Category: Calderwood Chronicle

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Calderwood Commitments (Actions):

• 20/03-28/03/23 – Milk for term 4 open to order on iPay Impact.

Calderwood Calendar: 

• 20/03-28/03/23 – Milk for term 4 open to order on iPay Impact.
• 20^th– 31^st March Calderwood Primary School are taking part in the Big Walk & Wheel event from. Last year, the pupils’ amazing efforts won our school a bike stunt show. We can’t wait to get involved again! Please see more information about the event here.
• 27^th March: P1-5 and P7: World Autism Acceptance/ Awareness. Dress down in your favourite colour – no donation required. Please no football colours or crop tops.
• 27^th March: Ben Lawers Excursion to Sky Studios and get Gooey: Please ensure you have returned your EE2 form, failure to return your child’s EE2 will result in them not being able to attend the excursion. Please sure the trip is paid on iPay and you have ordered a school packed lunch if required. Children should wear their school uniform.
• 28^th March: Ben Lawers: World Autism Acceptance/ Awareness. Dress down in your favourite colour– no donation required. Please no football colours or crop tops.
• 28^th March: Depute Head Teacher Short Leet Interviews
• 31^st March: Last Day of Term 3 for school children

Calderwood Communication: 

• Reporting absence: In order to streamline our communication of reporting absence, please email the school office: wlcalderwood-ps@westlothian.org.uk

Email title: School or Nursery Absence

Child’s first and surname:

Length of absence (if known):

Reason for absence:

If you are unable to email, you are still able to phone the school office. If your child continues to be absent for longer than one day and you haven’t initially reported this, please report this absence daily. If your child is going to be absent, it is your responsibility to contact the office before 9am to report the absence. Failure to report an absence will start the implementation of the West Lothian Safe Arrival policy, which may result in social work or police being contacted.

 

Calderwood Compliments:

• Leven Clan shared an exciting drama about their journey to Loch Ness, our clans and their families at Calderwood Connects. What a fun, engaging, creative performance, we loved your singing and dancing!
• Congratulations to all our children who represented their clan by presenting their pitches at our Dragon’s Den – Be an Engineer Competition on Monday. Mrs Grieve, Mr Valentine (Numeracy Pedagogy Officer) and Nicola Connor (STEM Development Officer) really enjoyed being Dragons and found it very difficult to judge! Congratulations to our early, first and second level champions. Thank you to Miss Christie for organising this event.
• There was a buzz around the school this week, as we welcomed our families and children to speak to their champions about their progress in learning. Thank you to our children in Primary 5-7 clans, who helped to support us.
• Some of our children in Ben Lawers, took part in the West Lothian Euro Quiz this week! A huge well done to our three teams, and also to our parents who visited the clan to support them with their preparation.
• This week we welcomed Miss Swift and baby Jack, and Mrs Love and baby Emma to Calderwood. Our clans loved their visit.
• Last week Bluebell, Bramble and Thistle, visited Glasgow Science Centre, to put their STEM learning into context. Thank you to all the champions involved in planning this exciting experience for our children.

You can find some photos of the above events on Twitter @Calderwood_Pri

 

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Calderwood Commitments (Actions):

• 8^th – 20^th March: Champion Conservations Open Online to book: A letter was emailed with instructions about how to book an appointment with your child’s champion. Please contact the office if you require any support to log in. Click here if your P5-7 child would like to sign up to help at the event. We would love to see our chiefs, house and vice captains, supporting.
• 20/03-28/03/23 – Milk for term 4 open to order on iPay Impact.
• Engineering questionnaire for Ben Lawers and Lomond.

 

Calderwood Calendar: 

• Term 3 calendar link
• 8^th – 20^th March: Champion Conservations Open Online to book: Letter issued with instructions about how to book an appointment with your child’s champion.
• 17^th March: 12:00pm – 2:30pm: Extra Glee Rehearsal
• 20^th March: Ben Lawers: £30 deposit due to Dalguise, if you require support with the payment please let the office know.
• 20/03-28/03/23 – Milk for term 4 open to order on iPay Impact.
• 20^th– 31^st March Calderwood Primary School are taking part in the Big Walk & Wheel event from. Last year, the pupils’ amazing efforts won our school a bike stunt show. We can’t wait to get involved again! Please see more information about the event here.
• 22-23^rd March: Champion Conversations: by appointment only. Children’s jotters will also be available. In the Café there will be a P4-7 Teams support workshop and information about the cost of the school day. In the Arena we will have Scholastic Book Fayre (if you wish to purchase a book please bring your phone and card).
• 24^th March: 11:15am: Clan Calderwood Connects: Leven: Two family members can attend
• 24^th March: 12:00pm – 2:30pm: Extra Glee Rehearsal
• 27^th March: P1-5 and P7: World Autism Acceptance/ Awareness Week. Dress down in your favourite colour – no donation required. Please no football colours or crop tops.
• 27^th March: Ben Lawers Excursion to Sky Studios and get Gooey: Please ensure you have returned your EE2 form, failure to return your child’s EE2 will result in them not being able to attend the excursion. Please sure the trip is paid on iPay and you have ordered a school packed lunch if required. Children should wear their school uniform.
• 28^th March: Ben Lawers: World Autism Acceptance/ Awareness Week. Dress down in your favourite colour– no donation required. Please no football colours or crop tops.

 

Calderwood Compliments:

• Linlithgow Clan shared their learning about the Highland Games with our clans and their families at Calderwood Connects. What a fun, engaging, creative performance, we loved your singing and dancing!
• This week we had our long leet interviews for our Depute Head Teacher post, thank you to our parents and Pupil Council who supported this process.
• Congratulations to all children who were nominated to represent their clan at our Dragon’s Den – Be An Engineer Competition on Monday. We are looking forward to hearing your pitches.

 

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Calderwood Commitments (Actions):

• 8^th – 15^th March: Champion Conservations Open Online to book: A letter was emailed with instructions about how to book an appointment with your child’s champion. Please contact the office if you require any support to log in. Click here if your P5-7 child would like to sign up to help at the event. We would love to see our chiefs, house and vice captains, supporting.
• Engineering questionnaire for Ben Lawers and Lomond.
• We please request that P4-6 children return their EE2 form for their up and coming excursions, failure to return your child’s EE2 will unfortunately result in them not being able to attend the excursion.

Calderwood Calendar: 

• Term 3 calendar link
• 8^th – 15^th March: Champion Conservations Open Online to book: Letter issued with instructions about how to book an appointment with your child’s champion.
• 16^th March: P4-5 Clan Trip to Glasgow Science Centre: Information as per letter. Please ensure you have returned your EE2 form, failure to return your child’s EE2 will result in them not being able to attend the excursion. Please sure the trip is paid on iPay and you have ordered a school packed lunch if required. Children should wear their school uniform.
• 17^th March: 11:15am: Clan Calderwood Connects: Rannoch: Two family members can attend.
• 20^th March: Ben Lawers: £30 deposit due to Dalguise, if you require support with the payment please let the office know.
• 22-23^rd March: Champion Conversations: by appointment only. Children’s jotters will also be available. In the Café there will be a P4-7 Teams support workshop and information about the cost of the school day. In the Arena we will have Scholastic Book Fayre (if you wish to purchase a book please bring your phone and card).
• 24^th March: 11:15am: Clan Calderwood Connects: Leven: Two family members can attend
• 27^th March: P1-5 and P7: World Autism Acceptance/ Awareness Week. Dress down in your favourite colour – no donation required. Please no football colours or crop tops.
• 27^th March: Ben Lawers Excursion to Sky Studios and get Gooey: Please ensure you have returned your EE2 form, failure to return your child’s EE2 will result in them not being able to attend the excursion. Please sure the trip is paid on iPay and you have ordered a school packed lunch if required. Children should wear their school uniform.
• 28^th March: P6: World Autism Acceptance/ Awareness Week. Dress down in your favourite colour– no donation required. Please no football colours or crop tops.

 

Calderwood Communication (for information):

• You will understand as our school continues to grow, we currently have 382 children across 14 clans, champions, children and parents all play their role in helping our routines to run smoothly. We understand that emergencies crop up over the course of the school day and changes might need to be communicated at late notice. However, there are some routines that we require families support with:
• If your child is going to be absent it is your responsibility to contact the office before 9am to report the absence. This can be done by email, phone or leaving a voicemail. Failure to report an absence will start the implementation of the West Lothian Safe Arrival policy, which may result in social work or police being contacted. We also recognise that we need to continue to procedures are accurate in terms of absences.
• Try to encourage your children to be organised for the school day with their jacket, bag, lunch box, glasses, musical instrument, etc.
• We email out the calendar and any actions for families every Friday, we also email reminders of important deadlines. We would request that families keep an eye out for these emails, such as EE2, photo, events, reminders, so that your child does miss out.

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Calderwood Commitments (Actions):

• Primary 5 – 7: Please find our new home learning grids for P5-P7. An overview sheet has been provided that shows the guidelines and expectations for home learning.
• 9^th March: Please ensure your child has school uniform on this day and not P.E kit for the clan photos. Ben Lomond to have their Primary 7 ties and shirts, and please bring along your hoodie.

 

Calderwood Calendar: 

• Term 3 calendar link
• 7^th March: 9:00-10:15am: Calderwood Can Chats: Opportunity to pop in and look at your child’s jotters and online profile. This will also be available at Champion Conversations if you are unable to attend. Please pop into the foyer area at this time. Can Ben Lomond children please wear their Primary 7 shirts and ties.
• 7^th March: 6:00pm: Parent Council Meeting: Agenda to follow.
• 8^th – 15^th March: Champion Conservations Open Online to book: Letter issued with instructions about how to book an appointment with your child’s champion.
• 9^th March: School Photographer: Tempest: Clan Group Photos: School uniform and no P.E Kit please. Primary 7s to wear P7 ties and shirt and bring P7 hoodies.
• 10^th March: 11:15am: Clan Calderwood Connects: Linlithgow Two family members can attend.
• 16^th March: P4-5 Clan Trip to Glasgow Science Centre: Information as per letter. Please ensure you have returned your EE2 form, paid on iPay and have ordered a school packed lunch if required. Children should wear their school uniform.
• 17^th March: 11:15am: Clan Calderwood Connects: Rannoch: Two family members can attend

 

Calderwood Communication (for information)

• Today we marked the first anniversary of the official opening of Calderwood Primary and Nursery by launching our Calderwood Capsule Challenge. All clans have the opportunity to record their magic moments from Calderwood, why we are unique and future dreams. We look forward to seeing what you all come up with!
• We are aware that there are proposed strike days are on the same days for Champion Conversations and Clan Connections, we will make a decision early next week if we need to reschedule any events, and keep you updated.
• If your child would like to play on the grass areas at break and lunch times, please ensure they have outdoor shoes to change into, as their feet may get wet. You might also want to include a change of clothes in their school bag.

• A gentle reminder that lunches should be ordered on iPay at home, this includes noting if your child has a packed lunch from home. Children take part in a range of Stag Start learning activities in the morning, therefore stopping them to order their lunch interrupts their learning time and uses unnecessary admin time. Friday packed lunches should be ordered by 9:30am on a Thursday. Advice on how to use iPay can be found here.

 

Calderwood Compliments:

• Tummel Clan shared their learning about Scottish Inventors with our clans and their families at Calderwood Connects. What an informative, engaging, creative performance!
• This week saw our first ever Calderwood residential, with Ben Lomond going to Lockerbie Manor for two nights. The clan demonstrated a have a go attitude, resilience, determination, but most of all, had fun making memories. Thank you to all the champs who made this residential possible. We have some photos on Twitter and will make a sway capturing their adventure very soon.
• Thank you to West Lothian College and their HNC CP students who worked with some of our children in the forest this week. Fantastic examples of team working, den building and snack making. We can’t wait to use this to develop outdoor learning in our school.

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Calderwood Commitments (Actions):

• A gentle reminder that lunches should be ordered on iPay at home, this includes noting if your child has a packed lunch from home. Children take part in a range of Stag Start learning activities in the morning, therefore stopping them to order their lunch interrupts their learning time and uses unnecessary admin time. Friday packed lunches should be ordered by 9:30am on a Thursday. Advice on how to use iPay can be found here.

 

Calderwood Calendar: 

• You can find our updated term 3 calendar here.
• 24^th February: 11:15am: Tummel Clan Calderwood Connects: 2 family members can attend
• 28^th February – 1^st March: School closed
• 1^st March: Ben Lomond Residential: Pupils meet outside school entrance at 12:15pm.
• 2^nd March: West Calder High Online Drop In Session: 7pm
• 3^rd March: One Year Anniversary Time Capsule Challenge: Please ensure children are wearing school uniform (and not P.E kit). The challenge results will be shared digitally with families.
• 7^th March: 9:00-10:15am: Calderwood Can Chats: Opportunity to pop in and look at your child’s jotters and online profile. This will also be available at Champion Conversations if you are unable to attend.
• 7^th March: 6:00pm: Parent Council Meeting
• 8^th – 15^th March: Champion Conservations Open Online to book: Letter issued with instructions about how to book an appointment with your child’s champion.
• 9^th March: School Photographer: Tempest: Clan Group Photos: School uniform and no P.E Kit please. Primary 7s to wear P7 ties and shirt and bring P7 hoodies.
• 10^th March: Clan Calderwood Connects: Linlithgow Two family members can attend

 

Calderwood Communication (for information)

• Our Calderwood Careers launched this week for term 3 & term 4.
• Triple P Parenting sessions will be held at Calderwood Primary School. If you are interested in these sessions, please email the school office. Please find further information here. 
• We recently got feedback on home learning in our P5-P7 clans. Please find the results from our families and pupils’ questionnaires here. Our new home learning grids in P5-P7 will reflect the actions points highlighted. An overview sheet will be provided to share expectations with our families.
• If your child would like to play on the grass areas at break and lunch times, please ensure they have outdoor shoes to change into, as their feet may get wet. You might also want to include a change of clothes in their school bag.
• This week we had our first mini champ meetings. All our children have joined a group they are interested in to help lead change at Calderwood, we are excited to see all that they achieve!
• An advert has went out this week to recruit a Depute Head Teacher, with the hope that they will start at some point after the Easter holiday. We will continue to keep the Parent Council updated with the progress.

Calderwood Compliments:

• Thank you to everyone who attended our Caledonia Clan Celebration. This was our first evening event and it was fantastic to see our children sharing their learning with their families. You can find some highlights here.
• It was fantastic to see our children representing Thinking Day this week through wearing their organisation’s uniform.
• Tay Clan were out of this world, with their Calderwood Connects all about the James Webb Telescope and space. Thank you to all the families who joined us.
• Thank you to Kate Ive who worked with our Primary 3s this week as part of community engagement art workshops for the upcoming Calderwood Café Public Art Project by Stirling Developments. The clans really enjoyed it!

Link: Calderwood Chronice_03_02_23

Calderwood Primary Chronicle: 03/02/23

Calderwood Commitments (Actions):

• Caledonia Clan Celebration: You can find out more about this Primary 1 – 7 family event and book to attend the event by clicking here. The choir sign up for the event is here.
• Free Football Tickets: Football Buzz has kindly offered us free tickets for the Livingston v Aberdeen football game on Saturday 4^th You can collect these from the school office on Friday 3^rd February. The tickets will be issued on a first come first served basis.
• 6^th – 10^th February: iPay is open for donations for our Caledonia Clan Celebration. Any funds raised will help to purchase Scottish and poetry books for the school.

 

Calderwood Calendar: 

• You can find our term 3 calendar here: Calendar link
• 3^rd February: Calderwood Scottish Poetry Recital: Clan Winners: Families of the Clan winners have been invited to attend. Children reciting poems, the choir and house and vice captains please wear school uniform (not P.E uniform) please. Primary 7s should wear their Primary 7 tie.
• 6^th February: Afterschool Clubs Start
• 7^th February: Primary 5 Limelight Music Performance: Please find an Invite to Primary 5 families to join us.
• 9^th February: 6:00pm or 6:40pm: Caledonia Clan Celebration
• 10^th February: 11:15am: Tay Clan Calderwood Connects: 2 family members can attend
• 13^th – 20^th February: School closed for February Break, reopens 21^st

Calderwood Communication (for information)

• Primary 5- 7 Home Learning: We are currently changing our home learning grids in P5-P7. We would appreciate if any parent/carers could provide their feedback and views on this. Please complete the questionnaire.
• Ben Lomond Residential: Please find the presentations that were shared at the Parent/ Carer information session.
• Calderwood Cares: Please click here to find out how we can support your family with food, toiletries and clothing.
• We have had some further reports of head lice in clans, please find some information on the signs of head lice and how to treat it here.
• Values consultation: We continue to seek your opinion on what you think our school values should be, you can contribute here.
• Mrs Mullen, our PSW Champion will be leaving us at February Break to move on to a new adventure at the NHS, we wish her lots of lucks. Ms Mungall will also be leaving us at February Break, thanks to both champs for supporting our clans.

 

Calderwood Compliments:

• Congratulations to all our poetry clan champions who will be performing in our Scottish Poetry Recital Competition on Friday 3^rd February, we wish them lots of luck!
• Thank you to everyone who donated to our dress down day. We raised £268, this will be used to purchase Food Technology equipment for our STEM Studio.

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Calderwood Primary Chronicle: 27/01/23

Calderwood Commitments (Actions):

• 23^rd – 27^th January: iPay is open for dress down day donations.
• Caledonia Clan Celebration: You can find out more about this Primary 1 – 7 family event and book to attend the event by clicking here.
• Capturing Calderwood: Communication Feedback Survey

 

Calderwood Calendar: 

• Apologises for calendar updates and the changes. School life is busy and we can’t always foresee all events that will take happen over the term. Changes to the original calendar have been highlighted in yellow and we have the date at the top so you know which is the latest version. Calendar link
• 27^th January: Dress Down Day: No football tops or crop tops please. Donation can be made on iPay.
• 27^th January: Calderwood Scottish Poetry Recital: Clan Competition: Children have the opportunity to recite a poem in their clan and the clan vote for the clan champion. You can find out more information here.
• 31^st January: School closed due to strike
• 1^st February: 6pm: P7 Residential Information Session on Teams: Click here to join the meeting: Meeting ID: 340 806 909 89 Passcode: NvXp3r
• 3^rd February: Calderwood Scottish Poetry Recital: Clan Winners: Clan Champions recite their poems to a panel, panel decide on an early level (P1), first level (P2-4) and second level (P5-7) winner. Invites will be sent home.
• 7^th February: Primary 5 Limelight Music Performance
• 9^th February: 6:00pm or 6:40pm: Caledonia Clan Celebration
• 10^th February: 11:15am: Tay Clan Calderwood Connects: 2 family members can attend

 

Calderwood Communication (for information)

• Learning Letters for Term 3
• Home Learning grids for Term 3
• Calderwood Cares: You will find our positive relationships policy here. There is also the opportunity to provide some feedback.
• We have had some further reports of head lice in clans, please find some information on the signs of head lice and how to treat it here.
• Those children who have been offered an afterschool club will have received a letter in their school bag this week.
• A huge congratulations to Mrs Love on the arrival of baby Emma, we are very excited to meet her.
• Ms Henderson will join our office champ team on 20^th February, we look forward to welcoming her to our champion team.

 

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Calderwood Commitments (Actions):

• 23^rd – 27^th February: iPay is open for dress down day donations.
• West Lothian Council Uniform encourages children not to wear clothing or accessorises that encourages rivalry, with this is mind, we would request that children don’t have football team accessories in school.
• Capturing Calderwood: Communication Feedback Survey
• Caledonia Clan Celebration: You can find out more about the event and book to attend the event here.

 

Calderwood Calendar: 

• In this calendar you will find a list of all events for term 3. This has been updated.
• 23^rd January: Nursery Photo Day: If your school child has a sibling in the nursery they will have the opportunity for a family photo on this day. Please ensure they do not wear P.E kit.
• 24^th January: Learning Letters and Home Grids will be emailed to families.
• 27^th January: Dress Down Day: No football tops or crop tops please. Donation can be made on iPay.
• 27^th January: Calderwood Scottish Poetry Recital: Clan Competition: Children have the opportunity to recite a poem in their clan and the clan vote for the clan champion. You can find out more information here.

 

Calderwood Communication (for information)

• P4-P7 pupils have the opportunity to apply for a Calderwood Career, they can do this in clan or at home by using this link.
• We are looking for suggestions from parents/carers on what new reading texts we can purchase using the Scholastic Book Fayre money. You can add your choices here. The children also have the opportunity to contribute during clan time.
• Calderwood Cares: You will find our positive relationships policy here. There is also the opportunity to provide some feedback.
• We have had some report of head lice, please find some information on the signs of head lice and how to treat it here.
• Ben Lawers request for support with their European context for learning.

 

Have a lovely weekend,

Miss Burton

Calderwood Primary Chronicle: 13/01/23

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Calderwood Commitments (Actions):

• Please click here for advice on ordering lunches.
• PE Days for Term 3.
• If your child is interested in an afterschool club, please sign up by 13^th

 

Calderwood Calendar: 

• In this calendar you will find a list of all events for term 3.
• 23^rd January: If your school child has a sibling in the nursery they will have the opportunity for a family photo on this day. Please ensure they do not wear P.E kit.

Capturing Calderwood (Twitter):

• Creative Calderwood

Calderwood Communication (for information)

• West Lothian Warm Hubs
• Health and Wellbeing Support for Families
• Mr Black and Miss McAlear, will join our pupil support worker, champion team on Monday. We look forward to our champ team expanding! We are also currently recruiting for a further clerical assistant to support in our school and nursery offices.

Calderwood Compliments: 

• Robertson Homes and Age Scotland, Competition Winner.
• At the end of last term, Thistle Clan raised £74.06 for Children in Need, Cancer Research and Sick Kids, by organising a bake sale. Well done Thistle Clan!
• This week we had auditions for our first ever Calderwood Glee Club, a huge well done to everyone who tried out for the club.

Happy New Year! One week in and it feels like we have never been away from our Calderwood home. It has been lovely to start the new year, with new families joining us. We have had a smooth transition back to Calderwood life and next week, we look forward to all our interventions timetables fully starting, ensuring we support and challenge all of our children.

Have a lovely weekend,

Miss Burton

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