Author: Miss Connor

Primary 1 Show Tickets

We are delighted that our Primary 1 show “Ready, Steady, Elf!” performances will take place on:

Tuesday 10th December

9.15am Mull and Orkney

2pm     Shetland and Skye

Wednesday 11th December

9.15am Bluebell and Bramble (P1s only)

2pm      Mull and Orkney

Thursday 12th December

9.15am Shetland and Skye

2pm    Bluebell and Bramble (P1s only)

Tickets will be in your child’s bag today sent home by their champion. Each child has 3 tickets per show for you to attend. Tickets will be collected at the main door when you arrive.

iPay will be open for any donation’s families would like to make towards the P1 Christmas shows. The money raised will be used for the costumes used in the performance.

Calderwood Skills: A pupil and family challenge

Please find information about our Pupil/Family challenge linked to our Calderwood Skills focus here:

Calderwood Skills

 

If you would like to enter our challenge, please use this template:

Calderwood Skills Template

If you’d like a hard copy in class, please ask your champion.

 

All entries to be handed to Miss Connor by Tuesday 8th October, winners will be announced on Friday 11th October at Connects.

Learning Letters Term 1 2024-2025

Primary 1 Learning Letter: Learning letter 2024-2025 Term 1

Primary 2 Learning Letter: Term 1- P2 Clans Learning Letter

Primary 3 Learning Letter:  Term 1 P3 Clans Learning Letter

Primary 4 Learning Letter: Term 1 P4 Clans Learning Letter

Primary 5 Learning Letter: Primary 5 Learning Letter Term 1 2024-2025

Primary 6 Learning Letter: Primary 6 Learning Letter Term 1 2024-2025

Primary 7 Learning Letter: Primary 7 Learning Letter Term 1 2024-2025

Sewing Primary 1

Following our Froebelian approach in Primary 1, we are starting to embed our Froebelian occupations. Froebel’s occupations connected children’s first-hand experiences in their local communities with creative materials to communicate, develop physical and problem-solving skills.

Through the school year pupils have the opportunity to carry out woodwork and use clay in their clans. Champions would like to expand our occupation experiences by include sewing.

Sewing is a life skill and sustainability is a global priority. Being able to
mend or make clothes reduces waste. It is also a way to express ideas and feelings and can be an art form in itself.

If anyone would like to donate:

  • a variety of needles (plastic or metal with large eye holes)
  • pin cushions
  • fabric scissors
  • a selection of different coloured embroidery thread
  • some easy-to-handle fabric such as block weave fabric (for example Binca or Hessian)
  • buttons, laces or ribbons
  • fabric offcuts/samples

If anyone has an interest in sewing and would like to share this with our pupils please get in touch with Miss Connor.

Loose Parts Primary 1- Primary 3

We are looking for donations of loose parts and sewing materials for our Primary 1- Primary 3.

Loose-parts play is a type of open-ended play-based learning that encourages children to use their creativity and imagination. The phrase ‘loose parts’ refers to the variety of natural and man-made objects that children use. Loose-parts play is accessible for children of all ages and abilities. Loose parts can be anything – the aim is to allow children to engage with the materials in an imaginative way.

Examples of Loose Parts that could be donated:
Pebbles/Stones, Pine cones, Shells, Buttons, Beads, glass gems, bubble wrap, pegs, bottle caps/jar lids, material offcuts, ribbons.

If you would like to donate and unsure if suitable, please get in touch with Miss Connor.

 

Seesaw Primary 1- Primary 3

You will have recently received two Seesaw codes home:

Home Learning Code

Family Invite

The home learning code is for your child to upload their home learning or activity to share with their champion only.

The Family Invite allows you to link to the seesaw account and any adult to add comments to their child’s work either uploaded in class or from home.

You should have received both codes home, please let your child’s teacher know if this isn’t the case.

Just a reminder that Seesaw is a learning profile tool and shouldn’t be used to message teachers or discuss pupil’s absence/appointments for example. Please use the main school channels to discuss any issues or let the office know about absence/appointments.

 

 

Pupil Council: The Challenge

For our new school year we have to vote in our new pupil council for 2024-2025.

The expectation for all pupils wishing to be part of our council is to undergo a challenge.

 

P1-3 Challenge here:

2024_25 Calderwood Council Election P1-3

 

P4-6 Challenge here:

2024_25 Calderwood Council Election P4-6

 

Pupils will be chosen by 23rd August.

Saving Seesaw Profiles: Primary 1-Primary 3

As Primary 3s move into Primary 4 they will no longer to use Seesaw but will move to Teams, it will take them a few weeks of training on how to use Teams before they start to use it as a journal.

For families who where at Calderwood Primary in 2022-23 we will archive those clans on Friday 19th July. This means you have 25 days to download their journal from their previous clan. You need access to a netbook, laptop or computer to do this and can do this as explained below:

  • Tap profile in top left
  • Account settings
  • Scroll down to the bottom and click download archived journal
Or:
  • You should be able to highlight all the files
  • Right clicking and choosing print then choosing Print to PDF from the dialogue box

You can also find these instructions here:

https://help.seesaw.me/hc/en-us/articles/208754866-How-families-and-students-can-download-an-archive-of-student-work

 

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