One Trusted Champion

One Trusted Champion

At Calderwood Health and Wellbeing is at the heart of our school. We strive to build positive relationships and create a nurturing environment for all pupils to have the best opportunities to learn.

As part of our transition Into Calderwood, over the next two weeks we will be introducing our Trusted Champion Approach.

A Trusted Champion is an adult at school chosen by your child. Someone your child feels they can talk to about anything, supports them, listens to them and has their best interests at heart.

Your child will have the opportunity to book an appointment with their Trusted Champion whenever they need it.

The Wellbeing Indicators

Every child or young person should feel safe, healthy, achieving, nurtured, active, respected, responsible and included.

These eight indicators help make sure everyone – children, parents, and the people who work with them have a common understanding of wellbeing.

The eight wellbeing indicators connect and overlap. When considered together the different elements of wellbeing give the whole picture of a child’s or young person’s life at a particular point in time.

A child’s or young person’s wellbeing is influenced by everything around them. It is up to all of us as parents, teachers and other agencies to work together to promote, support and safeguard the wellbeing of all of our children and young people. Children and young people have different experiences and needs at different times in their lives. Understanding how this affects their wellbeing, and providing the right support when they need it, helps them grow and develop and reach their full potential.

Our children will therefore use these indicators at school to self-report on how their wellbeing throughout the year through our ‘Wellbeing Check In’s’. Follow up Trusted Champion Conversations and support will be offered for those who need it.

Because #CalderwoodCares !

Orkney Clan Phonics

Orkney Clan have had a fantastic and busy few weeks. It is clear that the children’s confidence has grown hugely with following the day to day routines. They especially enjoy our morning check-in where they find their name and then place it in a pot which best describes how they are feeling. Orkney Clan also love learning new things! An aspect of our learning that we would like to share with you is our learning in phonics.

This week has been very exciting because we have been introduced to some of our initial sounds. The children are learning two new sounds a day as part of a fast track introduction. This will ensure they have some understanding of all the sounds before we look at each sound in more detail after the September break. So far we have learned a,b,c,d,e,f,g,h,i and j. We have learned a character, sound and action for each of these letters. For example, the character for ‘a’ is Annie Apple and she makes an ‘a’ sound. The action is pretending to eat an apple while saying ‘a’. Maybe you could ask your child to tell you about the letters and the sound they make? Can your child spot any objects around the house that begin with any of these sounds?

One of the children’s favourite learning activities has been colouring in the letters and their characters. They have great discussions about the characters and what they might like. For example, someone asked if Clever Cat likes to eat carrots. It is fantastic to see some of the children choosing to practise writing letters for themselves too. Over the next few weeks we are going to have a look at the rest of our initial sounds. We are so excited to meet everyone else in Letterland.

Orkney Clan had an amazing dress down day today! I hope you have a great weekend and I am looking forward to seeing everyone again on Monday.

Miss Cunningham

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