Aberdeen’s Budget Challenge

Aberdeen Clan have been learning to recognise money and its value. After discussing the difference between needs and wants, we worked in groups to create our own shops. We had to consider how best to market our products including different pricing strategies. After some window shopping, we were set a budget and had to work out if we had enough money to buy the items on our wish list! We worked out how much more money we would need or if we would receive any change.

Crime Scene Investigators – Schiehallion and Thistle. What will they solve next?

This term as part of our IDL Topic we have been learning about Forensic Science. We have also been reading the book Holes by Louis Sachar, and have found direct links between the situation Stanley Yelnats find himself in and CSI gone awry.

Below are a selection of records displaying our children’s perspectives on our IDL. Please do ask your child all about the topic and we very much look forward to watching the Holes Movie as a reward for all our hard work! A GroupCall will follow with information about permissions for this film.

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Stirling 15.12.23

Hello Folks,

In Stirling Clan we had the best time on our trip to Dynamic Earth. Some of the clan highlights where our visit to the Planetarium and touching an ice berg. Stirling clan done a fantatstic job recalling all their learning about the rainforest and really impressed the expert in our workshop.

We have also loved getting outside, even if it is really chilly, to develop our fundemental skills in football. Having finished basketball we are learning that there are a lot of skills in team work and communication that are the same. We have been exploring successful shooting, accurate passing and controlled dribbling in our sessions and mini games.

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The Bens IDL Showcase

It was that time of the term again for P7!

When they came together to show off all the work and learning they have been doing during their IDL projects!

This term, we used Mural to collaborate and find out our areas of interest. We then tried to group them together to come up with an over arching topic. This term it was: Global Conflict.

See our work and planning here. 

We spent 6 weeks learning about the following sub-topics:

World Leaders

Global Politics and Governments

Human Rights

Wars Throughout History

How the Media talks about conflict

 

To Assess, we created a Rubric together, so we knew what we had to do to be successful:

 

Last Thursday, the big event happened and we invited Primary 4-6 clans to the Discovery Den to see what we had achieved. Here is some of our feedback:

“For each and everyone I really liked how much time you put into this and how much you knew and I can’t believe how much is happening in our lives and I can’t believe it is true. I can’t wait until the next showcase.” – Harlen
“It was amazingly awesome” – Rory
“I really liked the science parts that you put in and you knew so much and I can’t wait to ask my brother more at home!” – Amel 
“I loved the torture game, I tortured Yuvi!” – Lewis
“I really liked it because there was so many details – like Arabic. In the torture game I liked how there was pictures” – Sara
“I loved the food!” – Kira W
“I loved the food and how much effort you put into making it” – Poppy
“I loved the Kahoot because we bet Mrs McGarvey” – Beni 
“I loved the food and I liked the science experiment” – Rachel
“I loved the Kahoot!!!” – Yuvi
“I loved the wordsearch, it was easy” – Jed
“I loved how much effort you put in and the food. I loved that you had all the world leaders!” – James 
“I loved it all and the food was so tasty” – Anav

 

See for yourself just how fab it was!:

Calderwood Primary Chronicle: 15/12/23

PDF: Calderwood Chronicle 15_12_23

 

Calderwood Commitments:

  • 11/12/23 – 19/12/23: iPay open for Term 3 milk order: Milk orders will not be available after date.

 

Calderwood Calendar: 

  • You will find December events dates here: Term 2 Family Calendar Link
  • 18/12/23: Christmas Party: Dundee (am), Christmas Party: Aberdeen (am), Christmas Party: Stirling (pm). Please wear your party clothes to school.
  • 19/12/23: Christmas Party: Glasgow and Edinburgh (am), Christmas Party: Perth and Tummel (P3 children only) (am), Christmas Party: Tay, Tummel (P2 children only), Linlithgow (P2 children only) (pm). Please wear your party clothes to school.
  • 20/12/23: Christmas Party: Leven and Rannoch (am), Christmas Party: Ness and Linlithgow (P1 pupils only) (pm)
  • 21/12/23: Christmas Party: Mull and Orkney (am), Christmas Party: Shetland and Skye (pm)
  • 22/12/23: Christmas Jumper Day
  • 22/12/23: School closes at 12pm
  • 08/01/24: School reopens
  • Term 3 Family Calendar

 

Calderwood Communication: 

 

Calderwood Construction:

  • Works Completed in the Week:
    • Prep for GF slab
    • Poured 1st floor slab
  • Two Week Look Ahead
    • Continue roof install
    • Trim trail work ongoing
    • Pitch fencing, removal of existing fence 14/12/23, install of new to follow.
    • Started 1st floor SFS
    • Pour GF slab 13/12/23
    • Take muck offsite 18/12/23 – 19/12/23

 

Calderwood Compliments:

  • Primary 4 clans had an exciting excursion to Dynamic Earth this week, thank you to everyone who organised the trip and to our parent helpers for their support.
  • A huge congratulations and well done to our Primary 1 clans for their fantastic Ready, Steady, Elves Show. Their confidence, singing, dancing and acting was fantastic! We loved how they all performed with a smile on their faces. Thank you to our champions for making this happen!
  • Thank you to Darren and Elizabeth from Kirknewton and East Calder Parish Church, who joined us at Connects last week to share the Advent Story.
  • Thank you to our choir, who have sang at all our P1 Shows this week!
  • Thank you to the Parent Council for providing our Christmas Party food and snacks.
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