Category: Calderwood

The Bens visit WCHS Digilab!

On 3.11.21 Ben Lawers and Ben Lomond had the fantastic opportunity to visit West Calder High School. The aim of this visit was to explore transition from primary to secondary education and further develop key skills for life and work, required for success in the STEM sector.

 

Computational thinking is highly sought-after globally; through this visit we developed our knowledge, skills and understanding in computational thinking (and had a great time doing it).

 

Here are some quotes from the Bens to show quite how much fun we had:

 

When we went to West Calder High School we had so much fun and I want to go back. I think we need to go again but do something different next time. I think it was the best trip ever – A

 

I liked it because we coded drones and Lego cars. We got a tour as well my favourite part was the drones and we got the bus there and had lunch there. We all got to talk to our friends at lunch and the class met new people we met a teacher called Mr Murphy and 4 S6’s. Who helped us while we were coding the cars and drones. – M

 

I loved flying drone & driving Lego cars it was amazing I had lots of fun. – Z

 

I loved it because it could do flips and I did lots of times. – B

 

I loved it. It was fun. The race was the best! S

 

I like it because we got a tour and got to code drones and Lego cars my favourite was the drones. – H

 

West Calder High School was AMAZING because of the drones and the coding tech.​ – A

 

It was fun the drones were my favourite thing and the cars. – S

 

I had such fun time my favourite is the drones​. The cars where so cool we got to control the cars. – R

 

 I liked the drones and the Lego cars. – A

 

When we went to West Calder high school and we flew drones with the S6s and we had lunch at we took a tour around the school. – R

 

I felt scared at the beginning but the more we got through, the more exited I got. I was mind blown when we were going to program a drone. The Lego race cars were super awesome! – E

 

Yes, I loved it. It was so much fun and a great experience. – H

 

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Nursery Parking for Parents

Dear Parent/Carer,
Please note, we are currently awaiting signage for our car park. Below are our requests to keep our car park running smoothly and safely.
If essential/ in an emergency you have to use the car park, whilst dropping off and picking up your child from nursery please:
  • Use the one-way system – entering from the left of the car park.
  • Park in a bay in the back two rows (bays nearest the electrical ports and furthest away from the nursery).
  • Walk your child down to the nursery.
The first two rows of parking bays are reserved for staff members and visitors.
Many Thanks for your co-operation.

Nursery Flu Vaccinations Additional Slot

Dear Parent/Carer,
On Tuesday 9th November children will receive their flu vaccination in nursery, if you have provided consent. If your child does not attend nursery on a Tuesday please complete the form below to book a slot for your child to receive their flu vaccination.

Parent Council: Clan Reps

Dear parent/ carer,
I hope you had an enjoyable weekend.
Last week we had our first Parent Council Meeting, which was very successful, you can find the minutes here:
We appointed the roles within the Parent Council, which you can find here: https://blogs.glowscotland.org.uk/wl/calderwood/2021/10/25/parent-council-roles/ We will explore what these roles will be responsible for and create a remit/ description of each role.

We would also like to appoint a rep for each clan.

We will create a definition of this role together, however in the first instance, they would support with communication and represent the clan at Parent Council meetings, etc. If you are interested in this role, can you please complete this form: https://forms.office.com/r/SbX94uzftK

Kind regards,
Miss Burton
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Firework Safety Information for Parents/Carers

Orkney Clan’s Numeracy

Wow! I can’t believe that’s us five weeks in already and it was our last day at East Calder Primary School today. We have such an exciting few weeks coming up as we will be settling into our new school building and classroom. For this blog Orkney would love to share our learning in numeracy with you.

We have been practising our number recognition, number formation and counting skills. The children have enjoyed learning outdoors, playing smartboard games and engaging with various number activities. We went outdoors and used chalk to make games of hopscotch. Orkney Clan had so much fun practising their number formations and hopping! I was very impressed. We have also been practising subitizing by looking at dot patterns. This is where the children try to identify the number of dots in a set by quickly looking at them. They are very good at being able to discuss the different ways that they noticed the dots too. If you want to practise at home, dominoes are brilliant for this.

Orkney Clan are going to continue to develop these skills in numeracy because it will help them with their understanding of number. They have been very engaged and I am so proud of what they have managed to achieve so far.

I hope you all enjoy your well-deserved September break.

Thank you for your continued support,

Miss Cunningham

What have Bramble Clan Been Up To This Week?

We’ve had lots of fun in our Clan this week including playing hopscotch in the sun.

In numeracy, we explained to each other what odd and even numbers were.  We then recapped on counting up in 2s, we did it together, silently whispering our odd numbers and then shouting out our even numbers. We did really well and some of us even attempted to count up in 11s!

In literacy, as part of our ‘Invisible Strings’ topic, we wrote letters to people we love, we then shared these with our class. We remembered to use capital letters, full stops and finger spaces.  Mrs Findlay was so proud of us for sounding out tricky words.

In health and wellbeing, we listened to a story called ‘Bounce Back’ which was about resilience.  We learned that even if we can’t do something at the moment, if we keep trying we will eventually be able to do it.  We completed sheets with 3 things we ‘can’ do already and 1 thing we ‘can’t’ do YET.  Mrs Findlay is a bit concerned as lots of us want to learn to drive so she explained that we will need to wait until we are older but in the meantime, we can practise riding our bikes and scooters.  We decided not to use the  word ‘can’t’  in our Clan and instead use the phrase ‘I will try’.

We are looking forward to our last day based in Mid Calder Primary and can’t wait until we move into Calderwood on Wednesday. Only 5 more sleeps to go!  Have a lovely weekend everyone.

 

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