Calderwood Curriculum – Calderwood Primary and Nursery

JrNBA Basketball Tournament – Event 1

On Friday 30th October, our basketball teams travelled to West Calder High School to take part in the first JrNBA tournament of the season. It was a fantastic afternoon of sport, teamwork and determination, with pupils proudly representing Calderwood and demonstrating excellent sportsmanship throughout the event.

The tournament brought together schools from across the area, with matches being played on three courts throughout the afternoon. Calderwood entered three teams, giving many pupils the opportunity to experience competitive basketball and develop their skills in a fast-paced tournament environment.

Our Calderwood A team had an outstanding afternoon, winning four of their five matches and securing an impressive third-place finish overall. Victories against East Calder, Calderwood B, Parkhead A and Livingston Village highlighted the team’s excellent passing, strong defence and teamwork.

Calderwood B and Calderwood C also showed great resilience, enthusiasm and determination, with both teams working hard in every game and celebrating some excellent individual and team performances. Calderwood B achieved two wins during the tournament, while Calderwood C secured a well-deserved victory against St Nicholas B.

Most importantly, all of our players represented Calderwood brilliantly, encouraging one another, showing respect to officials and opponents, and demonstrating the positive attitudes that make us proud. The experience gave pupils a valuable opportunity to develop their confidence, teamwork and basketball skills while enjoying competitive sport with friends.

A huge well done to every pupil who took part and thank you to the staff and organisers who made the event possible. We are already looking forward to the next JrNBA tournament and building on a fantastic start to the season.

Clan Certificate Winners 29.10.26

A very well done to all of this weeks Clan Connects Certificate winners.

Love to Ride Challenge Comes to Calderwood!

This November, Calderwood Primary School is excited to be taking part in the Love to Ride Travel Tracker and Light Your Move Challenge.

The challenge aims to encourage active travel and help pupils think about healthy, sustainable ways of getting to school. Walking, cycling, scooting, wheeling, skating and using Park and Stride are all great ways for children and families to build activity into their daily routines while reducing traffic around the school.

Travel Snapshot Week

From 2nd to 6th November, classes will take part in a Travel Snapshot Week. Each morning, pupils will be asked how they travelled to school and staff will record the results. This provides baseline information about travel habits across the school before the main challenge begins.

Light Your Move Challenge

From 9th to 20th November, we will take part in the Light Your Move Challenge. During this period, classes will complete a quick daily hands-up survey and submit their travel data online. Pupils who travel actively will also receive high-visibility stickers as part of the challenge.

How Families Can Get Involved

We would love families to support the challenge by encouraging active travel wherever possible. Even walking part of the journey, parking a little further away and using a Park and Stride approach can make a positive difference.

Every active journey helps our school work towards creating healthier habits, safer journeys and a more sustainable future.

Thank you for your support. We look forward to seeing how our Calderwood community gets moving this November!

PE Days – Term 2 – 2026-27

PE Days 26_27_ Term 2

🔢 Maths Week Scotland in Edinburgh Clan!

Edinburgh Clan had a fantastic time celebrating Maths Week Scotland! We have been very busy developing our numeracy skills, challenging ourselves and most importantly, having lots of fun with maths…

Throughout the week, we explored place value and learned lots of new mathematical vocabulary. We practised partitioning numbers, identifying greater than and less than and developed our understanding of multiplying and dividing by 10, 100 and 1,000. We worked hard to explain our thinking and use our new mathematical language confidently.

We also took part in the Maths Week Scotland Sumdog competition, which was a big hit! Everyone enjoyed logging on, answering questions and trying their best to earn points for our class. 🎮🌟

However, our favourite part of Maths Week Scotland had to be our active maths games. We loved getting up, moving around and working together while practising our maths skills. It was a great reminder that maths doesn’t always have to happen sitting at a desk.

In fact, we enjoyed our quick-fire maths activities so much that we have now introduced Daily 10 into our classroom routine. The class are really enjoying the challenge and it gives us a fun opportunity to keep practising place value, multiplication, division and other important number skills every day.

What a brilliant week of learning, teamwork and mathematical fun.

Well done, Edinburgh Clan! 🌟

Fantastic Football Festival Performance!

Our Calderwood football team put in an outstanding performance at their recent football festival, finishing the evening with three wins and one draw.

The team showed great determination and skill throughout their matches, but what impressed us most was the way they supported one another. Every player was encouraged to get involved, and the team demonstrated excellent sportsmanship from start to finish.

Their positive attitude, teamwork and resilience were on display in every game, and they represented Calderwood extremely well both on and off the pitch.

A huge thank you to our staff who supported and coached the team, making opportunities like this possible for our pupils.

Well done to all of our players. We are incredibly proud of your efforts and the way you represented our school. Keep up the fantastic work!

Ben Lomond’s Maths Week

To celebrate Maths Week, Ben Lomond took part in the exciting Mission M Possible challenge hosted by Scottish Mathematical Council. We enjoyed putting our problem-solving skills to the test, using team work to tackle a range of mathematical challenges.

We also combined maths with art by creating colourful artwork inspired by the artist Wassily Kandinsky! Using circles to represent different place values, pupils designed their own unique pieces of art before swapping to challenge each other to calculate the total value.

Netball Opportunity for Calderwood Pupils

We’re excited to share a fantastic new sporting opportunity for our pupils!

Active Schools will be launching a FREE Netball Cluster Club for pupils in P4-P7 after the October holidays. The club will take place at Deans Community High School and is open to pupils from schools across the Livingston and West Calder clusters.

The sessions will run on Fridays from 30 October until 11 December:

P4-P5: 1.15pm-2.00pm
P6-P7: 2.00pm-2.45pm

This is a great opportunity for children to develop their netball skills, stay active, build confidence and make new friends while enjoying the sport in a fun and supportive environment. Whether your child is new to netball or already enjoys playing, everyone is welcome to get involved.

Bookings open at 6.00pm on Monday 12 October, and places can be reserved via the Active Schools booking link.

We would like to thank Mr Young and the Active Schools team for providing this opportunity for our pupils.

We hope to see lots of Calderwood pupils taking part!

Calderwood Pupils Shine at Cross Country Finals

A huge congratulations to all of our pupils who represented Calderwood at the recent Cross Country Finals!

The event brought together runners from across West Lothian and our team demonstrated fantastic determination, resilience and sportsmanship throughout the day. Every pupil should be extremely proud of their achievement in reaching the finals, which is a significant accomplishment in itself.

From the starting whistle to the finish line, our runners gave their all. They tackled the challenging course with enthusiasm, perseverance and positive attitudes, encouraging one another and embodying our school values every step of the way.

Whether achieving a personal best, overcoming nerves or simply giving their very best effort, every runner played an important part in making the day a success. The pride and determination on display were a credit to themselves, their families and our school community.

Thank you to all the staff, families and supporters who helped make the experience possible and cheered our runners on throughout the day.

Well done to every member of the Calderwood cross country team. We are incredibly proud of you all!