Author: Miss Burton

 Download here: Calderwood Chronicle_28_04_23

 

Calderwood Commitments (Actions):

• If you, a family member or a Calderwood resident can support us with Developing the Young Workforce, please complete this form.
• E Days for Term 4.
• Questionnaires: Each year West Lothian Council issue ethos questionnaires to gain some feedback. Primary 5-7 children also complete this in clan. We would really appreciate it if you could take a few minutes to complete: https://forms.office.com/e/EGz5NJCgCT
• Home learning choice boards

 

Calderwood Calendar: 

• Term 4 Calendar link
• 24/04/23-28/04/23: Magic Miles Fundraiser
• 28/04/23: 4pm: Magic Miles Community Walk
• 01/05/23- 10/05/23: iPay Impact open to Purchase Rookie Rockstars Tickets
• 01/05/23: School and Nursery closed.
• 02/05/23: School closed, nursery opened.
• 05/05/23: Chiefs, House and Vice Captains, please wear your Primary 7 shirt and ties as supporting with visitors/ tour.
• 08/05/23: School and Nursery closed.

Calderwood Communication: 

• Glencourse Pipe Band Celebration
• Rookie Rockstars
• Photos from the Ben Lomond Clan residential
• Bens Robotarium Excursion
• Recruitment:
• Mrs Katrina Warden, currently acting Principal Teacher at Addiewell Primary, will start as early level Principal Teacher in August.
• Miss Nicola Connor, currently RAISE/STEM Development Officer and teacher at Peel Primary will start as early level Principal Teacher before the summer. Initially Thursday and Fridays from 25th May. Miss Connor is already known to the champions and some of our children, as has supported us with STEM across the school and nursery.

Calderwood Compliments:

• Roe House Party Celebrations
• Congratulations to our Basketball Teams – The Knicks and Lakers! The Lakers played their last game of the season last week, with the Knicks playing their last game this. A huge thank you to Mrs Robertson and Ms Morrison for their dedication and time in coaching the teams, without them this opportunity would not have been possible.
• Our fantastic Stag Squad (Glee Group) have been asked to join the sectional winners at the regional final, due to their outstanding performance last weekend. A huge congratulations to them! A huge thank you to Mrs Clarkson and Mrs McGarvey for their dedication and time with the group, without them this opportunity would not have been possible. Thank you to Mrs Grieve for joining them on Friday night.

 

I hope you all enjoy the long weekend!

 

Miss Burton

Calderwood Chronicle_21_04_23

Calderwood Chronicle_31_03_23

Calderwood Commitments (Actions):

• If you, a family member or a Calderwood resident can support us with Developing the Young Workforce, please complete this form.

 

Calderwood Calendar: 

• Term 4 Calendar link
• 17/04/23: School reopens and children return
• 18/04/23: Spring Scavenger Hunt: House Competition: Optional – Children can wear their house colours on top and uniform on bottom. Fallow Sika Red Roe
• 19/04/23: Ben Lawers & Ben Lomond excursion: National Robotarium at Heriot-Watt University: Please ensure all EE2s are returned, unfortunately failure to return the form means children will be unable to attend. If you require a school packed lunch it should be ordered by 17^th Children should please wear school uniform
• 21/04/23: Glee Contest: See separate letter

Calderwood Communication: 

• This week we welcomed Mrs Mallaney to our pupil support worker champion team. She will be supporting the Primary 5 clans.

 

Calderwood Compliments:

• This week our clans recognised Autism Awareness Week, by wearing their favourite colour to show how we are all unique. Ben Lomond, led the clans in a takeover day, leading each clan in a creative workshop about autism.
• A huge thank you to our Parent Council for organising our Magic Miles fundraiser! Everyone should have a sponsor sheet, you can also collect these from the school office.
• Ben Lawers had a fantastic trip to the Sky Studios and Get Gooey, they really enjoyed both parts of their excursion, putting their learning in STEM into a real life context.
• A huge thank you to everyone who purchase a book at our recent Champion Conversations, this has helped us to raise £661.39 to purchase books for our clans.

We can’t quite believe the end of term 3 at Calderwood has arrived! As always, it has been a busy term for us with so many achievements! Thank you all, for your continued support to myself and the champions.

Have a lovely Easter break.

Miss Burton

Download here: Calderwood Chronicle_24_03_23

Calderwood Commitments (Actions):

• 20/03-28/03/23 – Milk for term 4 open to order on iPay Impact.

Calderwood Calendar: 

• 20/03-28/03/23 – Milk for term 4 open to order on iPay Impact.
• 20^th– 31^st March Calderwood Primary School are taking part in the Big Walk & Wheel event from. Last year, the pupils’ amazing efforts won our school a bike stunt show. We can’t wait to get involved again! Please see more information about the event here.
• 27^th March: P1-5 and P7: World Autism Acceptance/ Awareness. Dress down in your favourite colour – no donation required. Please no football colours or crop tops.
• 27^th March: Ben Lawers Excursion to Sky Studios and get Gooey: Please ensure you have returned your EE2 form, failure to return your child’s EE2 will result in them not being able to attend the excursion. Please sure the trip is paid on iPay and you have ordered a school packed lunch if required. Children should wear their school uniform.
• 28^th March: Ben Lawers: World Autism Acceptance/ Awareness. Dress down in your favourite colour– no donation required. Please no football colours or crop tops.
• 28^th March: Depute Head Teacher Short Leet Interviews
• 31^st March: Last Day of Term 3 for school children

Calderwood Communication: 

• Reporting absence: In order to streamline our communication of reporting absence, please email the school office: wlcalderwood-ps@westlothian.org.uk

Email title: School or Nursery Absence

Child’s first and surname:

Length of absence (if known):

Reason for absence:

If you are unable to email, you are still able to phone the school office. If your child continues to be absent for longer than one day and you haven’t initially reported this, please report this absence daily. If your child is going to be absent, it is your responsibility to contact the office before 9am to report the absence. Failure to report an absence will start the implementation of the West Lothian Safe Arrival policy, which may result in social work or police being contacted.

 

Calderwood Compliments:

• Leven Clan shared an exciting drama about their journey to Loch Ness, our clans and their families at Calderwood Connects. What a fun, engaging, creative performance, we loved your singing and dancing!
• Congratulations to all our children who represented their clan by presenting their pitches at our Dragon’s Den – Be an Engineer Competition on Monday. Mrs Grieve, Mr Valentine (Numeracy Pedagogy Officer) and Nicola Connor (STEM Development Officer) really enjoyed being Dragons and found it very difficult to judge! Congratulations to our early, first and second level champions. Thank you to Miss Christie for organising this event.
• There was a buzz around the school this week, as we welcomed our families and children to speak to their champions about their progress in learning. Thank you to our children in Primary 5-7 clans, who helped to support us.
• Some of our children in Ben Lawers, took part in the West Lothian Euro Quiz this week! A huge well done to our three teams, and also to our parents who visited the clan to support them with their preparation.
• This week we welcomed Miss Swift and baby Jack, and Mrs Love and baby Emma to Calderwood. Our clans loved their visit.
• Last week Bluebell, Bramble and Thistle, visited Glasgow Science Centre, to put their STEM learning into context. Thank you to all the champions involved in planning this exciting experience for our children.

You can find some photos of the above events on Twitter @Calderwood_Pri