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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
Nursery Chronicle 03/03/23
Calderwood Nursery Chronicle 03.03.23
Calderwood Commitments Actions:
- PM session children only – Order your child’s lunches
- Give us feedback for the Stay and Play sessions
- Vote for our values
Calderwood Calendar
KEY DATES
| 06/03/23 and 08/03/23 | Fire pit sessions
Session 1 10:30am-11:15am Session 2 11:30am-12:15pm Session 3 1:30pm-14:15pm
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| 07/03/23 and 09/03/23
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Book Bug
10:30-11:00am 2:30-3:30pm |
UPCOMING DATES
You can find upcoming dates here
Calderwood Communication (For information):
Choosing 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
Next week we look forward to welcoming you along to our BookBug and FirePit sessions. Please ensure you sign up for a slot in the nursery cloakroom.
HOME LINKS:
The children have been learning about their rights. They have learned that rights are promised that help them to be happy, healthy and safe.
To support you in talking to your child about their rights. Choose one of the rights to explore at home and capture a photo of your child exploring this e.g. you have the right to play, capture a photo of your child playing. You can find the rights on our blog by clicking here.
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
Children’s Rights
24.02.23 Nursery Chronicle
Calderwood Nursery Chronicle 24.2.23
Calderwood Commitments Actions:
- PM session children only – Order your child’s lunches
Calderwood Calendar
KEY DATES
| 06/03/23 and 08/03/23 | Fire pit sessions
Session 1 10:30am-11:15am Session 2 11:30am-12:15pm Session 3 12:30pm-13:15pm
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| 07/03/23,
09/03/23 & 10/03.23 |
Book Bug – times to be confirmed |
UPCOMING DATES
You can find upcoming dates here
Calderwood Communication (For information):
Engineering Project
As part of our learning we will be exploring different jobs, particularly in the field of Science, Technology, Engineering and Maths (STEM). If you would like to come into the nursery to speak to the children about your job, or would like to share a video for us. Please let the nursery know.
Resources at home
A gentle request that if your child has accidently brought a toy or resource home from nursery could you please return this to nursery.
Stay and Play
A huge thank you to everyone who attended our Stay and Play sessions this week. We hope you enjoyed it as much as the champions and children did.
HOME LINKS:
The children have been interested in exploring pancakes this week due to it being pancake day on Tuesday.
Can you bake/make something at home – make sure to measure and weigh the correct ingredients. Can you create your own recipe or you might want to use some of these https://www.bbcgoodfood.com/recipes/collection/kids-baking-recipes
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 20.1.23
Calderwood Nursery Chronicle 20.1.22
Calderwood Commitments Actions:
- Due to an error, ‘child’s name’ was missed from the form. Therefore, if your child does not attend nursery on a Monday and you did not share your child’s name, please sign up for a slot for nursery photo day on 23rd January by clicking here.
- Order your child’s lunches for next week by clicking here
Calderwood Calendar
UPCOMING DATES
23rd January – Photo Day
Calderwood Communication (For information):
Photo Day
Tempest Photography will visit the nursery on Monday 23rd January to take individual and sibling photos of the children. You will receive and email with information regarding ordering after photo day. If your child does not attend nursery on a Monday, please choose a slot by clicking here.
Mealtimes at Calderwood Nursery
Rationale
‘Meal times should be viewed as learning opportunities where we take time to support and encourage children to learn the necessary skills for life.’
Scottish Government, 2020, p. 57
The Scottish Government recognises that ELC experiences provide children with an opportunity to establish healthy eating habits in their early years. West Lothian Council will provide children with healthy, nutritionally balanced meals and snacks to support children to develop good eating habits and positive attitudes to food from a young age. You can find more information here:
http://www.healthscotland.com/uploads/documents/30341-Setting%20the%20Table.pdf
https://hub.careinspectorate.com/media/3241/food-matters-nurturing-happy-healthy-children.pdf
https://education.gov.scot/media/3bjpr3wa/realisingtheambition.pdf
All children in nursery are entitled to a hot meal and we would encourage children to try this hot meal. If for any reason your child wouldn’t like a hot meal there is a sandwich option or they can bring a packed lunch, please just let us know.
Instead of ordering your child’s lunch on the register we are going to trial ordering using a form each week which will be shared in the chronicle email each week. Order by clicking here.
Application for Primary 1
A gentle reminder that application for Primary 1 2023/24 should have been completed by 31st December. If you have not completed the forms for your child, you can find more information as below. We would encourage you to apply for a place as soon as possible.
Primary 1: https://westlothian.gov.uk/apply-for-a-primary-school-place
HOME LINKS:
This week we have been interested in learning about Chinese and Lunar new year.
You might want to try making some recipes at home. You can find some here: https://www.bbcgoodfood.com/recipes/collection/chinese-new-year-recipes
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
Calderwood Nursery Chronicle 13.1.22
Calderwood Commitments Actions:
- If your child does not attend nursery on a Monday, please sign up for a slot for nursery photo day on 23rd January by clicking here.
Calderwood Calendar
UPCOMING DATES
23rd January – Photo Day
Calderwood Communication (For information):
Welcome back!
A warm welcome back to all our nursery families. We hope you all had a restful and fun break during the holidays. We are looking forward to the months and the exciting experiences, learning and play that will come. We will continue to share our journey with you through the Chronicle and Online Learning Journals.
Photo Day
Tempest Photography will visit the nursery on Monday 23rd January to take individual and sibling photos of the children. You will receive a copy and order form for these photos after this day. If you would like to purchase the photo, please return the form to nursery. If your child does not attend nursery on a Monday, please choose a slot by clicking here.
Champion Update
A warm welcome to Miss Skinner our new area support manager this week. She has visited our nursery on Wednesday and Thursday and enjoyed her visits.
HOME LINKS:
This week we have loved welcoming back the children with new experiences in our environment. The children have been interested in learning all about birds. We have been making nests and learning all about different birds.
When you are out and about, try to spot any birds! If you find any take a photo and share with us on Online Learning Journals.
You can use this to help with the identification process https://www.rspb.org.uk/birds-and-wildlife/wildlife-guides/identify-a-bird/
Calderwood Compliments
Thank you to our families for supporting us transitioning our children back into nursery after the holidays!
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
Kindness Advent Calendar
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