Category: Calderwood
Routines 2024-2025
For our first day in Primary 1 we will offer a staggered start 9:00-9:30am and home time 2:50-3:05pm to support a smooth transition for our children. Information about clans/times will be confirmed soon.
For the rest of our first week only, we can offer a 9am-9.15am start and a 3pm pick up (Tues-Thurs) and 11.45am pick up on Friday. Please confirm if you would like this option for your child.
More routines to be updated here soon.
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. 
Calderwood Community Passes
British Science Week in Bramble Clan
This week in Bramble Clan all of our learning was themed around British Science Week. This included science spelling words, research and writing about ‘How Volcanoes Erupt’.
Whilst rehearsing for our show, Aladdin we had discussions about lighting and microphones and the science behind this.
Our main focus this week was preparing for the upcoming ‘Dragon’s Den’ competition. We considered current problems and issues in the world such as excess rubbish, deforestation and climate change. After researching these topics, we worked in groups to invent a solution. Stay tuned for pictures and videos our amazing ideas!
Aladdin 2024
This week Primary 5 performed our first ever Calderwood show, Aladdin to the Calderwood Community. The audience were blown away with their performing and back stage skills. What a journey and achievement this has been for our clans. We are so proud of our superstars!
We captured the talented cast and crew in their fabulous costumes. You can view these photographs via the link below.
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Bluebell and Bramble would like to say a HUGE thank you to…
Boghall Primary who kindly shared some of their wonderful costumes with us.
The Calderwood Community who supported us with our raffle. The money raised allowed us to buy wigs, face-paint and props.
The Parent Council for purchasing microphones for us to use.
Our families and friends who helped us learn our scripts and who have supported us on this journey.
Everyone who came along to the show to share this memorable experience with us.
Volunteers required – Home-Start West Lothian
Home-Start are looking to recruit some new volunteers to support families in West Lothian
Home-Start is a charity which provides support to families with at least one child under five.
Volunteers would be matched with one family at a time, for a period of around 9 – 12 months. We are looking for volunteers who have a spare couple of hours a week. This could be a member of staff, a student, a parent, carer or Grandparent or just anyone who has a bit of spare to time and wants to help. The volunteer does not have to be a parent themselves and some of our families are just looking for someone to talk to or someone to give them company. Click on the link to find out a bit more about Home-Start and register your interest with us – https://www.home-start.org.uk/find-out-more-about-volunteering-for-home-start We are also looking for volunteers to help at family group sessions to interact with
Each volunteer will be required to complete a training course to enable them to support a family effectively. The short training course will be partly through elearning at their own pace and also through 4 face-to-face sessions (two and a half hour sessions). All expenses for volunteering will be provided. Please contact lisac@homestartwl.org.uk if you would like more information
Kind Regards
Lisa Callaghan
Family Support Coordinator
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.
P7 Transition Numeracy and Maths Session
Today, Ben Lawers and Ben Lomond took part in a Maths and Numeracy curriculum session delivered by WCHS. We solved different problems based on the Scottish Rugby team. Thank you to Miss Paterson at WCHS for leading this.
