Aberdeen Clan had a wonderful time celebrating together at our Christmas party. We had fun playing games, dancing, and sharing a snack dressed in our party clothes!
Aberdeen Christmas Party
Dundee Trip and Enterprise
Dundee clan’s trip to Dynamic Earth was fantastic! We enjoyed a tour around the centre finding out about our amazing planet. We loved the 4D cinema, the planetarium and the rainforest section. There was so much to explore. We were also able to show off our knowledge about the rainforest in the rainforest workshop, showing the leader what we had already learnt in school. Mrs Scobie was very impressed with everything that we had remembered.
We have absolutely loved working on our enterprise project creating Christmas craft to sell to other clans. We decided on the crafts we wanted to make and sell, working together in groups (like little hard-working elves) to complete as many items as we could, alongside creating a persuasive poster and price list. We have worked on skills which will support us as we journey through our lives such as teamwork, creativity, focus, concentration, resilience and perseverance. We had a great time selling our crafts and used our skills of persuasion during the sale.
Dundee Christmas Party
Dundee Clan had a fantastic time at their Christmas party. We created a playlist together with all of our favourite party tunes and loved dancing to them. We played musical bumps and corners which was great fun. We enjoyed some food and a drink together in the café which was well-deserved after all that dancing. We are well and truly in the Christmas mood.
Stirling at Christmas
Calderwood Primary Chronicle: 22/12/23
PDF Version: Calderwood Chronicle 22_12_23
Calderwood Calendar:
- 22/12/23: School closes at 12pm
- 08/01/24: School reopens
- Term 3 Family Calendar
Calderwood Communication:
- Christmas Holidays Social Story
- Triple P Parenting Programme Opportunity at Calderwood
- If you are interested or someone in your family is interested in volunteering at Calderwood, the first step is to gain a PVG, you can download a form here.
- In January we welcome Miss Peat, who will join us as part of our Primary 1 pupil support champ team.
- In term 3, January – April we will have the following routines:
- P4-7 break: 10:25am-10:40am
- P1-3 break: 10:45-11:00am
- P4-7 lunch: 12:00-12:45pm
- P1-3 lunch: 12:45pm-1:30pm
Calderwood Construction:
- You can find extension plans and drone footage here.
- Works Completed in the Week
- GF slab poured.
- School pitch fence removed.
- Two Week Look Ahead:
- Prepare for Christmas shut down and locking up of site.
- Continue roof install
- Trim trail work ongoing
- Pitch fencing install ongoing.
- Continue 1st floor SFS
- Take muck offsite 18/12/23 – 19/12/23
Calderwood Compliments:
- Our clans have all enjoyed their Christmas Parties over the past two weeks. Thank you to the Parent Council for providing our Christmas Party food and snacks, and for organising a visit and present from Santa and Mrs Claus for our Primary 1 and 2 clans.
- A huge well done to our Primary 2-7 clans who entertained our community at Christmas Around the World last Friday.
- Merry Christmas from our choir!
- Our Primary 4 clans held their own Christmas Fayre this week, selling items they designed and create as part of their interdisciplinary learning.
It’s hard to believe that we have had our third Christmas together at Calderwood, time really does fly. As a community, we have achieved so much together in such a short space of time and I am forever grateful to our champions, for all they do, to make a difference for our children. Thank you to our families and the community for your continued support, it is greatly appreciated. I hope you all enjoy the holiday period and I can’t wait to see where 2024 takes us!
Miss Burton
Extension Plans & Drone Footage
Extension plans: CPE-HLA-XX-XX-DR-L-0001F (14)
Volunteers: PVG Form
If you are interested in being a volunteer at Calderwood, the first step is to have a West Lothian PVG. Please complete the form below or contact the school office for a paper version.
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The form can be handed back into the office, they will take a copy of your paperwork and submit the form on your behalf.
Bramble and Bluebell Christmas 2023
Bramble Clan looked at Christmas traditions in Scotland, with focus on pantomimes. They looked closely at the various features of a panto such as fairytale storylines, characters, comedy, Scots language, script writing, audience participation and prop and costume design. They then practised and performed their own mini pantomime at our Christmas at Calderwood concert. This was a fantastic opportunity for the children to further develop their meta-skills including creativity, collaboration, leading and communicating. The performance was absolutely amazing and the clan loved this experience. Various comments from the children included they “loved designing and wearing the costumes”, “making people laugh was fun” and “we enjoyed working together to create our own song and actions”.
A group of children from both Bramble and Bluebell have been performing with the choir at various Christmas celebrations in the school. They also visited the Linburn Centre for veterans with sight lost. This was a fantastic opportunity for the children to perform outside of school, building on their confidence and expressive arts skills. They were absolutely outstanding and the feedback from the centre included “they all looked very smart”, “very professional during their visit”, “well mannered” and “such a joy to speak with”.
Both Bramble and Bluebell had a wonderful time at their Christmas party. They played lots of games, performed party dances and even had a few boys vs girls dance offs. Lots of fun was had by all involved!
The clans ended the term with auditions and castings for their show next term. It was clear that lots hard work and effort had went into preparing for the audition and all Champions involved were blown away with the talent on display. We are so proud of you all.
It’s safe to say that Bramble and Bluebell clans have had lots of fun this festive period. Both Miss Truesdale and Miss Boden have loved getting to know their clans this year and can’t wait for next!
Have a wonderful Christmas when it comes and we will see you all in 2024.
Calderwood Christmas Choir 2023
P5-7 Enterprise Opportunity
