Miss Stark

Calderwood Primary Chronicle: 29/11/24

Calderwood Chronicle 29_11_24

Calderwood Commitments:

Christmas Lunch: Orders are now closed for Christmas lunch. If you did not order a lunch for your child, they will be required to bring a packed lunch from home.
Panto: Cost £1.50 per child: iPay open 20^th November-3^rd December. Please let us know if you require support with this.
Primary 1 Christmas Show: iPay is open for Primary 1 families for donations towards the Primary 1 Christmas Show. Donations support the purchasing of costumes and tea, coffee, mince pies at the shows.

Calderwood Calendar:

Updated: 2024-25 Calendar
You can find details of all up and coming events in Christmas Countdown Calendar

Calderwood Communication:

Book Week Scotland at Calderwood: We had a very successful Book Week Scotland with all clans having a focus on a literacy context for learning. You can find out more about your child’s learning on our blog, Twitter and Seesaw.
Please find links to Christmas Social Stories: Christmas Party, Christmas Lunch and
If your child requires medication, please ensure this is handed into the office and the correct forms are completed. Children should not carry medication in their school bag.
Champions: Miss Brown, our non contact teacher who was covering Mrs McGarvey’s maternity leave will be leaving us at the Christmas holidays. A huge thank you to Miss Brown for all she has contributed to Calderwood. Mrs McGarvey will return at the end of February and will teach non contact time.
In snow or icy conditions access to the school will be through the front door, we will alert parents/ careers/ children to this. During these times there will be no supervisors in the playground. You can find our safe route here.
Parent Council Christmas Prize Draw

Calderwood Compliments:

Burns Clan presented their ideas for how to use our participatory budget to Miss Burton & Miss Stark at the Dragons’ Den. They demonstrated so many creative ideas, based on research and how to make Calderwood more equitable.
Thank you to our Literacy Champions for organising our Book Week Scotland events.
This week our Primary 5 clans were very excited to go to Edinburgh to watch the Panto, this will support them to put on their own show in the new year. Thank you to everyone who made this trip a success.
Linlithgow had a fantastic Connects, sharing their learning about Book Week Scotland.
This week Blair, Bramble, Thistle and Muir shared their learning with their literacy learning with their families.

Burns Clan Connects

On Friday morning, Burns Clan came together to share their learning with their families and the rest of the school community through their Clan Connects.

The children told us all about Equity at Calderwood and their important role in deciding how our Participatory Budget is spent. They did an amazing presentation and we are so proud of each and every one of our learners.

Burns Clan then spent some time with their adults, sharing more of their learning from the year so far.

Thank you to all parents and carers who were able to come along to support Burns Clan on Friday morning.

Astro Gymnastics Free Trial

Astro Gymnastics is a West Lothian accredited community sports club and a charity based in Livingston.

Do you know someone who would love to try gymnastics?

(And just to remind you it’s not just for the kids!)

Is 2025 going to be THE year to learn something new?

Could gymnastics be for you?

Want to try it but just not sure?

Astro Gymnastics is a local not for profit business with charity status (SC043346) and we’d like to offer a FREE TRIAL for those who want to test the water and try before you buy.

Use the code HOI360 to book a free trial class before 31 Dec ’24.

(Excludes camps, parties and private lessons)

Book here: https://astro-gymnastics-club.classforkids.io/…/astro…

P6 and P7 Bonfire and Fireworks Safety Talk

On Thursday, 31st October, we were delighted to welcome two colleagues from Livingston Fire Station to speak to our P6 and P7 clans about the importance of staying safe on Bonfire Night.

Many of the children were then motivated to make their own posters about staying safe with sparklers and only allowing adults to let off fireworks.

Thank you to Livingston Fire Station for giving up their time to speak to our children.

West Lothian Foodbank Collection

Last week, we were collecting for West Lothian Foodbank.

The food has been collected and we just wanted to say a huge thank you to all parents and carers who were able to generously contribute towards this cause. This will help families in need in our local community as well as across West Lothian.

P7 Football Festival

Well done to the learners who took part in the P7 Football Festival yesterday afternoon at James Young High School, where the team did amazingly! They played 5 games, won 4 and drew 1 without conceding a single goal. We are so proud of you all!

A big thanks also goes out to two of our parents for arranging and running trials for this event, and for supporting the team at the Festival – we really appreciate this.

Talk Money Week 2024

Talk Money Week is an annual campaign to get the nation talking about money. This year, the week takes place from 4th – 8th November and the theme is ‘Do One Thing’.

Equipping our children and young people to have the knowledge and skills to manage money effectively now and in the future is a valuable endeavour.

Please see the below Sway for further information:

https://sway.cloud.microsoft/6COCmk1o0mCzeGtT?ref=Link

Our Very First House Meetings!

This afternoon, we had our very first House Meetings in our four houses:

Fallow, Red, Roe and Sika.

Our Junior Leadership did a fantastic job introducing themselves properly to all of our houses and sharing more about themselves. The children then got the chance to speak to someone they didn’t already know, or find out something new about someone that they did know.

There was such a sense of belonging, particularly as the children wore their house colours.

We look forward to our next house meetings!