During the February break- a group of 6 local children completed some litter picking in the local area- on one of the streets close to school (Cameron Gardens) which had been impacted by a lot of rubbish!
At Calderwood, we strive to promote and develop cultural diversity within our school. We would be grateful if you could complete the attached questionnaire and return to us by 15 March.
Many thanks for your support.
During the Harvest and Christmas period, Calderwood Primary School collected 259.8kgs.
This results in a total of 619 meals.
Thank you to all of our families for your support.
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This term, Schiehallion & Thistle Clans have been leading a project gathering data from pupils, staff and parents about the cost of the school day. They have been researching facts about what poverty looks like in Scotland and the UK.
Further to this, they have been seeking opinions from the pupils in our school about how to spend the participatory budget and are now looking to our Calderwood Communities and families for their feedback. Click here for more information about the participatory budget in Scotland’s schools.
Please take five minutes to complete this anonymous online FORM.
You are welcome to share this form with other members of our community so we get a wide variety of experiences and opinions gathered.
The pupils from Primary 6 clans will be analysing this data as part of their maths curriculum, therefore the reason we have ensured they are anonymous.
We look forward to sharing Schiehallion & Thistle’s findings from this data soon. Our aim is to help support our families and community during the cost of living crisis and use the data to inform how we spend the participatory budget – which you can find more information about through the link above.
Kindest regards,
Mrs Curtin & Mrs Clarkson
NHS Lothian has alerted all schools about an increased number of cases and outbreaks of measles in England and Europe which increases the risk of infection spreading in Scotland. Immunisation with the MMR vaccine is the safest way to protect yourself and your family against measles, mumps and rubella. In February, NHS Lothian will write to all parents/carers of school aged children who have not yet had two doses of the MMR vaccine. Parents/carers are urged to book an appointment for their child to receive their MMR vaccine by calling the NHS Lothian Vaccination Helpline on 0300 790 6296. Parents/carers can gain further information on measles, including signs and symptoms to look out for, by accessing NHS Inform https://www.nhsinform.scot/campaigns/mmr-againstmeasles/
Dundee clan have been learning about how to stay safe online. This week we took part in a live online lesson by BBC Teach for Safer Internet Day. We became digital detectives and explored the exciting world of Artificial Intelligence. The aim of the lesson was to support us in navigating our online world safely.
We learnt about:
Keeping our personal information private.
How to report concerns about content and contact, identify and assess risks and take steps to reduce them.
Use digital technologies to search, access and retrieve information and be aware that not all of this information will be credible.
Know how to ask for help when we need it from people they trust.
Be aware how to keep ourselves safe and secure
We were very surprised to learn that not all information on the internet is true. We have to look-out for fake sites and information and now know to check information to ensure it is correct.
We created online posters to display our top tips to help others.
