Category: Information for Parents/ Carers
Tay Clan’s Christmas Craft Sale
Tay clan have been making Christmas baubles for our Christmas craft fundraiser. We got to decide on the creation we wanted to make and what treats we wanted to put inside. Some of our clan have created baubles for their pets. To advertise our Christmas baubles we have created sways. Please take a look at our Sways below.
You can purchase them on Friday 17th December at a price of £2.50 each.
Raffle Grand Total
Climate Change
Rannoch clan have brought their learning about climate change to a close this week. After learning about deforestation through our reading of The Lorax by Dr Seuss, some of us transformed ourselves into the Lorax to ‘speak for the trees’. We used our new-found skills in persuasive writing to write a persuasive piece on what we could do as a community to look after the trees. Fantastic pieces of writing were produced using a clear structure, sensing verbs and persuasive language.
Some pupils have been learning about waste with Miss Redmond and they went for a walk around Calderwood to look at what bins were available for waste and recycling. Tjhey made a persuasive poster to persuade others to think more carefully about the waste we produce and how we dispose of it.
Some pupils learnt about transport and how this can affect our environment, with Miss Reid. They completed a traffic survey of Calderwood and created air quality sensors for round the school.
Our final task was to use art to persuade the Calderwood community to look after our planet. We discussed colour in art and thought about how we might use this in a picture showing our world in all its beauty and showing the world if we do not take action. I am sure you will agree that everyone produced very powerful pictures, showing great persuasive techniques through art.
All in all, we have had a very interesting and informative look at climate change and have many ideas on what we can do to support our planet moving forward.
Well done to all in Rannoch clan.
Social Stories for Christmas Events
Stirling Developments Donation
A huge thank you to Stirling Developments for donating our school Christmas Tree and lights.
Poppy Appeal
Christmas Raffle Draw
On Friday we were very excited to draw our first ever Calderwood Raffle!
You can see the lucky winners below and video of the live draw. The Parent Council will be in touch shortly with the winners.
Thank you to everyone who bought a ticket, we are truly overwhelmed with your generosity and will share the final fundraising total with you shortly. Thank you so much to the Parent Council and Mrs Blair, our office champ, for organising the raffle and doing all the work behind the scenes to make it possible.
Christmas at Calderwood Raffle Draw
Thank you to our local businesses who generously donated prizes.
Thank to Ben Lomond and Mrs Bell for helping us draw the raffle.
West Lothian Food Bank Appeal
Christmas Raffle
Miss Burton
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