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Book Week Scotland - see poster for details of what is happening this week. Book Week Scotland at Calderwood PS Book Week Scotland (18th -24th Nov) is a national celebration of books and reading. During this week pupils in P1-P3 will be gifted a 'Book Bag' in school. Gifting the bags during Book Week... Continue reading Book Week Scotland at Calderwood 2024

Christmas Jumpers Needed ☃️ The Parent Council will be running our Christmas Jumper Bank again this year. ❄️ Please drop off your child and adult sized, gently-used Christmas jumpers to the school office by Thursday the 28th of November. Then pick up your new-to-you Christmas Jumper at the Christmas Fayre on Friday the... Continue reading Christmas Jumper Bank

This week, Baird and Burns clans were visited by Matt from Veolia, who are a water, energy and waste recycling company. Matt explained to the children how waste from our homes is taken to their sites, like the one in Almondell. They then use a range of processes to clean the water enough so that... Continue reading Veolia Visit in Primary 6

Last week, we were collecting for West Lothian Foodbank. The food has been collected and we just wanted to say a huge thank you to all parents and carers who were able to generously contribute towards this cause. This will help families in need in our local community as well as across West Lothian.

Well done to the learners who took part in the P7 Football Festival yesterday afternoon at James Young High School, where the team did amazingly! They played 5 games, won 4 and drew 1 without conceding a single goal. We are so proud of you all! A big thanks also goes out to two of... Continue reading P7 Football Festival

Talk Money Week is an annual campaign to get the nation talking about money. This year, the week takes place from 4th - 8th November and the theme is 'Do One Thing'. Equipping our children and young people to have the knowledge and skills to manage money effectively now and in the future is a valuable endeavour. Please see the below Sway for further... Continue reading Talk Money Week 2024

To celebrate the learning we have been exploring in our IDL Olympic and Paralympic topic we were very lucky to have a visit from Josh Manson. Josh spoke about his experiences being a wheelchair basketball player, ran a basketball training session and even gave us a go at manoeuvring a wheelchair. Click here to explore... Continue reading Olympics and Paralympics IDL - Celebration Event

Baird Clan have begun to get in the Halloween spirit this week by creating our own spooky characters! We started with a game of "table wars", with each table giving examples of Halloween related vocabulary until only one table was left. We then created riddles in pairs or independently as a way of focusing on... Continue reading Spooktacular Baird Clan

We have had a great start back from the October break in Burn's clan. We have been developing our public speaking skills, as we get ready for our clan assembly. We have also started a new topic in math's, we have been exploring different strategies to help us develop our addition and subtraction. We have... Continue reading Burn's

Ben Lomond Clan have been having a blast in clan this week with some spooky Halloween-themed activities. We kicked things off by taking a look at Vincent Van Gogh's 'Starry Night' before adding our own Halloween twist to it. The children then crafted some amazing artwork inspired by this stunning piece, focusing on colour and... Continue reading Halloween in Ben Lomond Clan

Tummel Clan have been very busy exploring their namesake habitats, the Tummel River and Loch. To consolidate our learning, we upcycled materials to make a three-dimensional model of a scene called a diorama. We had to apply what we had learned about the habitat such as the climate, plants and animals. We also had to... Continue reading Tummel Dioramas

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