The Bens visit WCHS Digilab!

On 3.11.21 Ben Lawers and Ben Lomond had the fantastic opportunity to visit West Calder High School. The aim of this visit was to explore transition from primary to secondary education and further develop key skills for life and work, required for success in the STEM sector.

 

Computational thinking is highly sought-after globally; through this visit we developed our knowledge, skills and understanding in computational thinking (and had a great time doing it).

 

Here are some quotes from the Bens to show quite how much fun we had:

 

When we went to West Calder High School we had so much fun and I want to go back. I think we need to go again but do something different next time. I think it was the best trip ever – A

 

I liked it because we coded drones and Lego cars. We got a tour as well my favourite part was the drones and we got the bus there and had lunch there. We all got to talk to our friends at lunch and the class met new people we met a teacher called Mr Murphy and 4 S6’s. Who helped us while we were coding the cars and drones. – M

 

I loved flying drone & driving Lego cars it was amazing I had lots of fun. – Z

 

I loved it because it could do flips and I did lots of times. – B

 

I loved it. It was fun. The race was the best! S

 

I like it because we got a tour and got to code drones and Lego cars my favourite was the drones. – H

 

West Calder High School was AMAZING because of the drones and the coding tech.​ – A

 

It was fun the drones were my favourite thing and the cars. – S

 

I had such fun time my favourite is the drones​. The cars where so cool we got to control the cars. – R

 

 I liked the drones and the Lego cars. – A

 

When we went to West Calder high school and we flew drones with the S6s and we had lunch at we took a tour around the school. – R

 

I felt scared at the beginning but the more we got through, the more exited I got. I was mind blown when we were going to program a drone. The Lego race cars were super awesome! – E

 

Yes, I loved it. It was so much fun and a great experience. – H

 

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Calderwood Tackles Climate Change

Ness, Rannoch and Tay clan have been learning about COP26 together, finding out what it stands for, what it is, why it is happening, and what it means for us and have been learning about climate change with Miss Christie in our STEM lessons.  Through our learning, we wanted to explore climate change even further.

Today, Ness, Rannoch and Tay clan were visited by Miss Connor, our RAISE Primary Science Development Officer in West Lothian, who gave us an introduction to the science behind climate change.

We discussed what the words climate and climate change meant and why climate change is happening.  We then looked more deeply into greenhouse gases that are released into the atmosphere such as carbon dioxide, learning about the links between CO2 and climate change.

Following this discussion, we all carried out an experiment to see if we ‘could see CO2’.   After making predictions of what we might see happening in the experiment, we added sugar to a test tube of warm water and mixed it till the sugar had dissolved.  We then added some yeast to the mixture before, finally, placing a balloon over the top of the test tube.  We waited for approximately 10 minutes to see what might happen.  We found that the balloon inflated, showing that a gas had been created.  This helped us to understand how carbon dioxide is released into the atmosphere and trapped, causing the planet to become warmer.   We really enjoyed carrying out the experiment and checking our predictions.

After completing the experiment, we discussed why climate change matters to us and what we can do to help.  We look forward to looking deeper into this in the coming weeks.  Thank you so much to Miss Connor for allowing us to learn and think more about climate change.

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Autistic Missing Person Protocol

The Autistic Missing Person Protocol has been developed by Police Scotland in consultation with Scottish Autism and is being piloted throughout Lothian and Scottish Borders. It is a simple risk reduction tool to help individuals, families, schools and other organisations assist Police in the event of an autistic adult or child going missing. The form can also be used for child who have autism traits but no formal diagnosis or who are currently undergoing assessment for ASD.

 

It consists of a form which contains vital information about sensory needs, communication abilities, responses and reactions, favourites places and a photograph with consent to share on social media (if needed). The form can be passed to Police at the point the vulnerable child or adult is reported missing and avoids unnecessary delays in gathering information at a time of crisis. As well as keeping a copy of the form at home, we would also be happy to keep a copy in your child’s Personal Pupil Record at school.

 

A copy of the form and further information can be found here: https://bit.ly/AMPP77 and school staff will be happy to support with completion of the form.

Nursery Parking for Parents

Dear Parent/Carer,
Please note, we are currently awaiting signage for our car park. Below are our requests to keep our car park running smoothly and safely.
If essential/ in an emergency you have to use the car park, whilst dropping off and picking up your child from nursery please:
  • Use the one-way system – entering from the left of the car park.
  • Park in a bay in the back two rows (bays nearest the electrical ports and furthest away from the nursery).
  • Walk your child down to the nursery.
The first two rows of parking bays are reserved for staff members and visitors.
Many Thanks for your co-operation.
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