Red house celebrated their pyjama party.
We enjoyed dancing and playing games, and some won prizes!!
We had lots of fun dancing under the disco light!
And finally we enjoyed some cupcakes or sweets with some juice!
Thistle 4.11.22
This week in Thistle we have been really enjoying our exploration of fables, myths and legends. We have been rotating between Bramble, Bluebell and Thistle and learning about Norse gods, origins of Scottish mythical creatures and Greek legends and their themes. We have been creating dioramas, plasticine models and booklets to share our learning. We have also been working on team projects across P5 in Bramble and Thistle. We have been using technology and books to investigate myths from around the world and then have been using our creativity to think of different ways to share these stories. Groups have been creating songs, pantomimes, dances, posters, quizzes and stop motion videos.
In literacy we have been exploring narrative writing. We have been focused on the plot, setting, characterisation and the key grammar of speech marks. We have been looking at how stories have changed over time and we have investigated the origins of Beauty and the Beast. We will begin to retell the story and make our own alterations to the story so that it becomes a unique retelling.
In maths we have been using a variety of materials to help us explore angles. We have learned that a right angle is 90 degrees and found out that bigger angles are obtuse and smaller are acute. We really enjoyed the right angle challenge where we had to use maths resources to make a shape with the most right angles in it.
In PE we have began to develop our skills in badminton, learning forehand, backhand and serving shots. We have been working in pairs to see how long we can rally for and next week we will be introducing a low hung net to begin to learn all the rules of a formal game.
Calderwood Primary Chronicle: 03/11/22
Calderwood Commitments (Actions):
Calderwood Communication (For information):
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Absence/ lateness: In line with West Lothian policy we are required to issue a letter to families whose child’s attendance has dropped below 90% for that month. If this continues for a second month then you are invited to the school for a support meeting. The letters issued follow the West Lothian Council templates.
Calderwood Calendar:
- Term 2 Calendar Updated
- Week beginning 7th November: Poppies on Sale for a donation
- 7th November: School Photo Day
- 11th November at 9:30am: Ben Lawers Clan Connects (Assembly) – 2 family members per child are invited to attend.
- 14th November at 7:00pm: West Calder Cluster Parent Council Event: Let’s Talk Scottish Education
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18th November: Scottish Book Week Dress up/ down day (no donation required). 11:00-11:50: Sharing the learning event: One family member can attend. A blog post will be coming soon with more information about Book Week Scotland.
Capturing Calderwood (Twitter snapshot):
- Calderwood Can Achievements
- Creepy Calderwood
Calderwood Compliments:
- Thank you to everyone who has signed up to be a parent helper, you can still apply by clicking here.
- Thank you to our Parent Council for organising a Halloween fundraiser, and to everyone who donated. They managed to raise £481.50.
- Our recent dress down day in September fundraiser, along with a £500 donation from the Parent Council has enabled us to renew our Sumdog subscription for Primary 2-7.
- Congratulationsto Mrs Castillon who graduated from West Lothian College at the weekend, we are very proud of her.
Kind regards,
Miss Burton
Parent Council: Halloween Fundraisers
Thank you so much to everyone that has donated and taken part in the parent council Halloween Fundraisers. Together you raised an incredible £481.50.
Kind regards,
Parent Council
Term 2 Family Calendar Updated
Parent Council Meeting: Let’s Talk Scottish Education
Mini Champ Opportunities
Our Health and Wellbeing Hub – Name Reveal!!
Over the past few months our Equity Champions have been working hard to design and create a health and wellbeing hub (a space which all pupils would have access to at times during their time at Calderwood).
Our Mini HWB Champs launched a whole school competition to create a name for this space.
We had lots of great suggestions of names! However, our mini champs decided on one they felt captured Calderwood most…. in true Calderwood style with all C’s!
At Calderwood Connects our Mini HWB Champs announced the winning name.
THE WINNING NAME WAS………
Ben Lawers: Calderwood Connects
Dear parent/ carer,
You are invited along to the Ben Lawers Clan, Calderwood Connects at 9:30am on Friday 11th November. Each child can invite two family members, and it will be held in our Arena. It will last approximately 20 minutes with an opportunity for refreshments with other families from Ben Lawers after.
Ben Lawers Clan will share their recent learning about services within our local community.
They will have full dress rehearsal on Tuesday 8th, children should bring any costumes in their bag to change into on this day. (They have made up a list of their own costumes and what they need to bring, please let us know if you need any help with this).
Also, the clan are looking for any boxes/tins and bags that were going to be recycled, to act as props on set.
We look forward to seeing you there.
Kind regards,
Miss Burton & Ben Lawers
