Category: Information for Parents/ Carers
Languagenut
We would like to say a massive thank you to our Parent Council at Calderwood Primary School for providing the funding to have the programme Languagenut in our school. This learning and teaching resource was at the heart of our 1+2 modern languages curriculum last year, and we are so excited for this to continue for the next 3 years. Thank you very much to everyone in the Parent Council for making this happen. Calderwood does languages! Please find further information about Languagenut below:
What is Languagenut?
Languagenut is a learning and teaching resource used in Calderwood for delivering our 1+2 modern languages curriculum. This is a digital resource that pupils can access at school and at home with their own username and password. Calderwood trialled this resource last year and found many benefits to our pupils learning, for example:
- It allows pupils to practise the 4 main skills needed for learning a modern language: listening, talking, reading and writing.
- It gives access to 6 different languages; French is available for our whole school and Spanish can be accessed for our 2nd language for P5-P7 clans.
- There are a variety of fun and interactive games that the pupils can select from.
- It allows the pupils to decide what they need to work on, for example: sentence building, grammar, vocabulary, phonics and verbs.
- Champions can set assignments, review pupils’ work, provide feedback and monitor pupils’ completion of tasks.
- Languagenut provides an opportunity for whole school and council competitions where pupils can receive certificates and prizes.
- Champions can use this to create their own learning activities for the pupils in their clan.
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Pupils can earn points for their achievements and can monitor their learning.
How will this be taken forward in our school?
- All pupils will get a login card with their username and password. They will have a card to keep at home which will be issued after the September break.
- We will host our first Calderwood School Competition to show our learning in French in Term 1.
- We will get involved in West Lothian Council Languagenut competitions.
Calderwood Parent Council
Welcome to all parents and carers of children starting, and returning to, Calderwood Primary School and Nursery this year!
Here are some documents which give an introduction to the Parent Council – our Constitution, our Code of Conduct and a simple view of how parents can engage with the Parent Council. The Chair’s Report from last year gives an idea of the activities of the PC.
For any parents and carers new to the school who would like to join the PC, please complete the form here: https://forms.gle/5UBnqMdeNa7hVDBp8
If you have any questions or would like to find out more: calderwoodpspc@gmail.com
Tim Ozdemir
Chair, Calderwood Primary School Parent Council
Collectively Calderwood
We are looking for some items to make our current classroom ‘Schiehallion’ feel more homely as an extension to our Hawthorn Hut.
We are trying to be as environmentally friendly and sustainable as possible so thought we would reach out to our community first and see what we can gather.
Items that we are looking for should be of a good quality and games or puzzles must contain all pieces.
If you have any of the furniture or larger items that we are looking for, please contact the office on wlcalderwood-ps@westlothian.org.uk or 01506 280060 and we will arrange collection.
Thank you 😊
Rugs different shapes and sizes, textures
Cushions/beanbags/oversized soft toys
Bookcase/shelves
Large Kallax (ikea) style unit or box shelve storage unit
Storage boxes
Side table lamps
Throws/blankets
Fitness trampoline, stretch yoga bands, muscle rollers, yoga mats
Blender for making soup/smoothies
Egg chairs with canopy (ikea)
Baby dolls and accessories
Role play – house stuff (kitchen + accessories), dress up material (not costumes), sturdy full length mirror/handheld mirrors, beads, bangles, hats, scarves
Old games consol & games (Minecraft, Sims etc)
Scooters – scuttle bugs/ balance bikes/ swingball (indoor)
Old working toys
Train/ cars trucks and tracks
Figures, Barbie’s, LOL dolls, action figures, dinosaurs, animals farm/zoo,
Table top games
Construction sets – Lego, duplo, k’nex, magnet, marbles
Puzzle/coloring books
Play dough sets/tools
Jigsaw puzzles
Gardening equipment
NSPCC Online Safety Workshops for P5-7 Families
Primary session 1 – Social Media, Parental Controls, Modelling Good Behaviour, Screen Time vs Screen Use
Tuesday 11th October @ 7pm
Microsoft Teams meeting
Join on your computer or mobile app
Click here to join the meeting
Meeting ID: 360 183 895 563Passcode: nLTnf4
Primary session 2 – Grooming, Online bullying, Online friendships
Monday 7th November @ 7pm
Microsoft Teams meeting
Join on your computer or mobile app
Click here to join the meeting
Meeting ID: 358 089 273 611Passcode: FDU7tm
Term 1 & 2 Family Calendar
Nursery Champions 2022/2023
Calderwood Chronicle 1: 26/08/22
Capturing Calderwood: First Week August 2022
P4-7 Guidance for Glow
We would request that if children have access to a phone or tablet they download the following free apps to support with learning through glow:
- Microsoft Teams – This is their online classroom.
- Microsoft One Drive – This enables the children to save work to upload to their team. It also allows them to access their documents at home and school.
- Microsoft Word
- Microsoft One Note
- Microsoft Powerpoint
Downloading Microsoft Apps and Logging in for the First Time
The instructions on the link below will show you how to log into the apps.
To download Microsoft Office 2016 from the Glow Application Library, search for the ‘Office 365’ tile, shown here. It can be found on the National (Scotland) Launch Pad or you can add it to your own Launch Pad. Further help on the App Library is available here.
To download the software to a PC or Mac, click on the Office 365 tile and follow the instructions. More information from Microsoft is available here.
If you are downloading to an iPad or iPhone, you will need to download the apps from the App Store then log in using your Glow username. More information from Microsoft is available here.
It is also possible to download the apps from within Microsoft O365. To do so, click on the Office 365 link in the top left of your screen. This will take you to the O365 home page. Click on ‘Install Office 2016’ and follow the instructions.
Entering your username
When logging in, you will be asked to enter your username – this is your Glow username plus the domain e.g. gw15examplejames@glow.sch.uk. You will then be transferred to the Glow login screen.
Once you have entered your login details here, your registration will be complete. The Glow username will only activate the software for as long as that account is active in Glow.
Saving their work using an app
When using an app such as word or powerpoint, children should save their work to one drive.
When uploading their work to a team:
- Within a post
- Click the paperclip icon
- Search in their one drive folder
- Click on the document
- You will see it upload
Saving their work using a netbook/ laptop
When using an app such as word or powerpoint, children can save their work to one drive/ or the computer.
When uploading their work to a team:
- Click on files
- Click on a folder
- Click on upload
- Search in their one drive folder/ or the computer
- Click on the document
- You will see it upload
