Category: Calderwood Chronicle

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Every fortnight we will issue our chronicle to families via email and our blog.

All other information about Calderwood is on our blog and website.

 

Calderwood Commitments: 

• Please ensure you log onto Parent Portal to check/ update the information we hold about your child. If you have not registered with Parent Portal please collect a paper copy at the office.
• School Improvement Plan: We would appreciate your support with completing this quick survey to help us gather evidence.
• Books: If you have any good quality fiction or non fiction books that you no longer require, can you please hand them into our office, and we will use these in our libraries.

Calderwood Calendar: 

• Family Calendar: Link is here.
• 03/09/26: Visit My Clan 4:30pm – 5:10pm or 5:20pm – 6:30pm: An informal drop in opportunity, for you to visit your child’s clan room (classroom) and meet their champion (teacher). You can find more information here.
• 04/09/26: Term 1 Learning Letters posted on the blog.
• 08/09/26: 6:00-8:00pm: Parent Council Meeting AGM: In Arena.
• 17/09/26: 2:00-3:00pm: Clan Connects: Aberdeen. An opportunity for your children to share on stage their learning in the Arena and then you can look at their jotters in the café. 2 adults per child. Please enter through the front doors at 2:00pm, starts at 2:10pm.

Calderwood Communication:

• Crossing Patrol Person: There will no crossing attendant 4-14^th September, please ensure your child is aware of this.
• Uniform: We take great pride in our uniform as it helps us belong to our Calderwood family. A reminder, that black hoodies, black leggings and branded sports clothes are not part of our uniform. The various options are here.
• Clothing Grant and Free School Meals Information: Please click here for more information
• Mobile Phones and Smart Watches: Children who bring a phone to school, should switch off their phone before they enter the school playground and keep it off until they leave the playground. Each clan has a box where children can place their phone during the day. We would also request that children who have Smart watches, also place their watch into the box during school time.
• Lunches: Please ensure you have ordered your child’s lunch at home on iPay. This ensures you know what your child is eating and also means they are not using their learning time in the mornings to order a lunch. If your child is having a packed lunch from home, it is useful for our systems if you can also mark this on iPay.
• Toys from home: Please ensure your child is not bringing toys or squishes from home to school. These can be a distraction and cause issues if they are damaged or broken. Thank you for your support with this.
• School Improvement Plan: You can find our Family Friendly School Improvement Plan for Term 1 here. We would appreciate your support with completing this quick survey to help us gather evidence.
• Clan Charters: You can find our Primary 4-7 clan charters if you have a look on our blog.
• Primary 7 Dalguise Camp: You can find information and a kit list here.
• Sustainability Station: Thank you for all your donations, at this time, our stock is full and we don’t require any extra items at this time.

Calderwood Compliments:

• Calderwood Chiefs: A huge congratulations to our eight new Calderwood Chiefs! The interview panel had a very difficult task of choosing the new Chief group, as the interviews were of a very high standard this session. You can find out more here.
• Calderwood Can Certificates: A huge congratulations to our children who received certificates at Connects last Friday, there are some photos here.
• Community helpers: Thank you to the helpers who have come in this week to help organise the library in the Discovery Den, our Sustainability Station and our STEM Studio, we really appreciate your help.

Calderwood Chronicle_14_08_26

 

Every fortnight we will issue our chronicle to families via email and our blog.

All other information about Calderwood is on our blog and website.

 

Calderwood Calendar: 

• Family Calendar: Link is here.
• 19/08/26: 4:30pm: Primary 7 Clans Online Residential Talk for Parents and Carers: An opportunity for parents/ carers to find out more about Dalguise Residential. The presentation will be made available online after. The link is: Join: https://teams.microsoft.com/meet/344972994265271?p=VBP9fsDOJBqVUw6j3p Meeting ID: 344 972 994 265 271 Passcode: Pf6NB3HD
• 27/08/26: House Captain Election: Children can wear their house colour on top, school uniform as bottoms. Red, Sika, Fallow, Roe.
• 28/08/26: House Captain Election Results: Children can wear their house colour on top, school uniform as bottoms. Red, Sika, Fallow, Roe.
• 03/09/26: Visit My Clan 4:30pm – 5:10pm or 5:20pm – 6:30pm: An informal drop in opportunity, for you to visit your child’s clan room (classroom) and meet their champion (teacher).

Calderwood Communication:

• Uniform: We take great pride in our uniform as it helps us belong to our Calderwood family. A reminder, that black hoodies, black leggings and branded sports clothes are not part of our uniform. The various options are here.
• Clothing Grant and Free School Meals Information: Please click here for more information
• Dogs in the playground: A reminder that dogs are not permitted into our school playground, this includes the Breakfast Club door. If you are leaving your dog outside the playground, just a reminder that some children are allergic or are afraid of dogs, therefore please ensure this is away from the gate entrance.
• PE Days: https://blogs.glowscotland.org.uk/wl/calderwood/2026/08/13/p-e-days-term-1-2026-27/
• Mobile Phones and Smart Watches: Through parental consultation, this session we are not implementing Bring Your Own Device. Children who bring a phone to school, should switch off their phone before they enter the school playground and keep it off until they leave the playground. Each clan has a box where children can place their phone during the day. We would also request that children who have Smart watches, have their watch on school mode, if this is not an option, we would appreciate that they also place their watch into the box.
• Home Learning:

Reading: In Primary 1, we focus on developing the foundational skills that children need to become successful readers before introducing reading books. Through play-based learning, daily phonics activities, storytelling, songs, rhymes and language-rich experiences, children build their awareness of sounds, letters and early reading behaviours. Once pupils have established these key skills and are ready to access books independently and confidently, reading books will be introduced later in the term. This approach helps ensure that children develop a positive relationship with reading and experience success from the very beginning. Primary 2-4 Clans will take their reading book home, week beginning 24^th August. Please ensure they have their reading book in the bag every day so they can access to it in clan. Primary 5-7 reading homework is a personal reader from the clan library or home. They should complete their reading log with the books they read.

Home Learning Choice Grids: Will be issued after September Break, linked to learning in Clan.

• Communication Approaches: You will find a link here which explains how we communicate with families at Calderwood.

 

 

 

 

 

 

• Lunches: You can find the lunch menu for this session here. Please ensure you have ordered your child’s lunch at home on iPay. This ensures you know what your child is eating and also means they are not using their learning time in the mornings to order a lunch. If your child is having a packed lunch from home, it is useful for our systems if you can also mark this on iPay. Primary 6 and 7 pupils can pay for their lunches on iPay. Primary 1 and newly enrolled children, can order their lunch in clan until their log in as been issued. If your child has an allergy, please ensure we are made aware of this by contacting the school office. We have children in school with severe nut allergies. To help keep everyone safe, we kindly ask that, parents avoid sending nut-based snacks or packed lunch items into school. We appreciate your support and understanding in helping us maintain a safe environment for all children.
• Toys from home: Please ensure your child is not bringing toys or squishes from home to school. These can be a distraction and cause issues if they are damaged or broken. Thank you for your support with this.
• Breakfast Club: The Breakfast Club door at Nethershiel Road will be open from 8:05-8:20am.
• Drop off and Pick Up: The school gates lock at 8:45am in the mornings, please ensure your child is in the playground before this time, otherwise they will need to access the building through the office doors and will be marked as late. The school playground opens at 8:25am, parents are not permitted in the playground in the mornings.
• Field update from Education Services: We appreciate the ongoing frustration for both the school and parents regarding the condition of the grounds, and we understand the importance of getting the remedial works progressed as soon as possible. The Land and NETS team have been on site this week to cut the grass and address the immediate presentation of the area. Unfortunately, no tender returns were received for the required remedial works. The Land and NETS team have therefore contacted their contractors again and are seeking submissions by the end of August. We appreciate this is not the progress or timescale that the school or parents were hoping for, and we are keen to move matters forward as quickly as possible. Once a contractor has been appointed, we will be able to provide Education with a clear programme and timescales for the remedial works.
• Staffing Structure: You can find a list of all our clans and champions

 

Calderwood Compliments:

• A warm welcome to our 116 Primary 1s and our 8 new children, who joined our Calderwood family this week. This means that our current role in the school is 675.
• It has been a fantastic first few days welcoming our children back and hearing about their summer experiences. We are excited to see what Chapter 6 brings!

Calderwood Chronicle_19_06_26

 

Every fortnight we will issue our chronicle to families via email and our blog.

All other information about Calderwood is on our blog and website.

 

Calderwood Calendar: 

• 23/06/26: 4:30pm: Primary 7 Leavers Meal: See separate letter.
• 24/06/26: Reports will be brought home by children.
• 26/06/26: Last Day of term: Primary 7s will be piped through the playground.

 

• West Lothian School Holidays 2026/2027
• 12/08/26: First Day of Calderwood Chapter 6 – School session 2026/27
• 19/08/26: 4:30pm: Primary 7 Clans Online Residential Talk for Parents and Carers: An opportunity for parents/ carers to find out more about Dalguise Residential. The presentation will be made available online after.
• 27/08/26: House Captain Election: Children can wear their house colour on top, school uniform as bottoms. Red, Sika, Fallow, Roe.
• 28/08/26: House Captain Election Results: Children can wear their house colour on top, school uniform as bottoms. Red, Sika, Fallow, Roe.
• 03/09/26: Visit My Clan 4:30pm – 5:10pm or 5:20pm – 6:30pm: An informal drop in opportunity, for you to visit your child’s clan room (classroom) and meet their champion (teacher).

Calderwood Communication:

• Clan changeover: You can find information here on our transition processes and how we support the children with change. You can also find a link to each clan’s social story and a picture of their teacher on the blog.
• Uniform: As families begin to think about next session we would to remind you of the expectations and different options available for our school uniform. We take great pride in our uniform as it helps us belong to our Calderwood family. A reminder, that black hoodies, black leggings and branded sports clothes are not part of our uniform. The various options are here. Primary 7 will be able to purchase a Primary 7 tie from the office and they will be able to purchase their Leavers hoodie early in the new term, to wear for PE days and then after Christmas they can wear as their daily uniform.
• Clothing Grant and Free School Meals Information: Please click here for more information
• Crossing Patrol Lady: Following Joy being in post for two weeks, we have decided to trial a different position for crossing this week, and we will continue to review this with the Parent Council. Can you please remind your children to wait until Joy is standing in the middle of the road with her lollipop stick, until they begin to cross.
• Calderwood Ski Programme: Click here to find out more about this very exciting opportunity for our families.
• Dogs in the playground: A reminder that dogs are not permitted into our school playground. If you are leaving your dog outside the playground, just a reminder that some children are allergic or are afraid of dogs, therefore please ensure this is away from the gate entrance.

Calderwood Community:

• Parenting Smart Course
• Community Listening Project: ASN Parent Support Group

 

Calderwood Compliments:

• Teenage Cancer Trust Fundraising: Three eight-year-olds from Calderwood have cycled 50 miles and held a large bake sale to raise money for Teenage Cancer Trust. They have raised over £3000 to help
  support the charity and its vital services for young people with cancer. We celebrated the girls success at our Connects last Friday – you can find out more here.
• Gala Art Competition: Well done to everyone who entered – especially our winners.
• Parent Council: Our Parent Council Chair, Jo Ferguson, is stepping down as chair as we move into the new school session. Jo has been instrumental during her time as the chair of Parent Council, in leading developments and changes, bridging that voice between the staff and parent body. We would like to thank her for all she has given to Calderwood Primary & Nursery. Thank you to Mica Burns, our Parent Council Treasurer, as she also steps down at the end of this session. It is a busy task, keeping up to date with all the incomes and outgoings, thank you for your time and ideas. Thank you to all our members of the Parent Council for their support and advice this school session and for their exceptional fundraising efforts.
• Primary 7s: A huge thank you to our Primary 7 cohort, our first ever Primary 3 Clans! We wish them every luck and will be thinking of them all as they embark on the next part of their journey. A special thank you to our Chiefs and House Team, for all the support and leadership they have given to Calderwood.

As we move into our last week of Chapter 5 at Calderwood, we would like to thank our families for all their support this school session, we hope you all have an enjoyable summer.

Calderwood Chronicle 08_05_26

Every fortnight we will issue our chronicle to families via email and our blog.

All other information about Calderwood is on our blog and website.

 

Calderwood Calendar: 

• Family Calendar Link

 

• 11/05/26: Primary 6 Clans excursion: Please see letter
• 18/05/26: School Closed
• 20/05/26: Sports Day: More information to follow
• 22/05/26: Doors Open 9:00am, starts at 9:10am: Baird Clan Connects: Children will showcase their learning and an opportunity to see their jotters.

 

Calderwood Communication:

• Term 4 Learning Letters: Click here for the link.
• Term 4 Home Learning Grids: Click here for the link.
• RSHP: All our clans will be taking part in the RSHP this term, Relationships, Sexual Health and Parenthood Education as part of their Health and Wellbeing Curriculum, in line with Scottish Government guidance. You will find information about the learning your child will take part in at this link.
• Pupil absence: A reminder to families that it is their responsibility to please ensure they contact the school office by email (preferably) or phone by 9am to make us aware of their child’s absence. Unfortunately, we can have up to 30 unexplained absences in the morning which can put a large amount of workload unto our office champs. Failure to report an absence may result in an escalation to the safe arrivals team or a house visit.
• East Calder Gala: You can find out more information here. We would love to see you and your family join us in the Gala walk.
• No Scotland, No Party!: We are delighted that Musician Nick Morgan, is going to perform his hit No Scotland, No Party as part of a School’s Tour attend of the World Cup. This will take place on 13^thMay in the school Arena for approximately 20 minutes, for Primary 1-7 clans. Children should wear school uniform as usual and the Parent Council will kindly supply each child with a mini saltire flag to help them celebrate. If you feel this is something your child would not wish to take part in, please let the school office know.
• Staffing Update: We are currently recruiting for a third permanent Principal Teacher for first level. This was previously Mrs Bates’ post that has not been filled on a permanent basis. Mrs Wolfe, a clan teacher who was having a career break abroad this session has decided to stay abroad on a permanent basis. We wish Mrs Wolfe lots of luck on her new adventures and a huge thanks for all she has done to help Calderwood.
• Primary 5 Clans Showcase: You can find out more information here.
• Parent Council: The next parent council meeting is on 26th May 6-8 in person at the school or online. If you have any items of business you’d like to raise please email: calderwoodpspc@gmail.com
• Bikes & Scooters: Please remind your children to double check their scooters and bikes at the end of the school day to ensure they are taking the correct scooter. We also advise children to use a bike lock to secure their bikes and scooters at the bike racks

 

Calderwood Community:

• Livingston Community Football Trials

 

Calderwood Compliments:

• Thank you to Ben Lomond Clan for their fantastic Connects on Developing the Young Workforce last Friday.
• A huge congratulations to Miss Brown, Glamis Clan Champion, on her wedding last weekend. Her new name will be Mrs Spence.
• Congratulations to Roe House Party on their celebration this week for receiving the most house points in Term 3.

Calderwood Chronicle 24_04_26

Every fortnight we will issue our chronicle to families via email and our blog.

All other information about Calderwood is on our blog and website.

 

Calderwood Calendar: 

• Family Calendar Link

 

• 27/04/27: Primary 5 Clans: Learn to Swim Programme: See letter
• 01/05/26: Ben Lomond Connects:  Doors Open 9:00am, starts at 9:10am: Ben Lomond Clan Connects: Children will showcase their learning and an opportunity to see their jotters.
• 04/05/26: School Closed
• 05/05/26: Primary 5 Clans Excursion to Edinburgh Zoo: See letter
• 06/05/26: Roe House Term 3 Winners Celebration: Roe house to wear dress down sports clothes to take part in activities outdoors. (No football tops please)
• 07/05/26: School Closed
• 08/05/26: Doors Open 9:00am, starts at 9:10am: Thistle Clan Connects: Children will showcase their learning and an opportunity to see their jotters.
• 11/05/26: Primary 6 Clans excursion: See letter

 

Calderwood Communication:

• Parent Council Fundraiser: Sponsorship Spectacular
• Road Safety: Our Parent Council have continued to look at our school Travel Plan and our safer routes to school approaches and have contacted our partners within Calderwood for support. Can we please remind families if you care choosing to drive to pick up/ drop off:

– Carnegie Court Car park is not for access to Calderwood Primary and Nursery

– Those accessing Calderwood Primary should not block the road access entrance (as you continue along Nethershiel Rd after the left turn onto Calderwood Road)

– A few messages from our Junior Road Safety Officers about the new yellow Zig-Zag line.

• Senior Leadership Team: You can find out more about our senior leadership team here. We welcome Miss Stark our Depute Head Teacher back from her maternity leave on 28^th Like with all schools, in order to streamline our communication, each stage has an allocated member of the leadership team:
  • Nursery: Mrs Warden (Principal Teacher)
  • Primary 1 – 2 clans: Miss Quinn (Acting Principal Teacher)
  • Primary 3 – 4 clans: Mr Docherty (Acting Principal Teacher)
  • Primary 5 – 7 clans: Mrs Stark (Depute Head Teacher)
• Pupil absence: A reminder to families that it is their responsibility to please ensure they contact the school office by email (preferably) or phone by 9am to make us aware of their child’s absence. Unfortunately, we can have up to 30 unexplained absences in the morning which can put a large amount of workload unto our office champs. Failure to report an absence may result in an escalation to the safe arrivals team or a house visit.

 

Calderwood Community:

• Livingston Girls Rugby
• Messy Church

 

Calderwood Compliments:

• A huge thank you to our Primary 7s for organising their amazing Fun Day at the end of term, everyone had a lot of fun. Thank you to everyone who donated so generously, they raised the huge sum of £2139.20, which will go towards the cost of their P7 leavers celebrations.
• Thank you to the parents and carers who supported with tidying up the playground at the end of last term, we really appreciate it.
• Leven, Rannoch and Tummel Showcased their learning this week to the families and special adults. We are very proud of their confidence and creativity.
• Thank you to Burns for their fantastic Connects this morning.

 Calderwood Chronicle 13_03_26

 

Every fortnight we will issue our chronicle to families via email and our blog.

All other information about Calderwood is on our blog and website.

 

Calderwood Commitments:

• 09/03/26-25/03/26: Milk is open for term 4 on iPay. Please remember to order as payments can not be taken after the closing date.
• Groupcall: We have had a few parents whose email have been dropped in Groupcall.  The Dropped status means Groupcall have added your email address to their blocklist, because your email provider has indicated that either the address is incorrect or Groupcall has been marked as spam. To avoid this happening again in the future, please add Groupcall’s sender address (29EC488@groupcallalert.com) to your safe senders list and address book to avoid it happening again in future.
• Parent portal: We are currently auditing the medical conditions and allergies our children have, please ensure this information is accurate on Parent Portal, to ensure our records are up to date.
• Positive Relationship Policy: Please take time to complete this survey on bullying.
• Parent/ Carer Ethos Survey: Please take time to complete this survey to help us gather information about our school and the next steps.

 

Calderwood Calendar: 

• Family Calendar Link
• 17/03/26: 6:00pm-8:00pm: Parent Council Meeting: In the Arena or on Zoom.
• 20/03/26: 9.00- 10.00am: Clan Connects: Schiehallion: Doors Open 9:00am, starts at 9:10am. An opportunity for your child to share their learning on stage and for you to look at their jotters.
• 25/03 & 26/03/26: Champion Conversations: Please see separate letter.
• 26/03/26: Primary 7 Fundraiser and Dress Down Day: (Please no football tops or crop tops): More information here.

 

Calderwood Communication:

• Parent Council Sponsor Spectacular: Find out more here.
• Parking: We would request if you are choosing to use the car park, please use it safely and be mindful of the no parkingareas which are there to help ensure that all of our children are safe when crossing the road. The cones along Nethershiel Road are to note a no parking area.
• Change of clothes: A reminder that in younger clans, you may wish to send your child in with a change of clothes for accidents.
• School excursions: We are looking for families and community friends to join our PVG list to support on school excursions, this process is currently free. If you or if you know of anyone who can support please email the school office for a form. We would greatly appreciate your support.
• West Calder High School Transition: You can find the P7 to S1 plan here and more information on the online curriculum sessions here.

 

Calderwood Community:

• Excite Outdoors Easter Progamme
• Digital Technology to Support Dyslexia
• Free Girls Easter Rugby Camp
• West Lothian Women’s Health and Wellbeing Event
• Messy Church: The Easter Story

 

Calderwood Compliments:

• Thank you to all the volunteers who helped to make our recent excursions possible.
• It was lovely to see so many Primary 1 families join us for the Bookbug Bag event this week.

Calderwood Chronicle 27_02_26

Every fortnight we will issue our chronicle to families via email and our blog.

All other information about Calderwood is on our blog and website.

 

Calderwood Commitments:

• 09/03/26-25/03/26: Milk is open for term 4 on iPay. Please remember to order as payments can not be taken after the closing date.

Calderwood Calendar: 

• Family Calendar Link
• 04/03/26: Sharing the Learning: Bluebell/ Bramble/ Thistle/ Balmoral: 2:00-3:00pm: Pop into your child’s clan to take part in a learning experience and view their jotters. Please arrive through the office doors at 1:55pm. We would appreciate it that it is one adult per child to ensure enough space in the clan room.
• 05/03/26: Primary 1 Clans, Primary 7 Clans and group photos by Tempest. No PE uniform please. Groups photos will be Primary 7 leadership roles, Glee and the Basketball team. Primary 7 clans will hopefully have their hoodies by them if we could please get a photo of them in their hoodies and ‘more formal’ uniform – they can borrow a P7 tie from the office if they require one.
• 06/03/26: World Book Day: Dress up as your favourite book character.
• 10/03/26: Sharing the Learning: S K Y E / S H E T L A N D / O R K N E Y / M U L L: 2:00-3:00pm: Pop into your child’s clan to take part in a learning experience and view their jotters. Please arrive through the office doors at 1:55pm. We would appreciate it that it is one adult per child to ensure enough space in the clan room.
• 12/03/26: Liaise with Leadership: Positive Relationship Policy Refresh: Teams Link: Join: https://teams.microsoft.com/meet/37283871917325?p=34lwfniSjoBObqTYt3

Meeting ID: 372 838 719 173 25 Passcode: pg7sD2Fc

• 13/03/26: 9.00- 10.00am: Clan Connects: Glamis: Doors Open 9:00am, starts at 9:10am. An opportunity for your child to share their learning on stage and for you to look at their jotters.

 

Calderwood Communication:

• Parking: We would request if you are choosing to use the car park, please use it safely and be mindful of the no parkingareas which are there to help ensure that all of our children are safe when crossing the road. The cones along Nethershiel Road are to note a no parking area.
• Change of clothes: A reminder that in younger clans, you may wish to send your child in with a change of clothes for accidents.
• Playground: The property team have been looking at solutions to the muddy areas in the playground over the February Break. In the meantime, I would recommend children keeping outdoor shoes in their cloakroom space and if your child does enjoy playing in these areas, to send them in with a change of clothes. On the days when we have wet weather we do encourage children not to play in the mud, and we would appreciate your support with this please.
• Impactful Parents West Lothian: Find out more information here.
• School excursions: We are looking for families and community friends to join our PVG list to support on school excursions, this process is currently free. If you or if you know of anyone who can support please email the school office for a form. We would greatly appreciate your support.
• Primary 7 Fundraiser: More information to come here.
• Living RFC Easter Rugby Camp: More Information here
• WOW Badge Design Winners: Find out more about our competition here.

 

Calderwood Compliments:

• A huge thank you to our Parent Council fundraising which has recently purchased us: Outdoor P.E equipment, supplemented the cost of Sumdog for P1-7, topped up our clan cosy corners resources and new playground toys (which we are in the process of organising).
• Calderwood Ski Team: Glencoe Event
• Thank you to all the volunteers who helped to make our Primary 2 clans, excursion possible this week.

 

 

Nursery Chronicle 20_02_26

Calderwood Chronicle 06_02_26

Every fortnight we will issue our chronicle to families via email and our blog.

All other information about Calderwood is on our blog and website.

 

Calderwood Calendar: 

• Family Calendar Link
• 09/02/26-16/02/26: School closed for February Holiday, reopens 17/02/26
• 27/02/26: Clan Connects: Drummond Clan: Doors Open 9:00am, starts at 9:10am. An opportunity for your child to share their learning on stage and for you to look at their jotters.
• 04/03/26: Sharing the Learning: 2:00-3:00pm: Pop into your child’s clan to take part in a learning experience and view their jotters. Please arrive through the office doors at 1:55pm. We would appreciate it that it is one adult per child to ensure enough space in the clan room.
• 05/03/26: Primary 1 Clans, Primary 7 Clans and group photos by Tempest. No PE uniform please. Groups photos will be Choir, Glee and the Basketball team.
• 06/03/26: World Book Day: Dress up as your favourite book character.

Calderwood Communication:

• Parking: We would request if you are choosing to use the car park, please use it safely and be mindful of the no parkingareas which are there to help ensure that all of our children are safe when crossing the road. The cones along Nethershiel Road are to note a no parking area.
• Communication: A reminder to parents/ carers that if they have an issue or concern to please raise this directly with the school so that it can be addressed and resolved.
• Connects: This week we held daily bitesize online Connects reminding each other how to be ready, responsible and safe as we move around the school, playground and café. We would appreciate it if you could also have these conversations with your child at home, which includes:
  • Putting their litter in the bin
  • Respecting and caring for school resources and spaces
  • Positively communicating with others; please, thank you, good morning, etc
  • Walking calmly indoors/ lining up calmly at the end of break and lunch times
• Change of clothes: A reminder that in younger clans, you may wish to send your child in with a change of clothes for accidents.
• Playground: Following our Parent Council meeting I have asked West Lothian Council for support and advice around our playground concerns and will update families when we have further information. In the meantime, I would recommend children keeping outdoor shoes in their cloakroom space and if your child does enjoy playing in these areas, to send them in with a change of clothes. On the days when we have wet weather we do encourage children not to play in the mud, and we would appreciate your support with this please.
• Positive Relationships Policy: You can find our Positive Relationships Policy Here and Anti Bullying Policy Our Parent Council and leadership had been working together to make more parent and child friendly version of these documents, including a flow chart of processes. In line with Scottish Government Advice, we will be issuing our updated policies towards the end of this term.
• Defibrillator: We have been kindly gifted a defibrillator from St. John’s Scotland, I will update you about location and installation once we have more information from Property Services.
• Travel Plan: Thank you to our Parent Council members who have put in a huge amount of work in supporting Calderwood to draw up our Travel Plan, you can find it here.
• Twitter: Following updated advice from West Lothian Council, we will currently no be using Twitter as a communication method.

 

Calderwood Compliments:

• Ski Team Success
• A huge well done to Doune Clan for their fantastic Connects last Friday all about Robert Burns and Scotland. Our clans and your families really enjoyed your performance!
• Congratulations to all our children who represented their clan in Calderwood Poetry Competition today, they were all outstanding and the judges had a very difficult task to judge the competition, you can find out more here. Thank you to the judges for joining us, the choir and our Doune Clan dancers.

 

Have a lovely half term and we will see you all on Tuesday 17^th February!