Author: Mr Docherty

P7 Calderwood pupils attended the annual West Lothian Track and Field championships at Craigswood Sport centre. The pupils competed in various events. On the track they competed in the 80m, 600m and 100m by 4 relay race. On the field they competed in the long jump and the shot put. Well done to both the girls and boys teams as they demonstrated excellent athletic abilities and good sportsmanship throughout the day.

Calderwood pupils attended an Active and Sustainable Travel sharing session at West Calder High School. Each of the cluster schools shared the work they have been doing with the AST group. The event was also an opportunity for the young people (and adults) to better understand the process of consultation and change.  It was also an opportunity for the pupils to see other schools in their clusters Place Standards and share what is good and what they could do to improve their local community.  A number of people from different Council departments attended and chatted with the pupils and answered any questions that they had. 

Well done to the team from Calderwood who competed in the Jak Trueman cup on Wednesday evening.  They team played very well in all the games and were undefeated on the night. They came 3rd in the tournament after narrowly losing on penalties in the semi-final.

Well done to the Calderwood Football team who attended the Livingston South cluster event for the 3rd time this year. The Sun was out and the team played some excellent football. Great team work and sportsmanship was on show throughout all the games. They managed to win 5 games with some very impressive performances.

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