Category: Calderwood Cares
Autism Acceptance Week: Aberdeen
In Aberdeen, we have been learning to respect each other’s differences. To celebrate Autism Acceptance Week, we discussed what autism is and shared our experiences. We understand that everyone is unique and we try our best to treat everyone with kindness. We created people paper chains and tried to include as many differences as we could. Our people paper chains will remain on our wall as a reminder to respect each other’s differences and treat people with kindness.
Calderwood Choices Refresh
“Hope” Anti-Bullying Production
Calderwood Primary had a visit from “Take Away Theatre” last month, who performed “Hope”, an anti-bullying production, to our P4-7 clans. P4 and P6 clans also participated in follow-up workshops. The performance was delivered by professional actors and was thought-provoking and entertaining for the children. The children were captivated throughout the performance. The workshops for P4 and P6 clans provided the opportunity for the children to explore the issues raised in the performance in greater depth. Through Health and Wellbeing lessons, children also completed activities in clan related to the performance.
Champion Conversations
A big thank you to our pupils who helped out at our recent Champion Conversations. They did a great job of directing parents to the correct clan room. They were polite, helpful and welcoming throughout the whole night. Well done everyone. 
Caring Cafe Citizen Certificate
This week we launched our new lunchtime initiative – Caring Café Citizen Certificate. We are looking for pupils to go above and beyond during lunchtime and respect our Café environment. Pupils who demonstrate being helpful and caring are then invited to sit at the High Chair area on a Thursday with a friend, they get a certificate home, 10 house points and are added to our Caring Café Collage. Well done to our first winners. 
Lego Plea
Dear parents/carers,
As part of our School Improvement Plan, the Health and Wellbeing champs have been looking at creating clan Health and Wellbeing boxes. We are issuing a plea for donations of unwanted Lego that we will put in to these boxes. If you have any Lego at home that does not get used, even kits with missing pieces, we would be so grateful if you would hand this in to the office by Wednesday 20th March.
Thank you so much.
Big Walk and Wheel: 11-22nd March
Calderwood has signed up for SUSTRANS big walk and wheel, which begins on Monday 11th March and runs until Friday 22nd March. We will be tracking how our children are getting to school – whether they walk/bike/scoot etc.
Previously we have won this competition and it would be great to win again!
Litter Pickers in the community.
During the February break- a group of 6 local children completed some litter picking in the local area- on one of the streets close to school (Cameron Gardens) which had been impacted by a lot of rubbish!
There was some amazing feedback regarding the six pupils. They gathered the rubbish with such enthusiasm and they managed to fill 12 rubbish bins of litter!!
This was also reported on the Calderwood Facebook page and received lots of praise from the local residents. 
