P7 Adventure at Dalguise PGL

Our P7s recently returned from an unforgettable three-day adventure at Dalguise PGL, packed with excitement, challenge and lots of fun!

Throughout the trip, pupils had the opportunity to take part in a wide range of outdoor activities designed to test their teamwork, resilience and confidence. From tackling high ropes and climbing challenges to navigating obstacle courses and taking part in team-building games, everyone embraced the experience with enthusiasm and determination.

It was wonderful to see pupils stepping outside their comfort zones, encouraging one another and celebrating each other’s successes. Whether they were conquering a fear of heights, trying a new activity for the first time or developing their leadership skills, every child achieved something to be proud of.

Evenings were filled with laughter and opportunities to spend time with friends, helping to create lasting memories before the transition to high school. The trip also gave pupils the chance to develop their independence, responsibility and problem-solving skills in a new environment.

The staff were incredibly proud of the positive attitude, behaviour and teamwork shown by all of our P7 pupils throughout the three days. They represented our school brilliantly and were excellent ambassadors both on and off the activities.

A huge thank you to the staff who attended and helped make the trip possible. We are sure the memories made at Dalguise will stay with our P7s for many years to come!

Well done, P7s. What an amazing adventure!

P7 Cross Country Success!

On Tuesday, a group of our P7 pupils took part in a cross-country event, completing an impressive 1.2km run. It was fantastic to see the determination, resilience and effort shown by every member of the team, and we are incredibly proud of them all.

The event was a great opportunity for our pupils to challenge themselves, demonstrate their fitness and represent Calderwood with pride. Every runner gave their best effort and showed excellent sportsmanship throughout the day.

We are delighted to share that our boys’ team and one of our girls, Amel, have qualified for the Cross Country Finals in Bathgate on 8th October. This is a fantastic achievement and recognition of all their hard work and commitment.

Congratulations to everyone who took part, and a special well done to those who have qualified for the finals. We look forward to cheering them on in October.

More information about the finals will be shared soon. Good luck, Team Calderwood! 🏃‍♂️🏃‍♀️🎉

Mackintosh Clan Charter

This week in Mackintosh, we have been learning all about the UNCRC (United Nations Convention on the Rights of the Child) and exploring the rights that every child has.

As a class, we discussed which rights are particularly important in our classroom and made sure that everyone had the opportunity to share their views and have their voice heard.

We then explored what these rights should look like, sound like and feel like in our classroom. We talked about our roles as rights holders and the responsibilities of duty bearers in helping to make sure everyone’s rights are respected.

Using all of our ideas, we worked together to create our very own Class Charter! Each pupil contributed to our display, showing that our classroom is a place where everyone should feel safe, included, respected and ready to learn.

We are looking forward to putting our charter into action throughout the year!

P7 Dalguise Camp

Please see the attached slides from the parent presentation last night.  Thank you so much to all parents who attended.

2026 Camp Parent Meeting Presentation

Please also see the attached suggested kit list to help with planning what to pack.

Dalguise Kit List 2026

P6 and P7 Bonfire and Fireworks Safety Talk

On Thursday, 31st October, we were delighted to welcome two colleagues from Livingston Fire Station to speak to our P6 and P7 clans about the importance of staying safe on Bonfire Night.

Many of the children were then motivated to make their own posters about staying safe with sparklers and only allowing adults to let off fireworks.

Thank you to Livingston Fire Station for giving up their time to speak to our children.

Olympics and Paralympics IDL – Celebration Event

To celebrate the learning we have been exploring in our IDL Olympic and Paralympic topic we were very lucky to have a visit from Josh Manson.

Josh spoke about his experiences being a wheelchair basketball player, ran a basketball training session and even gave us a go at manoeuvring a wheelchair.

Click here to explore photos and videos of Josh’s visit and the amazing MacKintosh Clan taking part in the activities!

Josh Manson Visit 30.9.24 Wheelchair Basketball

Huge thank you goes to Josh for all he did to support our learning and help us celebrate this interesting topic!

Financial Education Sessions

Last week, our P3-7 clans took part in Financial Education Sessions, kindly delivered by Money Advice Scotland.

These sessions looked at Introduction to Money, Budgeting for Events, and Banking and Borrowing.

The children thoroughly enjoyed these sessions and learning about such an important subject.

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MacKintosh and Muir – P7 Fun-Day

On Friday 6th September our Primary Seven Clans; Muir and MacKintosh ran a Fun-Day Fundraiser for the whole school. It was a fantastic experience for our Primary Seven children to organise and orchestrate a whole-school event – during which our Primary Sevens showed our school values of Caring, Resilience, Integrity and also supported our younger children to feel a sense of Belonging with such efficacy!

We diligently calculated the total after having sorted all the change into respective coins and having counted each type of coin into money bags. We were so lucky to have raised £820.19 in cash and an additional £670.00 in online payments. Making a total of £1490.19 in funds to help reduce the Cost of the School Day for our phenomenal Primary Seven families by funding those Primary Seven Hoodies!

Thank you to all families and children who took part in the day and made donations to our fundraiser. Huge thank you also goes to Skylight Events for making a donation from their business to support our fundraiser.

Here are some great snaps from the day:

Here are some quotes from our amazing Primary Seven role models:

My time at the P7 fundraiser was great! I started off doing face glitter and then got to do soak the P7’s – I got seven buckets chucked over me and it was so fun! After I got dry, I did hair extensions. My experience of the Primary Seven fundraiser was great. – Annabelle

“I loved getting soaked to the core by my Primary Five friend and doing Tattoos for my friends and other people in school!” – Ananya

“I loved helping younger children make bracelets and getting soaked by the P5s who were ruthless. I also enjoyed looking at everyone else’s stations.”- Maddy

“We spent weeks getting ready for our Fun day, getting soaked was really fun and I helped to tidy up after so I was late to go home but so were some other people so it was really fun!”- Isabella

“I was setting my station up with my group and got donation box for the extra money for the fundraiser (which helped a lot) and the preparation was fun but tiring and it was fun!” – Finley

“My time at the P7 fundraiser was fantastic. Most of my time I was helping with the glitter tattoos, and it was fun helping all the kids doing their tattoos. For the last 20 minutes lots of P5 got buckets and started throwing them at me – during Soak the P7s. I got very soaked.” – Millie

“First, I set up the glitter tattoos and I did both my buddies’ glitter tattoos. I advertised my glitter tattoo section and after this I helped the football station quite a lot in the arena. After P3 it was P4 and I was in goals for bibs, and we won 4-2 After break it was p5 and it was funny because the p5 was punting the ball around and it hit me. P6 came on and it was p7 vs p6 and we won 7-1 against them and then we tidied up the arena.” –  Dheeran

“On the day of the p7 fundraiser we got our stuff ready my group were in the arena for the football tournament it was fun to watch the p1’s play football, I got a glitter tattoo then I went outside to see people getting soaked at soak the p7’s I threw a few sponges at the other p7’s when I came back it was the p5’s playing we then played the p6’s we won 7-1 we were happy then it was home time so we cleared are stuff it was a really tiring but a really fun day.” – Poorvaj

“I had a massive crowd waiting patiently for their origami this was the fun part because I was able have fun conversations with them, I was also able to help many p2s who needed my help. For me it was the best time I had in a long time.” – Sartaj

“I liked interacting with people and got to play football as I love to play football.” – Mason B

“I loved getting soaked and doing my neighbour’s face glitter.” – Lacey

“I LOVED the P7 Funday because my brother poured 7 WHOLE BUCKETS on my HEAD in soak the P7s. I got to do my P1 buddies face glitter and made him really happy.” – Farah

“My highlights were: Getting soaked by the P3. After getting soaked we all started chucking buckets and sponges at each other. Doing my Buddy’s face glitter.” – Summer

“My favourite part of the fundraiser was when my sister got to soak me in soak the P7s. After I got dried, I set up my stand (make your own coasters) and surprisingly we got 50 pounds!” – Jessica

“I had an amazing time during the P7 Funday! I did face glitter first which was amazing because seeing kids smile because of you is so sweet! Then I went to soak the P7s and got very wet, but it was very funny!” – Eila

“I really enjoyed the P7 because I was in the origami group.” – Mason L

“I was in the arena football tournament I was the one sorting people’s teams and seeing all the young people playing football. I went in goals when p2 where play it was 4-2 bibs and I was in beat the goals. I helped with the guess the number of sweets in the jar and I helped with the hair extensions.” – Rayan

‘‘I loved helping with different stations such as making origami and helping people make coasters, however my favourite part had to be getting drenched in soak the P7s.’’ – Elliot

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