Tay Clan’s Christmas Craft Sale
Tay clan have been making Christmas baubles for our Christmas craft fundraiser. We got to decide on the creation we wanted to make and what treats we wanted to put inside. Some of our clan have created baubles for their pets. To advertise our Christmas baubles we have created sways. Please take a look at our Sways below.
You can purchase them on Friday 17th December at a price of £2.50 each.
School Clothing Grants, Free School Meals & Milk
Families on low incomes may be eligible to receive free school meals and milk for their children. There are also grants available to help towards the cost of school clothing.
Applications for the 2021/2022 academic year can now be submitted.
Families in receipt of the following will be eligible for a School Clothing Grant:
- Income Support / Pension Credit
- Income-based Jobseekers’ Allowance
- Any Income-Related element of Employment and Support Allowance
- Working Tax Credit and/or Child Tax Credit with an annual income of £16,105 or less
- Universal Credit where your “monthly earned income” is not more than £1,342
- Council Tax Reduction
Families in receipt of the following will be eligible for Free School Meals & Milk:
- Income Support / Pension Credit
- Income-based Jobseekers’ Allowance
- Any Income-Related element of Employment and Support Allowance
- Child Tax credit (but not Working Tax Credit) with an annual income of £16,105 or less
- Both Child Tax Credit and Working Tax Credit with an annual income of £7,500 or less
- Universal Credit where your “monthly earned income” is not more than £625
As of 16 August 2021 all children in nursery, and primary 1 to primary 4 will receive free school lunches, regardless of financial circumstances, however families who are in receipt of the above benefits should complete an application to ensure their child receives free milk and a clothing grant
You can find information here:
https://www.westlothian.gov.uk/article/43281/School-Clothing-Grants-Free-School-Meals-Milk
Calderwood Christmas Countdown Updated
Calderwood Christmas Countdown_Updated
Due to some absences of children in the Nativity, we have changed round one of the filming days.
The filming days this week are:
14th December – Mull
15th December – Orkney
16th December – Shetland
Learning in the Nursery
At Calderwood Nursery our children have say in what and how we learn – based on their interests.
Find out what the nursery have chosen as their focus for learning and our learning journey through our Planning Floorbook Sway. You will see examples of our discussions, observations, plans and outcomes achieved!
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Learning in Mull, Shetland & Orkney
Reminders
Playground
Weather permitting children will have the opportunity to play on the grass at break and lunch times. If they wish to play on the grass or in the Adventure Zone, they should bring a change of shoes to wear. My advice is to wear their normal school shoes or P.E day shoes to school and have a pair of old wellies/ trainers/ change of socks that they can keep in school for the days they would like to play on the grass. The reason for changing shoes is mainly for their comfort, so your child is not in school with wet feet and also to preserve our carpets, etc for as long as possible.
Christmas Lunch
Children are able to wear a Christmas jumper or themed accessory to school tomorrow over their school uniform.
Budgeting in the Bens
Solving real life maths last week while creating a family budget. Each family had already decided on the role in which they played within their family, which jobs the adults/young teens do and based on the overall family salary, the families worked together to calculate their gross and net income. From that, they decided which house they should live in, calculated the gas and electricity bills, how much a car would cost (some have enough for two) to run i.e. insurance and fuel, food shopping depending on which store they wish to buy from and finally the cost of how much it would be for the kids to go to clubs.
The groups also decided what they’d spend the rest of their monthly income on, how much Christmas might cost and had to factor in an emergency pay out for an unexpected household emergency like the car breaking down, a burst pipe, family visiting for a weekend or a broken washing machine.
Each family completed budget sheets and tracked a balance as money left their account. A variation of mental strategies were used as well as checking answers using technology.😜
Tay Clan’s Gymnastics Show
To showcase our learning in PE, Tay Clan performed a gymnastics show. The pupils worked in groups to create and perform their own gymnastics routine. They had to make sure their routine included jumps, balances and rolls. Miss Redmond was very impressed to see tricky movements being used such as a pike jump, a teddy bear roll and an arabesque balance. Each group selected their own song for their performance and joined a series of movements together. The pupils shared their routines with the rest of Tay Clan and we gave peer feedback using yellow for yes and green for growth.
There was lots of creativity and confidence being demonstrated by Tay! Miss Redmond was proud to see all the learners trying new things and persevering when movements were challenging! Well done!
Tay Clan should share their routines with family and friends at home. I would love to see you performing these different movements in safe and new places!
