Please find a social story below to support our learners with the February break.
Category: Information for Parents/ Carers
Burns Recital Competition 2023
Calderwood Primary Chronicle: 03/02/23
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 4th You can collect these from the school office on Friday 3rd February. The tickets will be issued on a first come first served basis.
- 6th – 10th 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
- 3rd 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.
- 6th February: Afterschool Clubs Start
- 7th February: Primary 5 Limelight Music Performance: Please find an Invite to Primary 5 families to join us.
- 9th February: 6:00pm or 6:40pm: Caledonia Clan Celebration
- 10th February: 11:15am: Tay Clan Calderwood Connects: 2 family members can attend
- 13th – 20th February: School closed for February Break, reopens 21st
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 3rd 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.
Cost of Living – Calderwood Cares
We are looking at ways to support our parents during the ‘Cost of Living Crisis’.
At Calderwood, there are a number of ways we would like to support our families during this difficult time. One of which would be to start a food pantry and we are looking to gauge interest. Our plan would be to issue a weekly order form for items that you may need urgently. This service would be strictly anonymous and we can arrange delivery or pick up on a Friday.
We would also like to know how we can support parents by inviting in or running sessions with agencies such as ‘The West Lothian Advice Shop’. They can offer free and impartial advice for those experiencing financial hardship and can signpost to different agencies to support families in all matters.
If this is something you feel you would benefit from, please answer this short survey so we can begin to source items and arrange dates with the West Lothian Advice Shop.
Scottish Recital – Clan Winners
Last Friday we celebrated Burns by reciting poems in our clans. The children were absolutely amazing! The hard work, perseverance and confidence was excellent to see, whether on Teams, See Saw or in person. A huge thank you to our families to supporting our children to learn and perform in their own way.
Each clan voted for their winner. Congratulations to our clan winners below. If your child was a winner you are invited to watch your child compete and recite their poem in front of the judges tomorrow.
Lockerbie Parents Evening 2023
Lockerbie Presentation: https://www.manoradventure.com/presentation/lockerbiemanorspecials.html#/72
School Presentation: Lockerbie Parents Evening 2023
Kit list: Lockerbie Kitlist – Ben Lomond 2023
The Kirknewton Story
Calderwood Chronicle: 27/01/23
Calderwood Primary Chronicle: 27/01/23
Calderwood Commitments (Actions):
- 23rd – 27th 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
- 27th January: Dress Down Day: No football tops or crop tops please. Donation can be made on iPay.
- 27th 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.
- 31st January: School closed due to strike
- 1st February: 6pm: P7 Residential Information Session on Teams: Click here to join the meeting: Meeting ID: 340 806 909 89 Passcode: NvXp3r
- 3rd 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.
- 7th February: Primary 5 Limelight Music Performance
- 9th February: 6:00pm or 6:40pm: Caledonia Clan Celebration
- 10th 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 20th February, we look forward to welcoming her to our champion team.
FAO Parent of Primary 5 pupils – Bramble & Thistle Clans
Your child has been recently involved with a music initiative called ‘Artistic Rhythms’ with Limelight Music. They have been learning and creating music inspired by world artworks from 3 countries in 3 continents – Tanzania, Brazil and Scotland. These countries have been chosen for their rich cultural heritage, which often brings the art forms of dance, music, poetry, rhythm and visual art together.
The block of learning is due to come to an end and the last session will be held on Tuesday 7th February. While I appreciate the short notice and other opportunities to visit school that week are already in place, Limelight would like to invite you in to share what your children have been learning. We will record the final sessions for any parents unable to attend and this will be shared at our ‘Caledonian Clan Celebration’ event.
There are two sessions, your child will know whether they participate in the first group before break or the second group after break.
Session 1 – 10.00 – 10.25
Session 2 – 11.15 – 11.45
We look forward to sharing this amazing learning and welcome you to join in if you wish.
Home Learning Choice Boards Term 3 2022/23
As a school, we are currently re-evaluating our home learning grids. We are firstly focusing on P5-P7 home learning and are making changes to reflect the views expressed by champions, pupils and parents. We will then explore home learning from P1-P4.
The current P5-P7 home learning grids will last for a duration of 4 weeks. The next homework to be issued will have changes and alterations, and will reflect our new home learning structure in P5-P7. This has been discussed with all pupils at this stage. Further information will be issued along with our new grids.
P1 Home Learning Choice Board T3
Home Learning Grid-Term 3-Primary 2
Home Learning Grid- Term 3- Primary 3
Home Learning Grid – Term 3 – Primary 4
Home Learning Grid – Term 3 – Primary 5
