot;shutter_speed&quot;:&quot;0&quot;,&quot;title&quot;:&quot;&quot;,&quot;orientation&quot;:&quot;0&quot;}\" data-image-title=\"320544287_1186700315554572_8852996339335626021_n\" data-image-description=\"\" data-image-caption=\"\" data-medium-file=\"https:\/\/blogs.glowscotland.org.uk\/wl\/public\/calderwood\/uploads\/sites\/6714\/2022\/12\/23123833\/320544287_1186700315554572_8852996339335626021_n-300x225.jpg\" data-large-file=\"https:\/\/blogs.glowscotland.org.uk\/wl\/public\/calderwood\/uploads\/sites\/6714\/2022\/12\/23123833\/320544287_1186700315554572_8852996339335626021_n-1024x768.jpg\" \/><\/a>\n\t\t\t<\/div><\/figure>\n\t\t<\/div>\n\n<p>&nbsp;<\/p>\n<p>We also celebrated our Christmas lunch together &#8211; the food was yummy and we were also amazing helpers &#8211; helping to serve the younger pupils!<\/p>\n<div data-carousel-extra='{\"blog_id\":6714,\"permalink\":\"https:\\\/\\\/blogs.glowscotland.org.uk\\\/wl\\\/calderwood\\\/2022\\\/12\\\/23\\\/ben-lomonds-christmas-festivities\\\/\"}' id='gallery-2' class='gallery galleryid-5371 gallery-columns-3 gallery-size-thumbnail'><figure class='gallery-item'>\n\t\t\t<div class='gallery-icon landscape'>\n\t\t\t\t<a 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data-image-meta=\"{&quot;aperture&quot;:&quot;0&quot;,&quot;credit&quot;:&quot;&quot;,&quot;camera&quot;:&quot;&quot;,&quot;caption&quot;:&quot;&quot;,&quot;created_timestamp&quot;:&quot;0&quot;,&quot;copyright&quot;:&quot;&quot;,&quot;focal_length&quot;:&quot;0&quot;,&quot;iso&quot;:&quot;0&quot;,&quot;shutter_speed&quot;:&quot;0&quot;,&quot;title&quot;:&quot;&quot;,&quot;orientation&quot;:&quot;0&quot;}\" data-image-title=\"319882297_3045001402463715_4128826277501849616_n\" data-image-description=\"\" data-image-caption=\"\" data-medium-file=\"https:\/\/blogs.glowscotland.org.uk\/wl\/public\/calderwood\/uploads\/sites\/6714\/2022\/12\/23090850\/319882297_3045001402463715_4128826277501849616_n-300x225.jpg\" data-large-file=\"https:\/\/blogs.glowscotland.org.uk\/wl\/public\/calderwood\/uploads\/sites\/6714\/2022\/12\/23090850\/319882297_3045001402463715_4128826277501849616_n-1024x768.jpg\" \/><\/a>\n\t\t\t<\/div><\/figure><figure class='gallery-item'>\n\t\t\t<div class='gallery-icon landscape'>\n\t\t\t\t<a href='https:\/\/blogs.glowscotland.org.uk\/wl\/calderwood\/2022\/12\/23\/ben-lomonds-christmas-festivities\/320074779_826402015331312_4039321644936909250_n\/'><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" width=\"150\" height=\"150\" src=\"https:\/\/blogs.glowscotland.org.uk\/wl\/public\/calderwood\/uploads\/sites\/6714\/2022\/12\/23090853\/320074779_826402015331312_4039321644936909250_n-150x150.jpg\" class=\"attachment-thumbnail size-thumbnail\" alt=\"\" style=\"width:100%;height:75%;max-width:1260px;\" data-attachment-id=\"5409\" data-permalink=\"https:\/\/blogs.glowscotland.org.uk\/wl\/calderwood\/2022\/12\/23\/ben-lomonds-christmas-festivities\/320074779_826402015331312_4039321644936909250_n\/\" data-orig-file=\"https:\/\/blogs.glowscotland.org.uk\/wl\/public\/calderwood\/uploads\/sites\/6714\/2022\/12\/23090853\/320074779_826402015331312_4039321644936909250_n.jpg\" data-orig-size=\"1260,945\" data-comments-opened=\"1\" data-image-meta=\"{&quot;aperture&quot;:&quot;0&quot;,&quot;credit&quot;:&quot;&quot;,&quot;camera&quot;:&quot;&quot;,&quot;caption&quot;:&quot;&quot;,&quot;created_timestamp&quot;:&quot;0&quot;,&quot;copyright&quot;:&quot;&quot;,&quot;focal_length&quot;:&quot;0&quot;,&quot;iso&quot;:&quot;0&quot;,&quot;shutter_speed&quot;:&quot;0&quot;,&quot;title&quot;:&quot;&quot;,&quot;orientation&quot;:&quot;0&quot;}\" data-image-title=\"320074779_826402015331312_4039321644936909250_n\" data-image-description=\"\" data-image-caption=\"\" data-medium-file=\"https:\/\/blogs.glowscotland.org.uk\/wl\/public\/calderwood\/uploads\/sites\/6714\/2022\/12\/23090853\/320074779_826402015331312_4039321644936909250_n-300x225.jpg\" data-large-file=\"https:\/\/blogs.glowscotland.org.uk\/wl\/public\/calderwood\/uploads\/sites\/6714\/2022\/12\/23090853\/320074779_826402015331312_4039321644936909250_n-1024x768.jpg\" \/><\/a>\n\t\t\t<\/div><\/figure><figure class='gallery-item'>\n\t\t\t<div class='gallery-icon portrait'>\n\t\t\t\t<a href='https:\/\/blogs.glowscotland.org.uk\/wl\/calderwood\/2022\/12\/23\/ben-lomonds-christmas-festivities\/320570731_551337540178453_4251777151342272280_n\/'><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" width=\"150\" height=\"150\" src=\"https:\/\/blogs.glowscotland.org.uk\/wl\/public\/calderwood\/uploads\/sites\/6714\/2022\/12\/23090856\/320570731_551337540178453_4251777151342272280_n-150x150.jpg\" class=\"attachment-thumbnail size-thumbnail\" alt=\"\" style=\"width:100%;height:133.33%;max-width:945px;\" data-attachment-id=\"5410\" data-permalink=\"https:\/\/blogs.glowscotland.org.uk\/wl\/calderwood\/2022\/12\/23\/ben-lomonds-christmas-festivities\/320570731_551337540178453_4251777151342272280_n\/\" data-orig-file=\"https:\/\/blogs.glowscotland.org.uk\/wl\/public\/calderwood\/uploads\/sites\/6714\/2022\/12\/23090856\/320570731_551337540178453_4251777151342272280_n.jpg\" data-orig-size=\"945,1260\" data-comments-opened=\"1\" data-image-meta=\"{&quot;aperture&quot;:&quot;0&quot;,&quot;credit&quot;:&quot;&quot;,&quot;camera&quot;:&quot;&quot;,&quot;caption&quot;:&quot;&quot;,&quot;created_timestamp&quot;:&quot;0&quot;,&quot;copyright&quot;:&quot;&quot;,&quot;focal_length&quot;:&quot;0&quot;,&quot;iso&quot;:&quot;0&quot;,&quot;shutter_speed&quot;:&quot;0&quot;,&quot;title&quot;:&quot;&quot;,&quot;orientation&quot;:&quot;0&quot;}\" data-image-title=\"320570731_551337540178453_4251777151342272280_n\" data-image-description=\"\" data-image-caption=\"\" data-medium-file=\"https:\/\/blogs.glowscotland.org.uk\/wl\/public\/calderwood\/uploads\/sites\/6714\/2022\/12\/23090856\/320570731_551337540178453_4251777151342272280_n-225x300.jpg\" data-large-file=\"https:\/\/blogs.glowscotland.org.uk\/wl\/public\/calderwood\/uploads\/sites\/6714\/2022\/12\/23090856\/320570731_551337540178453_4251777151342272280_n-768x1024.jpg\" \/><\/a>\n\t\t\t<\/div><\/figure><figure class='gallery-item'>\n\t\t\t<div class='gallery-icon 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data-image-meta=\"{&quot;aperture&quot;:&quot;0&quot;,&quot;credit&quot;:&quot;&quot;,&quot;camera&quot;:&quot;&quot;,&quot;caption&quot;:&quot;&quot;,&quot;created_timestamp&quot;:&quot;0&quot;,&quot;copyright&quot;:&quot;&quot;,&quot;focal_length&quot;:&quot;0&quot;,&quot;iso&quot;:&quot;0&quot;,&quot;shutter_speed&quot;:&quot;0&quot;,&quot;title&quot;:&quot;&quot;,&quot;orientation&quot;:&quot;0&quot;}\" data-image-title=\"320748065_1770199063362824_6123303070389355807_n\" data-image-description=\"\" data-image-caption=\"\" data-medium-file=\"https:\/\/blogs.glowscotland.org.uk\/wl\/public\/calderwood\/uploads\/sites\/6714\/2022\/12\/23090858\/320748065_1770199063362824_6123303070389355807_n-225x300.jpg\" data-large-file=\"https:\/\/blogs.glowscotland.org.uk\/wl\/public\/calderwood\/uploads\/sites\/6714\/2022\/12\/23090858\/320748065_1770199063362824_6123303070389355807_n-768x1024.jpg\" \/><\/a>\n\t\t\t<\/div><\/figure>\n\t\t<\/div>\n\n<p>&nbsp;<\/p>\n<p>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&#8230; party food!!<\/p>\n<p>&nbsp;<\/p>\n<div data-carousel-extra='{\"blog_id\":6714,\"permalink\":\"https:\\\/\\\/blogs.glowscotland.org.uk\\\/wl\\\/calderwood\\\/2022\\\/12\\\/23\\\/ben-lomonds-christmas-festivities\\\/\"}' id='gallery-3' class='gallery galleryid-5371 gallery-columns-3 gallery-size-thumbnail'><figure class='gallery-item'>\n\t\t\t<div class='gallery-icon landscape'>\n\t\t\t\t<a href='https:\/\/blogs.glowscotland.org.uk\/wl\/calderwood\/2022\/12\/23\/ben-lomonds-christmas-festivities\/319579154_562368538646361_8369049568076823237_n\/'><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" width=\"150\" height=\"150\" src=\"https:\/\/blogs.glowscotland.org.uk\/wl\/public\/calderwood\/uploads\/sites\/6714\/2022\/12\/23123437\/319579154_562368538646361_8369049568076823237_n-150x150.jpg\" class=\"attachment-thumbnail size-thumbnail\" alt=\"\" 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data-image-caption=\"\" data-medium-file=\"https:\/\/blogs.glowscotland.org.uk\/wl\/public\/calderwood\/uploads\/sites\/6714\/2022\/12\/23123517\/321123386_1761851554186011_1483766244132461695_n-300x225.jpg\" data-large-file=\"https:\/\/blogs.glowscotland.org.uk\/wl\/public\/calderwood\/uploads\/sites\/6714\/2022\/12\/23123517\/321123386_1761851554186011_1483766244132461695_n-1024x768.jpg\" \/><\/a>\n\t\t\t<\/div><\/figure>\n\t\t<\/div>\n\n<p>&nbsp;<\/p>\n<p>Our Christmas Around the World play was also one on Ben Lomond&#8217;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 &#8211; check out our vid here! https:\/\/sway.office.com\/gm4BEjrfvmuvnQBw?ref=Link<\/p>\n<p>&nbsp;<\/p>\n<p>It&#8217;s been an incredible year and we thank you for all your continued support.<\/p>\n<p>&nbsp;<\/p>\n<p>Next term will be VERY exciting as we begin to think about leaving our Calderwood P7 Legacy behind.<\/p>\n<p>&nbsp;<\/p>\n<p>For now, relax &amp; enjoy the break!<\/p>\n<p>&nbsp;<\/p>\n<p>Ben Lomond &amp; Mrs McGarvey \ud83d\ude42<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>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 &#8216;Aztec&#8217; hot chocolate as part of our IDL topic on Ancient Civilisations. It was pure 100% dark chocolate powder with&hellip; <a class=\"more-link\" href=\"https:\/\/blogs.glowscotland.org.uk\/wl\/calderwood\/2022\/12\/23\/ben-lomonds-christmas-festivities\/\">Continue reading <span class=\"screen-reader-text\">Ben Lomond&#8217;s Christmas Festivities<\/span><\/a><\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":18264,"featured_media":0,"comment_status":"open","ping_status":"open","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"footnotes":""},"categories":[46,15,54],"tags":[],"class_list":["post-5371","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","hentry","category-ben-lomond","category-calderwood-moments","category-creative-calderwood","entry"],"jetpack_featured_media_url":"","jetpack_sharing_enabled":true,"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/blogs.glowscotland.org.uk\/wl\/calderwood\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/5371","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/blogs.glowscotland.org.uk\/wl\/calderwood\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/blogs.glowscotland.org.uk\/wl\/calderwood\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/blogs.glowscotland.org.uk\/wl\/calderwood\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/users\/18264"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/blogs.glowscotland.org.uk\/wl\/calderwood\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=5371"}],"version-history":[{"count":1,"href":"https:\/\/blogs.glowscotland.org.uk\/wl\/calderwood\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/5371\/revisions"}],"predecessor-version":[{"id":5463,"href":"https:\/\/blogs.glowscotland.org.uk\/wl\/calderwood\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/5371\/revisions\/5463"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/blogs.glowscotland.org.uk\/wl\/calderwood\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=5371"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/blogs.glowscotland.org.uk\/wl\/calderwood\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=5371"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/blogs.glowscotland.org.uk\/wl\/calderwood\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=5371"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}