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Red House Party

Red house were the house point winners for term 1 (Aug – Dec). They had a house party on Friday 16th January. The pupils wore their pyjamas to school and had a snack and a drink while they watched Wallace & Gromit. We look forward to seeing who will win the house reward this term.

P6 Active & Sustainable Travel

Primary 6 have started a new topic to develop their learning about the benefits of active travel and exploring the world around us. This will involve exploring the local community. Carol Smith & Martin Bucknell are AST Support Officers and will be supporting the school this term to deliver this exciting project. The pupils have had their first session with Carol & Martin and were developing relationships and discuss active travel in the local community.

Calderwood Ski Team

The Calderwood ski team competed at the Boyd Anderson event at Hillend on Monday 8th December.

The team narrowly missed out on 3rd place, but we saw some incredible individual and team performances. Out of approximately 200 children, Aaron was the 4th fastest boy overall and the second-fastest P6. Ruairidh came 9th overall and was the fastest P4.

Charlie was our 3rd fastest racer, followed by Niamh, Harper, and Emily.

A special mention to Emily, who is new to skiing and competing in her first race—she impressively shaved 6 seconds off her time between her first and second run.

Well done to the team and we look forward to hearing about how they get on at future competitions.

3rd West Lothian Santa Sleigh Event

Nibbles and Natter

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P7 Cross Country

Well done to the 8 boys and 8 girls from P7 that ran at the Livingston South P7 Cross Country at Bankton Mains Park. Both the girls and boys team came in 1st place and will now compete at the West Lothian P7 Cross Country in November. A special mention to Poppy who came 3rd overall in the girls race and finished on the podium. Well done team!

Calderwood Ski Team

5 Calderwood Pupils participated in the SSSA qualifier at Polmont on Monday 6th October. They all had a brilliant morning and worked so well together as a team to represent their school. They came 4th Overall in their category, narrowly missing 3rd place by 1 second! For our first team outing, we are incredibly proud of them all and encouraged by such a strong start. The 5 who raced have quickly picked up the racing bug and cannot wait to take part in the next event. More information will be shared in the coming weeks about skiing opportunities for pupils at Calderwood. Thank you to the parents for organising this.