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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

Caring Miss Connor and Bramble clan introduced our red value stag - Caring. Caring is part of the Red House. Resilience Miss Stark introduced our green value stag - Resilience. Resilience is part of the Fallow House. Integrity Miss Burton introduced our yellow value stag - Integrity. Integrity is part of the Roe House. Twitter... Continue reading Our Calderwood Values

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

Allergy UK run a 'It's Time To Take Allergy Seriously' campaign, which includes a focus on the importance of being allergy aware during festivities and celebrations including forthcoming Halloween. "For the parents of children with food allergies, Halloween especially, can present an extra reason to be frightened. It is estimated that 1 in 12 children are... Continue reading Food Allergies and Halloween

We have created a Sway to give you more information on our Stay and Play Sessions at Calderwood Nursery ELC. Stay and Play Sessions A Stay and Play Session is an opportunity for you to come and spend some time with your child in our nursery. It allows you to see how our nursery space... Continue reading Calderwood Nursery Stay and Play Sway

Tay clan were very proud to share their literacy learning with families this week. We were very excited to demonstrate what and how we have been learning in our writing lessons and the progress we have made in our writing. It was a lovely afternoon. Thank you to everyone who attended. We also enjoyed listening... Continue reading Tay Clan - Sharing the Learning

This week in Schiehallion we've been writing Halloween poems. Our aim was to write riddle poems using six clues to describe a Halloween object. The reader would then have to guess what they think the poem is about. We used our descriptive language skills that we developed last term to help write our clues. I... Continue reading Spooky Schiehallion

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

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