Author: Miss Burton
Tay Clan’s Christmas Craft Sale
Tay clan have been making Christmas baubles for our Christmas craft fundraiser. We got to decide on the creation we wanted to make and what treats we wanted to put inside. Some of our clan have created baubles for their pets. To advertise our Christmas baubles we have created sways. Please take a look at our Sways below.
You can purchase them on Friday 17th December at a price of £2.50 each.
School Clothing Grants, Free School Meals & Milk
Families on low incomes may be eligible to receive free school meals and milk for their children. There are also grants available to help towards the cost of school clothing.
Applications for the 2021/2022 academic year can now be submitted.
Families in receipt of the following will be eligible for a School Clothing Grant:
- Income Support / Pension Credit
- Income-based Jobseekers’ Allowance
- Any Income-Related element of Employment and Support Allowance
- Working Tax Credit and/or Child Tax Credit with an annual income of £16,105 or less
- Universal Credit where your “monthly earned income” is not more than £1,342
- Council Tax Reduction
Families in receipt of the following will be eligible for Free School Meals & Milk:
- Income Support / Pension Credit
- Income-based Jobseekers’ Allowance
- Any Income-Related element of Employment and Support Allowance
- Child Tax credit (but not Working Tax Credit) with an annual income of £16,105 or less
- Both Child Tax Credit and Working Tax Credit with an annual income of £7,500 or less
- Universal Credit where your “monthly earned income” is not more than £625
As of 16 August 2021 all children in nursery, and primary 1 to primary 4 will receive free school lunches, regardless of financial circumstances, however families who are in receipt of the above benefits should complete an application to ensure their child receives free milk and a clothing grant
You can find information here:
https://www.westlothian.gov.uk/article/43281/School-Clothing-Grants-Free-School-Meals-Milk
Calderwood Christmas Countdown Updated
Calderwood Christmas Countdown_Updated
Due to some absences of children in the Nativity, we have changed round one of the filming days.
The filming days this week are:
14th December – Mull
15th December – Orkney
16th December – Shetland
Raffle Grand Total
Learning in Mull, Shetland & Orkney
Reminders
Playground
Weather permitting children will have the opportunity to play on the grass at break and lunch times. If they wish to play on the grass or in the Adventure Zone, they should bring a change of shoes to wear. My advice is to wear their normal school shoes or P.E day shoes to school and have a pair of old wellies/ trainers/ change of socks that they can keep in school for the days they would like to play on the grass. The reason for changing shoes is mainly for their comfort, so your child is not in school with wet feet and also to preserve our carpets, etc for as long as possible.
Christmas Lunch
Children are able to wear a Christmas jumper or themed accessory to school tomorrow over their school uniform.
Social Stories for Christmas Events
Launch of Calderwood Careers
This week children in P4-6 were given the opportunity to apply for a Calderwood Career at lunch time, to develop their creativity and leadership skills.
On Friday the children were very excited to receive some training and find out more about their role.
We are all set for our new playground routines on Monday.
