Category: Information for Parents/ Carers

Calderwood Chronicle_31_03_23

Calderwood Commitments (Actions):

• If you, a family member or a Calderwood resident can support us with Developing the Young Workforce, please complete this form.

 

Calderwood Calendar: 

• Term 4 Calendar link
• 17/04/23: School reopens and children return
• 18/04/23: Spring Scavenger Hunt: House Competition: Optional – Children can wear their house colours on top and uniform on bottom. Fallow Sika Red Roe
• 19/04/23: Ben Lawers & Ben Lomond excursion: National Robotarium at Heriot-Watt University: Please ensure all EE2s are returned, unfortunately failure to return the form means children will be unable to attend. If you require a school packed lunch it should be ordered by 17^th Children should please wear school uniform
• 21/04/23: Glee Contest: See separate letter

Calderwood Communication: 

• This week we welcomed Mrs Mallaney to our pupil support worker champion team. She will be supporting the Primary 5 clans.

 

Calderwood Compliments:

• This week our clans recognised Autism Awareness Week, by wearing their favourite colour to show how we are all unique. Ben Lomond, led the clans in a takeover day, leading each clan in a creative workshop about autism.
• A huge thank you to our Parent Council for organising our Magic Miles fundraiser! Everyone should have a sponsor sheet, you can also collect these from the school office.
• Ben Lawers had a fantastic trip to the Sky Studios and Get Gooey, they really enjoyed both parts of their excursion, putting their learning in STEM into a real life context.
• A huge thank you to everyone who purchase a book at our recent Champion Conversations, this has helped us to raise £661.39 to purchase books for our clans.

We can’t quite believe the end of term 3 at Calderwood has arrived! As always, it has been a busy term for us with so many achievements! Thank you all, for your continued support to myself and the champions.

Have a lovely Easter break.

Miss Burton

Download here: Calderwood Chronicle_24_03_23

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

 

Link: Calderwood Chronicle_17_03_23

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.