Calderwood – Page 18 – Calderwood Primary and Nursery

Crime Scene Investigators – Schiehallion and Thistle. What will they solve next?

This term as part of our IDL Topic we have been learning about Forensic Science. We have also been reading the book Holes by Louis Sachar, and have found direct links between the situation Stanley Yelnats find himself in and CSI gone awry.

Below are a selection of records displaying our children’s perspectives on our IDL. Please do ask your child all about the topic and we very much look forward to watching the Holes Movie as a reward for all our hard work! A GroupCall will follow with information about permissions for this film.

Dundee Clan – Water Cycle and Money

The Water Cycle

As part of our learning about the Rainforest we explored the Water Cycle. We learnt words such as evaporation, condensation and precipitation. We discussed what each word means and what takes place at each of these points in the cycle. We created a water cycle in a bag experiment and placed it on our clan window. Hopefully we will see the water cycle in action.

Money

We have been learning about money. We have been revising the coins and notes we use, totalling money amounts and making amounts in different ways. We also created our own shops with items and prices displayed and went shopping in each other’s shops, recording items we would like to purchase, noting their cost. We discussed totalling amounts and starting with adding the pounds first and then the pence finding that this was an efficient strategy to use.

Calderwood PEF Summary

Dear Parent/Carers,

A copy of our school PEF summary for session 2023-2024 can be found here.

2023-2024 PEF summary and COSD statement

Cost of the School Day Statement

Calderwood Primary School’s vision is that all pupils, regardless of circumstance, have the opportunities and support they need to go ‘beyond the dream.’ The statement illustrates the strategies and measures we have/will put in place to address the cost of the school day.