Category: Calderwood Cares
Speak Out, Stay Safe
NSPCC’s Speak out. Stay safe. online programme
This term we participated in the NSPCC’s Speak out. Stay safe. online programme. This consists of an online assembly and supporting classroom based activities. Speak out. Stay safe. is a safeguarding programme available to all primary schools in the UK and Channel Islands. It aims to help children understand abuse in all its forms and to recognise the signs of abuse in a child friendly way. Children are taught to speak out if they are worried, either to a trusted adult or Childline.
In the online assembly, the Speak out. Stay safe. messages were delivered in a fun and interactive way with the help of their mascot Buddy as well as special guest appearances from Ant and Dec.
We studied the content of the materials and are extremely confident that they are appropriate for primary-school-aged children. By the end of the programme, the aim is that children feel empowered – knowing how they can speak out and stay safe.
If you would like to know more about the Speak out. Stay safe. programme you can find information on the NSPCC website www.nspcc.org.uk/speakout
Additional resources
Adapted assembly for home use
The NSPCC has also developed an adapted version of their assembly for parents/carers to use at home with their children. This can be found here: www.nspcc.org.uk/keeping-children-safe/support-for-parents/safety. With the help of celebrities, the film focuses on how a child can get support if they have any worries or concerns.
To complement the assembly, there are some resources that can be used to enable further discussion whilst doing activities with your children. These are hosted on the NSPCC website www.nspcc.org.uk/activities.
Online safety hub
You may also like to visit the NSPCC Online Safety Hub where you will find advice and information on a range of different online safety topics including gaming, social media, sharing nudes, parental controls and more.
You will also find online safety information for families of children with additional needs and disabilities. We have worked with Ambitious about Autism and parents and carers who have children with additional needs and disabilities to create activities to help talk about online safety which you can find at www.nspcc.org.uk/keeping-children-safe/online-safety/online-safety-families-children-with-send.
Childline Under 12’s Website
Childline also have a website with age appropriate advice for primary school children on topics such as bullying. It also has games and other interactive tools. Your child can visit it at www.childline.org.uk/kids.
If you’d like to know more about the NSPCC’s work, or take a look at the wide range of information and advice which is available for parents and carers, please visit their website www.nspcc.org.uk/parents.
Talking PANTS with your children
Talk PANTS is a simple conversation to help keep your child safe from sexual abuse. From P through to S, each letter of PANTS provides a simple but valuable rule that can help keep your child safe. You can find out more and download the free resources at www.nspcc.org.uk/pants.
Penguin and Ladybird have partnered with the NSPCC to create a brand new Pantosaurus book aimed at children ages 4 – 8. You can find copies of the new book on sale, either in Matalan’s selected stores and online, selected SPAR stores or at https://shop.nspcc.org.uk/. All profits from the sale of this book will support the NSPCC.
Support the NSPCC
You may be interested in the NSPCC’s new selection of BUDDY goodies available from the NSPCC shop at https://shop.nspcc.org.uk/collections/buddy which make perfect gifts for children – and all profits go to help keep children safe.
Remembering Queen Elizabeth II
Today, across our clans we took some time to reflect on this moment in history and celebrate the life of Queen Elizabeth. Some clans made pictures of her, discussed what she did for the United Kingdom and beyond, wrote poems and reflected on her achievements.
Some of the older clans also watched a Newsround clip.
NSPCC Online Safety Workshops for P5-7 Families
Primary session 1 – Social Media, Parental Controls, Modelling Good Behaviour, Screen Time vs Screen Use
Tuesday 11th October @ 7pm
Microsoft Teams meeting
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Meeting ID: 360 183 895 563Passcode: nLTnf4
Primary session 2 – Grooming, Online bullying, Online friendships
Monday 7th November @ 7pm
Microsoft Teams meeting
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Meeting ID: 358 089 273 611Passcode: FDU7tm
C in the Park
You can see some magic moments from first ever our C in the Park below:
Why Not Me Event
Fallow House Party!
Tomorrow (Wednesday 22nd June) we will celebrate our final house party of the year for any children who are in Fallow.
Children in Fallow voted on a party theme and chose a Pyjama Party. Children can come to school dressed down, up or in pyjamas to celebrate.
A huge thank you Parent Council!
A huge thank you to our parent council for funding our very first Calderwood Championships (Sports Day). You helped us make it a very special day for all.
Calderwood Connects – 27/05/22 – Sporting Edition
Congratulations to this member of Ben Lomond who won the Boys West Calder Cluster Primary 6 Race!
Congratulations to this Ness Clan member won the Miller Homes Easter colouring competition for the West of Scotland! She received a £50 Amazon voucher & craft items for her clan.
Congratulations to Roe Community for winning the Highland Games!
Congratulations to our clan race champions!
Congratulations to our champions who also received a Head Teacher Award this week!
Calderwood Clan Championships
We are excited to hold our first annual sports day on 1pm on Thursday 26th May (weather permitting). If the event needs to be cancelled, we will groupcall you on Thursday morning to inform you.
This event will have two parts:
- Highland Games Competition: In house communities
- Clan Races: There will be two races per clan, decided by the children and they will be opt in
Families are invited along to the event, we would request that we limit guests to two adults per family. As we start to move out of covid restrictions, towards whole school events, we want to support our children with this, as these events are very new experience for some of them. There will be an allocated area on the field and on the grass verge between the amphitheatre for spectators, please stay within these zones, there will be signage. Please use the Glencoe Gate to access the amphitheatre. There will be no access to the toilets for spectators. As not all our children have photographic permission, we request that parents and carers do not take photos at this event, the champions will share photos.
On this date, children should wear their usual navy joggers/shorts, trainers and on top their house community colour:
- Sika – blue
- Red – red
- Fallow – green
- Roe – yellow
It would be fantastic if families could join in and wear their family house colour too!
Children should also remember their water bottle and wear suncream if the weather is sunny.
You can find a link to a social story here:
On Friday 27th we will present the race and house winners with their awards.
Fundraising from Calderwood Magical Miles have helped to buy sports equipment for Sports Day and the house shield and race medals.
