Miss Burton

Our AGM took place on Tuesday the 8th of September, and we’d like to take the opportunity to share some updates with you.

After three years as Chair of the Parent Council, Jo Ferguson has stood down from the role. We’d like to say a massive thank you to Jo for all of her incredible hard work, patience and commitment over the past three years. We’re so grateful for everything she has done for the Parent Council and our school community.

We’d also like to thank Mica Burns, who has stood down as Treasurer, for all her hard work and dedication in the role.

A huge thank you also goes to everyone who formed the Parent Council during 2025–26, as well as all the amazing volunteers who gave their time throughout the year and helped make our events such a success. We couldn’t do it without you!

Parent Council 2026–27

As part of our AGM, we voted in our Named Roles and Ordinary Members for the new academic year.

Named Roles

• Suzi Dear – Chair (School Related Matters)

• Kate Robertson – Chair (Fundraising)

• Susan Brown – Treasurer

• Fiona Hogg & Leeanne Bradley – Secretaries

• Charlotte McAusland – Communications Lead

• Niamh Barton-Maynard – Marketing Lead

Ordinary Members

• Chris Duncan

• Jo Ferguson

• Joan Wilson

• Joanne Stirling

• Katie Renault

• Kelly Giblin

• Lilia Bliatsiou

• Lucy Wright

• Mica Burns

• Rianne Donnelly

• Sonia Sivewright

• Stephanie McAteer

• Toni Glen

• Vanessa Corrie

We’re really looking forward to continuing the work of the Parent Council and bringing you more information about what we’re up to throughout 2026–27.

And if you’re thinking about getting involved, it’s not too late!

If you’d like to join the Parent Council, please get in touch. You can self-nominate to join at our next PC meeting in November. We’d love to hear from you!

WCHS Open Evening

WCHS P7 Open Evening Flier 2026

Chief Update at Parent Council

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Calderwood Primary Chronicle: 28/08/26

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Every fortnight we will issue our chronicle to families via email and our blog.

All other information about Calderwood is on our blog and website.

Calderwood Commitments:

Please ensure you log onto Parent Portal to check/ update the information we hold about your child. If you have not registered with Parent Portal please collect a paper copy at the office.
School Improvement Plan: We would appreciate your support with completing this quick survey to help us gather evidence.
Books: If you have any good quality fiction or non fiction books that you no longer require, can you please hand them into our office, and we will use these in our libraries.

Calderwood Calendar:

Family Calendar: Link is here.
03/09/26: Visit My Clan 4:30pm – 5:10pm or 5:20pm – 6:30pm: An informal drop in opportunity, for you to visit your child’s clan room (classroom) and meet their champion (teacher). You can find more information here.
04/09/26: Term 1 Learning Letters posted on the blog.
08/09/26: 6:00-8:00pm: Parent Council Meeting AGM: In Arena.
17/09/26: 2:00-3:00pm: Clan Connects: Aberdeen. An opportunity for your children to share on stage their learning in the Arena and then you can look at their jotters in the café. 2 adults per child. Please enter through the front doors at 2:00pm, starts at 2:10pm.

Calderwood Communication:

Crossing Patrol Person: There will no crossing attendant 4-14^th September, please ensure your child is aware of this.
Uniform: We take great pride in our uniform as it helps us belong to our Calderwood family. A reminder, that black hoodies, black leggings and branded sports clothes are not part of our uniform. The various options are here.
Clothing Grant and Free School Meals Information: Please click here for more information
Mobile Phones and Smart Watches: Children who bring a phone to school, should switch off their phone before they enter the school playground and keep it off until they leave the playground. Each clan has a box where children can place their phone during the day. We would also request that children who have Smart watches, also place their watch into the box during school time.
Lunches: Please ensure you have ordered your child’s lunch at home on iPay. This ensures you know what your child is eating and also means they are not using their learning time in the mornings to order a lunch. If your child is having a packed lunch from home, it is useful for our systems if you can also mark this on iPay.
Toys from home: Please ensure your child is not bringing toys or squishes from home to school. These can be a distraction and cause issues if they are damaged or broken. Thank you for your support with this.
School Improvement Plan: You can find our Family Friendly School Improvement Plan for Term 1 here. We would appreciate your support with completing this quick survey to help us gather evidence.
Clan Charters: You can find our Primary 4-7 clan charters if you have a look on our blog.
Primary 7 Dalguise Camp: You can find information and a kit list here.
Sustainability Station: Thank you for all your donations, at this time, our stock is full and we don’t require any extra items at this time.

Calderwood Compliments:

Calderwood Chiefs: A huge congratulations to our eight new Calderwood Chiefs! The interview panel had a very difficult task of choosing the new Chief group, as the interviews were of a very high standard this session. You can find out more here.
Calderwood Can Certificates: A huge congratulations to our children who received certificates at Connects last Friday, there are some photos here.
Community helpers: Thank you to the helpers who have come in this week to help organise the library in the Discovery Den, our Sustainability Station and our STEM Studio, we really appreciate your help.