Category: Information for Parents/ Carers
SUMDOG – Calderwood Counts
Maths Week Scotland is just around the corner which means – Sumdog Competition time!
The contest will begin at 8 am on Friday 23rd September and end on Thursday 29th September. Your child can access the competition by clicking here or logging in via the following link and using their unique username, password, and school code Calderwood2:
https://www.sumdog.com/user/sign_in
This competition is a fantastic way to compete against lots of other Primary students, have fun and develop numeracy/maths skills at the very same time. Your child has received a card which includes their unique username and password to keep safe at home. If you have any issues with accessing Sumdog or using the details on the card please do get in touch with the school office as we’d be more than happy to assist.
Your child may be set some questions which they whizz through at the start. Completing these will support them to answer appropriate questions during the Competition so please do hang in there and complete them!
Ben Lomond Fundraiser – 30th September
Message from Ben Lomond
As part of our context for learning Ben Lomond Clan have planned and organised a fundraiser for 30th September to raise funds for Primary 7, this includes:
- Purchasing Leavers Hoodies
- P7 celebration events; such as a meal out to celebrate the end of Primary
- All things Primary 7
So far we have been very lucky that local businesses, including Linwater Caravan Park, Stirling Developments and Taylor Wimpey have also contributed to the Primary 7 fundraising.
On the day, the clans can take part in timetabled events which you can see in the poster below.
The suggested donations for some of the activities are:
- Soak the P7’s: £1 per throw
- Brick a Brack and home baking: 5p-£1 donation
If you would like to contribute, please remember to give your child some change on Friday 30th September – 1p, 2p, 5p, 10p, 20p, 50p,£1 (unfortunately no change can be given). Alternatively, you can make donations through iPay impact by clicking on funds and selecting P7 Fundraiser, this account will open on 22nd – 30th September.
On this day children can also dress down, (please remember no football tops or crop tops).
All children will have the opportunity to take part in the event, the suggestion of a donation is not compulsory.
Also, on the day we are offering a champion car wash. We would appreciate it, if you could follow any cones and signs placed in the playground on 30th September.
There is still the opportunity to donate any brik a brack until 26th September.
Thank you for your support.
Yours sincerely,
Tyler (and the rest of Ben Lomond)
Home Learning Choice Boards
Please find below a copy of the home learning choice boards for Term 1. Our approach to home learning is flexible to ensure we met the needs of our families and children’s extra curricular activities, therefore the amount of tasks you complete are up to you as a family. The tasks are a mixture of online and discussion/ paper tasks. If children choose to share any of their home learning with their clan they can do this via their champion.
The tasks are also uploaded to Seesaw/ Teams. Children will bring home their log in cards this week, please ensure you keep these in a safe place.
You can find further information here:
Our Parent Council are currently setting up a working group to consult on our approaches to home learning to ensure we meet the needs of our families.
P1 Home Learning Choice Board T1
P2 Home Learning Board- Term 1
Primary 3 Home Learning Board– Term 1
P4 Home Learning Choice Board_Term 1
P5 Home Learning Choice Board_Term 1
Pokemon and Football Cards
We would appreciate if children could leave Pokemon or football cards at home. There have been some incidents where children have lost them, have swapped cards (and then realised they didn’t want to swap them), etc. leading to them becoming upset. Thanks for your help in advance.
Remembering Queen Elizabeth II
Today, across our clans we took some time to reflect on this moment in history and celebrate the life of Queen Elizabeth. Some clans made pictures of her, discussed what she did for the United Kingdom and beyond, wrote poems and reflected on her achievements.
Some of the older clans also watched a Newsround clip.
Lunch Time Supervisors
We have vacancies for lunch time supervisors to help indoors and outdoors at lunch times, these roles are vital to ensure we can keep all areas of our playground open for children to play in. The hours are 12:15-1:15pm, Monday to Thursday.
If you are interested in these posts, please contact the school office on 01506 280060 or wlcalderwood-ps@westlothian.org.uk
Ordering Lunch for a Child with Allergies in School
Communicating your child’s allergy:
- If your child has an allergy you should communicate this through email to the school office.
- Appropriate forms will then be provided to the parent e.g. medication form, individual healthcare plan and flowchart
- If required, a ‘free from’ menu / individual menu will be provided to the parent
- Individual children’s allergies are then shared on a poster with their photo, name and allergens with the child’s champion and in the kitchen
- Any medication and flow charts are stored in the child’s classroom/first aid room (if appropriate)
Ordering lunch for your child:
- On iPay, you should then click ‘special diet’
- This information is shared with the kitchen who prepare the appropriate meal (from their menu if appropriate) for your child and their meal will be labelled with their name
- Your child’s champion will give your child a purple band indicating they have a special diet (purple bands on order)
- At lunchtime your child will give the kitchen champions a purple band and use the allergy poster to provide your child with their meal
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Term 1 Learning Letters
We are so excited for the learning journey all pupils will be embarking on during Term 1 at Calderwood Primary School. Our whole school theme for our interdisciplinary learning this term is on the concept Maths. You will see that our champions and pupils have planned creative and innovative Maths learning contexts. Please find the learning overview for each stage for this term below:
