Category: Information for Parents/ Carers

Calderwood Chronicle 11_10_24

Every fortnight we will issue our chronicle to families via email and our blog.

All other information about Calderwood is on our blog and on Twitter we highlight our achievements.

Calderwood Calendar: 

• Updated: 2024-25 Calendar
• 14/10/24-21/10/24: School closed: October Break (Nursery open)
• 22/10/24 – 24/10/24: West Lothian Food Bank Collection: Click here for more information.
• 24/10/24: 2:00pm – 3:00pm: Sharing the Learning: Leven, Rannoch & Tay: A visit to the clan room to find out about their Literacy context for learning and to look at your child’s jotters. One adult per child please. Please enter through the Glencoe Gate (car park gate) and meet in the playground. If you are running late please report to the office.
• 25/10/24: Halloween Dress Down Day: All clans: No masks please and school age-appropriate costumes. Primary 1 – 2 Clans Halloween Parties: See more information here.
• 28/10/24: After School Club Block 1 (P5-P7) starts: Successful applicants will receive a letter to notify them of a place.
• 29/10/24: Parent Council Halloween Discos P3-4 clans: 5:45-6:45pm – P5-7 clans: 7:00-8:00pm: See more information here.
• 30/10/24: Flu Vaccinations
• 01/11/24: 9:15-10:15am: Clan Connects: Doune: Doors Open 9:05am: An opportunity for our Doune children to share on stage their learning in the Arena and then adults can look at their jotters in the café. 2 adults per child.

Calderwood Communication:

• Parent Council: Halloween Sweetie Bags Fundraiser
• House Meeting: This week we had our first House Meeting. Find out more about it in this blog post.
• Financial Education Sessions in P3-7: Last week Money Advice Scotland visited our clans to support our numeracy curriculum. Click here to find out more.

Routines:

• Parking: There are spaces in our carpark for blue badge holders, only those with a blue badge should park in this space, and leave room for families to enter and exit their vehicle. There is no parking along the side of the building on the Nethershiel Road.
• Bikes/ scooters: A gentle reminder that the school cannot be held responsible for the safekeeping of bikes and scooters.  We would recommend that bikes and scooters are locked during the school day. The community police team are visiting after the holidays and they will speak to the older clans about respecting others property.

Calderwood Cares:

• Sustainability Station & Community Cupboard: In our foyer we have a range of school uniform items and household supplies. You can find out more here.
• Blair Clan had our first Clan Connects of the session all about the Cost of the School Day and how we will use our Participatory Budget. A huge well done to Blair Clan for sharing their learning on this important theme.
• Find out more about what we do to reduce the cost of the school day here.
• Calderwood Couture purchasing options: Click here to find out different options on how to purchase our school uniform.
• Thank you to our Parent Council for organising a Halloween Costume Bank.

Calderwood Compliments:

• We had a Connects all about our value of Integrity! Ask your child what integrity looks like in Calderwood.
• Thank you to our Parent Council for purchasing new PE equipment for us through the Magic Miles fundraiser.
• Thank you to our Calderwood Chiefs for presenting our term 1 update, at our Parent Council meeting last week.
• We loved seeing such a big turn out for Champion Conversations this week. Thank you to all our P5-7 children for supporting the event, and to our partners who joined us. We are very grateful to everyone who purchased a book, money raised from this will go to topping up our clan libraries, novels collection and Discovery Den.