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Sarah-Jane and Miss Burton attended the West Lothian Council Gardening Awards on Friday 25th October. Our school received two awards:
We received the beautiful plaque below and a gift voucher.
These awards for a fantastic recognition for all the work Sarah-Jane and our Gardening Club have done in the past year.
A reminder that Friday 1st November is a dress down day. We would request if children decided to dress down that they make a donation. The house and vice captains have decided that the money raised will be used by classes to select resources for Together Time.
Please no football colours or crop tops.
Children should please return their permission slip and entrance fee prior to the party.
Calder were the term 1 house points winners. Summer and Kyle surveyed the children in Calder to find out what they would like their treat to be and they selected a movie afternoon. They then did a survey to find out which movie and they picked Nanny McPhee. We also picked juice, popcorn and ice lollies for refreshments and dressed in our pjs. We had a fun, relaxing afternoon with our house buddies! Thank you to Kyle, Summer and the P7 Young Leaders for helping to organise and set up the party.
Congratulations Calder!
On Friday we had our end of term Celebration Assembly.
We acknowledged our Awesome Authors, those children who have made excellent progress or achievements within writing.
We also recognised our STEM Superstars, those children who have made excellent progress or achievements within Science, Technologies or Maths.
We recognised our P6 and 7 children who helped out at our recent parent consultations.
We found out that our school has received the Silver Sports Scotland Award. A huge congratulations to our Sports Stars and Mrs McConville.
Our House and Vice Captains set a Maths Weeks Scotland Poster Challenge, and the winners received a prize!
We took part in the National Maths Week Sumdog Competition. Some of children completed all 1000 questions! Primary 3 scored the highest for the school, and Tyler came 207th out of almost 75000 pupils.
Thank you to our Sumdog reps who reminded up about the competition!
We watched a video that showed us all about our learning during Maths Week Scotland.
Congratulations to Calder for winning the house points this term.
Congratulations to Calder for winning the house points his term!
They have decided on a Movie Afternoon for their treat. On Thursday 10th October children in Calder can bring along pyjamas/ onesie to change into (they should wear their uniform to school) and a blanket/ pillow. Children should not bring their own snacks as these will be provided.
We look forward to celebrating!
A letter will go out this week asking for a permission slip to be signed and money to be returned to the school before the event, this will mean registers can be prepared before the event.
For Maths Week we have been learning about area. The children have been learning to count squares and parts of squares to find the area of a 2d shape. Pupils then drew a plan of a Celtic roundhouse onto squared paper and counted the squares to find the area, before adding more of the internal details to their plan.
We were also lucky enough to have a visit from Sarah-Jane who came in to talk to the children about her experience of excavating a Celtic roundhouse. The children were able to demonstrate their knowledge and understanding of The Celts during discussions with Sarah-Jane and were also able to ask questions. They had the opportunity to look at photographs of excavations and explore the different types of materials and artefacts that would have been found.
Have a look at our video below to see our learning during Maths Week Scotland.
Our House and Vice Captains set a Maths Weeks Scotland Poster Challenge, the winning designs are below.
We took part in the National Maths Week Sumdog Competition.
Some of children completed all 1000 questions! Primary 3 scored the highest for the school, and Tyler came 207th out of almost 75000 pupils.
Thank you to our Sumdog ambassadors for giving out the awards!
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