Primary 5 all took part in 2018’s Show Racism the Red Card competition. This Show Racism the Red Card Competition encouraged young people from schools and other educational settings to produce creative work with an original anti-racism theme. Our whole class took part and the entries were all wonderful. We linked it into our learning and researched Black History Month and found out a lot of amazing information about people like Nelson Mandela, Ghandi, Martin Luther King Jnr and how all these people helped to create the journey against racism that we are still currently on. As such an inclusive and diverse school and class, we thought this was a great project to take part in and we really enjoyed the entire experience.

To make it even better, one of our very own classmates was selected out of 900 contestants to be a finalist at Hampden Park Stadium. A huge congratulations to MELANIE GROSSMAN! Melanie’s creation obviously had a great impact on the judges and she was given a highly commended award on the day. Luckily Mrs Santi and her mum and dad were all there to watch up go up to collect her award and certificate and to give her a great cheer. We are so pleased for Melanie and proud that her entry made Calderwood Lodge the only primary school in East Renfrewshire to make it through to the final.

We can’t wait to take part in 2019’s competition and continue to fight against racism!