Category: Information for Parents/ Carers

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Calderwood Commitments (Actions):

• Primary 5 – 7: Bring Your Own Device. If you would like your child to take part please complete the permission slip with your child, this will start from 28^th You can find more information here.
• Medical: Please ensure the office are aware of any medical needs or allergies your child may have.

Calderwood Calendar: 

• Term 1 Calendar link
• 19/08/23: Milk Open to order for Term 1 Unfortunately, you will not be able to order milk for Term 1 after this point.
• 23/08/23 – 6pm: Ben Lawers & Lomond Dalguise Information Session – Virtual Drop In: Join on your computer, mobile app or room device: Click here to join the meeting. Meeting ID: 334 279 901 597 Passcode: H3WhdG Download Teams | Join on the web
• 25/08/23: Dress Down Day: (For school funds) Please no football strips or crop tops. If you like to make a donation you can do this on iPay by clicking on funds, Dress Down Day.

Calderwood Communication: 

• Free School Meals and Clothing Grant Information: Although all children in Primary 1-5 received free school meals, it is important that those families who are entitled to the free school meals grant apply, as this allows enables your child to receive free school milk and access to other support, in and out of school. The clothing grant application also helps you to receive funding to purchase uniform supplies for your child. This link has more information and our equity champs are more than happy to support you with filling out the forms.
• Routines: Thank you for bearing with us as we navigated our way through new routines this week based on our large intake of new children and the cabins being installed. You can find a copy of these routines here. You can also find in this Sway the areas children should leave their bikes. Primary 7 clans should use the bike rack next to the muga and Primary 5-6 clans should leave their bikes at the Great Glen Gate area. Next week, Primary 1 clans will follow the normal school routines.
• Breakfast Club: You can find out more about Breakfast Club here. If your child requires food at Breakfast Club please ensure they arrive before 8:20am.
• Communication: As you can see, the door at breakfast club and the gates in the morning are busy and at this time the champions focus is on the safety of the children. We therefore would ask that any communication that does need passed on to champions goes through the office, so the message finds its way to the correct person. When emailing the office, can you please ensure your note your child’s full name and clan name so the email can be directed to the correct champions.
• 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.
• Snack: Please ensure your child brings a snack to school for morning break. For those children who forget we do have fruit available at the office. We would discourage share bags of crisps and sweets, and any candy style sweets. Due to allergies in the school, we also try to discourage children sharing their snacks or bringing in treats for birthdays. Please avoid nut based snacks at break and lunch, due to allergies. Children should also bring a filled water bottle to school each day that they can top up if required, please let us know if you require support with purchasing a water bottle.
• iPay: The office champs are hoping that all new families will have a log in by next week. You can click here to find advice on how to use iPay. All families should use this system to order their child’s lunch or note that they are bringing a pack lunch from home, to ensure this does not take away from their learning time during stag start in the morning.
• Leadership team clan responsibility:
  • Mrs Warden: Nursery
  • Miss Connor: Mull, Orkney, Shetland, Skye, Ness, Linlithgow
  • Mrs Bates: Leven, Rannoch, Tay, Tummel, Edinburgh, Glasgow, Perth
  • Miss Burton: Stirling, Aberdeen, Dundee
  • Miss Stark: Bluebell, Bramble, Thistle, Schiehallion, Ben Lawers, Ben Lomond

Calderwood Compliments:

• Congratulations to Mrs Christie who got married over the summer. We wish Mr and Mrs Curtin lots of love and happiness!
• Capturing Calderwood Chapter 3
• We are so proud of all our new Primary 1 children and how quickly they have settled into life at Calderwood. They have been excellent at learning all the routines of being in ‘big school’, making new friends and starting their learning journey. Thank you to our champions and families for supporting this transition and milestone for them.
• A big welcome to all our new children and families across P2-7 clans, we have welcomed 40 new children into our clans this week.
• A warm welcome to all our new champions this week, including our new Principal Teachers, Mrs Warden and Mrs Bates.

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Calderwood Calendar: 

• Wednesday 9^th August – 1:30pm: Clans in the cabins, can pop in and visit their new clan space with Miss Burton and Mrs Bates. One adult per family and no younger siblings please if possible (to ensure we can fit everyone in. Please meet in the playground at 1:25pm. These clans include Edinburgh, Glasgow, Perth, Stirling, Dundee and Aberdeen.
• 15/08/23: First Day of 2023/24 session
• Information for P1s First Week

Calderwood Communication: 

• New clan information: We have updated the blog with videos of our champions and social stories of our clans. You can find links to them here.
• Clan Time Capsule Challenge: Look at our magic moments as a clan this year.
• Into Primary … Challenge: Find out what life is like at a specific stage in Calderwood.
• Routines for August: You can find information about our new routines for August here, thank you to our clan reps for supporting with this.
• Parent Council Minutes: 06/06/23
• Saving Seesaw Profiles
• Saving Teams OneNote Jotters

Calderwood Compliments:

• Thankfully the rain stayed away for C in the Park and we had a fantastic time celebrating together. Thanks to everyone who attend or supported the event. We raised an amazing £2212.94! You can find some photos on Twitter and more information here.
• It has been a fantastic week celebrating all things Ben Lomond, our first ever Primary 7 at Calderwood. Their Calderwood Connects was a tribute to the huge part they have played in our Calderwood story and the legacy they have left behind. Thank you so much to the champions who made this all possible, and to you, their families for all the support you have given us during their time at Calderwood. We can’t wait to see all what they all achieve on the next part of their journey.
• Thank you to our champions, who always go above and beyond for our children and families. I am always so proud of our team, and how they care for our children, whilst providing inspirational learning opportunities.

• I can’t quite believe it’s time to close our Calderwood Chapter 2! It has been another year of achievements, making memories and growing together. Thank you for all the support you have given us this year, it is greatly appreciated by myself and our staff team. I hope you all have a fantastic summer. Miss Burton