Tummel, Tay, Rannoch, Leven and the P2s from Linlithgow had the best day at Almond Valley this week. We learned all about shale and the mining that used to happen in West Lothian. We saw lots of animals and learned about their habitat and what they eat. We also had lots of fun in the park. Thank you to all the adults who helped us on our trip.
Category: Information for Parents/ Carers
Calderwood Primary Chronicle: 15/03/24
Calderwood Commitments:
- 08/03/24 – 19/03/24: Champion Conservations Open Online to book Letter issued with instructions about how to book an appointment with your child’s champion.
- 11/03/24- 27/03/24: Milk order open on iPay for Term 4 – milk will not be available to order after this date.
- Parents Portal: We would encourage all families to sign up to Parents Portal as you can now complete your EE2 forms for excursions online. You can find more information here.
- As we create our school values we could appreciate your views and opinions. Please take a few minutes to complete this survey.
Calderwood Calendar:
- Term 3 Family Calendar
- 11/03/24- 27/03/24 Milk order open on iPay for Term 4 – milk will not be available to order after this date.
- 11/03/24 – 22/03/24: Walk and Wheel Event
- 20/03/24 – 21/03/24 PM Champion Conversations: Please ensure you have pre-booked an appointment
- 20/03/24 – 26/03/24 Parent Council: Magic Miles Fundraiser
- 22/03/24 – Parent Council: Magic Miles Walk
Calderwood Communication:
- Conifox family pass: Please click here to find out how you can book out our community pass.
- Parent Ethos Survey
- Parent Council Minutes: 21/02/24
- January to June School Lunch Menu Updated
- Excite Easter Programme
- Lego Plea
- Due to a few incidents in clan and the playground today with football cards, we request that your child does not bring them to school. If your child has them in school, we will keep them at the school office for collection by an adult.
- Calderwood Companions Plea
- Unfortunately, we have had some incidents with community members due to the speed at which children are using their bikes and scooters along the paths after they have left the playground. We would encourage all our children to follow the school rules of ready, respectful and safe in our community, as well as in the school. We would appreciate it if you could speak to your child about their journey home from school. We would also request that as the front of the school is so busy, from the main door to the playground gate, children walk their bikes and scooters in this area. Thanks in advance for your support.
Calderwood Construction:
- You can find extension plans and drone footage here.
- Works look ahead.
- External facing brick install continues
- Internal partitions, second side sheeting continues 1st floor
- M&E 1st fix ongoing 1st and ground floor
Calderwood Compliments:
- This week was another moment in history for Calderwood, as Bluebell and Bramble clans hosted our first ever Calderwood show – Aladdin! They definitely went, beyond the dream, with their acting, singing, staging, choreography and scenery. I am a very proud head teacher and am truly grateful to our champions for providing this experience for our children and clans, they were outstanding! If you managed to make it along to the show, we would love you to take 5 minutes to leave the children and champs a comment on this form, that we can surprise them with. Thank you to our Parent Council for donating funds for us to buy new microphones which we can use for all our performances and Connects, and to Boghall Primary for lending us their costumes. Thank you Miss Boden, Miss Truesdale and Miss Stark for all their time, enthusiasm and energy in supporting our children.
Calderwood Companions Plea
Mrs Bates and a Parent Council Group are looking at how community volunteers could support our clans. Examples might include, supporting excursions, art activities, running a lunchtime interest club, supporting a clan in the STEM Studio with cooking, P.E outdoors or outdoor learning, etc.
We now have some clans who are interested in trialling this.
If you, a family member or community would be interested in supporting us, please contact the school office for a PVG form, these applications are currently free and last three years.
More information will come soon!
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Lego Plea
Dear parents/carers,
As part of our School Improvement Plan, the Health and Wellbeing champs have been looking at creating clan Health and Wellbeing boxes. We are issuing a plea for donations of unwanted Lego that we will put in to these boxes. If you have any Lego at home that does not get used, even kits with missing pieces, we would be so grateful if you would hand this in to the office by Wednesday 20th March.
Thank you so much.