‘Sport Your Trainers’ day

The children had a wonderful action packed day. We were involved in a t-shirt and trainer design challenge and a ‘House’ potted sports event. We were delighted with our surprise visit from the Glasgow 2014 Commonwealth Games mascot, Clyde. He made his entrance at gathering and spent  time with us, playing games and getting his photo taken with all of us. His entourage explained that our school was one of only 3 which were selected from 254, across Scotland, to have a visit from Clyde. We were the only school in North Lanarkshire to have Clyde come along to our to share in our ‘Sport Your Trainers’ activities.

We learned about the creation of the mascot Clyde and watched the animated film, narrated by Billy Connolly.

http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=je5mi7-rLH0

http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=itMWcgwRSgA

Click on the photo to watch Clyde’s big arrival in our school.

Our fantastic t-shirt and trainer designs will be posted soon.
Check out the photos of our special day !

Our ‘House’ potted sports event was a great success. Skye won the bronze award, Harris was silver and Lewis received the gold award !

Skye

Harris

Lewis

Big city, big adventure

Primary 6 returned yesterday evening after their exciting adventure in the capital. There visit was action packed, taking in two West End shows and lots of sight seeing. Some of the highlights include the  opportunity to view the city  from the famous London Eye and our  visit to Buckingham palace. We loved the shows, ‘Wicked’ and  the ‘Lion King’ and the staff were very impressed with the children’s  well mannered, sensible  attitude.

Click on the photo to watch our London slideshow



Calderbank gets Glow – ing !

Glow is a Scottish schools’ intranet which is a safe and secure learning environment that your child can access at school and at home. Over the next few weeks all children will be reminded of their ‘Glow’ login and  password and parents will receive a leaflet explaining how ‘Glow’ works and the opportunities for learning it holds.

Click on the ‘Glow’ logo to find out more.

Eco Action Week 15th-19th April

We are continuing to work hard to achieve Eco Schools status for our school .  We are holding an Eco Action Week to help us raise awareness  of particular issues and focus on our priorities this term. We will be involved in lots of fun Eco activities from Monday 15th April to Friday 19th April. Activities include –

  • A visit from St. Andrew’s Hospice
  • A woodland walk with our local Forest Rangers
  • Planting at the allotment with our friends from B&Q, You Can Do It team.
  • A visit from our local RSPB representative

Our Eco Committee have been taking a close look at our school grounds and will be consulting all of our pupils to make an action plan to improve our play facilities and outdoor learning opportunities.