Author: Miss Redmond
Term 1 Family Learning Sessions- Numeracy
We are hosting three family learning sessions to explore home learning opportunities in Numeracy. During these sessions, there will be an opportunity to:
– Engage with our nursery staff team about home learning opportunities in Numeracy
– Observe learning approaches, such as stories and rhymes, used to support learning in Numeracy
– Participate in Numeracy learning and teaching opportunities with your child, such as Numeracy and Maths games
– Explore the different learning resources and concrete materials used to promote learning in Numeracy
We will be running three family learning sessions on:
Tuesday 6th October- 10:30-11:30am
Wednesday 21st October- 2:00-3:00pm
Thursday 29th October- 10:30-11:30am
To ensure our sessions are successful, they will hold a maximum of 8 parents/carers. We will operate a first come first serve basis for each invite and an invitation will be given to attend. We have numerous sessions across the year to ensure families have further opportunities to attend.
Please sign up to one of our sessions here: https://forms.cloud.microsoft/e/vEVzYPVaMa
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Bookbug at Calderwood Nursery
We are delighted to host our first Bookbug session at Calderwood Nursery on Wednesday 30th September from 10:00-11:00am.
“Bookbug is Scotland’s universal early years book gifting programme which supports families to read, sing, and play with their little ones from birth to give them the best start in life.” Our sessions provide our families with the opportunity to explore the Bookbug initiative where our nursery staff will model how to use and engage with the learning resources to support your child stories, songs and rhyme.
To ensure our sessions are successful, they will hold a maximum of 8 parents/carers. We will operate a first come first serve basis for our Bookbug events and an invitation will be given to attend. We have numerous sessions across the year to ensure families have further opportunities to attend.
Please sign up to the event by clicking here: Bookbug Sign-Up
Stay and Play Sessions at Calderwood Nursery
We are delighted to share the term 1 and term 2 dates for our stay and play sessions at Calderwood Nursery. Our stay and play sessions provide you with the opportunity to attend our nursery setting to interact in play-based learning opportunities with your child. Our learning focus this term is numeracy and our stay and play sessions will allow you to participate in number and maths play contexts. We value the importance and vital role our families have in supporting the learning development of their child and this is demonstrated through our play and stay sessions.
The sessions will take place on the following dates and the following times:
21/09/26: 2:00pm-3:00pm
22/09/26: 10:30am-11:30am
23/09/26: 2:00pm-3:00pm
24/09/26: 10:30am-11:30am
Please sign up to one of the sessions by clicking here: Stay and Play Sessions
Calderwood Nursery- Term 1 and Term 2 Family Calendar
Dear Parents/Carer,
Please find the Term 1 and Term 2 Family Calendar for Calderwood Nursery attached. This calendar displays key nursery dates, family learning opportunities and engagement with the nursery for the dates August-December. Further information about registering and attending our Family Learning, Book Bug and Stay and Play sessions will be issued through email and in our fortnightly Nursery News. We apologise for our Nursery Christmas Parties being earlier than anticipated this session and we will look at a later date for the sessions moving forward. Our Term 3 and Term 4 calendar will be issued in Term 2 of this session.
Kind regards,
Miss Kelly Redmond
Acting Principal Teacher
Calderwood Nursery
Nursery Handbook and Staff Overview
Dear Parent/Carer,
A very warm welcome to Calderwood Nursery! Please find our handbook and staff overview for Session 2026-2027 attached. This will provide you with all the relevant information you should know for supporting your child at nursery. We have enjoyed getting to know your child over the past two weeks and look forward to supporting them to learn, grow and thrive!
Calderwood Nursery Handbook 2026 – 2027
Kind regards,
Miss Kelly Redmond (Acting Principal Teacher)
