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Supervisor Posts

We have vacancies for  supervisors to help indoors and outdoors, these roles are vital to ensure we can keep all areas of our playground open for children to play in. The hours are:

Monday – Friday 10:30-11:00am

Monday – Friday 7:55-8:45am

Monday – Thursday, 12:00-1:15pm.

 

If you are interested in these posts, please contact the school office on 01506 280060 or wlcalderwood-ps@westlothian.org.uk

Calderwood Primary Chronicle: 25/08/23

Link to PDF: Calderwood Chronicle_25_08_23

Calderwood Commitments (Actions):

 

Calderwood Calendar: 

  • Term 1 Calendar link
  • 25/08/23: Dress Down Day: (For school funds) Please no football strips or crop tops. If you like to make a donation you can do this on iPay by clicking on funds, Dress Down Day.
  • 30/08/23: P5-7 Karate Taster sessions: Can wear their P.E kit to school
  • 06/09/23 & 07/09/23: Visit My Clan

 

Calderwood Communication: 

  • Invisible Strings Learning: Click here to find out more about what our clans have been learning during the first two weeks back.
  • First Week Back Photos
  • P7 Dalguise Parent Session: Click here to see the presentation.
  • Routines: Thank you for bearing with us as we navigate our routines and to the parents who have supported us with ideas to refine them. We received some enquires via the Parent Council about the cabins and playground and we have responded to the concern.
  • iPay: You can click here to find advice on how to use iPay. All families should use this system to order their child’s lunch or note that they are bringing a pack lunch from home.
  • Community Event: Almondell Cemetery Public Art Unveiling Invite
  • Term 1 P.E Days
  • Parent Council Welcome Letter
  • Jets & Simply Play: If your child is using of one these services please ensure you inform them of your child’s clan so the champions know who in their clan should attend at the of the school day. If your child is absent from school or if there are changes to your plans, it is important you contact Simply Play or Jets to let them know this information so they can update their registers and to safe any confusion at pick up.

Parent Council Welcome 2023/24

Hello!

Welcome to all parents and carers of children starting Term 1 of the 2023/24 school year! We hope that you’ve had a smooth start, and that you and your children had a good break over the summer. 

The Calderwood Primary School Parent Council (PC for short) is a volunteer group made up of parents and carers of children at the school and nursery. We provide a collective voice for the Parent Forum, which is made up of all parents and carers of children attending the school and nursery. You don’t need to do anything to “join” the Parent Forum, it’s just a way to refer to the wider parent body.

The PC membership is formed from the votes of the Parent Forum at the Annual General Meeting (AGM) and has a number of specific “named” roles, such as Chair, Vice Chairs, Treasurer, Secretary etc. Members of the PC vote on various administrative matters, such as budget allocation, fundraising decisions, PC policy or constitutional matters.

If you want to find out more about the role of parent councils, there is a great resource in the Connect website: www.connect.scot (free to set up an account), and also the National Parent Forum for Scotland (www.parentforumscotland.org).

Meeting Dates for your diary:

We have the AGM once a school year, and other regular meetings spread out across the terms. The AGM includes our annual financial report, and the election of the PC Members. 

  • Tuesday 12th September (AGM)
  • Tuesday 21st November
  • Tuesday 27th February
  • Tuesday 23rd April

The times and agenda for each meeting are shared in advance, and anyone from the Parent Forum can attend. You can join in person, or using Zoom (video call).

Clan Representatives (Reps)

The PC also co-ordinates the “Clan Reps”; our brilliant parents and carers who act as key points of contact for messages between the PC and the Parent Forum at a Clan level – mostly through messaging chat groups (e.g. WhatsApp, Messenger etc.). This can cover anything from informal canvassing for ideas to checking that important school information is reaching everyone. 

Here is the list of current Clan Reps:

Nursery – Freya Mitchell / Lucy Wright

P1 Orkney – 

P1 Shetland – 

P1 Mull – Jenni Bell

P1 Skye – Claire Raeburn

P1 Ness – 

P2/1 Linlithgow – 

P2 Leven – Freya Mitchell/ Katie Guinan

P2 Rannoch – Jo Ferguson/ Lucy Wright/ Katie Guinan

P2 Tay – Katy Gillies

P2/3 Tummel – 

P3 Edinburgh – Amie Cruickshank

P3 Glasgow – Jenni Bell

P3 Perth – 

P4 Stirling – Toni Glen

P4 Aberdeen – 

P4 Dundee – 

P5 Bluebell – 

P5 Bramble – Jo Ferguson

P6 Thistle – 

P6 Schiehallion – Laura Hynd

P7 Ben Lawers – 

P7 Ben Lomond – Lynne Spinks

There are some gaps, so if you would be happy to be a point of contact for other parents and carers in your child’s Clan, then please contact: joeyferg170@gmail.com 

If you are not yet in a chat or messaging group and would like to contact your Clan Rep, then try asking another parent or carer at drop off or pick up, or post a message to the “Calderwood Primary School Parents Group” on Facebook: https://m.facebook.com/groups/290855069331960/

Lastly, if you have any questions that you can’t find an answer for through the school website (https://blogs.glowscotland.org.uk/wl/calderwood/) or the Clan Reps, then please email: hello@calderwoodpspc.org 

We hope that you and your children have a really enjoyable year and we look forward to doing some great things together. 

Tim Ozdemir

Chair, Calderwood Primary School Parent Council

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