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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

Safety in the Park

Primary Seven went on a school trip to Arthurlie Park in Barrhead for an educational event called Safety in the Park.
Safety in the Park is an event to teach young children about drugs, road safety, law and your health and wellbeing. It included activities which warned you about electricity, fire safety and cyber safety.
The children were split into groups of five to six people and each group attended certain activities at various times.
At one of the main activities which taught children a lesson about ‘stranger danger’, many people followed. One member of staff dressed as a ‘stranger’, advised that children should follow her. Little did some children know, there was a policeman observing the whole scenario, and then explained to the children why they should not have followed the woman.
The stations were all there to help us to make sensible and safe choices

1) Drink Station
Here we got to try out ‘Beer Goggle’ to see how alcohol can affect your vision.
Gabby “this station taught me how horrible and dizzy you could end up feeling if you drink alcohol”.

Safety in the Park

Primary Seven went on a school trip to Arthurlie Park in Barrhead for an educational event called Safety in the Park.

Safety in the Park is an event to teach young children about drugs, road safety, law and your health and wellbeing. It included activities which warned you about electricity, fire safety and cyber safety.

The children were split into groups of five to six people and each group attended certain activities at various times.

At one of the main activities which taught children a lesson about ‘stranger danger’, many people followed. One member of staff dressed as a ‘stranger’, advised that children should follow her. Little did some children know, there was a policeman observing the whole scenario, and then explained to the children why they should not have followed the woman.

The stations were all there to help us to make sensible and safe choices

Drink Station Gabby “this station taught me how horrible and dizzy you could end up feeling if you drink alcohol”. Here we got to try out ‘Beer Goggle’ to see how alcohol can affect your vision.
Stranger Danger Amy “I felt embarrassed that I followed the lady who didn’t have any identification. It was very easy to be convinced by somebody who we shouldn’t have been trusting”.
Rethink your drink
We discussed good drinks and bad drinks for people and how some drinks are a little deceitful with their advertising. Rachel “I was surprised by how much sugar was in Diet Coke and Coca Cola Life”
Community Safety Here we discussed dog fouling, graffiti and the penalties these can bring about. Maddie “It surprised me that you could get fined up to £500 for dog fouling!”
Road Safety Amy “it is often presumed that it is the driver’s fault in a bike accident, but quite often it might be the cyclist’s fault”.
Cyber Safety At this station, we learned about how easy it is for information to be revealed online, without you realising you are doing it. Online activity can be very dangerous and this station raised the awareness of many of us. Gabby “even the smallest detail can reveal so much about your life that you don’t realise”
Fire safety Freddie “whenever you have a campfire, you must put rocks around it, in order to prevent the spreading of fire”.