Building Resilience – Respect Yourself Info for Parents/Carers
Category: Calderwood
Curriculum Rationale – Values at Calderwood Nursery
At Calderwood Nursery we are beginning to establish our Curriculum Rationale. As part of this process we would like to create our nursery vision, values and aims.
To do this we have consulted with our champions, children and would like contribution from our families.
Please complete the Padlet below to share your views!
https://padlet.com/Calderwood_Nursery/f91nqs7vqf4ld2q
Term 2 PE Days
Please information regarding PE days for Term 2 below.
Calderwood Can Certificates
Winter Clothing Donations
Sustainability Station
At Calderwood we want to do our bit to help our planet. We are setting up our uniform and winter clothing SWAP SHOP which will be located at the front door of the school next to the school office.
Parents can swap good quality school uniform and winter clothes or just take what they need.
There will be a selection of uniform in different sizes, winter jackets and wellies.
If your child has grown out of last years winter wardrobe and you wish to DONATE good quality:
WINTER JACKETS, WATERPROOFS, FOOTWARE or UNIFORM
Please drop it into the green buggy also located at the front door.
Thank you!
Term 2 Family Calendar
Ben Lawers – Food Bank Collection
On Friday 21st of October 2022, as part of their Calder Community project, the Ben Lawers clan are doing a food bank collection. They have organised different stages and clans to bring in different food and drink so there is a good variety of items being brought in.
P1 clans – tinned foods (tomatoes, vegetables, fruits etc.)
P2, 3 and 2/3 clans – dry foods (pasta, rice, cereals etc.)
P4, 5 and 4/5 clans – Fruit Juice and UHT milk
P6 clan – Biscuits
P7 clan – Tea and Coffee.
If you are able to, please bring some of these items in on the 21st of October. The Ben Lawers clan will come around the classes to collect the items and donate them to the food bank.
Thank you,
Ben Lawers.
Calderwood Can Certificates
A massive well done to our learners on their achievements this week! We are so proud of your dedication and hard work! We also celebrated the achievements of three of our pupils who presented sphero robots at the Scottish Learning Festival.
Calderwood Routines: Break and Lunch
Break Time
We have made some changes to our break times at Calderwood. This change will take place from Wednesday 21st September. Please see the following changes below:
P1-P3 will have break together from 10:30am-10:45am.
P4-P7 will have a break together from 10:45am-11:00am.
Lunch Time
Our Calderwood Careers has launched! All of the pupils have had a fantastic first week in their new job. They have nurtured, encouraged and created a happy and safe environment in our playground. They are in the process of creating a timetable for their different areas of the playground- this is a chance for them to lead learning and activities. They will be sharing their careers at our Calderwood Connects on Friday!
SUMDOG – Calderwood Counts
Maths Week Scotland is just around the corner which means – Sumdog Competition time!
The contest will begin at 8 am on Friday 23rd September and end on Thursday 29th September. Your child can access the competition by clicking here or logging in via the following link and using their unique username, password, and school code Calderwood2:
https://www.sumdog.com/user/sign_in
This competition is a fantastic way to compete against lots of other Primary students, have fun and develop numeracy/maths skills at the very same time. Your child has received a card which includes their unique username and password to keep safe at home. If you have any issues with accessing Sumdog or using the details on the card please do get in touch with the school office as we’d be more than happy to assist.
Your child may be set some questions which they whizz through at the start. Completing these will support them to answer appropriate questions during the Competition so please do hang in there and complete them!
