Category: Ben Lawers

Business Ambassador Visit

Primary 7 have been taking part in the Green Skills Circular Economy Challenge. Each group has been working hard to create a sustainable product/service which  follows the Circular Economy principles. After working on creating the perfect business pitch, we were kindly visited by our Conor Gray from Morrison Construction, who listened to our pitches and gave us feedback. We will now be continuing to improve our pitches, in preparation for the final competition.

Glasgow Science Centre Learning Lab

On Wednesday 1st May, Ben Lomond and Ben Lawers were visited by the Glasgow Science Centre Learning Lab. We learned about different types of energy sources and took part in a number of exciting experiments. We then got to take part in our own investigations into different types of renewable energy. We would like to say a big thank you to Morrisons Construction, who kindly funded this experience for our Primary 7’s.

“Hope” Anti-Bullying Production

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.

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.

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:

“For each and everyone I really liked how much time you put into this and how much you knew and I can’t believe how much is happening in our lives and I can’t believe it is true. I can’t wait until the next showcase.” – Harlen
“It was amazingly awesome” – Rory
“I really liked the science parts that you put in and you knew so much and I can’t wait to ask my brother more at home!” – Amel 
“I loved the torture game, I tortured Yuvi!” – Lewis
“I really liked it because there was so many details – like Arabic. In the torture game I liked how there was pictures” – Sara
“I loved the food!” – Kira W
“I loved the food and how much effort you put into making it” – Poppy
“I loved the Kahoot because we bet Mrs McGarvey” – Beni 
“I loved the food and I liked the science experiment” – Rachel
“I loved the Kahoot!!!” – Yuvi
“I loved the wordsearch, it was easy” – Jed
“I loved how much effort you put in and the food. I loved that you had all the world leaders!” – James 
“I loved it all and the food was so tasty” – Anav

 

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!

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