Calderwood Primary and Nursery

As well as relaunching outdoor activities for schools Xcite are now able to offer opportunities to the wider communities of West Lothian starting off with our Easter Activity Programme. There are opportunities for 8yrs – 12yrs olds to try one of the following activities:-

Canoeing
Mountain Biking, or
Archery

These are offered over a mixture of full and half day sessions and will all be delivered from Xcite Linlithgow. All sessions are led by qualified instructors and all equipment required will be provided.

You can find more information here: Xcite Outdoors – Easter Programme (003)

Talking to children and young people about war and conflict

We are aware that some families have asked for advice on how to speak to their children about war and conflict. You might find these documents useful:

Social Story about war in Ukraine

Talking-to-children-about-war Barnardos

Magic Miles Fundraiser

Our Parent Council have kindly marked out what a mile in Calderwood looks like for our Magic Miles fundraiser. You can find out more information here.

World Book Day!

Today we had great fun in Calderwood Primary School celebrating World Book Day. To spread the love of reading even further your child will have a £1 book token which you can find out more about by clicking here.

To celebrate World Book Day, the Ben Clans were able to be reading buddies with Mull, Orkney and Shetland Clans. The younger children became authors this morning as they wrote all about space. This fun was shared by the older children too, they were given time to free-write and could share this with their buddies later in the day.

Mull Clan, Bens Lawers and Ben Lomond:

Orkney, Bens Lawers and Ben Lomond

Shetland, Bens Lawers and Ben Lomond

In Ness and Rannoch Clan the children have been learning about different setting in books. To celebrate World Book Day they searched the libraries to find books with different setting and then used new and exciting adjectives to describe the settings they found.