Aberdeen Clan have been learning to recognise money and its value. After discussing the difference between needs and wants, we worked in groups to create our own shops. We had to consider how best to market our products including different pricing strategies. After some window shopping, we were set a budget and had to work out if we had enough money to buy the items on our wish list! We worked out how much more money we would need or if we would receive any change.
Category: Calderwood Curriculum
The Bens IDL Showcase
It was that time of the term again for P7!
When they came together to show off all the work and learning they have been doing during their IDL projects!
This term, we used Mural to collaborate and find out our areas of interest. We then tried to group them together to come up with an over arching topic. This term it was: Global Conflict.
See our work and planning here.Â
We spent 6 weeks learning about the following sub-topics:
World Leaders
Global Politics and Governments
Human Rights
Wars Throughout History
How the Media talks about conflict
To Assess, we created a Rubric together, so we knew what we had to do to be successful:

Last Thursday, the big event happened and we invited Primary 4-6 clans to the Discovery Den to see what we had achieved. Here is some of our feedback:
See for yourself just how fab it was!:
Christmas Around the World
Calderwood Connects: Our Clan is a Family
At our Calderwood Connects we discussed our Calderwood Cares approaches to celebrating successes and supporting us with our choices.
You can see some of our responses below:
Book Week Scotland: Author Visit Information

Book Week Scotland 2023
Visit My Clan: Book Week Scotland

Book Week Scotland 2023 Learning Sways
Book Week Scotland- Book Drop
Calderwood PS is celebrating Book Week Scotland on Monday 13th- Friday 17th November. We are running a book drop initiative. Please find more information below:

Ben Lawers and Ben Lomond- West Lothian Sportshall Athletics Competition
On Wednesday 1st November, we attended the West Lothian Sportshall Athletics Competition at Craigswood Sports Centre. We took part in a number of different track and field events, competing against other Primary 7’s in the authority. The Bens put in a tremendous effort and showed resilience and sportsmanship! 




























