Please find information about our Pupil/Family challenge linked to our Calderwood Skills focus here:
If you would like to enter our challenge, please use this 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.
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
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:
If anyone has an interest in sewing and would like to share this with our pupils please get in touch with Miss Connor.
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.
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.
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.
Please find below our rationale for our play pedagogy across Primary 1 and Primary 2.
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:
You can also find these instructions here:
Please find below information for the first day of Primary 1.
We can’t wait for you to start in August!
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