Category: Information for Parents/ Carers

Nursery Chronicle 21.7.23

Calderwood Nursery Chronicle 21.07.23

Calderwood Calendar

KEY DATES

1/08/23 Stay and Play Family Event 1:30pm-3:00pm
3/08/23 Stay and Play Family Event 10:00am-11:30am
11/08/23 Nursery Leavers Event (parents invited) 10:00am
14/08/23 Start of new school year.  School closed.  Nursery open.

 

UPCOMING DATES

You can find upcoming dates here

Calderwood Commitments Actions:

 

Calderwood Communication (For information):

Lunches

For the remainder of the Summer, cheese, ham and chicken sandwiches will be offered each day.  There will be no hot lunches.

 

Nursery Moving On Ceremony

On Friday 11th August, 10:00am we will be celebrating our pre-school children as the move on to school.  Parents/carers are invited to come along.  This is limited to two spaces.  The children will sing, share their nursery memories and receive a certificate.  Beverages in the school Café will follow with opportunities for photos.

 

LEAF Award

It has been amazing to see our families enjoy our Forest Explorer Bags and upload their photos and videos onto the padlet.  Have a look!  https://padlet.com/lesleylaing/calderwood-forest-explorer-bags-pintnnw1kp25jz4e

Families can borrow these at anytime!  Let us know if you would like one by signing up using the link above!

 

Summer Absences

A reminder to inform the nursery of absences during the Summer.  Please email the school office of any absences.  This will ensure you are not contacted as part of our safe arrivals procedures.  The school email is wlcalderwood-ps@westlothian.org.uk

Due to working with the children, our nursery staff are often unable to answer the phone therefore email is the most effective way of communicating with staff.

 

Nursery Leavers

Please collect all your children’s waterproofs, wellies and other belongings before or on your child’s last day at nursery.  If your child has medication, please see a member of staff to collect this.

 

Scottish Summer

As we continue to have rain and sunshine each day children continue to need suncream applied before their nursery session.  Please can all children bring a sun hat to further protect them during hot weather.  This should be labelled with their name.

Due to also having rain please ensure your child has suitable outdoor clothing and shoes.

 

Free School Meal and Clothing Grant

If you are entitled, completing this application will provide your child with lunch everyday, school milk and access to support services, clothing grant and extra support if required in school.

https://blogs.glowscotland.org.uk/wl/calderwood/2023/05/18/free-school-meals-clothing-grant/

 

Calderwood Community Cupboard

Calderwood has been developing ways to support families due to the cost of living crisis.

With your help, we have created our own community cupboard which is stocked with everyday items for those times that you need a helping hand.

https://blogs.glowscotland.org.uk/wl/calderwood/2023/05/18/calderwood-community-cupboard/

 

HOME LINKS:

We have been interested in Under the Sea.  The children have been learning about plastic in the ocean and the impact this has on the environment and the animals who live in the ocean.   We have been looking at recycling to help stop plastic going to the ocean.  Can you help your child to recycle at home?  You could take glass jars to the glass banks in the Almondell carpark, show your children the different coloured wheelie bins or reuse something.

As always, please share any experiences with us on Online Learning Journals.

As ever, thank you for your continued support. If you would like to leave us any feedback, please click here.

Kindest Regards,

The Nursery Champions

Calderwood Nursery Chronicle 19.05.23

Calderwood Nursery Chronicle 19.05.23

Calderwood Calendar

KEY DATES

22/05/23 School Closed. Nursery Open.
22/05/23-26/05/23 Nursery Sports Week – Stay and Sport Family Event
22-06/23-26/05/23 Dress Down Week: Dress down and please donate an item. More information to come. No football top or crop tops please.

 

UPCOMING DATES

You can find upcoming dates here

Calderwood Commitments Actions:

Calderwood Communication (For information):

Reporting an absence on School Holiday

Please report any absences to the nursery directly on Monday 22nd May on 01506 280070.

Calderwood Growth

Last week we had a Parent Council Meeting about the plans for growth and for August 2023 for Calderwood Primary, you can find the minutes here. In August we will grow to 22 clans, and at the minute we are working on a clan structure with West Lothian Council. Initially we know that we will have 5 Primary 1 clans and a P2/1 clan. We will update families about the plan for August, as more information becomes available.

Nursery-P1 transition

This week we had information sessions for our August 2023, Primary 1 families. You can find the information we shared here. Other information about transition into Primary 1 23/24 can be found here.

Stay and Play Sport Week

We look forward to welcoming you along to our Stay and Play Sport Week next week. We will have sport activities set up in the garden that you can participate in with your child.

Each child will get a wellbeing indicator sticker for being active and how they demonstrated this over the week.

Sun cream

Thank you to everyone for providing your child with sun cream, this means they can enjoy the outdoors in warmer weather. We appreciate all who have taken the time to apply this to your child on arrival, this speeds up the process of them getting outside.

Free School Meal and Clothing Grant

https://blogs.glowscotland.org.uk/wl/calderwood/2023/05/18/free-school-meals-clothing-grant/

Calderwood Community Cupboard

https://blogs.glowscotland.org.uk/wl/calderwood/2023/05/18/calderwood-community-cupboard/

East Calder Gala day Events

https://blogs.glowscotland.org.uk/wl/calderwood/2023/05/17/east-calder-gala-events/

 

Calderwood Compliments

Last week our children, clans and champions in the school and nursery were part of a West Lothian Council Validated Self Evaluation It was a positive experience for us, and validated our progress and next steps. A huge thank you to our champions for all the effort they put into this experience, we will share the report with you once we receive it. Thank you to our parents/ carers who took part in the discussion groups.

 

HOME LINKS:

Building independence: Try getting your child to apply their own sun cream at home.

As always, please share any experiences with us on Online Learning Journals.

As ever, thank you for your continued support. If you would like to leave us any feedback, please click here.

Kindest Regards,

The Nursery Champions

Nursery Chronicle 05.05.23

Calderwood Nursery Chronicle 05.05.23

Calderwood Calendar

KEY DATES

01/05/23 School closed & Nursery closed
02/05/23 School closed & Nursery open
03/05/23 School Children resume
08/05/23 School & Nursery closed

 

UPCOMING DATES

You can find upcoming dates here

Calderwood Commitments Actions:

Calderwood Communication (For information):

Curriculum Rationale

Thank you to our children, parents/carers and champions who have had a key role in deciding our values and developing our Curriculum Rationale. Please see below our Curriculum Rationale, we would like your feedback on this.

https://blogs.glowscotland.org.uk/wl/calderwood/2023/04/27/calderwood-nursery-curriculum-rationale/

Holiday Monday

A gentle reminder Monday is a holiday for both Nursery and School.

HOME LINKS:

This week we have been learning about being safe in our community.

Safety Walk
Walk around the house/community and count how many unsafe items (open cupboard doors where someone could bump their heads, toys on the floor where they could trip etc.). Discuss ways to keep safe at home and in the community e.g. looking both ways before crossing the road.

As always, please share any experiences with us on Online Learning Journals.

As ever, thank you for your continued support. If you would like to leave us any feedback, please click here.

Kindest Regards,

The Nursery Champions

Nursery Chronicle 31.03.23

Calderwood Nursery Chronicle 31.03.23

Calderwood Calendar

KEY DATES

3rd– 17th April School Closed – Nursery Open

7th and 10th April Nursery Closed – Easter Holiday

14th April – Champion Conversations (specific clans)

 

UPCOMING DATES

You can find upcoming dates here

 

Calderwood Communication (For information):

Reporting an Absence During the School Holidays

The school Easter holidays run from Monday 3rd October- Monday 17th October and return on Tuesday 18th October. Our Calderwood nursery will remain open. To report an absence/share any information please remember to call the nursery phone on 01506 280070 as the school office will be closed. 

Nursery Lunches 

Over the school holidays packed lunches will be provided. You can order your child a sandwich option when you register your child on arrival to nursery.

Easter Celebrations

Next week the children will take part in an Easter egg hunt in the garden, Easter baking activities, and making Easter cards to celebrate the countdown to Easter.

 

HOME LINKS:

As the lighter evenings and sunnier days have arrived, the children have enjoyed working on our outdoor spaces this week by supporting to keep our garden tidy. They have been picking up litter, weeding and planting.

At home this week you could go on a litter pick around Calderwood Community or Country park or you could do some planting or weeding of your own!

As always, please share any experiences with us on Online Learning Journals.

As ever, thank you for your continued support. If you would like to leave us any feedback, please click here.

Kindest Regards,

The Nursery Champions

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