P1 First Week Plan

August 12th – 14th

Wednesday 12th August – For our first day in Primary 1 we will offer a staggered start 9:00-9:30am and home time 2:40-3.00pm to support a smooth transition for our children. Please see below for your child’s start and end time:

Mull and Orkney:  9am pick up at 2.40pm

Shetland and Skye:  9.15am pick up at 2.50pm

Bluebell and Bramble: 9.30am pick up at 3pm

For the first week of Primary 1 only, we will have the option of a staggered start to support your child’s transition.  You should arrive at our Glencoe Gate (the one beside the car park) for your start time and a member of our team will direct you into the playground, where the Champions will be waiting to meet the Clan.
Thursday 13th August – Our normal school times are 8.40am-3.10pm.

Optional staggered start:

  • If you wish to walk your child up to their door you can do this 9:00-9:15am 
  • If you wish to collect your child before the playground is busy you can do this 2:45-3:00pm

Friday 14th August – Our normal school times are 8.40-11.55am.

  • If you wish to walk your child up to their door you can do this 9:00-9:15am 
  • If you wish to collect your child before the playground is busy you can do this 11:40-11:50am

Please confirm if you would like this option for your child by emailing our school office.

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Parenting Smart Course

Place2Be, our in-school mental health support service, has a variety of free resources to help you support your child’s wellbeing and help them deal with childhood challenges.
Their Parenting Smart website offers free practical advice on a range of topics including friendship issues, the transition to secondary/high school, anger outbursts, and anxiety. Visit parentingsmart.org.uk
to read more.
Place2Be’s Parenting Smart – Online Course is a free, 4-week online course offering extra parenting tools that are proven to help children manage their emotions better, follow routines and improve relationships with friends and family.
Visit place2be.org.uk/family to learn more about these free resources from Place2Be

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You can also access information via this link:

https://www.place2be.org.uk/our-services/parents-and-carers/support-for-families-in-place2be-schools/parenting-smart-online-course/

Nursery Lost Property

We continue to hold a number of lost property items within our nursery entrance.  Mrs Lyon has created a Sway to help return items to their owner.  Our Sway will be updated regularly.  If items are not claimed within 2 months, we may recycle, reuse or rehome.

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House Meetings

On Friday morning, all pupils across the school came together in their House groups for our first House Meeting of 2025!

Following on from our Connects on values, the pupils looked at each value and discussed what they might look like, sound like and feel like.

It was great to hear pupil voice and see our values of Caring, Integrity, Resilience and Belonging in action.

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Christmas in Calderwood ELC

It’s beginning to look a lot like Christmas at Calderwood Nursery.

Our Gingerbread house.

A cosy corner for a story.            

 

   

Our Writing area has examples of text

and a Postbox for all of our letters!

 

 

We have tree decorating and an Elf Wrapping Station too!

 Our outdoor Winter Wonderland is in progress but it’s starting to take shape!

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November Bookbug Programme

Bookbug is a great way to discover the benefits of sharing stories, songs and rhymes with babies, toddlers and pre-schoolers and for meeting other people.  Have a look at what Bookbug sessions are available in West Lothian throughout November.

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