A big congratulations to Millie who will be our Calderwood House Captain and Jamie K who will assist her as the Vice Captain.
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Category Archives: Achievements
House Captain Election 2015
There has been lots of excitement at MCPS this week surrounding our Primary House Election. The pupils in Primary 7 and their teachers have been working very hard to prepare their campaigns for the House Captain Elections. The success criteria included:
A successful campaign should be:
- Creative
- Original
- Inspiring
- A 6-10 minute speech using ICT including the following information
A successful manifesto will include:
- your interests inside and outside of school
- which 2 school values are most important to you and why
- the 3 things you want to change while you are house captain – why do you want to change them and how will you do this
- This year we are starting House Meetings once a month – what would you like to see happen at house meetings
- Rosettes for your campaign team
A successful campaign may include:
- Posters/banners
- Promotional video
I am delighted to say that this years entries were of a very high standard and a big congratulations to all who took part.
Almondell Term 4 House Winners
Well done to Almondell for winning the House Cup this term. Andi and Keigan decided on a fun morning on the pitch. The P7s organised games on the field, and then we had ice lollies and refreshments. Thank you P7s for organising this.
See You Again
Primary 7 rewrote the lyrics to the song ‘See You Again’ for their Leavers Assembly and performed it for the school and their parents while this slideshow played behind them. The pictures capture the happy times that Primary 7 have shared in their final year at Mid Calder Primary School 🙂
West Lothian Attendance Awards
Congratulations to Ross who received a West Lothian Attendance Award for having 100% attendance during his time at MCPS. Wow! What an achievement, congratulations Ross.
P1 P1/2 and P2 visit Deep Sea World
Primary 1, 1/2 and 2 had a wonderful trip to Deep Sea World on Tuesday 16th June. We saw seals being fed, learnt all about Star fish and sea anemones and even got to handle them at a special class. We would like to thank all the parents who came along and helped out. We had a fantastic time!
Term 4 Achievement Awards
Yesterday we had our Achievement Assembly for Term 4. Each class nominated one pupil to receive the Achievement Award for their class. Parents and carers were invited along to watch the assembly.
We also gave out Star Writer Awards, Top Scorer prizes, sporting trophies and announced the winning house for the term. The school was also awarded a certificate for our continued support for the Smoke Free Home and Zones project.
Well done who everyone who received an award!
Responsible Roles: Magical Mediator Training Day 2
Today was Day 2 of our Magical Mediators training programme to prepare us for our Responsible Roles when we go into Primary 7. We returned to St. Ninian’s Primary School and we completed lots of different tasks to prepare us for the role. We also made action plans, we will meet with Miss Burton to put these plans into place for the next school year.
A big thank you to St. Ninan’s for hosting the training and we hope to have a Magical Mediator Debrief session in November to check up on how everyone is getting on in their new role. Also thank you to our trainer Carol from the Scottish Mediation Network.
Responsible Roles: Magical Mediators
This week Primary 6s are under going a training programme to prepare them for their Responsible Roles when they go into Primary 7. Today 14 children went along to St. Ninian’s Primary School to be trained in Peer Mediation. The pupils had a very busy day doing different tasks and learning about the role of a peer mediator.
Gala Day
A big thank you to all the children, parents and staff who turned up on Saturday (despite the weather) to represent our school at the Mid Calder Gala Day.
