Cricket

Mark from Livingston Cricket Club has been visiting the school to teach children from P6, P7/6 and P7 how to play cricket.  Even through the weather hasn’t been very warm, everyone has enjoyed learning how to play a game that most of us hadn’t tried before.  So far we’ve learned to throw and catch properly.

We’re looking forward to showing our Indian visitors our cricket skills when they visit in May.

Scotland's History - The Celts

P3 have been learning all about the Iron Age Celts who lived in Scotland over 2000 years ago when Scotland was called Caledonia and covered in forests and bogs.  The Romans invaded but the Celts were a wee bit scary for them!  We finished our topic by having a Celtic Feast out in our woodland area.  We painted our faces with woad to make ourselves look scary and dressed up in tartan rugs to keep ourselves warm. Miss Cotter lit a fire and we sang some of our songs about the Celts and told stories.  Then we had our feast of oatcakes and cheese, juice and slices of apple.  We had a great time.

Happy Easter

A very happy and peaceful Easter to all our friends at Singhania School. We are now on holiday for two weeks.  We ended our term with a celebration in the Kirk of Calder where we dramatized the Easter Story with some rousing songs.

FAIRTRADE - Laljibhai Narranbhai, Cotton Farmer, India

"I did not get any education but I want my children to. Because of the Fairtrade price, I can send them to school.”

For Laljibhai, this is the most important improvement in his life since he started selling his cotton as Fairtrade. As a cotton farmer he has to become a member of a farmer’s group in order to be able to get the Fairtrade price for his crop. This means he can share skills and equipment and farming tips with other members, and together they can work to get a better price for their cotton and new buyers.

The extra money from the Fairtrade Premium has been a real boost for their community in lots of ways, including funding solar street lamps, school books and uniforms for poorer families, and ways to save rainwater for farming. Over Fairtrade Fortnight we’ll be hosting some visiting producers as they tour the UK with their stories of the difference the stable Fairtrade price and premium has made in their communities.

Finding Out About India

Mr Dove has been visiting all the classes in Mid Calder to tell them about his trip to India and Singhania School.  He showed pictures of the school and all the different classrooms.  The children were amazed at how big the school was!
P1 wanted to find out all about the animals and food from India.  P3 wanted to know about the Indian flag and famous Indians.  P2 asked lots and lots of questions about languages, traffic, clothes and everything else!

The Romans are Coming!

P4/3 in Mid Calder have been learning all about the Romans and why they are an important part of Scottish history.  Here is their assembly where they told the school all about it.

P4-3 Roman Assembly from Mr Dove on Vimeo.

Mid Calder Visits Thane!

Last week Miss Cotter and Mr Dove travelled to India to visit our partner school, Singhania School in Thane.  We spent a week in the school visiting classes and teaching the children all about Scotland.  The children also taught us a lot about India and the different customs, religions, foods and lifestyle they have there.

Teachers and pupils from Singhania School will be coming over here in May and are looking forward to seeing our school and some of the sights around Edinburgh and West Lothian.

The school welcomed us very warmly.

 

We visited a lot of temples.

  

  

We saw some amazing animals and plants.

  

 

We showed them Scottish dress.

The streets were very busy.