Calderwood Can: 11/03/22

Our Ben Lawers and Lomond Clans started British Science Week by organising and teaching a Science Friday Takeover with all our clans.

They nominated children from each clan for a certificate for their contribution and participation in the science tasks!

Congratulations everyone and thank you to our Ben Clans for organising such a successful event.

West Lothian Sumdog Competition Starts Today!

Huge good luck to all our amazing Calderwood Primary School Children, they have now been entered into the West Lothian Sumdog Maths Contest! The contest will run between Friday 11th March and Thursday 17th March. Your child can access the competition by logging in via the following link and using their unique username and password along with the school code Calderwood2:

https://www.sumdog.com/user/sign_in

This competition is a fantastic way to compete against lots of other Primary students, have fun and develop numeracy/maths skills at the very same time. If your child has forgotten their details, please do get in touch with the school office as we’d be more than happy to assist.

Seesaw in Primary 1 – 3

A remember to our Primary 1-3 families, our champions are using Seesaw to profile your child’s learning journey, therefore you will be able to view more information about what your child is learning through the app.

We would encourage you to like to the post, so the champion can see you have read it and feel free to leave a comment.

The video below shares some advice on how you can use Seesaw at home.

Chefs @ Calderwood

This week Rannoch Clan worked alongside Ness and Tay to begin our new IDL learning.  First of all, we had a feel in Mrs Scobie’s big bag and described what we felt inside it, using interesting adjectives.  Inside the bag were different cooking items and we learnt what we would use them for.

In the next few weeks we are going to learn about food and develop our culinary skills to become cooking champions and the finest chefs in Calderwood.

Our first task was to complete our chef ID cards.  We watched a video and then afterwards reflected on the skills and qualities that a chef might have.  We wrote our names and drew our faces on our own ID cards.  We also wrote our favourite food and our current cooking skills.

We then wrote down 3 things that we would like to achieve and develop through our learning about food. Hopefully over the coming weeks we can get better at cooking and maybe help out at home.

Internet Safety Week

L.I  I am learning how to develop healthy and respectful relationships online.

As it was internet safety week, Rannoch clan learned about how to develop healthy and respectful relationships online.  We discussed in groups, what kindness looks like, feels like and sounds like online, why it matters and what we can do if someone is being hurtful online.

We made a looks like, feels like and sounds like grid to put up in our clan room which included all our ideas.  We can refer back to this when needed.  We then looked at unkind comments and tried to find a way to change these so that they are acceptable to share online.  Finally, we played a game on google called ‘interland’ and explored the kind kingdom level.  This game aims to help children to stay safe and be kind online.  We picked up some helpful hints on how to be kind online.

P.E. Topics

Below you can find out which Physical Education topics our clans have been and are covering.
We follow the West Lothian Progression Pathways to support our children to develop Physical Competencies, Cognitive Skills, Personal Qualities and Physical Fitness in P.E.

​​Cognitive Skills –  Problem Solving, Focus & Concentration, Decision Making, Creativity
Physical Competencies – Kinaesthetic Awareness, Balance & Control, Coordination & Fluency, Rhythm & Timing, Gross & Fine Motor Skills

Physical Fitness – Stamina,  Speed​​, Core Stability & Strength, Flexibility​
​Personal Qualities – ​Motivation, Confidence & Self Esteem, Determination & Resilience, Responsibility & Leadership, Respect & Tolerance, Communication​
Shetland, Orkney and Mull
Term 1 – racket and ball skills
Term 2 – multi-sports programme (to develop balance, agility and co-ordination) and gymnastics
Bluebell and Bramble
Term 1 – multi-sports programme
Term 2 – Highland Games, Country Dancing and gymnastics
Ness, Rannoch and Tay
Term 1 – gymnastics and dance
Term 2 – Highland Games and athletics
Ben Lomond and Ben Lawers
Term 1 – badminton and country dancing
Term 2 – handball
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