Calderwood Primary had a visit from “Take Away Theatre” last month, who performed “Hope”, an anti-bullying production, to our P4-7 clans. P4 and P6 clans also participated in follow-up workshops. The performance was delivered by professional actors and was thought-provoking and entertaining for the children. The children were captivated throughout the performance. The workshops for P4 and P6 clans provided the opportunity for the children to explore the issues raised in the performance in greater depth. Through Health and Wellbeing lessons, children also completed activities in clan related to the performance.
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Safer Internet Day 2024
To celebrate Safer Internet Day, Ben Lawers took part in an investigation into Fake News. We looked at how to spot Fake News and which sources of information a reliable. We also had a go at creating our own Fake News stories, to see if we could fool our classmates.
P7 Transition Timeline
Please note that the online surgery tomorrow evening has been cancelled. The next online surgery will be on 18th April.
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.
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!:
Calderwood Careers 2023/24 Terms 2 & 3
We are so excited to launch this years Calderwood Careers! This is an opportunity for P4 -P7 to apply for a lunch time job around our school. If you would like to apply for a position, please complete the application form by Monday 13th November. This can be completed at home or school. Remember to be confident and share all the amazing skills you have!
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!
Dalguise 2023: Ben Lawers & Ben Lomond
House & Vice Captains 2023/24
Leadership Team
Red House
Sika House
Fallow House
Roe House
Calderwood Chiefs
Maths Week Scotland – F1 Data for our Clans
The children in Ben Lomond and Ben Lawers, Thistle and Schiehallion and Bluebell and Bramble were given the exciting task of reading, sorting and analysing data with Formula 1 as a focal point. Through a series of rounds the children competed in groups against one another to gain points – these points then propelled them around the racetrack (or sent them off the track!).
Massive thank you to the University of Edinburgh and their F1 Data in Schools team for this support.
Ultimately this led to one team’s vistory for their year group!
See the photos of all their fun below: