A big thank you to our P6 and 7 pupils who attended the Kirk of Calder Christmas Choir Concert on Friday evening. They sang some Christmas songs and songs from their Alice show. A fantastic performance from our choir.
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Nursery Nativity
Today our Nursery performed the A-Z of Christmas for their parents and families. Thank you to our P6 buddy’s who narrated the performances, Ben who helped with sound, Grace and Leah who played the piano, the PSA and to everyone who came to support our pupils. We definitely have lots of creative confident individuals in our Nursery, well done!
Mid Calder Torch Light Procession
On Saturday evening some of P1-3 pupils sang a selection of their Nativity and Christmas Concert songs at Mid Calder Kirk. They also joined in for the Gala Torch Light Procession. Thank you to everyone who attended.
PSA Christmas Fair 2016
A big thank you to everyone who showed up on Friday evening to support our school by attending our annual Christmas Fair. The PSA did a fantastic job of organising the event, and bringing the whole school community together for the festive season. It was lovely to see new members of the PSA, previous and current parents/carers, pupils past and present, members of the community and staff join together.
The fair raised the amazing total of £2,007.92! This will be added onto our Playground Fund, which brings it to the grand total of £8004.07. A big thank you to everyone who supported this event.
Advent Assembly
Today Rev. Povey joined us to celebrate the start of advent.
Christmas Jumper Day for Jak’s Den
Today we wore our Christmas jumpers and brought in a donation for Jak’s Den. The Nursery to P7 raised £198.19 for Jak’s Den. Well done everyone!
Alice: The Musical
Tonight and yesterday afternoon Primary 6 and 7 showcased their creative talents through Alice: The Musical! This term, the pupils through their interdisciplinary learning context of Alice invested setting and characters, looked at imagery, wrote their own scripts, compared and contrasts different versions of Alice and watched Alice Through the Looking Glass as part of the Into Film Festival.
They brought together all their musical, dramatic and artistic skills to put together a performance of Alice. A big well done to all our Primary 6 and 7 pupils who all contributed to the show in different ways, and a big thank you to our upper school staff. Thanks to the PSA who provided refreshments at the concert and to Williamston Primary for lending us their costumes. Thanks to everyone who made it along to the performance to support the children.
West Lothian Facebook link: https://www.facebook.com/westlothiancouncil/videos/10154200142190838/Â
Mr Anderson very kindly recorded our performance which is available on the West Lothian video channel.
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=TqCLCya5doA
West Lothian’s Digilearn Event
On Friday, Mid Calder Primary School were invited along to West Lothian’s Digilearn Event to share our journey to becoming an AAL and Bring Your Own Device school. As they were part of our Technical Troopers and Pupil Council Junior Leadership Teams during the key stages of this journey, Calum, Ben, Grace and Kirsty joined Miss Burton and Miss Sherlow to present to Head Teachers, teachers and a range of other practitioners from across West Lothian.
They did a fantastic job in sharing the ongoing process that MCPS are going through in our engagement with AAL and BYOD, and received lots of lovely feedback about about how professional and inspiring they were when presenting. Well done Calum, Ben, Grace and Kirsty!
Stars of the Future!
Miss Anderson, Miss Sherlow and MissBurton went along to Howden Park Centre on Saturday to watch some of our pupils perform in Cinderella. We really enjoyed the show, well done girls, what a fantastic achievement!
Reading Open Afternoon
As part of Scottish Book Week Primary 1 to 7 invited their family and relatives to teach them all about reading. Parents got to experience what a reading lesson is like in their child’s class and the range of activities and resources available. They were also given tips on how to support their child at home.
P4-5 leaflet:Â supporting-reading-at-home-
Tips for supporting reading in the early years at home.
Tips for supporting reading at primary stages at home.
What is Literacy in Curriculum for Excellence?
Reading book lists from the Scottish Trust.
The Nursery had a pop in and play event, allowing parent and relatives to see how their child learns through play in the Nursery.
Thank you to everyone who attended.
