Category: Calderwood Chronicle

PDF link: Calderwood Chronicle 08_12_23

Calderwood Commitments:

• 11/12/23 – 19/12/23: iPay open for Term 3 milk order: Milk orders will not be available after date.

Calderwood Calendar: 

• You will find December events dates here: Term 2 Family Calendar Link
• 08/12/23: Calderwood Connects: Advent theme from the outreach team from Kirknewton and East Calder Parish Church. This will involve a story about advent and some songs. Please email the office to let us know if this is something you would prefer your child not to attend. For clans only.
• 11/12/23: Christmas Party: Ben Lawers and Ben Lomond (am). Wear your party clothes to school.
• 11/12/23 – 19/12/23: iPay open for Term 3 milk order: Milk orders will not be available after date.
• 12/12/23:
  • 15am: Skye and Shetland Nativity
  • 45am: Mull and Orkney Nativity
  • 00pm: Ness and Linlithgow (P1 pupils only) Nativity
  • Three tickets have been issued per child, per show. Please bring then along with you,
  • Chiefs, House, Vice Captains to wear P7 shirts and ties and Choir to wear school uniform and not P.E Kit please.
• 13/12/23:
  • 15am: Mull and Orkney Nativity
  • 45am: Ness and Linlithgow (P1 pupils only) Nativity
  • 00pm: Skye and Shetland Nativity
  • Three tickets have been issued per child, per show. Please bring then along with you,
  • Chiefs, House, Vice Captains to wear P7 shirts and ties and Choir to wear school uniform and not P.E Kit please.
• 13/12/23: Primary 4 Clans Excursion: Please ensure you have paid on iPay, returned the EE2 and ordered a pack lunch if required.
• 14/12/23: Christmas Party: Bluebell and Bramble (am) Christmas Party: Thistle and Schiehallion (pm) Wear your party clothes to school.
• 15/12/23: Calderwood Christmas Celebration Connects for Parents/ Carers
  • 9:15-10:00am: Primary 2-3
  • 10:15-11:00am: Primary 4-7
  • Two adults per family – no tickets required
  • Christmas Jumper/ accessory: (normal uniform on bottoms)
• 18/12/23: Christmas Party: Dundee (am). Christmas Party: Aberdeen (am). Christmas Party: Stirling (pm). Wear your party clothes to school.

Calderwood Communication: 

• Christmas Parties Social Story
• P1 Christmas Show Social Story
• Triple P Parenting Programme Opportunity at Calderwood

Calderwood Construction:

• Works Completed in the Week:
  • Metal deck and reinforcement for upper floor
  • Under slab drainage
  • Blockwork underbuilds to complete
  • Crane lift for roof works complete
• Two Week Look Ahead
  • Roof install to Continuing
  • Trim trail work ongoing
  • Upper first floor slab prep and pour

Calderwood Compliments:

• A huge thank you to our Parent Council for organising our fantastic Christmas Fayre last week. Thank you to our families and champions wo helped out on the day. Thank you to our choir and musicians, West Calder High School and Trav for performing. Thank you to everyone who supported the event!
• Our Bens clans loved sharing their learning with the P4-6 clans. Their IDL showcase was all about Global Conflict with each group researching and presenting a different related topic. They received lots of positive feedback from our pupils.
• Our Christmas Lunch was a huge success this week! Thank you to our Kitchen, Office and PSW champs to helped to organise the event and to our Ben Clans for serving up the lunch.
• Our clans were very excited to watch our Primary 1 clans Christmas Show, dress rehearsals this week! Thank you for letting us have a sneak peek.

PDF Doc: Calderwood Chronicle 01_12_23

Calderwood Commitments:

• Panto Payment: Please ensure you have paid £2 on iPay by 7/12/23. If you require support with the payment please let us know.

Calderwood Calendar: 

• You will find December events dates here: Term 2 Family Calendar Link
• 01/12/23: P1 Show Tickets issued.
• 01/12/23: Parent Council: Christmas Fayre Information
• 06/12/23: Christmas Lunch: Pre orders only, orders are no closed. Children can wear a Christmas jumper/ accessory, uniform on bottom.
• 07/12/23: Cinderella Panto in the Arena: Children can wear a Christmas jumper/ accessory, uniform on bottom. Please pay £2 on iPay.
• 08/12/23: Calderwood Connects: Advent theme from the outreach team from Kirknewton and East Calder Parish Church. This will involve a story about advent and some songs. Please email the office to let us know if this is something you would prefer your child not to attend. For clans only.

Calderwood Communication: 

• Parent Council Christmas Raffle
• Santa Sleigh Community Event
• Christmas Lunch Social Story
• Panto Social Story
• 21/11/23: Parent Council Minutes
• Cost of the School Day Information
• Communication when emailing the office:
  • Absence/ appointment emails

Child’s full name:

Clan:

Reasons for absence/ appointment/ lateness

These emails will get an auto response from the office and do will not require a reply.

• Question/ concern

Child’s full name:

Clan:

Comments:

These emails will be replied to within 48 hours. We always try to get back to families as soon as possible. A gentle reminder, during the school day teachers are teaching and the leadership team are out and about around the school, taking groups, meetings, etc and may not always be able to immediately respond to phone calls/ emails/ drops ins.

Calderwood Construction:

Works Completed in the Week

• Steel erection
• Drainage connections
• Under slab drainage
• Decking first floor

Two Week Look Ahead

• Roof install to commence – crane onsite 29/11/23
• Trim trail work ongoing
• Blockwork underbuild to continue
• Pitch fencing to start ASAP, material delivery WC 27/11/23
• Upper first floor slab prep and pour- Pour date tbc looking like 05/12/23, however will depend on weather.

Calderwood Compliments:

• Thank you to everyone who could join us for Calderwood Chats this week. A big thanks to our P6 and P7 clans for running the event for us.
• The children have enjoyed playing with the new construction toys in the playground this week. Thank you to the Parent Council for fundraising for these.
• Thank you to the helpers who made our P3 excursions possible this week, we appreciate your support.
• Morrisons Construction joined us for our Connects last week to tell us about building site safety.
• Thank you to Stirling Developments for donating our Christmas Tree.

Dates for the Play Leader training (note that all 3 dates need to be attended):

Session 1: Wednesday 29th November 6-9pm (online)

Session 2: Sunday 3rd December 6-9pm (online)

Session 3:  Wednesday 13th December 6-9pm (online)

Link to the Chronicle: Calderwood Chronicle 24_11_23

Calderwood Commitments:

• 19/10/23 – 27/11/23: Christmas (06/12/23) lunch open to order on iPay, the kitchen will not be able to take orders after 27^th

Calderwood Calendar: 

• Term 2 Family Calendar Link
• 28/11/23: Perth Excursion: Please ensure you have paid on iPay, returned the EE2 and ordered a pack lunch if required
• 29/11/23: Glasgow Excursion: Please ensure you have paid on iPay, returned the EE2 and ordered a pack lunch if required
• 28/11/23: 9.00-10.15am: Calderwood Can Chats: Come along to our Arena and Café and a look through your child’s jotters and profiles with them, one adult please. This is an optional drop in event. Parents/ carers will be able to view their child’s jotters next term at Champion Conversations. Primary 7 Children please wear their shirts and ties as they are supporting the event.
• 30/11/23: Edinburgh Excursion: Please ensure you have paid on iPay, returned the EE2 and ordered a pack lunch if required
• 01/12/23: Parent Council: Christmas Fayre Information

Calderwood Communication: 

• Santa Sleigh Community Event
• Book Week Scotland Learning Sways
• You can find a copy of our Positive Relationships Toolkit and our Anti Bullying Policy by clicking on the links. As part of our school improvement plan this year, we will be consulting with our children, champions and community to review the documents.
• We have recently welcomed Mr Allan to Calderwood as the non contact teacher. He will be teaching a half day in the following clans;
  • Monday: Ben Lawers, Ben Lomond
  • Tuesday: Bramble, Bluebell
  • Wednesday: Dundee, Thistle
  • Thursday: Stirling, Schiehallion,
• We have also welcomed Miss Small to Calderwood this week as a non contact teacher. She will teaching a half day in the following clans;
  • Tuesday: Rannoch, Aberdeen
  • Wednesday: Perth, Tay
  • Thursday: Mull, Orkney
• Communication when emailing the office:
  • Absence/ appointment emails

Child’s full name:

Clan:

Reasons for absence/ appointment/ lateness

These emails will get an auto response from the office and do will not require a reply.

• Question/ concern

Child’s full name:

Clan:

Comments:

These emails will be replied to within 48 hours. We always try to get back to families as soon as possible. A gentle reminder, during the school day teachers are teaching and the leadership team are out and about around the school, taking groups, meetings, etc and may not always be able to immediately respond to phone calls/ emails/ drops ins.

• A reminder of Senior Leadership Team line management:
  • Nursery: Mrs Warden
  • Primary 1 – 2/1: Miss Connor
  • Primary 2 – 3: Mrs Bates
  • Primary 4: Miss Burton
  • Primary 5-7: Miss Armstrong

Calderwood Construction:

Works Completed in the Week:

• Continuation of steel erection. – Complete
• Commenced works on trim trail – Ongoing
• Drainage connections – Complete
• Under slab drainage – Done

Two Week Look Ahead:

• Completion of steel erection and landing of stairs
• Continuation of south trim trail install
• Metal decking and stud welding
• Start block work substructure
• Kalzip base sheet install on roof

• On 24^th November, Morrisons educational outreach will attend Connects to do a safety talk for our clans.

Calderwood Compliments:

• Thank you to Mrs Wilcox for having an author visit with our clans for Book Week Scotland, you can find out more about her books here.
• Thank you to Jo Ferguson, our new Parent Council Chair, for chairing our Parent Council meeting this week. Thanks to the Parent Council team for their prep before the meeting, and thanks to everyone who attended, it was great to have just a large turn out!
• Aberdeen had a fantastic Connects today, all about their rainforest learning! Thank you to everyone who came along to watch them perform.

Calderwood Chronicle 17_11_23

Calderwood Commitments:

• 19/10/23 – 27/11/23: Christmas (06/12/23) lunch open to order on iPay, the kitchen will not be able to take orders after 27^th

Calderwood Calendar: 

• Term 2 Family Calendar Link
• 18/11/23: West Calder High School: A Wee Bit of Japan
• 21/11/23: Flu Vaccinations
• 21/11/23: 6:00pm: Parent Council Meeting – in school and Zoom.
• 22/11/23 and 23/11/23: Champion Conversations Catch Up: Skye and Schiehallion Clans, separate emails have been issued.
• 24/11/23: 11:15am: Clan Calderwood Connects: Aberdeen Clan (2 family members can attend)
• 24/11/23: Coffee Morning & Free Winter Jacket Giveaway
• 27/11/23: Perth Excursion: Please ensure you have paid on iPay, returned the EE2 and ordered a pack lunch if required
• 28/11/23: Glasgow Excursion: Please ensure you have paid on iPay, returned the EE2 and ordered a pack lunch if required
• 28/11/23: 9.00-10.15am: Calderwood Can Chats: Come along to our Arena and Café and a look through your child’s jotters and profiles with them, one adult please. This is an optional drop in event. Parents/ carers will be able to view their child’s jotters next term at Champion Conversations.
• 29/11/23: Edinburgh Excursion: Please ensure you have paid on iPay, returned the EE2 and ordered a pack lunch if required

Calderwood Communication: 

• Christmas Fayre Information
• Santa Sleigh Community Event
• Book Week Scotland Learning Sways

Calderwood Construction:

• Works Completed in the Week
  • Pour foundation
  • Construct site haul road and access.
  • Start steel erection

• Two Week Look Ahead:
  • Continue steel erection and landing of pre cast stairs.
  • Start south trim trail install
  • Metal decking and stud welding
  • Start block work substructure
  • Under slab drainage

• On 24^th November, Morrisons educational outreach will attend Connects to do a safety talk for our clans.
• Thank you for your support at this time as our routines change, we are assessing our routines on a daily basis to ensure the safety of all.

Calderwood Compliments:

• Book Week Scotland Feedback Form
• Thank you to Mrs Wilcox for having an author visit with our clans this week, our children really enjoyed it.
• Thank you to our Calderwood Communicates Champs for organising Book Week Scotland.

Calderwood Primary Chronicle: 10/11/23: Calderwood Chronicle 10_11_23

Calderwood Commitments:

• 19/10/23 – 27/11/23: Christmas (06/12/23) lunch open to order on iPay, the kitchen will not be able to take orders after 27^th

Calderwood Calendar: 

• Term 2 Family Calendar Link
• 13^th – 17^th November: Book Week Scotland Events: List of dates and events here.
• 13^th November: New Champions start: Mr Allan joins us as a non contact time teacher. Miss Armstrong joins is as seconded Depute Head Teacher.
• Visit My Clan: Click here to find out more.
• 21/11/23: Flu Vaccinations
• 21/11/23: 6:00pm: Parent Council Meeting – in school and Zoom.
• 22/11/23 and 23/11/23: Champion Conversations Catch Up: Skye and Schiehallion Clans, separate emails have been issued.
• 24/11/23: 11:15am: Clan Calderwood Connects: Aberdeen Clan (2 family members can attend)

Calderwood Communication: 

• Book Week Scotland Events
• Our Breakfast Club Champs are looking for donations of any nearly new board games, if you can support, please drop them off at Breakfast Club or the office.
• Christmas Fayre Information
• Santa Sleigh Community Event
• Book Week Scotland Book Drop

Calderwood Construction:

• Works completed to date: Pour foundations and started steel erection
• Two Week Look Ahead:
  • Continue steel erection and landing of pre cast stairs. Start south trim trail install.
  • Metal decking and stud welding
  • Start block work substructure
  • Under slab drainage
• On 24^th November, Morrisons educational outreach will attend Connects to do a safety talk for our clans.
• Thank you for your support at this time as our routines change, we are assessing our routines on a daily basis to ensure the safety of all.

Calderwood Compliments:

• Congratulations to Stirling Clan for their fantastic connects all about Stirling! We loved your acting and your signing!

Calderwood Chronicle 03_11_23

Calderwood Commitments:

• 19/10/23 – 27/11/23: Christmas (06/12/23) lunch open to order on iPay, the kitchen will not be able to take orders after 27^th

Calderwood Calendar: 

• Term 2 Family Calendar Link
• 06/11/23: Tempest School Photo Day: Children should wear their school uniform and not their P.E kit. Families who ticked no to outside photographers or who did not complete the photography consent form (when they started Calderwood) will not have their photos taken.
• 07/11/23 – 09/11/23: Poppies on sale for a donation.
• 09/11/23: Mrs Grieve’s last day
• 10/11/23: 11:15am: Stirling Clan Connects: Two family members invited

Calderwood Communication: 

• Term 2 Learning Letter
• Term 2 Home Learning Choice Grids
• Term 2 P.E Days
• We are currently evaluating the impact versus cost of Sumdog, currently there is no access and we will update with any decisions we make. Mr Allan will join us on 13^th November, as a Calderwood teaching Champion and will take clans across the school for teachers non contact time.
• Mrs McCormack has joined our champion team, helping us at break and lunch times.

Calderwood Construction:

• During the week beginning Monday 6^th November, Morrison Construction have advised that the steel frame for the new extension will be delivered. This exercise will take two weeks and will involve cranes, working within the building site, to support the frame being erected. This will be another exciting phase in the construction process and we know the children will be interested to see the frame of the extension taking shape so quickly.
• We are looking into the traffic congestion issues with the contractors in the surrounding areas of the school. A reminder to families that there is no parking on the Nethershiel Road side of the school, from Monday there will be cones in this area showing where there is no access to parking. Also, as our staff finish their shifts at different times, we would ask if you are using the carpark that you park responsibly.
• Thank you for your support at this time as our routines change, we are assessing our routines on a daily basis to ensure the safety of all.

Calderwood Compliments:

• Thank you to our Parent Council for organising over first ever evening disco for our Primary 5-7 children. Also, thank you to all the helpers who came along to support the Primary 1-4 Halloween Parties. We really appreciate everyone’s support.

Calderwood Chronicle 20_10_23

Calderwood Calendar: 

• Term 2 Family Calendar
• 26^th October 6:30-8:00PM: Parent Council P5-7 Halloween Disco Fundraiser: More information here on how to purchase tickets.
• 27^th October: Halloween Dress Down Day: Please no masks and take into consideration school appropriate costumes
• 27^th October: Primary 1 -4 Halloween Party (in school time): Funded by the Parent Council

Calderwood Communication: 

• Parent Council AGM Minutes: 12/10/23

Calderwood Construction:

• Earlier this week we issued communication on the enhanced measures we have put in place during the first two weeks of construction. Education Officers have also supported us with organising and implementing these arrangements.
• West Lothian Council have instructed our contractor to install temporary fencing around the pitch and playing fields. This will restrict public access to the school grounds during construction. Unfortunately, due to unforeseen circumstances installation has been delayed but anticipated for week beginning Monday 23^rd
• The fencing in the immediate playground is hoping to be finished by the end of next week, meaning that in week beginning 30^th October, we should return to some more ‘normality’ for our daily routines.
• We are looking into the traffic congestion issues with the contractors in the surrounding areas of the school. A gentle reminder to families that there is no parking on the Nethershiel Road side of the school. Also, our staff finish their shifts at different times, we would ask if you are using the carpark that you park responsibly.

Calderwood Compliments:

• A huge well done to Thistle Clan for starting our Clan Connects for the session, they shared their learning about inventors and inventions with the clans and their families. Thank you for everyone who came along to support them. You can see some photos on Twitter.
• Thank you to our Parent Council for organising the Halloween Swap Shop today! What a fantastic way to support our children to get ready for the spooky season.
• Well done to Roe House for winning the house points for Term 1, they received a PJ party this week to celebrate!
• Thank you to our Parent Council for all their fundraising efforts, you can find out more about how we use their donations here.