Clan News – Page 48 – Calderwood Primary and Nursery

New beginnings ~ Week 1 in Mull Clan

It has been a busy week for all of our new P1 pupils in Mull Clan. This week we have had a big focus on:

Building relationships
Developing independence
Learning all of our daily routines
Developing quality listening skills

All of our pupils have worked hard to find their way around our school building, how to access the toilets and playground with increasing independence. We have had to look after all of our belongings, remembering to put our things safely in our bags (we will keep on working on this!). Many of our pupils have also had to learn how to order their lunch and manage the routines in the dinner hall; we now know where we need to sit and our collect cutlery and drinks.

Mull Clan have played lots of team games that have helped us; learn about each other, follow rules; listen carefully to instructions and most importantly have fun!

In our classroom we have tried hard to build up new friendships through our play zones. We have enjoyed lots of construction, imaginative role play, exploration of sand, problem solving with puzzles and time to explore our fine motor skills with writing and drawing opportunities.

We even had a visit from Miss Christie who helped us investigate STEM (Science Technology Engineering Mathematics) where we explored the story of an adventurous mouse
and made our very own rocket mice using our STEM brains to decide which bottle we could use to shoot our rockets to space.

It has been wonderful to see everyone’s confidence grow in such a short space of time.

Have a lovely weekend.

Mrs Robertson

Orkney Clan’s First Week

A huge welcome to Primary 1! We have had a very special and exciting week in the Orkney Clan. It was our first ever week of school and the first ever week of Calderwood Primary! It has been amazing seeing everybody come together for the first time.

The children have settled in beautifully into their new environment and routines. They have made new friends and enjoyed getting to know each other. They have also been developing their imaginations and experiencing the world around them through play.

Orkney Clan loved learning about STEM with Miss Christie, they were discovering how they could make a rocket fly by using a plastic bottle. After learning about the rockets, some of the children have even tried to make their own in the construction area. They also enjoyed developing their movement skills for PE with Miss Miller.

I have been so impressed by the children’s curiosity, excitement to explore and enthusiasm. It is fair to say Primary 1 have had a fantastic week and I am looking forward to seeing everyone again next week for some new learning and adventures.

Have a lovely weekend,

Miss Cunningham

Calderwood Connects Week 1

Today was the first time all of Calderwood Primary joined together across East and Mid Calder through a Teams Call. It was such a special moment to be able to wave and say hello to all our clans.

We shared some Calderwood moments from the week and celebrated our first week together.

Miss Burton read The Invisible Strings book to us, showing us that we are all connected even though we are in two different buildings. She set us a Connecting Clans Challenge for next week, asking us to connect with a different clan in a creative way.

We finished the week having a sing and dance to this song which we think sums up our first week at Calderwood Primary, thank you to everyone who has made it possible.

Our first week in Rannoch Clan

What a fantastic first week we have had in Rannoch clan! This week we have been settling in to our new environment and learning and following our new class and school routines. Rannoch clan have picked these up very quickly and are demonstrating these extremely well throughout the school day.

Our main focus has been ‘getting to know each other’ and we have been involved in lots of activities to help us do this. We took part in a clan quiz with Ness and Tay clan, created stag ‘all about me’ pictures, played games and created a time capsule which we can look back at, at the end of the year.

We used our observation skills in STEM this week to record the results of our paper aeroplane investigations. We had great fun making and flying our very own paper planes.

It has been great to meet everyone and I am so proud of you all. I can’t wait to see you all next week! Have a fantastic weekend.

Bluebell Clan’s First Week

Wow! What a fantastic week the Bluebell Clan have had. It has been lovely to finally meet and get to know all the children.

This week, the children have settled in beautifully into their new environment, learning the daily routines and expectations of Calderwood Primary School.

We have also been focusing on ‘Getting to Know You’ and the children have enjoyed sharing their thoughts, feelings and interests. New friendships have blossomed within the Bluebell Clan which has been wonderful to see.

With Miss Christie, we made our very own rocket mice and investigated how the size of a bottle changes the height the rocket is fired into the air.

Hope you all have a lovely weekend and looking forward to seeing all your smiley faces on Monday.

Take Care

Miss Swift

This Week in Bramble Clan

It has been a wonderful week in Bramble Clan and it has been lovely finally meeting the children in person.

Our focus this week has been settling into our new environment and learning about the daily routines and expectations of Calderwood Primary School.

We have also spent time getting to know each other and the children have enjoyed sharing their thoughts and feelings. The children have been learning that we are all different from each other and this is what makes us unique. It has been great to see the children forming new friendships and showing respect towards each other.

Have you all have a wonderful weekend and I look forward to seeing you all next week.

Ness Clan’s First Week

We have had a wonderful first week in Ness clan. It has been so much fun getting to know everyone, forming new friendships, and learning a bit more about the magical place our clan is named after. The pupils have come in every day with smiles on their faces, which has been amazing, and are settling in well to the new routines.

This week, we spent time researching Loch Ness, asking questions about the monster, and finding out about the history of clans in Scotland. We have also enjoyed taking part in a quiz with Rannoch and Tay clans, and getting to know our classroom by joining in a scavenger hunt.

With Miss Christie, we used our observation skills in STEM this week to record the results of our paper aeroplane investigations. We had great fun making and flying our very own paper planes.

Have a great weekend everyone!

First Week in Clan Tay

Clan Tay have had a fantastic first week at Calderwood Primary School. We spent Friday morning reflecting on our week and realised that we have been very busy! We have demonstrated creativity this week through the artwork we have produced. Clan Tay enjoyed creating an ‘all about me stag’ to show that everyone is unique. We learned how to use different colours and a shading technique to create our stags. We have displayed our stags in our classroom for everyone to see.

This week, everyone in Clan Tay created a time capsule. We had to write down information about ourselves, our favourite things and think of hopes for the year. We measured ourselves using ribbon to see how tall we are. Our time capsules will get put away and we won’t open them until the end of the year. Clan Tay are excited to see how we will grow, what we will achieve and the progress we will make in the next year.

Miss Redmond has been so impressed by the confidence and enthusiasm of everyone in Clan Tay this week. They have worked hard, been respectful and made sure everyone feels included. Have a lovely weekend!

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Ben Lawers & Ben Lomond’s First Week

We have had a very exciting first week at Calderwood!

Our P5&6’s have enjoyed getting to know each other, taking part in challenges, games and getting to know you activities.

By far, our favourite (and messiest) task was making towers from spaghetti and marshmallows! Well done to Team “Wyvern Wolves” who won by making the tallest tower! Everyone worked well to communicate, problem solve, try our best & of course, have lots of fun.

We’ve also been outside playing lots of games with new friends.

It’s been lovely for Miss Watt & Mrs Clarkson for meet all of our new pupils and we are looking forward to seeing you all next week for some new adventures!