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Cost of the School Day Family Survey

This term, Schiehallion & Thistle Clans have been leading a project gathering data from pupils, staff and parents about the cost of the school day. They have been researching facts about what poverty looks like in Scotland and the UK.

Further to this, they have been seeking opinions from the pupils in our school about how to spend the participatory budget and are now looking to our Calderwood Communities and families for their feedback. Click here for more information about the participatory budget in Scotland’s schools.

Please take five minutes to complete this anonymous online FORM.

You are welcome to share this form with other members of our community so we get a wide variety of experiences and opinions gathered.

The pupils from Primary 6 clans will be analysing this data as part of their maths curriculum, therefore the reason we have ensured they are anonymous.

We look forward to sharing Schiehallion & Thistle’s findings from this data soon. Our aim is to help support our families and community during the cost of living crisis and use the data to inform how we spend the participatory budget – which you can find more information about through the link above.

Kindest regards,

Mrs Curtin & Mrs Clarkson

 

 

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Aberdeen: Safer Internet Day

Aberdeen clan celebrated Safer Internet Day on Tuesday 6th February. We watched a BBC Live Lesson which focused on technology of the future and provided an insight into the world of Artificial Intelligence (AI). We were amazed by the concept of driverless cars! We made notes and then created posters to share our new knowledge.

After School Clubs

We are delighted to be in a position that we can once again offer after-school clubs for our pupils.  These will be a range of champion led after school clubs and those ran by external organisations.

We will be offering 3 blocks of after school clubs over the next few months:

Block 1 (P1 and P2) – 19th Feb – 26th Mar
Block 2 (P3 and P4) – 15th Apr – 13th May
Block 3 (P5 – P7) – 20th May – 17th June

P1 and P2 Parents will be contacted soon with more information about the clubs on offer and a form to complete if they would like their child to attend.

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Dress Down Day Friday 26th January 2024

Calderwood Primary School will be using our dress down day on Friday 26th January to raise money for ‘The Hub’ in East Calder.
Pupils are welcome to bring in a donation for Dress Down Day.  Donations can also be made on ipayimpact.

blogs.glowscotland.org.uk/…/Calderwood-Primary-School-Dress-Down-Day.pdf

Dundee Trip and Enterprise

Dundee clan’s trip to Dynamic Earth was fantastic!  We enjoyed a tour around the centre finding out about our amazing planet.  We loved the 4D cinema, the planetarium and the rainforest section.  There was so much to explore.  We were also able to show off our knowledge about the rainforest in the rainforest workshop, showing the leader what we had already learnt in school.  Mrs Scobie was very impressed with everything that we had remembered.

We have absolutely loved working on our enterprise project creating Christmas craft to sell to other clans.  We decided on the crafts we wanted to make and sell, working together in groups (like little hard-working elves) to complete as many items as we could, alongside creating a persuasive poster and price list.  We have worked on skills which will support us as we journey through our lives such as teamwork, creativity, focus, concentration, resilience and perseverance.  We had a great time selling our crafts and used our skills of persuasion during the sale.

Bramble and Bluebell Christmas 2023

Bramble Clan looked at Christmas traditions in Scotland, with focus on pantomimes. They looked closely at the various features of a panto such as fairytale storylines, characters, comedy, Scots language, script writing, audience participation and prop and costume design. They then practised and performed their own mini pantomime at our Christmas at Calderwood concert. This was a fantastic opportunity for the children to further develop their meta-skills including creativity, collaboration, leading and communicating. The performance was absolutely amazing and the clan loved this experience. Various comments from the children included they “loved designing and wearing the costumes”, “making people laugh was fun” and “we enjoyed working together to create our own song and actions”.

A group of children from both Bramble and Bluebell have been performing with the choir at various Christmas celebrations in the school. They also visited the Linburn Centre for veterans with sight lost. This was a fantastic opportunity for the children to perform outside of school, building on their confidence and expressive arts skills. They were absolutely outstanding and the feedback from the centre included “they all looked very smart”, “very professional during their visit”, “well mannered” and “such a joy to speak with”. 

Both Bramble and Bluebell had a wonderful time at their Christmas party. They played lots of games, performed party dances and even had a few boys vs girls dance offs. Lots of fun was had by all involved!

The clans ended the term with auditions and castings for their show next term. It was clear that lots hard work and effort had went into preparing for the audition and all Champions involved were blown away with the talent on display. We are so proud of you all. 

It’s safe to say that Bramble and Bluebell clans have had lots of fun this festive period. Both Miss Truesdale and Miss Boden have loved getting to know their clans this year and can’t wait for next!

Have a wonderful Christmas when it comes and we will see you all in 2024.

 

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