Term 1 Family Calendar 2023_24_updated 30_08_23.docx
Category: Information for Parents/ Carers
Nursery Chronicle 21.7.23
Calderwood Nursery Chronicle 21.07.23
Calderwood Calendar
KEY DATES
| 1/08/23 | Stay and Play Family Event 1:30pm-3:00pm |
| 3/08/23 | Stay and Play Family Event 10:00am-11:30am |
| 11/08/23 | Nursery Leavers Event (parents invited) 10:00am |
| 14/08/23 | Start of new school year. School closed. Nursery open. |
UPCOMING DATES
You can find upcoming dates here
Calderwood Commitments Actions:
- Forest Explorer Bags – sign up to borrow a bag Explorer Bag Sign Up
Calderwood Communication (For information):
Lunches
For the remainder of the Summer, cheese, ham and chicken sandwiches will be offered each day. There will be no hot lunches.
Nursery Moving On Ceremony
On Friday 11th August, 10:00am we will be celebrating our pre-school children as the move on to school. Parents/carers are invited to come along. This is limited to two spaces. The children will sing, share their nursery memories and receive a certificate. Beverages in the school Café will follow with opportunities for photos.
LEAF Award
It has been amazing to see our families enjoy our Forest Explorer Bags and upload their photos and videos onto the padlet. Have a look! https://padlet.com/lesleylaing/calderwood-forest-explorer-bags-pintnnw1kp25jz4e
Families can borrow these at anytime! Let us know if you would like one by signing up using the link above!
Summer Absences
A reminder to inform the nursery of absences during the Summer. Please email the school office of any absences. This will ensure you are not contacted as part of our safe arrivals procedures. The school email is wlcalderwood-ps@westlothian.org.uk
Due to working with the children, our nursery staff are often unable to answer the phone therefore email is the most effective way of communicating with staff.
Nursery Leavers
Please collect all your children’s waterproofs, wellies and other belongings before or on your child’s last day at nursery. If your child has medication, please see a member of staff to collect this.
Scottish Summer
As we continue to have rain and sunshine each day children continue to need suncream applied before their nursery session. Please can all children bring a sun hat to further protect them during hot weather. This should be labelled with their name.
Due to also having rain please ensure your child has suitable outdoor clothing and shoes.
Free School Meal and Clothing Grant
If you are entitled, completing this application will provide your child with lunch everyday, school milk and access to support services, clothing grant and extra support if required in school.
https://blogs.glowscotland.org.uk/wl/calderwood/2023/05/18/free-school-meals-clothing-grant/
Calderwood Community Cupboard
Calderwood has been developing ways to support families due to the cost of living crisis.
With your help, we have created our own community cupboard which is stocked with everyday items for those times that you need a helping hand.
https://blogs.glowscotland.org.uk/wl/calderwood/2023/05/18/calderwood-community-cupboard/
HOME LINKS:
We have been interested in Under the Sea. The children have been learning about plastic in the ocean and the impact this has on the environment and the animals who live in the ocean. We have been looking at recycling to help stop plastic going to the ocean. Can you help your child to recycle at home? You could take glass jars to the glass banks in the Almondell carpark, show your children the different coloured wheelie bins or reuse something.
As always, please share any experiences with us on Online Learning Journals.
As ever, thank you for your continued support. If you would like to leave us any feedback, please click here.
Kindest Regards,
The Nursery Champions
Rookie Rockstars Concert
Calderwood Clan of 2023: Leavers Photos
Summer Social Story
To support our pupils over the summer holiday, here is a social story for the summer holidays.
If you require a visual calendar to support over the weeks, one has been created for July/August:
Calderwood Primary Chronicle: 30/06/23
Calderwood Calendar:
- Wednesday 9th 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
Saving Your Teams OneNote Jotter
When saving your one note from teams…first go to file and this option should show:
Choose edit in Desktop App and it should open the program. Once open, choose file again:
Choose:
- Export
- Notebook
This will allow you to download the one note notebook in full as a PDF file and save for your records.
Saving Seesaw Profiles 2022-23
As Primary 3s move into Primary 4 they will no longer to use Seesaw but will move to Teams, it will take them a few weeks of training on how to use Teams before they start to use it as a journal.
For families who where at Calderwood Primary in 2022-23 we will archive those clans on Friday 30th June. This means you have 30 days to download their journal from their previous clan. You need access to a netbook, laptop or computer to do this and can do this as explained below:
- Tap profile in top left
- Account settings
- Scroll down to the bottom and click download archived journal
Or:
- You should be able to highlight all the files
- Right clicking and choosing print then choosing Print to PDF from the dialogue box
You can also find these instructions here:
First Day of Primary 1: Tuesday 15th August 2023
C In The Park Final Total
