Happy Purim

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On Friday the 10^th of March, Calderwood Lodge celebrated the Jewish festival of Purim. Purim commemorates the saving of the Jewish people from Haman, who was planning to kill all the Jews. This took place in the ancient Achaemenid Persian Empire. The story is recorded in the Biblical Book of Esther.

During the day we took part in different stations in each classroom. We began in the hall where each class paraded on the stage.

Station A – Quiz

Station B – Drama

Station C – Games in the hall

Station D – Hamantaschen and story telling

Station E – Mask Making

Station F – Mishloach Manot bag decorating

Station G – Dancing with Shosh

Station H – Puzzles and games

We all enjoyed dressing up in our fancy clothes and costumes. Here is what Primary 6 dressed as:

Esther – Doctor

Zipporah – Guitarist

Zidane and Fatimah – Pirates

Ava and Jenna – Mario and Luigi

Daniel – Storm Trooper

Jamie – Ash Ketchum

Ben – Astronaut

Flora – Ice Skater

Zaynah – Wonder Woman

Harrison – Bobba Fet

Faizan – Kylo Ren

Louis – Freddy Fuzz Bear

Sophia – Little Red Riding Hood

Ksenia – Unicorn

T.J – Mad Hatter

Zak – Dalmation

Ellie – Persian Girl

Miss Aslam – Bunch of purple grapes

Our favourite staff costumes were Mr Guetta who was dressed as a girl from Tel Aviv and Miss Aslam and Miss Reid who were dressed as a bunch of grapes.

It was a day full of fun and excitement!

Written by Jenna and Daniel

Religions, School

Purim Preparations

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As Purim was fast approaching, Primary 6 were chosen to bake Hamantaschen. A hamantash is a triangular shaped, filled-pocket cookie or pastry which is usually associated with the Jewish holiday of Purim which is on Sunday. They are shaped after Haman’s ears. Primary 1 also joined us to help bake. Mrs Rosenberg grouped us so that we were able to support the younger children. She demonstrated how to make a hamantash and then we all got to have a go ourselves. Some were filled with jam and others filled with chocolate chips. We all enjoyed baking and working with the Primary 1 class.

Written by Daniel

Competitions, Uncategorized

Euro Quiz

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On Wednesday the 8^thMarch, a team of five pupils from Primary 6 participated in the East Renfrewshire Euro Quiz Heats. At the Euro Quiz there were 4 rounds. The first round was Geography, the second round was languages; there was a choice of Spanish, German, Italian and French questions. We answered the French language questions. Round three was all about understanding Europe; this included questions about the European Parliament. The final round was a general knowledge round about sports, history, music, food and culture. We have been preparing for the Euro Quiz for a whole month so we were very proud to have come third place with an outstanding 44 out of 60. Well done to all the other schools who participated!

Written by Daniel and Zak

Trips and Visitors

Primary 6 visit Scotland Street Museum

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On the 24^th of February, Primary 6 visited Scotland Street Museum to see what life would be like in a Victorian classroom. This was part of our Social Studies topic of the Victorians.

When we arrived, the boys and girls were separated and taken to the cloakrooms to change into uniform worn in the Victorian times. We waited anxiously outside the classroom for the Victorian teacher as from what we have learned in our topic, we knew she was going to be extremely strict. The boys had to sit next to a girl (boy on the left and girl on the right).

First we recited a short prayer, followed by some mental arithmetic (this is what they called maths in the Victorian times). We used slates and slate pencils to answer some problem solving questions. They were tricky!

Next we practised copperplate writing using ink. If someone did something wrong, their table was slammed with the belt which was used on pupils during the Victorian times.

Towards the end of the workshop, the teacher came out of role and talked to us about the overall differences between Victorian schools and modern schools. At this point everyone felt much more relaxed!

Jamie was chosen to model the dunces hat, this was hilarious as everyone got to laugh at him. We also took part in a short drill activity (this is what they called PE in the Victorian times).

We all had a wonderful time and will remember this trip for a long time. We have realised how kind the teachers at Calderwood Lodge really are!

Check out some pictures from the trip below.

Written by Daniel and Harrison

Physical Education

Badminton taster session

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On Thursday the 16^th of February, P3-7 went to Maccabi for a badminton taster session. We travelled by bus. Our coaches (Ian and Ewan) split us into two groups. The more experienced badminton players played a game called “Jailbreak”. It’s a game where the coach hits the shuttlecock over the net and the person on the other side tries to hit it back. The other group were practising their badminton skills. The session lasted an hour, before we knew it, it was time to get back on the bus to go back to school. It was very fun and we all enjoyed it. We all want to go again.

Written by TJ and Jamie

Trips and Visitors, Uncategorized

Gary Jacobs

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One Wednesday the 8^th of February World Famous Boxer Gary Jacobs came in to talk about his boxing career. Gary Jacobs (The Kid) went against Parnell Whitaker (sweet pea) to be the world’s best boxer. He taught primary 3, 4 and 6 some awesome boxing moves. Six people (two from each class) came on the stage and put some punching gloves on and learnt some moves and punches. Gary Jacobs won the British, Scottish and European boxing title. He has had 48 wins and 5 losses. We got to play some games and have a question and answer session with Gary Jacobs. We asked questions relating to religion, boxing and some personal questions. We all had a great time and learnt lots!

Written by Daniel and Ellie: )

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Physical Education

Squash Taster Session

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On Tuesday the 31^stof January Primary 6 6 began their first squash taster session which was led by an instructor called Stuart. We watched him demonstrate first and then we had a go ourselves. He taught us how to hit the ball using forehand and backhand movements. We also played a game in teams where we had to see how many hits we could do as a team. It was a fun session and we are looking forward to 3 more sessions!

Written by Louis and Faizan

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Uncategorized

Burns Supper

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On Wednesday the 25^th of January P6 and P7 and their parents were joined for Burns Supper in the school hall. It was presented by Oliver (P7) & Flora (P6). We were brought in by a man playing bag pipes and we got to sit next to our parents. Oliver and Flora told us some very interesting facts about Robert Burns across the whole supper. First P7 danced the Dashing white Sargent, then P6 danced Strip the Willow, then both classes danced the Gay Gordons. After that we had a taster of haggis, neaps and tatties along with some Irn Bru whilst we were quizzed on how much we had remembered. It was an eventful afternoon and we are glad that all of our hard work paid off in the end! Check our our art work and a picture of us showing off our tartan in the pictures below!

Written by Jamie and Harrison

School

Emek House Party

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This week Emek won the house party for first term (Hooray!)

We get house points for good behaviour and certificates! House points can also be removed for things such as chatting during prayers. Emek won with a total of 470 Points (wow!)

At the house party you could choose from either playing the X-box (Fifa game) or you could take part in party games which included prizes such as lip balms, bath bombs, colouring books, stickers and mini footballs. Some of the games we played were dodge ball, octopus, musical statues, musical bumps and splat.

A shout out to Ben and Abi in P7 for organising a fun afternoon!

Written by Flora and Esther 🙂

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