Please see below a letter for parents/carers about a National Discussion about the future of education.
National Discussion on Scottish Education – Letter to Parents and Carers – 14th October 2022
Category: Information for Parents/ Carers
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Calderwood Primary Chronicle: 06/10/22
Communication update:
Following discussions at our recent Parent Council we have formed a group to look at suggestions from families as to how we can better streamline communications from Calderwood Primary. Some suggestions have included:
- A short weekly email with links to actions/ information on the blog (separated into the two categories) rather than a long monthly email.
- Separating the blog from twitter, with twitter being a showcase for targeted events, for example: Maths Week Scotland.
- Monthly Calendar email.
- The blog will continue to be a one stop shop but we will improve the categories for navigation.
- Reviewing the new strategies in November.
Calderwood Commitments (Actions):
- Christmas Cards Order by 20th October
- Values Consultation
- Food Bank Collection – 21st October
- A reminder that Friday 7th by 11amis the last day to order milk for Term 2, requests after this time cannot be taken.
- For morning break, we would request that children please bring a light healthy snack. We are seeing an increase in larger snacks being brought at this time. For those children who forget their snack, we have fruit available outside the office.
Calderwood Communication(For information):
Calderwood Calendar:
- The school is closed 10-18th October.
- Term 2 Calendar
- Primary 7 Meeting at West Calder High School
Capturing Calderwood (Twitter snapshot):
- Maths Week Scotland
- Challenge Poverty Week
Calderwood Compliments:
- Thank you to our Primary 5-7 children for helping us ensure our Champion Conversations ran so smoothly.
- Thank you to every who donated to our recent dress down day, we raised £474 which will go towards our numeracy Sumdog subscription for P2-7 and numeracy play resources for Primary 1.
- Our Ben Lomond children have been an absolute credit to Calderwood, planning a fundraising event for all things Primary 7. It’s no easy job to successfully run an event for over 350 children, in the rain! The event raised £417.98 and donations from local businesses raised £650 (Thank you to Stirling Developments, Taylor Wimpey and Linwater). These donations will be used to purchase their leavers hoodies, subsidise their residential trip and support end of year celebrations. Thank you to everyone who supported this event by donating items or money, the children had such a fun day!
- It was lovey to welcome so many families to our Calderwood home last week for our Champion conversations and hear your feedback on how well our champions know your child and the progress they are making.
Thank you all for your support during a busy first term, I hope you all have a lovely October week!
Kind regards,
Miss Burton
The Book Fair Update
Thank you very much for your contributions to the Scholastic Book Fair during our Champion Conversations last week. Due to the purchases made on both nights, we have received a fantastic reward of £961.22 towards new books for our school. This is an amazing opportunity that allows us to develop the reading books and clan libraries across our school. A massive thank you to all for giving Calderwood this fantastic opportunity. We are so excited about the impact this will have on reading across our school community!
Our Rewards
As a school, we are going to investigate and collect data on how our reward money should be spent. Our literacy champions team will work collaboratively with pupils across the school to gain pupils’ and champions’ views on what reading texts and reading genres we would all like to see as part of our learning. We are excited to update you on our journey with this!
Awaiting Orders
We are aware many of the books at the book fair had to be ordered in from Scholastic. We are still waiting on many of the orders to arrive. As soon as these arrive, all orders will be handed out to the pupils in school. We appreciate your patience with this.
West Calder High School P7 Information Evening
Calderwood Communicates: School Improvement Planning: Virtual Drop In
| 4th October: 5pm
Calderwood Communicates: School Improvement Planning: Virtual Drop In Join on your computer or mobile app Click here to join the meeting Meeting ID: 324 030 246 784 Passcode: wYNtQo |
Christmas Fundraiser
Dear parent/ carer,
Apologises for an email that was sent in error earlier, please find the correct information below.
Primary Children
The Parent Council have organised for the school children to design their own Christmas cards and products again this year. The pupils have completed their design in school which they will bring home today. If you wish to purchase any cards or items, please follow the instructions provided on the form and return your child’s design back to school by Thursday 20th October. Unfortunately, we can’t process any designs after this date.
Nursery Children
The Parent Council have organised for the nursery children to design their own Christmas cards and products again this year. The pupils are completing their designs in nursery this week which they will bring home next week. If you wish to purchase any cards or items, please follow the instructions provided on the form and return your child’s design back to nursery by Thursday 20th October. Unfortunately, we can’t process any designs after this date.
Last year we raised over £300 through these online sales. Many thanks for all your support and we hope you’ll enjoy doing this again this year. This money helps to fund festive fun for all the children each year, such as our Christmas parties and Christmas lunch decorations.
Kind regards,
Parent Council
Values Consultation
At our recent Champion Conversations we launched our values consultation with our families. Please use the padlet below to add your views.
Happy First Birthday Calderwood!
After School Clubs at Calderwood 2022/2023
