Author: Miss Burton

Calderwood Chronice_03_02_23 Calderwood Chronicle_03_03_23

 

Calderwood Commitments (Actions):

• Primary 5 – 7: Please find our new home learning grids for P5-P7. An overview sheet has been provided that shows the guidelines and expectations for home learning.
• 9^th March: Please ensure your child has school uniform on this day and not P.E kit for the clan photos. Ben Lomond to have their Primary 7 ties and shirts, and please bring along your hoodie.

 

Calderwood Calendar: 

• Term 3 calendar link
• 7^th March: 9:00-10:15am: Calderwood Can Chats: Opportunity to pop in and look at your child’s jotters and online profile. This will also be available at Champion Conversations if you are unable to attend. Please pop into the foyer area at this time. Can Ben Lomond children please wear their Primary 7 shirts and ties.
• 7^th March: 6:00pm: Parent Council Meeting: Agenda to follow.
• 8^th – 15^th March: Champion Conservations Open Online to book: Letter issued with instructions about how to book an appointment with your child’s champion.
• 9^th March: School Photographer: Tempest: Clan Group Photos: School uniform and no P.E Kit please. Primary 7s to wear P7 ties and shirt and bring P7 hoodies.
• 10^th March: 11:15am: Clan Calderwood Connects: Linlithgow Two family members can attend.
• 16^th March: P4-5 Clan Trip to Glasgow Science Centre: Information as per letter. Please ensure you have returned your EE2 form, paid on iPay and have ordered a school packed lunch if required. Children should wear their school uniform.
• 17^th March: 11:15am: Clan Calderwood Connects: Rannoch: Two family members can attend

 

Calderwood Communication (for information)

• Today we marked the first anniversary of the official opening of Calderwood Primary and Nursery by launching our Calderwood Capsule Challenge. All clans have the opportunity to record their magic moments from Calderwood, why we are unique and future dreams. We look forward to seeing what you all come up with!
• We are aware that there are proposed strike days are on the same days for Champion Conversations and Clan Connections, we will make a decision early next week if we need to reschedule any events, and keep you updated.
• If your child would like to play on the grass areas at break and lunch times, please ensure they have outdoor shoes to change into, as their feet may get wet. You might also want to include a change of clothes in their school bag.

• A gentle reminder that lunches should be ordered on iPay at home, this includes noting if your child has a packed lunch from home. Children take part in a range of Stag Start learning activities in the morning, therefore stopping them to order their lunch interrupts their learning time and uses unnecessary admin time. Friday packed lunches should be ordered by 9:30am on a Thursday. Advice on how to use iPay can be found here.

 

Calderwood Compliments:

• Tummel Clan shared their learning about Scottish Inventors with our clans and their families at Calderwood Connects. What an informative, engaging, creative performance!
• This week saw our first ever Calderwood residential, with Ben Lomond going to Lockerbie Manor for two nights. The clan demonstrated a have a go attitude, resilience, determination, but most of all, had fun making memories. Thank you to all the champs who made this residential possible. We have some photos on Twitter and will make a sway capturing their adventure very soon.
• Thank you to West Lothian College and their HNC CP students who worked with some of our children in the forest this week. Fantastic examples of team working, den building and snack making. We can’t wait to use this to develop outdoor learning in our school.

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Calderwood Commitments (Actions):

• A gentle reminder that lunches should be ordered on iPay at home, this includes noting if your child has a packed lunch from home. Children take part in a range of Stag Start learning activities in the morning, therefore stopping them to order their lunch interrupts their learning time and uses unnecessary admin time. Friday packed lunches should be ordered by 9:30am on a Thursday. Advice on how to use iPay can be found here.

 

Calderwood Calendar: 

• You can find our updated term 3 calendar here.
• 24^th February: 11:15am: Tummel Clan Calderwood Connects: 2 family members can attend
• 28^th February – 1^st March: School closed
• 1^st March: Ben Lomond Residential: Pupils meet outside school entrance at 12:15pm.
• 2^nd March: West Calder High Online Drop In Session: 7pm
• 3^rd March: One Year Anniversary Time Capsule Challenge: Please ensure children are wearing school uniform (and not P.E kit). The challenge results will be shared digitally with families.
• 7^th March: 9:00-10:15am: Calderwood Can Chats: Opportunity to pop in and look at your child’s jotters and online profile. This will also be available at Champion Conversations if you are unable to attend.
• 7^th March: 6:00pm: Parent Council Meeting
• 8^th – 15^th March: Champion Conservations Open Online to book: Letter issued with instructions about how to book an appointment with your child’s champion.
• 9^th March: School Photographer: Tempest: Clan Group Photos: School uniform and no P.E Kit please. Primary 7s to wear P7 ties and shirt and bring P7 hoodies.
• 10^th March: Clan Calderwood Connects: Linlithgow Two family members can attend

 

Calderwood Communication (for information)

• Our Calderwood Careers launched this week for term 3 & term 4.
• Triple P Parenting sessions will be held at Calderwood Primary School. If you are interested in these sessions, please email the school office. Please find further information here. 
• We recently got feedback on home learning in our P5-P7 clans. Please find the results from our families and pupils’ questionnaires here. Our new home learning grids in P5-P7 will reflect the actions points highlighted. An overview sheet will be provided to share expectations with our families.
• If your child would like to play on the grass areas at break and lunch times, please ensure they have outdoor shoes to change into, as their feet may get wet. You might also want to include a change of clothes in their school bag.
• This week we had our first mini champ meetings. All our children have joined a group they are interested in to help lead change at Calderwood, we are excited to see all that they achieve!
• An advert has went out this week to recruit a Depute Head Teacher, with the hope that they will start at some point after the Easter holiday. We will continue to keep the Parent Council updated with the progress.

Calderwood Compliments:

• Thank you to everyone who attended our Caledonia Clan Celebration. This was our first evening event and it was fantastic to see our children sharing their learning with their families. You can find some highlights here.
• It was fantastic to see our children representing Thinking Day this week through wearing their organisation’s uniform.
• Tay Clan were out of this world, with their Calderwood Connects all about the James Webb Telescope and space. Thank you to all the families who joined us.
• Thank you to Kate Ive who worked with our Primary 3s this week as part of community engagement art workshops for the upcoming Calderwood Café Public Art Project by Stirling Developments. The clans really enjoyed it!