Log into Glow to see Mid Calder Primary School’s choir singing ‘Rocking Around the Christmas Tree’ for the WL Digilearn competition.
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P5 Christmas Party
“Tis the season to be jolly…” and Primary 5 were certainly feeling jolly today when they celebrated at the P5 Christmas Party.
We kicked off the party with a game of Christmas themed Corners followed by a very impressive game of Musical Statues that Miss Sherlow and Mrs Redmond found extremely difficult to judge because everyone was so good! Next, we played an energetic game of Musical Arms. After that, we stopped for a bite to eat in to replenish our energy, then got back to party mode with another game of Musical Arms. We then took part in a P5 Mannequin Challenge. We finished our party by showing off our dance moves in the Primary 5 Dance Off. Everyone had a fantastic afternoon 
Merry Christmas Primary 5!
P5 Christmas Music Video
Log into Glow to view the P5 video for the WL Digi Learn Competition.
Kirk of Calder Choir Concert
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.
Primary 6, 7/6 and 7 Alice success!
Myself, Miss Anderson and Mr Renshaw were so proud of our pupils following the success of our Alice the Musical Show. To celebrate the hard work and dedication shown by all pupils, we held a movie premiere afternoon in class, sharing snacks and having a sing-along to our show, viewed through the West Lothian Council youtube channel. It was lovely to see how all of the different teams of pupils, pulled together to pull off a great performance.
Have look below at some of our cast photos taken on the night time performance…
Fantastic job again boys and girls,
Mrs Ross, Miss Anderson and Mr Renshaw
Christmas Lunch
Todat pupils and staff joined together to have our annual Christmas Lunch. A big thanks to our House and Vice Captains who served lunch to P1-3! Although, in return, Mrs McKenzie and Miss Burton served them their lunch! Thank you to our dinner ladies and to everyone who made the lunch run so smoothly.
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.
Author Visit
As part of our focus on reading this session, today P1, P5 and P7 had an inspirational talk from the author, Emma Mooney. She shared where some of her ideas for writing come from, really making us think about how a simple idea can be transformed into the beginning of a whole novel. We learned about the importance of an interesting and engaging first line of a story, and were challenge to try and recognise different novels from the first sentence of the book.
When asked what advice she would given aspiring authors, Emma shared that it is extremely important to have people around you who believe in you, and to stick to the ‘not yet’ plan by not giving up, even when things get tough. We thought that this was great advice for everyone, not just those who want to become authors.
Thank you to Emma for such an encouraging and motivating talk.
Advertising Expert
Today the Primary 4s and 5s had a very special visit from Martha Tod, an advertising expert, who gave us a fantastic insight into the world of adverts. As part of our IDL context, George’s Marvellous Medicine, we have been given the challenge to try and sell the idea of George’s medicine to the Dragons’ Den. As part of this challenge, we have been asked to create a company name and logo, an advertising poster and new packaging for the product.
Martha explained to us about the importance of advertising, as well as what kind of jobs someone who works in advertising would be asked to do. We looked at what makes a good logo and were challenged to search for hidden meanings and objects in some well known logos. We also learned about the importance of colour in advertisements and logos, exploring how different colours make us feel and what they represent. For example, did you know that black gives a sense of power and mystery, while purple suggests royalty, luxury and wisdom?
Thank you to Martha for giving us such great hints and tips to help us with our challenge. We have a lot to think about now!
