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Calderwood Chronicle 08_05_26

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 Calendar: 

• Family Calendar Link

• 11/05/26: Primary 6 Clans excursion: Please see letter
• 18/05/26: School Closed
• 20/05/26: Sports Day: More information to follow
• 22/05/26: Doors Open 9:00am, starts at 9:10am: Baird Clan Connects: Children will showcase their learning and an opportunity to see their jotters.

Calderwood Communication:

• Term 4 Learning Letters: Click here for the link.
• Term 4 Home Learning Grids: Click here for the link.
• RSHP: All our clans will be taking part in the RSHP this term, Relationships, Sexual Health and Parenthood Education as part of their Health and Wellbeing Curriculum, in line with Scottish Government guidance. You will find information about the learning your child will take part in at this link.
• Pupil absence: A reminder to families that it is their responsibility to please ensure they contact the school office by email (preferably) or phone by 9am to make us aware of their child’s absence. Unfortunately, we can have up to 30 unexplained absences in the morning which can put a large amount of workload unto our office champs. Failure to report an absence may result in an escalation to the safe arrivals team or a house visit.
• East Calder Gala: You can find out more information here. We would love to see you and your family join us in the Gala walk.
• No Scotland, No Party!: We are delighted that Musician Nick Morgan, is going to perform his hit No Scotland, No Party as part of a School’s Tour attend of the World Cup. This will take place on 13^thMay in the school Arena for approximately 20 minutes, for Primary 1-7 clans. Children should wear school uniform as usual and the Parent Council will kindly supply each child with a mini saltire flag to help them celebrate. If you feel this is something your child would not wish to take part in, please let the school office know.
• Staffing Update: We are currently recruiting for a third permanent Principal Teacher for first level. This was previously Mrs Bates’ post that has not been filled on a permanent basis. Mrs Wolfe, a clan teacher who was having a career break abroad this session has decided to stay abroad on a permanent basis. We wish Mrs Wolfe lots of luck on her new adventures and a huge thanks for all she has done to help Calderwood.
• Primary 5 Clans Showcase: You can find out more information here.
• Parent Council: The next parent council meeting is on 26th May 6-8 in person at the school or online. If you have any items of business you’d like to raise please email: calderwoodpspc@gmail.com
• Bikes & Scooters: Please remind your children to double check their scooters and bikes at the end of the school day to ensure they are taking the correct scooter. We also advise children to use a bike lock to secure their bikes and scooters at the bike racks

Calderwood Community:

• Livingston Community Football Trials

Calderwood Compliments:

• Thank you to Ben Lomond Clan for their fantastic Connects on Developing the Young Workforce last Friday.
• A huge congratulations to Miss Brown, Glamis Clan Champion, on her wedding last weekend. Her new name will be Mrs Spence.
• Congratulations to Roe House Party on their celebration this week for receiving the most house points in Term 3.

Calderwood Chronicle 24_04_26

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 Calendar: 

• Family Calendar Link

• 27/04/27: Primary 5 Clans: Learn to Swim Programme: See letter
• 01/05/26: Ben Lomond Connects:  Doors Open 9:00am, starts at 9:10am: Ben Lomond Clan Connects: Children will showcase their learning and an opportunity to see their jotters.
• 04/05/26: School Closed
• 05/05/26: Primary 5 Clans Excursion to Edinburgh Zoo: See letter
• 06/05/26: Roe House Term 3 Winners Celebration: Roe house to wear dress down sports clothes to take part in activities outdoors. (No football tops please)
• 07/05/26: School Closed
• 08/05/26: Doors Open 9:00am, starts at 9:10am: Thistle Clan Connects: Children will showcase their learning and an opportunity to see their jotters.
• 11/05/26: Primary 6 Clans excursion: See letter

Calderwood Communication:

• Parent Council Fundraiser: Sponsorship Spectacular
• Road Safety: Our Parent Council have continued to look at our school Travel Plan and our safer routes to school approaches and have contacted our partners within Calderwood for support. Can we please remind families if you care choosing to drive to pick up/ drop off:

– Carnegie Court Car park is not for access to Calderwood Primary and Nursery

– Those accessing Calderwood Primary should not block the road access entrance (as you continue along Nethershiel Rd after the left turn onto Calderwood Road)

– A few messages from our Junior Road Safety Officers about the new yellow Zig-Zag line.

• Senior Leadership Team: You can find out more about our senior leadership team here. We welcome Miss Stark our Depute Head Teacher back from her maternity leave on 28^th Like with all schools, in order to streamline our communication, each stage has an allocated member of the leadership team:
  • Nursery: Mrs Warden (Principal Teacher)
  • Primary 1 – 2 clans: Miss Quinn (Acting Principal Teacher)
  • Primary 3 – 4 clans: Mr Docherty (Acting Principal Teacher)
  • Primary 5 – 7 clans: Mrs Stark (Depute Head Teacher)
• Pupil absence: A reminder to families that it is their responsibility to please ensure they contact the school office by email (preferably) or phone by 9am to make us aware of their child’s absence. Unfortunately, we can have up to 30 unexplained absences in the morning which can put a large amount of workload unto our office champs. Failure to report an absence may result in an escalation to the safe arrivals team or a house visit.

Calderwood Community:

• Livingston Girls Rugby
• Messy Church

Calderwood Compliments:

• A huge thank you to our Primary 7s for organising their amazing Fun Day at the end of term, everyone had a lot of fun. Thank you to everyone who donated so generously, they raised the huge sum of £2139.20, which will go towards the cost of their P7 leavers celebrations.
• Thank you to the parents and carers who supported with tidying up the playground at the end of last term, we really appreciate it.
• Leven, Rannoch and Tummel Showcased their learning this week to the families and special adults. We are very proud of their confidence and creativity.
• Thank you to Burns for their fantastic Connects this morning.

 Calderwood Chronicle 13_03_26

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:

• 09/03/26-25/03/26: Milk is open for term 4 on iPay. Please remember to order as payments can not be taken after the closing date.
• Groupcall: We have had a few parents whose email have been dropped in Groupcall.  The Dropped status means Groupcall have added your email address to their blocklist, because your email provider has indicated that either the address is incorrect or Groupcall has been marked as spam. To avoid this happening again in the future, please add Groupcall’s sender address (29EC488@groupcallalert.com) to your safe senders list and address book to avoid it happening again in future.
• Parent portal: We are currently auditing the medical conditions and allergies our children have, please ensure this information is accurate on Parent Portal, to ensure our records are up to date.
• Positive Relationship Policy: Please take time to complete this survey on bullying.
• Parent/ Carer Ethos Survey: Please take time to complete this survey to help us gather information about our school and the next steps.

Calderwood Calendar: 

• Family Calendar Link
• 17/03/26: 6:00pm-8:00pm: Parent Council Meeting: In the Arena or on Zoom.
• 20/03/26: 9.00- 10.00am: Clan Connects: Schiehallion: Doors Open 9:00am, starts at 9:10am. An opportunity for your child to share their learning on stage and for you to look at their jotters.
• 25/03 & 26/03/26: Champion Conversations: Please see separate letter.
• 26/03/26: Primary 7 Fundraiser and Dress Down Day: (Please no football tops or crop tops): More information here.

Calderwood Communication:

• Parent Council Sponsor Spectacular: Find out more here.
• Parking: We would request if you are choosing to use the car park, please use it safely and be mindful of the no parkingareas which are there to help ensure that all of our children are safe when crossing the road. The cones along Nethershiel Road are to note a no parking area.
• Change of clothes: A reminder that in younger clans, you may wish to send your child in with a change of clothes for accidents.
• School excursions: We are looking for families and community friends to join our PVG list to support on school excursions, this process is currently free. If you or if you know of anyone who can support please email the school office for a form. We would greatly appreciate your support.
• West Calder High School Transition: You can find the P7 to S1 plan here and more information on the online curriculum sessions here.

Calderwood Community:

• Excite Outdoors Easter Progamme
• Digital Technology to Support Dyslexia
• Free Girls Easter Rugby Camp
• West Lothian Women’s Health and Wellbeing Event
• Messy Church: The Easter Story

Calderwood Compliments:

• Thank you to all the volunteers who helped to make our recent excursions possible.
• It was lovely to see so many Primary 1 families join us for the Bookbug Bag event this week.