Category: Nursery Calderwood Chronicle
Calderwood Nursery Chronicle 2.06.23
Calderwood Nursery Chronicle 2.06.23
Calderwood Calendar
KEY DATES
| 06/06/23- 6:00pm | Parent Council Meeting: In Arena and online |
| 09/06/23 – PM | East Calder Gala Day Crowning Ceremony |
| 10/06/23 | East Calder Gala Walk |
| 12/06/23 | Pre-school Children – New P1 transition Buddy Bear Picnic |
UPCOMING DATES
You can find upcoming dates here
Calderwood Commitments Actions:
- PM session children only – Order your child’s lunches
Calderwood Communication (For information):
Care inspectorate
The Care Inspectorate recently visited our nursery the report in now available to view
https://www.careinspectorate.com/index.php/care-services?detail=CS2021000255
Nursery-P1 transition
Last 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.
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.
Hot weather clothing
The children enjoy active play experiences inside and out while at nursery please check their spare clothes suit the season. Shoes should have closed toes to support safe play.
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/
HOME LINKS:
Healthy eating and exploring patterns: Try making patterns out of healthy foods – different shapes, flowers or faces
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 12.05.23
Calderwood Nursery Chronicle 12.05.23
Calderwood Calendar
KEY DATES
| 19/05/23-26/05/23 | C in the Park tickets on sale on iPay |
| 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:
- PM session children only – Order your child’s lunches
- Give us feedback on our Curriculum Rationale
Calderwood Communication (For information):
Stay and Play Sport Week
A signup sheet will be put up in the cloakroom next week for you to sign up to a Stay and Play Sports Week session. 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.
HOME LINKS:
The children have been interested in learning about sharing items into groups and sharing out items, counting in 2s and counting in 5s.
Practise this skill at home using everyday items.
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:
- PM session children only – Order your child’s lunches
- Give us feedback on our Curriculum Rationale
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 28.04.23
Calderwood Nursery Chronicle 27.04.23
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:
- PM session children only – Order your child’s lunches
- Give us feedback on our Curriculum Rationale
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/
Nursery Lunches
Please see our updated lunch menu for April-October 2023.
https://blogs.glowscotland.org.uk/wl/calderwood/2023/04/27/nursery-lunch-menu-april-october-2023/
Champion Update
This week we say goodbye to Miss Wood PSW, we wish her the best of luck on her new venture and thank her for her work at Calderwood Nursery supporting our children. We are currently undergoing the recruitment process and will update you with our new PSW champion as soon as possible.
Our champion team is continuing to grow. Below outlines some changes to our team for 2023/2024.
Calderwood primary and nursery will have an increased management team next year, with a Head Teacher, Depute Head Teacher and three Principal Teachers.
We have recruited two new Early Years Principal Teachers who will support with overseeing and leading the nursery, one PT will join us at the end of May and the other in August.
In June, Mrs Brito returns from maternity leave. Mrs Brito and Mrs Lewis will become a part time job share. Therefore, we will be recruiting another Early Years Practitioner to join us in June. We will also be recruiting for another EYP for August.
We look forward to welcoming all new champions.
HOME LINKS:
The children have been interested in learning all about Spring, particularly, animals including farm animals and the life cycle of a tadpole turning into a frog.
This week, try becoming a wildlife detective when you are out in the community – I wonder how many different species you can spot?
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 21.04.23
Calderwood Nursery Chronicle 21.04.23
Calderwood Calendar
KEY DATES
| 17/04/23 | School resumes |
| 24/04/23-28/04/23 | Magic Miles Fundraiser |
| 01/05/23-05/05/23 | Dress Down Day Week: Dress down and please donate an item. More information to come. No football top
or crop tops please. |
| 28/04/23 – 4pm | Magic Miles Community Walk |
| 01/05/23 | School closed & Nursery closed |
| 02/05/23 | School closed & Nursery open |
UPCOMING DATES
You can find upcoming dates here
Calderwood Commitments (Actions):
- PM children only: Please order your child’s lunch at the door we are awaiting our new term personalised menu
- Bring in sun cream for your child
Calderwood Communication (For information):
Suncream
All children in nursery are required to have their own suncream provided by parent/carer. If you have not already, please ensure you provide sun cream for your child as we cannot let children out without suncream once the UV levels are 3 and above.
Author Visit
The children had a visit from Scott Fleming a local children’s author. There is an opportunity for parents/carers to purchase a signed book. If you would like to order, please hand your form in by next Friday.
Ramadan/Eid
We have been learning about Ramadan/Eid. A link has been put on LJs to a video all about our learning.
HOME LINKS:
We have been learning how to identify a number without counting (subatizing) e.g. a dice or domino dot pattern and recognising this is a 5 without counting 1-1 correspondance.
At home practice subatizing using every day items or dot patterns on dice or dominoes.
You can learn more about this here and play some online games: https://www.learningtrajectories.org/math/learning-trajectories/subitizing
We have also been making our favourite stories silly e.g. the mouse took a walk through the deep dark shop instead of the mouse took a walk through the deep dark woods. At home make your favourite story silly – you could record it, draw it or say it!
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
Nursery Chronicle 24.03.23
Calderwood Nursery Chronicle 24.03.23
Calderwood Commitments Actions:
- PM session children only – Order your child’s lunches
Calderwood Calendar
KEY DATES
31st March – Champion Conversations
27th– 31st – World Autism Acceptance Week – dress in your favourite colour
3rd– 17th April School Closed – Nursery Open
14th April – Champion Conversations (specific clans)
UPCOMING DATES
You can find upcoming dates here
Calderwood Communication (For information):
Champion Conversations
Please arrive just before your appointment. There will be a small waiting area in which you can look through the floor book. Your child’s champion will meet you at the waiting space and bring you to their allocated space on the nursery floor. You will have a 10-minute slot to discuss your child’s progress. We look forward to seeing you all then.
Parents Garden Project
On the 27th March, throughout the day, we are welcoming 1 member of a child’s family to visit our nursery garden to support with planting, weeding, tidying and developing this space. If you will attend with your child please just let us know on the door at the sign up sheet.
Leaf Award
Our children have begun visiting the forest to learn all about respecting the forest as part of our Leaf Award. All children will have the chance to visit the forest over the next few weeks.
Autism Acceptance Week
Across this week children can wear their favourite colour to nursery on any day. This is to showcase the spectrum of colour and celebrate all children’s uniqueness. Find out more: https://www.autism.org.uk/get-involved/raise-money/world-autism-acceptance-week-2023
Careers
If anyone would like to come into nursery to share with the children their job. Please let us know. The children have been enjoying these sessions. Thank you to everyone who has volunteered so far.
HOME LINKS:
The children have been interested and learning all about the roles and responsibility of people in different jobs.
This week at home ask your child to explore people at home’s jobs. What skills does that person need? What do they do every day?
You can also use this website to explore some engineer profiles – https://www.letsdoengineering.com/engineer-profiles
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 17.03.23
Calderwood Nursery Chronicle 17.03.23
Calderwood Commitments Actions:
- PM session children only – Order your child’s lunches
- Give us feedback on the fire pit sessions – click here
Calderwood Calendar
KEY DATES
20th – 25th March – Magic Miles Parent Council Launch – Walk or Wheel to Nursery during this week
24th, 31st March – Champion Conversations
27th– 31st – World Autism Awareness Week – dress in your favourite colour
27th March – Parent Garden Project
14th April – Champion Conversations (specific clans)
UPCOMING DATES
You can find upcoming dates here
Calderwood Communication (For information):
Choosing our Values
Thank you to everyone who voted for our values. The votes have been counted across our families, children and champions. Our values are:
Creativity – noun – the use of imagination or original ideas to create something; inventiveness.
Caring – adjective – displaying kindness and concern for others.
Connectedness – noun – a feeling of belonging to or having affinity with a particular person or group.
I’m sure you will agree these encompass all we are aiming to achieve at Calderwood Nursery.
FirePit Sessions
Thank you to all who attended our sessions our firepit session. We loved sharing these with our families. We hope you had as much fun as the champions and children. Please give us feedback so we can continue to improve our sessions by clicking here.
Champion Conversations
Please arrive just before your appointment. There will be a small waiting area in which you can look through the floor book. Your child’s champion will meet you at the waiting space and bring you to their allocated space on the nursery floor. You will have a 10-minute slot to discuss your child’s progress. We look forward to seeing you all then.
Children’s Rights
Please use the Sway to see our learning journey all about embedded children’s rights at Calderwood Nursery. https://sway.office.com/GLwZolJJ4JcxO8UQ?ref=Link
Big Walk and Wheel
Calderwood Primary School are taking part in the Big Walk & Wheel event from 20th – 31st March. Last year, the pupils’ amazing efforts won our school a bike stunt show. We can’t wait to get involved again! Please see more information about the event here: https://blogs.glowscotland.org.uk/wl/calderwood/2023/03/16/big-walk-wheel-event-20th-31st-march/
Parents Garden Project
On the 27th March, throughout the day, we are welcoming 1 member of a child’s family to visit our nursery garden to support with planting, weeding, tidying and developing this space. If you will attend with your child please just let us know on the door.
HOME LINKS:
The children have been learning about predication (what happens next?)
- Read a story with your child and ask them to predict what happens next
- Conduct an experiment with your child, before the results ask them what they think will happen next. Here are some ideas for you to use https://www.firstdiscoverers.co.uk/early-years-science-activities-eyfs/
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 10/03/23
Calderwood Nursery Chronicle 10.03.23
Calderwood Commitments Actions:
- PM session children only – Order your child’s lunches
- Final chance! Vote for our values by voting here.
Calderwood Calendar
KEY DATES
15th March – Champion booking system closes
20th – 25th March – Magic Miles Parent Council Launce – Walk or Wheel to Nursery during this week
24th, 31st March – Champion Conversations
14th April – Champion Conversations (specific clans)
UPCOMING DATES
You can find upcoming dates here
Calderwood Communication (For information):
Choosing our Values
Your final chance! Next week we will choose our values.
Through consultation with our champions, children and parents we have narrowed down the choice of values to 7. We would like to choose 3 values which represent Calderwood. Please have your say by voting here.
BookBug and FirePit Sessions
Thank you to all who attended our sessions this week. We loved sharing these with our families. We hope you had as much fun as the champions and children.
Champion Conversations
You will have received a letter and link to Parent Booking System to book an appointment with your child’s champion this week. Please ensure you book a slot as soon as possible.
HOME LINKS:
This week there has been a focus on Money throughout the nursery. The children are learning to recognise different forms of transaction and use money. Show your child applying this skill to real life! Can your child recognise different coins, bank cards and money? Can your child use different forms of payment to support paying for things at the shop?
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
