A big well done to the Primary 6 and 7 pupils who sang songs from our recent school show at the crowning of the Gala Queen.
Pupils perform at Gala
Category Archives: Interdisciplinary Learning
P6 are Launching Ahead in Art
Learning Intention:
We are learning to use recycled materials to design and make a space related object.
Success Criteria:
Our models must-
– be 3D
– resemble a real life space object
– be made from recycled materials
This week, the Primary 6s from P7/6 joined with the Primary 6 class and were given the challenge to design and make an object that you might find in space using recycled materials.
First, we sketched a design of our object then , when our plan was complete, we started to build. We had to use a real life picture of our object to help us. Michael, Ellie, Craig, Jamie, Lachlan and Kasse all made a space rockets, William made a space shuttle, Abby made the Hubble Telescope and Neve made a moon buggy. We had to use our knowledge of space from our learning in science, as well our craft, design and art skills to make our final objects. We haven’t finished them yet, but we are sure they are going to look great.
“I really enjoyed painting and gluing my Hubble telescope to try and make it stand up on a tilt,” commented Abby.
“I thought it was one of the best things I’ve ever made and I really enjoyed it,” said Michael.
“Considering there were a few disasters, I liked getting messy with the paint,” added Neve.
Football Team win the Gala Cup
This evening boys from Primary 6 and 7 were selected to play in a school football tournament as part of the Gala celebrations. The boys successfully defeated East Calder Primary and Parkhead Primary, winning the final against Parkhead Primary.
A big thank you to Mr Porter and Cameron Martin for coaching the team, and to everyone who showed up to support the team. Congratulations boys!
Celebrating 100 Years of Mid Calder Gala
Nursery to Primary 7 have been working on a mini learning context about Mid Calder, as they are celebrating their 100th year of Gala Days this year. Classes have been taking part in lots of different activities from walks through the village to orienteering, map reading to investigating the history of Mid Calder. Each class produced a photo frame of their learning, photos of the frames will be displayed at the front of the school on Gala Day and the Gala committee will display the frames in the village.
Click here to listen to the Nursery pupils sing a song they made about Lizzie Bryce.
Pirates of the Curry Bean: Lumbago Lullaby
Meet the Pirates
Pirates of the Curry Bean – Introduction
Pirates of the Curry Bean
Visitors travelled from across the UK and even Europe, to Mid Calder Primary School this week to view the Primary 6 and 7 production of Pirates of the Curry Bean. The Primary 6 and 7 pupils and staff have worked very hard over the past 6 weeks to pull everything together, it was great to see the pupils taking a lead in everything from acting to singing, lights to dancing, props to prompting … a true team effort from the pupils who were facilitated by their teachers and school staff. It definitely was better than ‘alright on the night’ with the pupils being the true stars of the show! We received lots of lovely feedback from our guests who commented on how it was nice to see the pupils being so involved in the production, the jokes were great, a fantastic show and a it was a real feel-good show.
A big well done to all the pupils, staff and parents for their team effort in making the show such a huge success.
Watch this space for some video clips … coming soon!
P3 Mid Calder Village Walk
LI: We are learning more about our local community
SC: I can understand the history of Mid Calder
SC: I can identify differences in the local area from then and now
P3 had a lovely, sunny walk to Mid Calder village last week. We have been learning about the history of Mid Calder in class and we were surprised at how much we didn’t know about the history of our local area. The children were excited to take their learning out of the classroom and take a closer look at the buildings we pass every day, but don’t pay much attention to!
Throughout the walk the children were focused, while using their observation skills to find the answers to questions on their clip board. They transferred learning from maths lessons to the outdoors, using tally marks to gather information on shops in the village and they used mental maths to find out how many years older the Black Bull is than the Torphichen Arms.
The best part of the trip was when we reached the Kirk of Calder on the way back to school and we stopped to sketch the building. The children were fascinated by the detail and produced beautiful pieces of art work. The work completed on this trip will be used to create a frame of our work on Mid Calder village and will be displayed near the school on the Gala Day.
Come on a history walk with P4/3
This week in P4/3, we went on a walk around Mid Calder village because we are learning about and celebrating 100 years gala. We wanted to know more about the history of Mid Calder and how the village has changed from then till now.
As we walked through the village, we were using tally marks to record how many hairdressers, pubs, restaurants and convenience stores we could see.
We also used four adjectives and one simile to describe Calder House, and looked at the difference between Market Street years ago and now. We know that the difference is that years ago the road was wider because there were no pavements as people could safely walk at the sides of the road as there were no cars.
Finally, we sat in the grounds of Kirk of Calder church and sketched a section or different parts of the church building whilst having our snack.
“I had fun learning about the history of Mid Calder”.- Eve Stirrat
“It was interesting finding out that they had no pavements in the olden days”.- Euan Roberts
“I enjoyed putting tally marks down on how many hairdressers, pubs, restaurants and shops there are and I enjoyed working with my partner”. Kiera Brown
“I enjoyed working with my partner and sketching part of the church”. Aiden Hardie
