Category: Information for Parents/ Carers

Jubilee Lunch 2nd June

Please see attached information about children in school and nursery lunch on 2nd June to celebrate the Jubilee. The queens jubilee platter or a vegetarian platter will be the only option of lunch on this date. Alternatively, your child should bring their own packed lunch.

The children will get a mix of everything listed below on the platter.

Into Calderwood – P1 Information 2022/2023

Below is everything you need to know about your child starting Primary 1 at Calderwood.

Welcome & Induction Pack

Welcome to Calderwood Primary 1

Parent Information Evening

P1 info evening

Clan (class) formation

Calderwood Clans Formation 22_23

Play in Primary 1

Play in Primary 1 at Calderwood

Transition Project

We’re going on a Buddy Bear Hunt Transition Project

Weekly Home Transition Challenges

 

 

Calderwood Tours

Last week we finally opened our doors to our families and our children proudly showed their parents and carers our new Calderwood home! We were all very excited.

Thank you to our tour guides in Primary 4-6 who helped to support the event.

Some of the feedback we received included:

  • It was so lovely to finally see inside the school. The classrooms all look fantastic. Loved seeing their work. What such a lovely and inspiring workspace you have.
  • It felt so good to finally be able to see where the children learn and have fun. I love the open plan classrooms far less daunting and restricting for the children. It was great to see some of the things they are learning and some of their art/work on display.
  • Highlight – seeing the excitement on my kids faces as they personally showed mum and dad round. Use of space – I felt everywhere looked welcoming and interesting with lots of different tools for play and learning. Wow – so bright and airy with amazing views from the huge windows.
  • Highlight was seeing my kids brimming with enthusiasm showing us their learning spaces and favourite areas. My son saying, ‘Wait until you see this!’ every time we turned a corner! We loved all of the break-out areas and the fact that the spaces all flow together. Wow – the discovery area upstairs and the inspirational quote above the gym hall. This is no ordinary school! We all came away saying how lucky the children are to have a school like this. It’s easy to see why they are so enthusiastic about going to school!
  • Highlight was seeing my daughters class space and her tray and peg and some of the things with her name up on the wall. Made me quite emotional! I loved the STEM space and that there was a dedicated area for this for the children to share. I think its good they will all be able to see each other using this space and the extra room to be creative outwith their classroom allows them to concentrate on the stem learning activities and some independence from their teacher. All the spaces the champions and children have created looked great, especially that castle! They weren’t all the same which showed the champions have worked with their own clans thoughts and ideas, which is great.
  • It was lovely to finally see the school from inside. What a great design and how lucky are the kids who are learning in this amazing set up. My highlight is definitely the discovery den and Stem room. Would love to see kids learning in these areas. It was good to see the breakout rooms and area where my kid explained that they sometimes get together with champions to study together with other clans or in separate groups within the clan. Which I was quite impressed of as they not only get to do group study but also are given Individual attention by Champions. My wow moment was when I saw the Clan names above each classroom. As I could connect with not only my kids clan and their achievements but could also relate all the achievement communication we have received so far with regards to each clan. Definitely a dream come true for a parent.
  • Really impressed by our tour guides so there so polite and confident! School is just amazing, we feel so lucky! It really felt from the layout of the rooms to the activities on offer that each child will have a chance to explore different interests and develop their skills be that arts or sciences.

Play in Primary 1 our Rationale

Please see below our rationale for Play-Based learning and teaching in Primary 1.

Play in Primary 1 at Calderwood

Clan Championships – Sports Day!

We are excited to celebrate our very first Clan Championships on 26th May 1pm-3pm.

The activities our clans will participate in are:

  • Highland games (within their clan but earning points for their house community)
  • Clan Races (winners per clan)
  • Rest and Relaxation
  • Curling

Families are invited along to the event, we would request that we limit guests to two adults per family. As we start to move out of covid restrictions, towards whole school events, we want to support our children with this, as these events are very new experience for some of them.

On this date, children should wear their usual navy joggers/shorts, outdoor trainers and on top their house community colour:

  • Sika – blue
  • Red – red
  • Fallow – green
  • Roe – yellow

It would be fantastic if families could join in and wear their family house colour too!

Below are some posters designed by our clans to share more information with you!

Parent information – Relationships, Sexual Health and Parenthood (RSHP) Resource

RHSP – A national teaching and learning resource for Relationships, Sexual Health and Parenthood education

This resource was developed by a partnership of Local Authorities and Health Boards, with advice from Education Scotland and Scottish Government.

Inline with current guidance, our anti-bullying policy, Getting It Right For Every Child (GIRFEC), United Nations Constitution for the Rights of the Child (UNCRC), and the Curriculum for Excellence (CFE), Calderwood will be using use the national resource to support the deliver of Relationships, Sexual Health and Parenthood education.

Our champions will teaching this resource this term with their clans. All of our champions have had training to teach the resource.

You can see the full resource at https://rshp.scot/

Content

  • All content is age and stage appropriate for learners 3-18 years, organised by Curriculum for Excellence Levels, from Early Level through to Senior Phase.
  • Content is up-to-date and engaging and meets the needs of learners with additional support needs, including mild to moderate learning disabilities.
  • The resource is made up of a series of Activity Plans that describe how a teacher can approach an aspect of RSHP education.
  • The Activity Plans are supported by PowerPoints or other resources the lesson might need.
  • There is information for parents and carers, ideas about communicating between school and home, reading lists for school libraries and reading at home.

Why has the resource been developed?

  • There is a need to improve the quality, relevance, consistency and coverage of RSHP education.
  • We need to deliver RSHP education that helps protect children and young people from harm and supports them to understand that friendships and personal relationships should be healthy, happy and safe.
  • The resource helps teachers to source material that is age and stage appropriate, so that they can focus on building relationships with learners.
  • We need our RSHP education to reflect a modern and inclusive Scotland where we value and respect the human rights of everyone.

Information for Parents/Carers at each Stage

Early Level (Nursery/P1)

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Learning-at-Home-Early-Level-information-for-parents-and-carers

Resources can be found here: https://rshp.scot/early-level/ 

First Level (P2-P4)

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RSHP-Learning-at-School-First-Level-information-for-parents-and-carers-1

Resources can be found here: https://rshp.scot/first-level/

Second Level (P5-P7)

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Learning-at-Home-Second-Level-information-for-parents-and-carers

Resources can be found here: https://rshp.scot/second-level/ 

 

Frequently asked Questions

https://rshp.scot/faq/

 

RHSP Resource Films

A series of short films made are all available here: https://vimeo.com/showcase/6310425

Which explore:

  • Why does RSHP matter?
  • Who should receive RSHP?
  • What does RSHP equip children and young people to deal with?
  • What is my responsibility and what support is available in local areas?
  • How do we acknowledge an respond to concerns about RSHP?
  • Is the new teaching resource age and stage appropriate?
  • What is the role of parents and carers within RSHP?
  • What do children and young people want from their RSHP?
  • What practical learning do children and young people receive from RSHP education

 

 

 

Parent Ethos Survey

Dear parent/ Carer, 

Every year West Lothian Council collect information from parent/ carers about their child’s school.  We did share the form in our latest newsletter but so far we have had very little responses. The form will only take a few minutes to complete and the deadline is 13th May. We would be very grateful if you could please complete: https://forms.office.com/r/Nk2amd9ihu 

Kind regards,

Miss Burton 

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