Author: Mr Docherty

Pupils at Calderwood will be participating in Sports Day activities on Wednesday 20th May. This will involve a mixture of potted sports and traditional races. The pupils will be in their house teams and will earn points to see who will be crowned as the House Sports day champions .

The order of the day will be:

P1 & P7 – 9.15am – 10.15am

P2 & P6 – 11.00am – 12.00pm

P3, P4 & P5 – 1.30pm – 3.00pm

Parents will enter from the gate next to the nursery garden/ carpark (Glencoe) and the sports day events will take place on the field and surrounding areas.

Children can wear their navy PE kit as bottoms and their house colours on top:

• Sika – Blue
• Red – Red
• Roe – Yellow
• Fallow – Green

We would request that two adults can attend per child and please only take photos of your own child, ensuring there are no other children in the photo due to photographic permission.

P5 Art Showcase

Well done to all the Primary 5 pupils and teachers for all their hard work in creating an amazing showcase this week. There were three types of Art form on display. These included:

Digital Animation
Pupils have been exploring digital creativity using Adobe Express, where they have experimented with generating AI images, drawing their own animated scenes, and producing short stop‑motion videos. During the session pupils showcased their stop‑motion animations and gave a brief demonstration of how they created them.

Art

For the Art aspect of the showcase the pupils highlighted the following 4 different art styles:

• Pop Art, Doodle Art, Abstract Art and Still life drawing

The Art was displayed in the hall with the children walking around, explaining to the adults about each different style.

Junk Kouture

Pupils have taken part in an exciting project where creativity meets sustainability! Working collaboratively, they have designed their own outfits inspired by themes such as “under the sea”. From initial sketches to final creations, pupils explored a range of recycled materials and fabrics to bring their ideas to life. Their finished designs were proudly displayed for everyone to enjoy.

Well done to everyone involved and Thank You to all the visitors who came to the Showcase.

Huge congratulations to Calderwood 1 who were runners up at the West Lothian Euroquiz heat this year. A fantastic result! All that hard work has paid off. With a total of 55 schools entering and over 130 teams we are so proud of their achievements. All 3 teams performed very well and excelled especially in the languages round.

Calderwood 1

Calderwood 2

Calderwood 3

The students who attended the SSSA Alpine event on Wednesday (travelling up to The Lecht in Strathdon) had a very successful day and represented Calderwood extremely well. As well as some incredible skiing, we were delighted to spot a Golden Eagle (native to the area) flying above our group. This was Rolf’s first time joining the team and competing in a competitive event, and he approached the experience with confidence and maturity. He demonstrated great resilience and maintained a very positive attitude throughout the day. Aaron competed in a higher age group, which presented a significantly greater challenge. Despite this, he delivered some impressive personal-best performances and showed excellent sportsmanship by enthusiastically supporting and encouraging his school team. Both Ruairidh and Rolf achieved podium finishes in the U10 category:

Ruairidh 🥈
Rolf 🥉

Well done to the team for their effort, attitude, and conduct throughout the event.