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On Friday morning, Baird Clan came together to share their learning with their families and the rest of the school community through their Clan Connects. The children told us all about the Cost of the School Day and their important role in deciding how our Participatory Budget is spent. They did an amazing presentation and... Continue reading Baird Clan Connects

Hi Folks, We have been enjoying Maths Week Scotland in Ben Lawers clan. In number, pupils have been exploring multiplying and dividing by 10, 100 and 1000.We have been exploring the decimal point and using 0 as a place holder. In maths we have been measuring the weight of every day objects using scales with... Continue reading Ben Lawers 27.10.24

As part of Maths Week Scotland, Rannoch clan have been using their measuring skills to conduct an experiment! Within our IDL topic called 'Calderwood Clan Explorers', Rannoch have been learning about Loch Rannoch, the water cycle and the big question 'why does it rain so much in Scotland?'. To answer this question, we decided to... Continue reading Rannoch Clan - Maths Week Scotland

This week, we learned about a famous artist called Wassily Kandinsky. We learned that he is well-known for creating abstract paintings using shapes, lines and colour. In Numeracy, we have been exploring place value, with pupils learning to build numbers to 1,000 and 10,000. Inspired by Kandinsky's "Several Circles", we created abstract art using size... Continue reading Tummel Clan's Creative Calculations

Tay clan have been exploring the water cycle, climate change, habitats and food chains through the context of rivers (our Tay clan namesake). This week we explored our key question 'why does it rain so much in Scotland and where does it come from?'. We also discussed 'what is weather and how does it exist?',... Continue reading Tay Clan - Maths Week Scotland

This week as part of Maths Week Scotland, Leven Clan became Meteorologists! Through our IDL topic - Calderwood Clan Explorers we have been learning about water, where it comes from and what creatures live in and around the water. The questions that everyone wanted to know was.. "Why does it rain so much at Calderwood?".... Continue reading Leven Clan- Maths Week Scotland

This week in our numeracy lessons, we have been focussing on making estimates. We have used our knowledge of rounding to help us to estimate the answers for different addition, subtraction and multiplication problems. We also took on the challenge of esti-mysteries and used our maths knowledge and problem solving to answer the problems.... Continue reading Baird Clan - Maths Week Scotland

This week at Calderwood Nursery, we have taken part in Maths Week Scotland. Have a look at some of the play provocations that have been on offer. Numeracy Stay and Play

This Week in burns we have been exploring estimation. We began by exploring what estimation is, before testing our knowledge using Esti-mystery. Esti - mystery shows an image and clues and you have to estimate what the number is using the clues given. We loved Esti- mystery and had so much fun doing them, we... Continue reading Maths Madness in Burns

In our learning over the last few weeks, Schiehallion have been investigating and learning about place value - making sure we understand the value of each digit within a number. Specifically this week, we have been looking at multiplying and dividing numbers by 10, 100 and even 1000. We wanted to transfer this learning into... Continue reading Maths Week Scotland - Schiehallion

During Maths Week Scotland, Ben Lomond clan combined their knowledge of Scottish mountains with an understanding of negative numbers by examining the climate conditions at the summit of a mountain. This aimed to deepen their understanding of the mountain environment and highlight the real-world applications of negative numbers. We also connected our learning to our... Continue reading Maths Week Scotland: Ben Lomond Clan