Calderwood Nursery- Term 1 and Term 2 Family Calendar
Dear Parents/Carer,
Please find the Term 1 and Term 2 Family Calendar for Calderwood Nursery attached. This calendar displays key nursery dates, family learning opportunities and engagement with the nursery for the dates August-December. Further information about registering and attending our Family Learning, Book Bug and Stay and Play sessions will be issued through email and in our fortnightly Nursery News. We apologise for our Nursery Christmas Parties being earlier than anticipated this session and we will look at a later date for the sessions moving forward. Our Term 3 and Term 4 calendar will be issued in Term 2 of this session.
Kind regards,
Miss Kelly Redmond
Acting Principal Teacher
Calderwood Nursery
Reaching for the Stars in Aberdeen
In Aberdeen Clan, we have been talking about what makes our classroom a happy, safe and welcoming place where everyone feels that they belong.
We began our learning by exploring My Class Is a Family by Shannon Olsen. This helped us to think about our classroom as more than just a place where we learn — we are a team, we support one another, celebrate our differences and work together as a clan.
After lots of discussion and sharing our ideas, our clan decided that we wanted our Clan Charter to have an exciting alien and space theme! 👽🪐🚀
Tay Clan: Our Class is a Family
During the first few weeks of school, Tay Clan created our Class Charter, inspired by the wonderful book Our Class is a Family by Shannon Olsen. The story encouraged us to think about what it means to belong, support one another, and work together as a team.
As a class, we explored the United Nations Convention on the Rights of the Child (UNCRC) and discussed the rights that are important to us at school. We learned that every child has the right to feel safe, respected, included, and listened to. Together, we identified the promises and responsibilities that will help us uphold and protect these rights each day.
To bring our charter to life, we used our pupil voice and voted for a shoal of fish. Each pupil designed their own sea creature, and together they form a vibrant display that celebrates our individuality while showing that we all belong to one class family. The display reminds us that every person matters, every voice is valued, and we are stronger when we support one another.
We have also explored how we can fill our own and each others ‘buckets’ through the text, Have you Filled a Bucket Today? by Carol McCloud.
Our Class Charter will guide us throughout the year as we learn, grow, and create lasting memories together. We are proud of the caring, respectful, and inclusive classroom community we have built, and we look forward to bringing our charter to life every day.
In Tay, our class is a family! ❤️🏫
Calderwood Chiefs 2026-2027
This week we held interviews for our Calderwood Chiefs, these are our Primary 7 children who have a lead leadership role in the school.
Everyone who was interviewed this week did a fantastic job and the leadership team and Parent Council panel, had a difficult job making the selection.
A huge well done and thank you to everyone who applied and congratulations to our new chief team.
Beyond the Dream Certificates 21.8.26
A huge congratulations to the winners of our clan certificates this week!
Edinburgh Clan Class Charter
The pupils of Edinburgh Clan have been busy creating our very own Class Charter. Using the book Our Class is a Family as inspiration, we reflected on how we can build a positive classroom where everyone feels welcomed, valued, and supported. The story encouraged us to think about the important role each person plays in making our clan a happy and successful place to learn.
As part of this learning, we explored the United Nations Convention on the Rights of the Child (UNCRC) and discussed how these rights connect to our daily lives in school. We recognised that every child deserves to feel safe, respected, included and heard. Together, we agreed on a set of shared responsibilities that will help us create a classroom where everyone can thrive and where our rights are protected throughout the year.
To bring our charter to life, we linked it to our class theme of space. Each pupil designed their own astronaut and added it to our Edinburgh Clan galaxy. Together, we have created a vibrant display that celebrates our individuality while showing that we are all part of the same crew. Just like astronauts rely on one another during a mission, we know that kindness, teamwork, and respect help us to reach our goals.
Our Class Charter will guide us throughout the year as we explore new learning, overcome challenges and achieve great things together. It reminds us that every member of our crew is important, every voice matters, and that we can reach for the stars when we support one another…
In Edinburgh Clan, we are all part of the same mission and together there are no limits to what we can achieve! 🚀🌍⭐
Clan Charter – Ben Lawers
Last week, in Ben Lawers, we discussed our rights and worked together to choose four rights for our clan charter. We talked about how we can respect these rights as right holders, and how our teacher, Miss Robertson can respect our rights as the duty bearer.
As our clan charter has a Disney theme, we each drew our favourite Disney character as our way of signing the charter.
We wonder which characters you can spot?
Rannoch Class Charter: Our Class is a Family
During the first few weeks of school, Rannoch Clan created our Class Charter, inspired by the wonderful book Our Class is a Family by Shannon Olsen. The story encouraged us to think about what it means to belong, support one another, and work together as a team.
As a class, we explored the United Nations Convention on the Rights of the Child (UNCRC) and discussed the rights that are important to us at school. We learned that every child has the right to feel safe, respected, included, and listened to. Together, we identified the promises and responsibilities that will help us uphold and protect these rights each day.
To bring our charter to life, we created a special Polaroid photo wall. Each pupil designed their own Polaroid picture, and together they form a vibrant display that celebrates our individuality while showing that we all belong to one class family. The display reminds us that every person matters, every voice is valued, and we are stronger when we support one another.
Our Class Charter will guide us throughout the year as we learn, grow, and create lasting memories together. We are proud of the caring, respectful, and inclusive classroom community we have built, and we look forward to bringing our charter to life every day.
In Rannoch, our class is a family! 📸❤️🏫
Ben Lomond Clan Charter
We have had a positive week in Ben Lomond getting to know each other and settling into our new clan.
We have been refreshing our memories about the United Nations Convention on the Rights of the Child (UNCRC) and thinking about the rights that are important to us. We read Everyone Is Born Free and chose our top rights for our clan. We worked together to decide how we will respect our rights as right holders, and how Miss McGuire and Miss Hutton will respect our rights as duty bearers.
After a hotly contested clan vote, we decided on Jellycat as our theme! We each designed our own Jellycat to represent us as part of our classroom display.
We read My Class Is a Family and talked about how important it is to feel happy, safe and comfortable at school, especially as we spend so much of our time here. We shared our ideas about what makes our clan feel like a family. You can see some of our thoughts in the photos below!
It’s been a lovely start to the year, and we’re looking forward to all the learning, fun and memories still to come!
