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Book Week Scotland 2018, Community, English & Literacy, Expressive Arts, Nursery

Celebrating Book & Nursery Rhyme week

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Over the last fortnight we have celebrated World Book week and Nursery Rhyme week. We started with a visit from Rachel McGaw who read ‘The Kilted Coo’.  Then we were challenged to learn a different nursery rhyme every day, starting with 5 Currant Buns which we acted out. Next was  Humpty Dumpty, we had fun clapping each time we said Humpty and Dumpty. Our favourite was A Sailor went to Sea,  clapping 3 times every time we said sea or see. We finished the week with  I’m a Little Teapot and Round and Round the Garden. As a treat we invited our parents and carers in to hear our rhymes and watch the children receive their Book Bug Bags.   They enjoyed home baking and shortbread made by the children then participated in our nursery rhyme concert. It’s been a fabulous few weeks celebrating with our families.

Community, Events, Fairtrade, Information for Parents, Junior Leadership Teams

Fairtrade Fortnight- Visit from Lush

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As part of Fairtrade fortnight, LUSH Livingston will be in school on Thursday 1st March and, after a presentation with the whole school, they will have a LUSH stall, where some products will be available to buy.  If children wish to buy anything they should bring money in a purse/wallet/envelope.  It would help if the younger children also brought a note of what parents would like them to buy and if the older children knew too.  Please note that these products are subject to change depending on their delivery so LUSH can’t guarantee full availability on the day.
 
Cream Candy Bubble Bar £2.95
Ickle Bot Bath Bomb £1.95
Rocket Bath Bomb  £2.95
Cheer Up Buttercup Bath Bomb £2.95                     
Baa Bar Bubble Bar £4.50
 
Whoosh Shower Jelly 4.50
Charity Pot Hand and Body Lotion £1
Community, Events, Fundraising, Interdisciplinary Learning, Mid Calder 40th Anniversary, Primary 3

Mini Mid Calder Main Street in P3

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As part of our Mid Calder IDL context, Primary 3 have been learning all about the different businesses in Mid Calder. We began by using Google Maps to explore the Main Street and discuss the different goods and services available. We were then challenged to choose one of the businesses as our inspiration for creating our own Mid Calder shop. As part of our research, we created and carried out questionnaires with our chosen business, including questions about prices of goods and services, opening times, busiest days and most popular item. All of this information helped us when setting up our own companies.

Next, we had to give our shop a name and design a logo. We looked at well know companies to help us to create a simple yet eye catching design and a memorable name. We then had to consider which goods/services we would provide in our shop, focusing on one product or service in particular. We used Microsoft Word to create a price list and an advertising poster, using persuasive language to convince our customers to visit our shop.

Finally, we were ready for business and opened our doors to our parents/carers during our open afternoon. We  sold our goods and services, calculating total costs and working out how much change to give back to our customers.

Thank you to everyone who came along and supported our businesses. We raised a grand total of £50.74 which we were very proud of.

Community, Events, Mid Calder 40th Anniversary, Primary 1

Open Afternoon – P1P

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This Wednesday we opened our classrooms up to our families for our Open Afternoon and shared all our learning from our ‘Travelling Ted comes to Mid Calder’ IDL Context. Over the past 6 weeks we have been developing our awareness and understanding of our local environment. We have developed our knowledge of key features and landmarks in Mid Calder and how these play a part in our everyday journeys. We have also explored the story ‘We’re Going on a Bear Hunt’ through various activities and using our outdoor environment.

We loved showing our families around and showcasing our work. Thank you to everyone who was able to come and see what we have been learning.

Community, Events, Mid Calder 40th Anniversary, Primary 5

Open Afternoon in P5C

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L.I. We are learning to design a shop to serve the local community

S.C. I can justify my choice of business

I can make a plan of a shop

I can  create a model of a shop

I can choose suitable materials for building my model

Primary 5C have been working hard on building their models of their chosen businesses.

After careful consideration, each group decided on a business which they thought would do well in the village of Mid Calder. The children had to make a basic business plan, giving details about the product or service their business provides and who their target market was likely to be.

After that, they began to design their premises with floor plans and a shop front design.

Finally, they began the fun  part – building models of each business.

After working on their models for a week or so, Primary 5 were very excited to share their designs with their parents, carers and family members during our Open Afternoon.

It was great to have so many adults in class to help and we were all very impressed at their fantastic creativity. Lots of parents enjoyed a Blue Peter moment, creating furniture , sweets and cakes, ball pits, climbing frames, bookshelves and more using just junk materials and lots of imagination!

The children loved having so much extra help and it was fantastic to hear them enthusiastically discussing their businesses and designs. A huge thanks to everyone who was able to attend, your contributions definitely made a big difference to the success of our models.

Community, Events, Mid Calder 40th Anniversary, Primary 5, Uncategorized

Open afternoon in P5a

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Wednesday afternoon was very busy in P5a as we opened our doors and showcased our business models. All of the children have been working extremely hard over the past few weeks to ensure that their models, of their business, were reflective of the business that they wanted to open in Mid Calder. Over the past few weeks the children have made a business plan and a floor plan in the design of their shops/business, finally we put all of this into practice and started making our shop/business models. The parents/carers that visited us on Wednesday were very impressed with all of the hard work that the children have been putting into their models and were on hand to give advice as to how the children could improve them and some even contributed to the building of our models. Next week we will be sharing our sales pitch with the rest of the class and we will have 3 business that will go onto the final stage of our ‘Dragons Den’. We will keep you updated as to what business is the final winner.

P5a would like to thank all of the parents/carers that took the time to come and see what we have been learning.

Hope you all have a fab weekend.

 

Miss Anderson & P5a

Community, Events, Mid Calder 40th Anniversary, Uncategorized

P4’s Open Afternoon at Mid Calder Main Street!

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This term P4 have been learning about businesses in Mid Calder to celebrate Mid Calder Primary School’s 40th Birthday! Each group chose a shop in Mid Calder to research. We took on challenges like:

  • Finding out about the opening times of our shop.
  • Creating an opening hours sign.
  • Conducting research on the internet to find out the prices of services and goods in our shop.
  • Making posters to persuade people to visit our shop.
  • Making a shop sign and logo.
  • Creating colourful and creative price lists using ICT.

We then used all our research and hard work to open up our shops in our very own fabulous Mid Calder Main Street!

Here are some photos to show the fun we had along the way!

Community, Events, Nursery, Nursery Learning Stories, Primary 1, Primary 2, Primary 3, Primary 5, Primary 7

Mid Calder 40th Anniversary Open Afternoon

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This term every class have had a focus on Mid Calder for their Interdisciplinary Learning context for learning. Classes have investigated different aspects of Mid Calder from its location to its history, shops to services provided in our area. Thank you to everyone who came along to help us celebrate.

If you did not have a chance to complete an evaluation, please click here.

Community, Events, Mid Calder 40th Anniversary, Nursery, Nursery Information, Nursery Learning Stories

Nursery Official Opening

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Today we welcomed Executive Councillor for Education, David Dodds to officially open our new nursery building.

We showcased our school’s musical talents by the nursery children singing a song,  Leah played the keyboard and the P6 pupils sang a song from the Lion King. Invited guests included Jim Cameron, Head of Education, Mvairi Lynch, Early Years Development Officer, and other representatives from the council as well as Keith Earley, contracts manager from Hadden Contraction. Representatives from the Parent Council and PSA also joined us.

Thank you for everyone who came along to help us celebrate.