Today we held our second Celebration Assembly to recognise the successes and achievements of children from across the school. We began with a welcome from Mr Povey, then shared the winners of our STEM Superstars and Remarkable Readers awards, as well as our top scorers and winning House- Calderwood. We also celebrated BB Bonkers’ success following their Dragons’ Den win yesterday.
A big well done to all of our award winners!
Today groups from Primary 4 and 5 presented their persuasive pitches as part of a Dragons’ Den challenge linked to their topic of George’s Marvellous Medicine. They were judged by a panel of experienced Dragons including Mrs Pendry, an expert in setting up cooperative businesses, and Mrs Ross, a representative from Enterprising Schools. The standard of pitches was extremely high and all of the teams did a fantastic job in selling George’s medicine to the judges.
A huge well done to Lewis, Lexie and Ben who made up the winning team, BB Bonkers, and a big thank you to our Dragons- Mrs Ross, Mrs Pendry, Mrs McKenzie and Fraser. Thank you also to Miss Burton for setting us such a great challenge, one that we really enjoyed taking part in.
Today, P5-7 had a very exciting visit from Google Virtual Reality experts who took us on amazing 3D journeys using the Google Expeditions app. As reading is a whole school focus this session, our experience was centred around the life and works of Roald Dahl. We used our Virtual Reality glasses to explore the film set of Fantastic Mr Fox, the place where he used to write some of his books, his old classroom and the crash sight of the plane accident he was involved in. The buzz and excitement about using this technology was electric, and we’re looking forward to using Bring Your Own Device to explore its possibilities in the new year.
Following their interdisciplinary context for learning on the BFG, this week Primary 2 and 3 presented their original The BFG at Christmas to our parents and carers. They showed us their creative skills through drama, singing and improvisation, well done Primary 2 and 3! Santa even made a surprise appearance at the end. Thank you to everyone who joined us.
This week we were delighted to welcome Tania Czajka, a french puppeteer to the school. Tania has her own puppet company called Le Petit Monde. The ethos behind all Tania’s shows are to introduce and develop french in a fun and stimulating way. Prior to Tania’s visit we had been set a challenge to learn some french. Fortunately for us we had completed our homework task of learning all the words and songs for the show. The show ‘Lapin Wants to Meet Santa’ was based on a naughty rabbit looking for something to heat him up, until he came up with a chocolat chaud or hot chocolate. As Lapin was sleeping Santa appeared on the stage and talked to the children in french. Through the performance there were many opportunities for audience participation and interaction with the different puppets, which made the show very entertaining. A big thank you to Tania for coming to perform for us and help us develop languages in the school in a fun and engaging way.
On Tuesday the primary 7 s went up to West Calder High School as part of the to  ‘Big Get Together’. Several other schools went to the event including all of our cluster schools and some S1’s, who previously came to Mid Calder, were also there. While we were there we got taught some social dances including The Dashing White Sergeant, The Virginia Reel and The Heel and Toe Polka. First we danced to traditional music which was quite easy then we changed to some modern music which was a bit confusing. We had a snack of crisps and a drink of juice as we were so exhausted after all our dancing. Afterwards we went back to the hall and  played a series of games which were corners ,best dancer,musical statues and the Macarena. We all thoroughly enjoyed ourselves and we look forward to going up to high school for transition and seeing some of our other  old and new friends.
By Caitlin, Ayla  and Harry
 
This week Primary 1 performed the Wriggly Nativity to their parents and families. This was a fantastic performance from our all our confident P1s. Thank you to everyone who joined us.
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