Gemma Paterson
@gpatersoney.bsky.social
Head of Centre at Rannoch ELC Centre, Falkirk Council ⭐️ MEd Early Years, Class of 2023👩🎓, 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
October 2, 2025 at 9:06 AM
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
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Getting ready to welcome our new families at the ELC roadshow! 🥰
September 29, 2025 at 4:19 PM
Getting ready to welcome our new families at the ELC roadshow! 🥰
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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 tea🐅🫖
L - “More milk”
E - “Tiger, ROAR!”
R - “Tiger”
L - “More milk”
E - “Tiger, ROAR!”
R - “Tiger”
October 1, 2025 at 9:34 AM
This morning in the Under 3’s we were exploring Helicopter Stories! Acting out a very hungry tiger who came to tea🐅🫖
L - “More milk”
E - “Tiger, ROAR!”
R - “Tiger”
L - “More milk”
E - “Tiger, ROAR!”
R - “Tiger”
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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
#NurturingNature #FamilyLearning #BuildingRelationships
September 2, 2025 at 12:00 PM
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
#NurturingNature #FamilyLearning #BuildingRelationships
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Please have a wee look at all our family learning and engagement opportunities available at Rannoch.🥰
Please get in touch if you require any further information!
Please have a wee look at all our family learning and engagement opportunities available at Rannoch.🥰
Please get in touch if you require any further information!
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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August 4, 2025 at 12:39 PM
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Please have a wee look at all our family learning and engagement opportunities available at Rannoch.🥰
Please get in touch if you require any further information!
Please have a wee look at all our family learning and engagement opportunities available at Rannoch.🥰
Please get in touch if you require any further information!
We have an amazing @rannochelc.bsky.social community! Thank you to our fabulous families and @eylynettew1111.bsky.social for organising 🤩
We hope everyone is excited for Grangemouth Children’s Day!
Thank you to our helpers who have decorated the float. Remember to give us a wave 👋👋👋👋😊
Thank you to @Spar who have gave us a donation towards our float and our decor 😍 #community #Grangemouth
Thank you to our helpers who have decorated the float. Remember to give us a wave 👋👋👋👋😊
Thank you to @Spar who have gave us a donation towards our float and our decor 😍 #community #Grangemouth
June 20, 2025 at 8:45 PM
We have an amazing @rannochelc.bsky.social community! Thank you to our fabulous families and @eylynettew1111.bsky.social for organising 🤩
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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!
June 10, 2025 at 3:18 PM
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!
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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
June 11, 2025 at 2:27 PM
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
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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 “ On the farm”. 🦆🐴🐔🐷 look forward to seeing you.
June 11, 2025 at 2:46 PM
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 “ On the farm”. 🦆🐴🐔🐷 look forward to seeing you.
⭐️ We have a vacancy for an ELC Assistant @rannochelc.bsky.social Term-time, part-time and permanent! ⭐️ Come and join us ⬇️
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
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June 10, 2025 at 7:14 PM
⭐️ We have a vacancy for an ELC Assistant @rannochelc.bsky.social Term-time, part-time and permanent! ⭐️ Come and join us ⬇️
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We couldn’t be prouder of these families today for their confidence up in the woods with their children ♥️🌳 They embraced the great outdoors and followed their children’s interests while exploring! The campfire was a highlight for the children today 🔥 #ChildLed #NurturingNature
June 10, 2025 at 1:02 PM
We couldn’t be prouder of these families today for their confidence up in the woods with their children ♥️🌳 They embraced the great outdoors and followed their children’s interests while exploring! The campfire was a highlight for the children today 🔥 #ChildLed #NurturingNature
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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
June 3, 2025 at 5:04 PM
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
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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
May 14, 2025 at 5:01 PM
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
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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
May 13, 2025 at 8:44 PM
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
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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
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
May 2, 2025 at 7:23 PM
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
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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
April 30, 2025 at 7:24 AM
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
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Lovely to share our cluster transition through shared stories with everyone tonight. Thank you to Amanda and Jane for contributing! 🥰 It was lovely to meet passionate practitioners from around Scotland also. 📚
April 23, 2025 at 5:38 PM
Lovely to share our cluster transition through shared stories with everyone tonight. Thank you to Amanda and Jane for contributing! 🥰 It was lovely to meet passionate practitioners from around Scotland also. 📚
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.
April 4, 2025 at 3:55 PM
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.
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
April 1, 2025 at 2:29 PM
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
@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
April 1, 2025 at 2:26 PM
@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