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Gemma Paterson

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Head of Centre at Rannoch ELC Centre, Falkirk Council ⭐️ MEd Early Years, Class of 2023πŸ‘©β€πŸŽ“, Education Scotland Associate. #PedagogicalLeadership #TeamELC #BeingMe. All views are my own.

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Today was our first visit to the residents at Cunningham House. This week Jane brought Bookbug along to join us for some songs & stories before the children shared their own Story Books! We started to get to know the residents before our next visit. #CommunityPartnerships #IntergenerationalLearning

02.10.2025 09:06 β€” πŸ‘ 6    πŸ” 1    πŸ’¬ 0    πŸ“Œ 0
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Getting ready to welcome our new families at the ELC roadshow! πŸ₯°

29.09.2025 16:19 β€” πŸ‘ 11    πŸ” 1    πŸ’¬ 1    πŸ“Œ 0
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This morning in the Under 3’s we were exploring Helicopter Stories! Acting out a very hungry tiger who came to teaπŸ…πŸ«–

L - β€œMore milk”
E - β€œTiger, ROAR!”
R - β€œTiger”

01.10.2025 09:34 β€” πŸ‘ 5    πŸ” 1    πŸ’¬ 0    πŸ“Œ 0
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We had our family session for the new block of Nurturing Nature today! What great fun we had with some very keen and enthusiastic parents! Roll on next week when we bring the children along for the fun too 😝 🌲
#NurturingNature #FamilyLearning #BuildingRelationships

02.09.2025 12:00 β€” πŸ‘ 12    πŸ” 4    πŸ’¬ 1    πŸ“Œ 1
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Rannoch ELC Centre - Family Learning and Engagement Opportunities Welcome to our family learning Sway! In this sway you will find lots of information about the type of family Learning opportunities on offer. If you would like to find out any more information please

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Please have a wee look at all our family learning and engagement opportunities available at Rannoch.πŸ₯°
Please get in touch if you require any further information!

04.08.2025 12:38 β€” πŸ‘ 3    πŸ” 1    πŸ’¬ 0    πŸ“Œ 1

We have an amazing @rannochelc.bsky.social community! Thank you to our fabulous families and @eylynettew1111.bsky.social for organising 🀩

20.06.2025 20:45 β€” πŸ‘ 1    πŸ” 0    πŸ’¬ 0    πŸ“Œ 0
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Today we had our first fire in the garden after some of the adults passed their fire training yesterday. We have been practising our rules recently during role play. We remembered them all which helped to keep us safe. S - Low & Slow! F - No costumes! R - I can feel it hot. N - Water put it out!

10.06.2025 15:17 β€” πŸ‘ 6    πŸ” 1    πŸ’¬ 0    πŸ“Œ 0
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Our last cook to connect session was a celebration, we had so much fun having a little afternoon tea type snack followed by some dancing. Thanks to our families who attended, we loved making memories with you all #cooktoconnect #party

11.06.2025 14:26 β€” πŸ‘ 5    πŸ” 1    πŸ’¬ 0    πŸ“Œ 1
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Thanks to everyone who joined us at our recent Cuddlers and babblers sessions. Last week we explored the colour monster through sensory experiences and this week we explored heuristic play. Next week we will be looking at β€œ On the farm”. πŸ¦†πŸ΄πŸ”πŸ· look forward to seeing you.

11.06.2025 14:46 β€” πŸ‘ 4    πŸ” 1    πŸ’¬ 0    πŸ“Œ 1
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Early Learning and Childcare Assistant - FLK12929 | Falkirk Council | myjobscotland View details and apply for this early years practitioner / child care / nursery role in Grangemouth with Falkirk Council on myjobscotland

⭐️ We have a vacancy for an ELC Assistant @rannochelc.bsky.social Term-time, part-time and permanent! ⭐️ Come and join us ⬇️

10.06.2025 19:14 β€” πŸ‘ 6    πŸ” 4    πŸ’¬ 0    πŸ“Œ 1
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We couldn’t be prouder of these families today for their confidence up in the woods with their children β™₯️🌳 They embraced the great outdoors and followed their children’s interests while exploring! The campfire was a highlight for the children today πŸ”₯ #ChildLed #NurturingNature

10.06.2025 13:02 β€” πŸ‘ 10    πŸ” 2    πŸ’¬ 0    πŸ“Œ 0
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What a great Family Session to start our latest block of Nurturing Nature! Thank you to one of our parents from our previous block for sharing her experience of these sessions! Lovely to get more families involved in this experience. #FamilyLearning #SharingExperiences

03.06.2025 17:04 β€” πŸ‘ 7    πŸ” 3    πŸ’¬ 0    πŸ“Œ 1
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Had a great day joining Education Scotland’s Curriculum Improvement Cycle (CIC) Collaboration Group. Very interesting looking at how they plan to let our curriculum evolve and sharing our views and opinions on this. #LanguageAndLiteracy #EvolvingCurriculum

14.05.2025 17:01 β€” πŸ‘ 3    πŸ” 2    πŸ’¬ 0    πŸ“Œ 0
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Jemma, Jane and Lesley joined @falkirkfroebel.bsky.social tonight to celebrate their completed Froebel in Childhood Practice Course. Well done, we are so proud of you all! #TeamRannoch #Froebelian

13.05.2025 20:44 β€” πŸ‘ 12    πŸ” 1    πŸ’¬ 1    πŸ“Œ 2

What a great morning spent at the woods with our families. Great team working and participation from them all! Can’t wait to have the children join us and for the real fun to begin 🌳😊 #NurturingNature

02.05.2025 19:23 β€” πŸ‘ 4    πŸ” 1    πŸ’¬ 0    πŸ“Œ 0
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We kickstarted our new block of Nurturing Nature with a family only session. We discussed our plans and the benefits of these for their children. Our families then got stuck in and gave it all a go for themselves! We loved our families positive outlooks!! #GiveItAGo #GetOutside

30.04.2025 07:24 β€” πŸ‘ 9    πŸ” 2    πŸ’¬ 1    πŸ“Œ 1
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Lovely to share our cluster transition through shared stories with everyone tonight. Thank you to Amanda and Jane for contributing! πŸ₯° It was lovely to meet passionate practitioners from around Scotland also. πŸ“š

23.04.2025 17:38 β€” πŸ‘ 4    πŸ” 2    πŸ’¬ 1    πŸ“Œ 0
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A very productive INSET day with #TeamRannoch, focusing on sharing our champion projects and successes. We also had time to explore improvement priorities for 25-26, using the #clarifyingcanvas tool to dig deeper into our improvement focus.

04.04.2025 15:55 β€” πŸ‘ 3    πŸ” 1    πŸ’¬ 1    πŸ“Œ 1

Thank you @kinnairdwaters.bsky.social for opening your doors last week to showcase all things STEM. Spaces and experiences on offer were fabulous and there was great opportunity for rich dialogue. #STEM #LookingOutwards

01.04.2025 14:29 β€” πŸ‘ 9    πŸ” 5    πŸ’¬ 0    πŸ“Œ 0

@eylynettew1111.bsky.social and I attended Woodburn ELC yesterday for their #LTAFest25 session on inclusive pedagogy. Great to look outwards & explore how other settings are getting it right for their wee people. Time to reflect on our practices and think about developments. @fcqiteam.bsky.social

01.04.2025 14:26 β€” πŸ‘ 7    πŸ” 4    πŸ’¬ 0    πŸ“Œ 0

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