This week has been slightly different at Calderwood Lodge, as it has been Health Week!

As part of Health Week, everyone has to come dressed in their P.E. kit to school, which we all loved.

On the first day of Health Week for Primary 7, we were initially meant to have volleyball. However, the volleyball people had to cancel, so we were set a challenge that involved maths and health. We had to run around the perimeter of our back pitch – which Archie measured for us and told us that it was 25m – as many times as possible and then work out the overall distance we would have ran. Our next task was to work out where that distance would take us to if we left from Calderwood Lodge. Luckily, Primary 6 joined us in the challenge and we all completed many laps, scoring high numbers in the end.

On Tuesday, Steven Morris, who is a British Karate Champion in 1985, came into our school to teach Primary 6 and Primary 7 the rules and moves in Karate. We were taught many positions and what to say in a Karate match. As soon as we felt confident enough, Steven paired us up and put us to the test. We attempted to catch our opponents’ hair and push pressure points to stop them holding onto you.

On Wednesday, our campus police officer, PC David Cunningham came to talk to us about internet safety and cyber bullying. We discussed realistic scenarios which could occur just through social media. After that, a professional fitness trainer who works at Nuffield Health, greeted us in the gym hall with some circuits. When lunch was over, a man from Scottish SPCA (Scottish Society for Prevention of Cruelty to Animals) came into Primary 7 to talk to us about the SSPCA and what they do. He showed us animals which they had saved and wild animals and pets.
Health Week has been very interesting and fun. Hopefully we get to all do this next year in High School.

By Freddie Hyman