Category: Calderwood Can
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For Primary 1 – 3 families:
Scottish Poetry Recital Clan Competition
Our children have been busy learning their Scots and Burns poems the past two weeks, at home and school. Today the children who wanted to enter the clan competition recited their poem for their clan. Congratulations to all our children who recited their poems, their was a real buzz of excitement across Calderwood!
The clans then had a secret vote for who they thought should represent their clan at the Calderwood competition, they used the success criteria to help with this. Tay clan used an online form for their votes.
Congratulations to our clan competitions! These children will represent their clan in the Calderwood Poetry Recital next Friday which will have a panel of judges.
The children were also very excited to make a phone call home to share their news!
Calderwood Can – 14/01/22
Scottish Poetry Calderwood Competition
As part of our Scottish focus for learning and Burns Day on 25th January the children are participating in a Poetry Recital Competition and have taken home a range of Scottish Poems. The children should choose one poem to learn. The children should learn the poem by heart and use the following success criteria. All children should learn their poem however this is no expectation that they need to recite it in front of the clan if they feel uncomfortable. They also have the option to film their recital, do it to the teacher privately, or as a group. As you will see below, some clans have the same option of poem – this is as these classes are working within the same Curriculum for Excellence level and allows for differentiation. In clan qualifying recitals will take place on Friday 21st January and finals will take place on Friday 28th January (these will be filmed for your viewing).
First Level Success Criteria:
Second Level Success Criteria:
The choice of poems your child can choose from can be found below:
Mull
Orkney
Shetland
Bluebell
Bramble
Ness
Rannoch
P3
P4
The Sair Finger-Walter Wingate
Tay
The Sair Finger-Walter Wingate
Ben Lawers
Ben Lomond
(By Robert Burns)
Red House Winners
We are very excited to announce that the Red Community have won the first ever termly house points competition! We will organise their celebration in the new term! Congratulations!
Calderwood Can – 17/12/21
These two children in Ness Clan won the whole school competition to design a backdrop for the Nativity! Congratulations!
Calderwood Can Certificates – 10/12/21
Calderwood Can Certificates – 03/12/21
This week we launched our Calderwood Can Certificates, for those children who have went above and beyond or for achievements in learning.
Congratulations everyone!
West Lothian Running Week Champions
Calderwood joined many schools across West Lothian to take part in West Lothian Running week as organised by Active Schools.
The children used apps and measuring tools to measure out the distance for their clan:
P1 Pupils – 100m
P2 Pupils – 200m
P3 Pupils – 400m
P4 Pupils – 600m
P5 Pupils – 800m
P6 Pupils – 900m
P7 Pupils – 1km
Our Ben Clans advertised the event.
Calderwood are taking part in WL Running Week – we’re up for the challenge! @ActiveS_Wcald @ActiveWL #CalderwoodCares #CalderwoodCommunity pic.twitter.com/mNdUQBsAnS
— Calderwood_Primary (@Calderwood_Pri) October 25, 2021
Ben Lawers & Lomond have been creating posters to offer advice for our cluster running competition. @ActiveWL @ActiveS_Wcald #CreativeCalderwood pic.twitter.com/BzfR9xukiq
— Calderwood_Primary (@Calderwood_Pri) October 28, 2021
The children below placed in the top 15, across all schools, for their age. A huge congratulations to them all!
