Curriculum Areas – Page 2 – Mid Calder Primary School Learning Blog

February 28, 2019

Taking a trip to the rainforest…

Primary 5 had a great time this afternoon taking a trip to the rainforest. We used our virtual reality headsets to enter this exciting world. It provided us with a good discussion starter and helped us to write down ideas on our KWL grid. We talked about what we already KNOW about the rainforest and what we WANT to find out. At the end of the topic, we will discuss what we have LEARNED. We are looking forward to learning more as the weeks progress and we will continue to use digital technology to enhance our learning.

February 13, 2019

Mardi Gras Carnival and Celebrations for Scotland Loves Languages Week!

Pupils in P6/7 and P7 have participated in a week long programme of learning opportunities, incorporating many different skills for life and learning, across curriculum areas. We have been focusing on applying our spoken French language skills, whilst learning about French culture and celebrations. We have created elaborately designed masks for Mardi Gras; we have used and learned French vocabulary for describing our school, resulting in a fantastic “Voici Mon Ecole” video; we have learned how to participate in a Mardi Gras carnival procession, including our drumming and dancing skills; and finally have been learning how to cook crepes!
Lots of very exciting IDL learning, shared also with Mrs Green from the 1+2 Modern Languages development team, who brought her conversational French skills into our classes! We loved speaking French with her!

January 18, 2019January 29, 2019

Primary 4 learn about gender stereotypes

Through our topic ‘Extraordinary Humans’, the boys and girls have been finding out about people who have overcame obstacles in their lives to become successful.

This week we learned about gender stereotypes and explored the different ways that people can face obstacles in their life simply because they are a boy or a girl. When people use gender stereotypes, they make assumptions about people because of their gender.

The boys and girls believe that a gender stereotype is not a good thing because it encourages us to believe that boys can do things that girls can’t and girls can do things that boys can’t. We decided to make posters to show the different things that boys and girls can do regardless of their gender stereotype.

We were also lucky enough to have a visit from a female footballer this week. Miss Walkingshaw talked about the obstacles she faced as a female footballer and how she overcame those obstacles by not giving up. She gave a positive message to the that children you shouldn’t let gender stereotypes stop you from being who you want to be! Check out our football squad!

January 18, 2019January 18, 2019

Primary 4 go bananas!

As part of food technology, the boys and girls in Primary 4 have been developing their peeling, slicing and chopping skills using bananas, carrots and potatoes!

We looked at how to prepare food safely and hygienically as well as techniques for preparing food before it is used for a meal.

First, we had to wash our carrots and potatoes using a colander and running water:

The boys and girls learned how to use the ‘bridge’ technique to slice a banana in half:

They also used the ‘claw’ technique to slice and dice the bananas:

They had lots of fun using the peelers too to peel the carrots and potatoes:

Primary 4 love food technology!

January 16, 2019November 13, 2020

Welcome to Mid Calder Nursery and Primary School blog.

Our school vision creates a very positive ethos within our school; all members of our learning community ‘Believe’ in themselves and thus ‘Achieve’ the best they can which will ultimately enable them to ‘Succeed’ in all they do.

Our nursery vision is ‘Playing to Learn, Learning to play‘.

We aim to prepare all our young people for the challenges of the future. Our learning environment aims to stimulate, challenge, support and provide opportunities to develop life skills.

We take positive steps to promote effective partnerships between home, school and the wider community. We have an open door policy and you will, as parents, be made most welcome at all times. We hope you enjoy looking at ‘life’ within our school and nursery and we would welcome comments under any blog posting.