Category Archives: Confident Individuals

Scratch Animation and Programming

Primary 5/6/7 have been working with Mr Bissett, using Scratch software to design and animate sprites. Ben and Liam designed several ‘costumes’ for a Spongebob character, so that they could program it to walk across the screen, turn to the user and say ‘Hello’. Click on the link below and hit the green flag to watch their animation at work.

Well done boys! Keep up the good work!

Ben and Liam’s Animation!

Primary 1-4’s Trip to Summerlee!

On Monday, Primary 1-4 and Primary 5-7 went to SummerLee to take part in some Scottish workshops! Miss Ross and P1-4 were learning all about the journey of wool and how kilts were made! We even got the chance to weave some wool to make a pattern of our own.

Here are some pictures of us in action! After our workshop, we embraced the great Scottish weather and had some fun outdoors in the SummerLee park!

Going for Green, Super 7 Award!

As part of our aim to promote positive behaviour, on Monday the 22nd of December we had our Super 7 award! The children who managed to achieve 7 full green weeks were awarded with a certificate and participated in activities such as football, archery, microfitness and playing on scooters. Here are some photographs of the children enjoying their treat!

Calderbank’s Annual Christmas Show – The Little Match Girl!

We are pleased to announce that our Christmas show this year – The Little Match Girl was a success! We are so proud of all of our pupils who put in a lot of hard work to prepare for the show and put on an excellent performance on Tuesday afternoon and Wednesday evening! Many thanks to all of the parents and staff who helped out behind the scenes, we couldn’t have done it without you! To all who attended, thank you! We hope you enjoyed the show as much as we did!

Primary 3 – 7 Visit to Dynamic Earth.

On Wednesday, Primary 3/4 and Primary 5/6/7 went to Edinburgh on an educational visit to the Scottish Parliament and Dynamic Earth. Both classes have recently been learning about Space and were able to apply and extend their knowledge through a space workshop. Here the children were involved in designing space rovers for different planets and moons and they had the chance to present their designs to the rest of the group.

Whilst Primary 5/6/7 were at the Scottish Parliament, Primary 3/4 enjoyed exploring Dynamic Earth and were lucky enough to get covered in foam during their 4D video of the Arctic! Miss Ross certainly did not expect it!