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Nursery Chronicle 17.03.23

Calderwood Nursery Chronicle 17.03.23

Calderwood Commitments Actions:

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?)

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: 

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 

Calderwood Nursery Chronicle 22.12.22

Calderwood Nursery Chronicle 22_12_22

Calderwood Commitments (Actions): 

  • A gentle reminder that all lost property should be collected by 23rd

Calderwood Calendar

  • 9th January: Nursery Opens
  • 10th January: Potential School Strike Day: Nursery open as normal, school office closed, absences should be reported through the nursery

 

Calderwood Communication (For information): 

  • Parent Council Christmas Fundraisers: The Parent Council are still calculating the amount raised from the Fayre, raffle and Christmas Cards. The estimated amount is £4,250. This is an amazing amount raised, thank you to everyone who helped to organise these fundraisers. These funds will be used to buy iPads for our clans.
  • Child Flu Drop In Clinic
  • A gentle reminder of our nursery times:
    • The nursery opens in the morning at 7:47am for AM places and 8:00am for full day places, on a Friday 8am for all. We would request that all children try to arrive by 9am so that they can be registered correctly, can order their lunch before the cut off time and have the opportunity to take part in any clan learning experiences.
    • The nursery opens in the afternoon at 12:30pm for M places and 12:45pm for short places. We would request that all children try to arrive by 1pm so that they can be registered correctly, can order their lunch before the cut off time and have the opportunity to take part in any clan learning experiences.

 

Calderwood Compliments:

On behalf of all the champions at Calderwood, I would like to wish you a Merry Christmas and a Happy New Year. Thank you for all your support, as we started Calderwood Chapter Two, we are looking forward to what 2023 brings!

 

Miss Burton

 

Cost of Living Crisis

Energy Prices skyrocketing!

Food and petrol prices rising!

Taxes and wages stagnating!

Rent prices are on the rise!

Heating or eating?

Nobody should have to make that a choice!

If you are experiencing financial difficulties due to the ‘Cost of Living Crisis’, please know that at Calderwood Primary School, we are here to help signpost you to the services available.

West Lothian Council’s Anti-Poverty service has devised some resources to support families online, if you need to make use of the school WIFI or devices to do so, get in touch and arrangements will be made to support this.

Community Food Outlets: www.westlothian.gov.uk/access-to-food

Advice Shop Services: www.westlothian.gov.uk/adviceshop

Practical Help:  www.westlothian.gov.uk/costofliving

Practical help and support through the development of self-help booklets, which will be held in a central location to allow support to be accessed easily and quickly, a dedicated information hub has been created to hold all cost of living support information.

Welcome Warm Places: www.westlothian.gov.uk/warm-welcome

Welcoming warm places across West Lothian which can provide a warm space for people to rest in addition to acting as a hub where they can access advice and support in relation to the cost of living (also includes information about community food providers).

Please contact us if you are worried about anything, we understand that Christmas can be a particularly difficult time for families. If you are worried or have any questions about how the school can help, call in at the office and ask to speak to someone from the Equity Team and we will get back in touch.

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

Nursery Chronicle: 7.10.22

Calderwood Nursery Chronicle: 7.10.22

Dear Parent/Carer, 

I hope you are all well.  

Communication update:  

Following discussions at our recent Parent Council we have formed a group to look at suggestions from families as to how we can better streamline communications from Calderwood Nursery. Some suggestions have included:  

  • A short weekly email with links to actions/ information on the blog (separated into the two categories) rather than a long monthly newsletter email. 

  • Separating the blog from twitter, with twitter being a showcase for targeted events. 

  • Monthly Calendar email. 

  • The blog will continue to be a one stop shop but we will improve the categories for navigation. 

  • Reviewing the new strategies in November. 

Calderwood Calendar: 

  • 7th October – Champion Conversations (Parent Consultations) 

  • 10th October – 18th October – School Holidays (Nursery Remains Open) 

  • 14th October – Champion Conversations  

  • 19th October – School Pupils Return from Holiday / 3:30pm Parent Council Halloween Swap Shop 

  • 20th October – Please return Christmas Card Orders [click here for more information] 

  • 21st October – Champion Conversations  

Calderwood Communication (For information): 

CHAMPION UPDATE 

Huge congratulations to Miss Huddleston and Mrs McGinlay who are taking up new Early Years Practitioner roles at WL nurseries. We thank them for all their efforts in our first year at Calderwood Nursery and wish them the best of luck in their new adventures. We will keep you posted on when their last days are. During this period, we will begin the recruitment process for new champions who will join our Calderwood Family. We will keep you updated with the progress of this. 

This week, we welcomed Miss Smith to our champion team and look forward to welcoming Mrs MacGillviray on 17th October.   

Finally, congratulations to Mrs Brito who welcomed baby Maria to the world on 28.9.22.

  

REPORTING AN ABSENCE DURING SCHOOL HOLIDAY 

The school October holidays run from Monday 10th October –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. 

ORDERING LUNCH DURING SCHOOL HOLIDAY 

During the school holidays nursery lunch will be a sandwich option. You should continue to order this when you register your child in the morning. 

WARM AND WINTER CLOTHING 

As we transition into our Autumn and Winter months, please ensure your child has waterproof and warm clothes which are labelled. When your child arrives at the nursery their coats and wellies are to be stored in the muddy boot room to allow them to freely access the nursery garden. We understand the hardship for families at the moment, so if you need any support with this please do not hesitate to get into contact with a champion. 

 

Calderwood Commitments (Actions): 

STAY & PLAY 

Thank you to everyone who attended our first Stay and Play sessions last week, it was great to see you all enjoy the busy and exciting atmosphere at Calderwood Nursery and join your child in their journey.  

If you would like to leave us feedback, please click on the link below: 

https://forms.office.com/Pages/ResponsePage.aspx?id=oyzTzM4Wj0KVQTctawUZKdCW-IaFRCpIpl3NT61h2yhUNEc2TkYxMVBJQks0MkxBVTdHRzA5NUhYWS4u  

FEEDBACK 

We always appreciate any feedback that can help us improve. If you would like to give us any further feedback, please complete the form CLICK HERE. 

 

Kindest Regards, 

The Nursery Champions 

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