Calderwood Lodge Primary School - Revision history

David: /* Funding */

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Funding

David: /* Resources */

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Resources

David: /* Previous staff */

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Previous staff

David: /* People */

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People

David: /* Zionism */

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Zionism

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Zionism

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David at 12:21, 25 February 2026

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David at 12:19, 25 February 2026

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 ! Donors !! 2016 !! 2017 !! 2018 !! 2019 !! 2020 !! 2021 !! 2022 !! 2023 !! Total
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-| [[Calderwood Lodge]] || 2,929 || 2,100 || 3,220 || 1,650 || 0 || 0 || 500 || 6,100 || 16,499
+| [[Glasgow Jewish Community Trust]] || 2,929 || 2,100 || 3,220 || 1,650 || 0 || 0 || 500 || 6,100 || 16,499
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 | '''Total''' || '''2,929''' || '''2,100''' || '''3,220''' || '''1,650''' || '''0''' || '''0''' || '''500''' || '''6,100''' || '''16,499'''

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 So there appears to be a 10% decline in Jewish kids per five years.
 ==Resources==
 *Calderwood Lodge Primary School [https://powerbase.info/images/b/b7/Calderwood-Lodge-Handbook-November-2019.pdf Handbook, November 2019]
 == External links ==

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 | [[Diane Hecht]] || Primary 2 Teacher || Circa 2000 || Featured in Herald Scotland discussing religious ethos.
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 ==People==
-*[[Sora Jacobs]] - Chabad Shluchim in Glasgow - teacher for 15 years.
+*[[Sora Jacobs]] (Kodesh/Jewish studies teacher, senior classes) — April 1995 to October 2010 (15 years); worked closely with successive headteachers to enhance the school's Jewish atmosphere.<ref name="ChabadInfo">ChabadInfo, [https://chabadinfo.com/blogs/forty-five-years-of-lubavitch-in-scotland Forty Five Years of Lubavitch in Scotland] ''ChabadInfo'', accessed February 25, 2026.</ref>
 ===Staff ===

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 :After an informal introduction in nursery, the 200 pupils at Calderwood begin to learn Hebrew in P1. At this stage they make up their own prayer book with only pictures representing the main prayers. Formal reading and writing lessons begin in P2 and in P3, pupils get their first real prayer book. A concert with Hebrew song and drama celebrates the event. Study of the language continues until P7. “I’m proud to say that many of our pupils are achieving a National Certificate Module 1 in Hebrew by the end of Primary 7,” Mrs Wolfson says. “Many of the children also belong to Jewish youth groups or have strong family links, and go to Israel for the summer, which improves their command of the language greatly.”<ref>https://www.tes.com/magazine/archive/little-bit-israel-glasgowopinion</ref>
-Although Calderwood Lodge was taken over by the local authority in 1982, it remains a Zionist school today. It collaborates with the [[United Jewish Israel Appeal]] (UJIA), [[Maccabi]], [[Mitzvah Day]], the [[Scottish Jewish Youth Alliance]] (SJYA) and other Zionist groups. (The SJYA is itself a collaboration between [[Glasgow Maccabi]] and [[UJIA Scotland]], both Zionist organizations.) The school also marks Israeli Independence Day (Yom Ha’atzmaut) and the “liberation” of Jerusalem (Yom Yerushalayim)—their term for the illegal occupation of East Jerusalem in 1967.<ref></ref>
+Although Calderwood Lodge was taken over by the local authority in 1982, it remains a Zionist school today. It collaborates with the [[United Jewish Israel Appeal]] (UJIA), [[Maccabi]], [[Mitzvah Day]], the [[Scottish Jewish Youth Alliance]] (SJYA) and other Zionist groups. (The SJYA is itself a collaboration between [[Glasgow Maccabi]] and [[UJIA Scotland]], both Zionist organizations.) The school also marks Israeli Independence Day (Yom Ha’atzmaut) and the “liberation” of Jerusalem (Yom Yerushalayim)—their term for the illegal occupation of East Jerusalem in 1967.<ref>https://www.mintpressnews.com/infiltration-cardinal-function-zionist-movement/290460/</ref>
 ==Student body==

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 The school itself reports:
-:This year Calderwood Lodge is working alongside [[UJIA]] to mark Mitzvah Day.  The Pupil Council are collecting non-perishable food items to be used to make Welcome to Glasgow packs for asylum seekers.  Goods collected in school will be given to the UJIA.<ref>https://blogs.glowscotland.org.uk/er/CalderwoodLodge/2014/11/03/mitzvah-day/</ref>
+:This year Calderwood Lodge is working alongside [[UJIA]] to mark [[Mitzvah Day]].  The Pupil Council are collecting non-perishable food items to be used to make Welcome to Glasgow packs for asylum seekers.  Goods collected in school will be given to the UJIA.<ref>https://blogs.glowscotland.org.uk/er/CalderwoodLodge/2014/11/03/mitzvah-day/</ref>
 According to the JC in 2018:
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 :The children going to Israel with two of their Hebrew teachers were ready to see the sights in Jerusalem, learn more about their faith, visit both the north and south of the country, meet their pen friends and have fun. Those in Glasgow were set to embrace Israel at home, with activities including a visit to the Dead Sea Scrolls exhibition at Kelvingrove and a chance to try some Israeli (chalah) baking.
 :After an informal introduction in nursery, the 200 pupils at Calderwood begin to learn Hebrew in P1. At this stage they make up their own prayer book with only pictures representing the main prayers. Formal reading and writing lessons begin in P2 and in P3, pupils get their first real prayer book. A concert with Hebrew song and drama celebrates the event. Study of the language continues until P7. “I’m proud to say that many of our pupils are achieving a National Certificate Module 1 in Hebrew by the end of Primary 7,” Mrs Wolfson says. “Many of the children also belong to Jewish youth groups or have strong family links, and go to Israel for the summer, which improves their command of the language greatly.”<ref>https://www.tes.com/magazine/archive/little-bit-israel-glasgowopinion</ref>
 ==Student body==

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-{{short description|''Denominational Jewish primary school in Glasgow, Scotland.  It is openly Zionist''}}
+{{short description|'''Denominational Jewish primary school in Glasgow, Scotland.  It is openly Zionist'''}}
 {{Infobox school
 | name                   = Calderwood Lodge Jewish Primary School

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 | address                = Waterfoot Road, Newton Mearns, East Renfrewshire; Formerly: Calderwood Road, Giffnock, Glasgow G46 6QQ
 | city                   = Glasgow
-| County = East Renfrewshire
+| county = East Renfrewshire
 | postcode = G77 5GP
 | country                = Scotland