Category: Fundraising
Christmas Fundraiser
Ben Lomond’s Fundraising Day
Ben Lomond have been working incredibly hard over the last few weeks to plan their fundraising event to raise money for their P7 jumpers.
They have taken full responsibility to plan, decision make, calculate costs
and delegate tasks to ensure everything has been covered.
In their own words, here is what they have been up to:
Jude, Aiden & Matthew have been in charge or the games section out in the field. We created a timetable for each class, decided what games the children most wanted to play and picked spaces for them all. We also helped make signs and poster advertisements for the day.
Rosie and Amy have been in charge of Soake the p7 it when you throw a sponge at a P7 it can be any of the P7s or some teachers. It’s £1 per throw. We had to do market research and source buckets and sponges from the parent council.
Tyler and Zack have been in charge of the Brick-a-Brack stall for the fundraiser. Some of the things that people have brought in are teddy bears, action figures and books. we are very happy with the amount of stuff that has been donated, thank you for bringing things in
Saskia and Jack are in charge of the baking and selling. We have been going around classes to ask what allergies students have. As well as finding the students favourite desserts. We will be following popular demand by selling chocolate cake, cookies, etc. We have booked the stem room for 2 days prior to the date September 30th to bake. Our favourite part was the market research, where we asked students about their allergies. However, we still need to bake the food, I think we’ll have a good time doing so.
Georgie & Elle: We are in charge of the staff car wash. We needed to write loads of emails, checked where we could do it, decide on price, get some of the teachers registration plate, make a register and make signs. We both really enjoyed organising and planning the car wash.
Scholastic Book Fair at Calderwood
On Monday 26th to Friday 30th September we will have the Scholastic Book Fair in our school. This will be held in the discovery den where a selection of fiction and non-fiction books will be on offer. All pupils will get the chance to visit the book fair with their clan during the school day between Monday-Wednesday. This is an opportunity for the pupils to explore and browse the different books that are available. All books can be purchased during our Champion Meetings in school on Wednesday 28th and Thursday 29th September.
Important Information
- Books can only be purchased on the evening of our Champion Meetings.
- The book fair will be held in our discovery den.
- Books should be paid for online by scanning the QR code at the Book Fair. You should complete the online payment system and show your receipt to the champions hosting the fair.
- If a book has sold out or is unavailable, extra copies can be ordered and paid for on the night of the book fair. These will then be delivered to the school and handed out to the pupils.
- Pupils will get the chance to browse the books before the Champion Meetings and let you know of any books they like.
How does the book fair help Calderwood?
Every book purchased at the fair gives Calderwood Primary School rewards. These rewards allow us to get books for our school!
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Halloween Costume Swap Shop
Collectively Calderwood
We are looking for some items to make our current classroom ‘Schiehallion’ feel more homely as an extension to our Hawthorn Hut.
We are trying to be as environmentally friendly and sustainable as possible so thought we would reach out to our community first and see what we can gather.
Items that we are looking for should be of a good quality and games or puzzles must contain all pieces.
If you have any of the furniture or larger items that we are looking for, please contact the office on wlcalderwood-ps@westlothian.org.uk or 01506 280060 and we will arrange collection.
Thank you 😊
Rugs different shapes and sizes, textures
Cushions/beanbags/oversized soft toys
Bookcase/shelves
Large Kallax (ikea) style unit or box shelve storage unit
Storage boxes
Side table lamps
Throws/blankets
Fitness trampoline, stretch yoga bands, muscle rollers, yoga mats
Blender for making soup/smoothies
Egg chairs with canopy (ikea)
Baby dolls and accessories
Role play – house stuff (kitchen + accessories), dress up material (not costumes), sturdy full length mirror/handheld mirrors, beads, bangles, hats, scarves
Old games consol & games (Minecraft, Sims etc)
Scooters – scuttle bugs/ balance bikes/ swingball (indoor)
Old working toys
Train/ cars trucks and tracks
Figures, Barbie’s, LOL dolls, action figures, dinosaurs, animals farm/zoo,
Table top games
Construction sets – Lego, duplo, k’nex, magnet, marbles
Puzzle/coloring books
Play dough sets/tools
Jigsaw puzzles
Gardening equipment
Term 1 & 2 Family Calendar
Last Day for C in the Park Tickets
When purchasing tickets on iPay click:
- Click view all accounts
- Select C in The Park
- Pick the required amount of tickets, remembering one adult ticket gets you a free child ticket
A huge thank you Parent Council!
A huge thank you to our parent council for funding our very first Calderwood Championships (Sports Day). You helped us make it a very special day for all.