Calderwood – Page 27 – Calderwood Primary and Nursery

Collectively Calderwood

We are looking for some items to make our current classroom ‘Schiehallion’ feel more homely as an extension to our Hawthorn Hut.

We are trying to be as environmentally friendly and sustainable as possible so thought we would reach out to our community first and see what we can gather.

Items that we are looking for should be of a good quality and games or puzzles must contain all pieces.

If you have any of the furniture or larger items that we are looking for, please contact the office on wlcalderwood-ps@westlothian.org.uk or 01506 280060 and we will arrange collection.

Thank you 😊

Rugs different shapes and sizes, textures

Cushions/beanbags/oversized soft toys

Bookcase/shelves

Large Kallax (ikea) style unit or box shelve storage unit

Storage boxes

Side table lamps

Throws/blankets

Fitness trampoline, stretch yoga bands, muscle rollers, yoga mats

Blender for making soup/smoothies

Egg chairs with canopy (ikea)

Baby dolls and accessories

Role play – house stuff (kitchen + accessories), dress up material (not costumes), sturdy full length mirror/handheld mirrors, beads, bangles, hats, scarves

Old games consol & games (Minecraft, Sims etc)

Scooters – scuttle bugs/ balance bikes/ swingball (indoor)

Old working toys

Train/ cars trucks and tracks

Figures, Barbie’s, LOL dolls, action figures, dinosaurs, animals farm/zoo,

Table top games

Construction sets – Lego, duplo, k’nex, magnet, marbles

Puzzle/coloring books

Play dough sets/tools

Jigsaw puzzles

Gardening equipment

Composite Clans

In June, we invited all families to join us for a meeting about composite clans, you will see the information shared at this meeting below.

You can also find here information on how we organise our clans across Calderwood: Calderwood Clans Formation 22_23

We have spent the last few week settling back in to our new clan with our new champions and clan members. To start off we had the task of designing our own learning space. We wanted a quiet space and lots of flexible seating, an art area, a construction area and space to go and work outwith the clan. We have enjoyed reconnecting with each other during our ‘stag start’ in the morning, playing games, being creative and building with lego. Some of us even experimented with robotics and creating circuits with some engineering sets.

We reflected on last years learning and discussed what we’d like to learn over the course of the year. One of the things we all decided that we wanted to carry over was our ‘Recognition Board’. We voted that it should have a dinosaur theme. Everyone created their own dinosaur themed character for our wall display and we have been using it this week. Lots of people were recognised for ‘listening respectfully to each other and waiting our turn to speak’.

We are looking forward to our year in Thistle and have lots of exciting opportunities coming our way.