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In Ben Lawers we have had a wonderful time doing lots of activities around Halloween. We created Halloween poems in writing in the form of riddles and had a lot of fun guessing each others. In numeracy we have been solving and making our own Halloween code breakers, solving problems and matching the answers to... Continue reading Halloween in Ben Lawers

Last week, our P3-7 clans took part in Financial Education Sessions, kindly delivered by Money Advice Scotland. These sessions looked at Introduction to Money, Budgeting for Events, and Banking and Borrowing. The children thoroughly enjoyed these sessions and learning about such an important subject.

Hello Hello! We have begun to explore description writing in Ben Lawers Clan. We have already written our cold piece to see how much we remember from last year. We wrote about our clan namesake, Ben Lawers. Then Miss Quinn gave us feedback based on the description targets for P5. Next, we have explored... Continue reading Ben Lawers - Description Writing 6.9.24

Ben Lawers have had a fab few weeks getting to catch up with each other and reconnect after the summer holidays. We have been exploring the book "Our Clan is our Family" and we have been beginning to look at our new clan name, exploring its origin and history. We have really enjoyed being creative... Continue reading Welcome Back Ben Lawers!

To celebrate their final week at Calderwood, the pupils of Ben Lomond and Ben Lawers went for a meal to Nando's with some of the Calderwood Champions. We had a lovely time, chatting and sharing our memories of the year together.

Our Ben Lawers and Ben Lomond clans came together on the morning of the 26th June to celebrate their time at Primary School with their families. The children chose to do an "Oscars" themed celebration and shared successes and achievements through giving each other awards. Thank you to our Parent Council, who funded the gift... Continue reading Ben Lawers and Ben Lomond Leavers' Celebration

This term, Ben Lomond and Ben Lawers have been taking part in the Circular Economy Challenge which is partnership with Young Enterprise Scotland. Pupils have developed their enterprising skills in a real-life context, giving them an understanding of the world of business, design and technology and have the opportunity to create a company, carry out... Continue reading Green Skills Circular Economy Challenge

On Tuesday, Ben Lomond and Ben Lawers went on an exciting trip to Foxlake Adventures in Dunbar for a leavers' trip. P7 worked on team building and resilience, while tackling the inflatable aqua park. We had a fantastic time and lots of fun! We would like to say a big thank you to Miss Stark... Continue reading Ben Lomond and Ben Lawers- Foxlake Adventures