Calderwood Communication – Page 3 – Calderwood Primary and Nursery

Reminders

Dear parent/ carer,

I hope you had a lovely weekend, just a wee email with a few updates and reminders.

Outdoor shoes

A lot of our children are keen to play on the grass areas which can be muddy and damp at times. A gentle reminder that if your child wants to play in this area they should have a pair of outdoor shoes (that they can keep in school) – wellies or old trainers with a change of socks. This will help ensure they are comfortable during clan time and prolong the life of our carpets.

Planting – Wednesday 16^th March

Miss Christie has organised a Super Spud planting session through RHET on Wednesday. All clans will take part in this, please ensure your child has outdoor shoes to change into, a warm jacket and it might be advisable to wear comfy bottoms – like what they wear on P.E days.

Calderwood Magic Miles

If you are sharing your photos on Twitter, please don’t put your child’s name on the tweet. It is okay to add the clan name. This will help keep everyone safe.

Tempest Photos: Clans: 24^th March

On 24^th March Tempest will take official group photos of our clans for you to purchase. Please ensure your child is wearing school uniform on that day and not P.E kit. They take their shoes off for the photo, so their socks will be on display.

Have a lovely week!

Kind regards,

Miss Burton

Talking to children and young people about war and conflict

We are aware that some families have asked for advice on how to speak to their children about war and conflict. You might find these documents useful:

Social Story about war in Ukraine

Talking-to-children-about-war Barnardos

Seesaw in Primary 1 – 3

A remember to our Primary 1-3 families, our champions are using Seesaw to profile your child’s learning journey, therefore you will be able to view more information about what your child is learning through the app.

We would encourage you to like to the post, so the champion can see you have read it and feel free to leave a comment.

The video below shares some advice on how you can use Seesaw at home.

Developing the Young Workforce at Calderwood Primary

Calderwood Can: Profiling Strategy

Calderwood Can_Profiling

Calderwood Can: Profiling Feedback

Calderwood Can Profiling Feedback

Using Seesaw at Calderwood

For Primary 1 – 3 families:

Scottish Property Awards

Congratulations to all those involved in the @LoveWestLothian Project – @Calderwood_Pri which was today shortlisted for #PublicDevelopmentoftheYear & #ArchitecturalExcellence at the #ScotPropAwards2022. Fingers crossed for March’s event 🤞https://t.co/j3PNg1jHK6 pic.twitter.com/exqmD5dsOX

— Hub South East (@HubSouthEast) February 1, 2022

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Car Park Reminders

A gentle reminder that the front two lines of spaces opposite the school and nursery are for staff parking only. If you are using the car park for drop off and pick up, please use the two rows of spaces further away from the school.

We would also request that cars do not drop off or pick up at the side of the school on Nethershiel Road, there is no drop off zone here. This road does have construction traffic and can easily become congested if school families park here.

Please ensure whoever drops off or collects your child is aware of this information.

Thanks as always for your support.