Calderwood Chronicle: 27/10/23
TEAMS
For all parents and children of Dundee Clan,
Please click on the TEAMS guide below to access a PDF file of how to access and use TEAMS at home. The guide explains how to log-in, how to access files and how to access class notebook. I hope you all find this useful.
Calderwood Primary Chronicle: 20/10/23
Calderwood Calendar:
- Term 2 Family Calendar
- 26th October 6:30-8:00PM: Parent Council P5-7 Halloween Disco Fundraiser: More information here on how to purchase tickets.
- 27th October: Halloween Dress Down Day: Please no masks and take into consideration school appropriate costumes
- 27th October: Primary 1 -4 Halloween Party (in school time): Funded by the Parent Council
Calderwood Communication:
Calderwood Construction:
- Earlier this week we issued communication on the enhanced measures we have put in place during the first two weeks of construction. Education Officers have also supported us with organising and implementing these arrangements.
- West Lothian Council have instructed our contractor to install temporary fencing around the pitch and playing fields. This will restrict public access to the school grounds during construction. Unfortunately, due to unforeseen circumstances installation has been delayed but anticipated for week beginning Monday 23rd
- The fencing in the immediate playground is hoping to be finished by the end of next week, meaning that in week beginning 30th October, we should return to some more ‘normality’ for our daily routines.
- We are looking into the traffic congestion issues with the contractors in the surrounding areas of the school. A gentle reminder to families that there is no parking on the Nethershiel Road side of the school. Also, our staff finish their shifts at different times, we would ask if you are using the carpark that you park responsibly.
Calderwood Compliments:
- A huge well done to Thistle Clan for starting our Clan Connects for the session, they shared their learning about inventors and inventions with the clans and their families. Thank you for everyone who came along to support them. You can see some photos on Twitter.
- Thank you to our Parent Council for organising the Halloween Swap Shop today! What a fantastic way to support our children to get ready for the spooky season.
- Well done to Roe House for winning the house points for Term 1, they received a PJ party this week to celebrate!
- Thank you to our Parent Council for all their fundraising efforts, you can find out more about how we use their donations here.
Parent Council AGM Minutes: 12/09/23
Nursery Chronicle 20.10.23
Fireworks Joint Letter for Schools
Author Visit to Calderwood Nursery on Wednesday 18th October
For more information, please check the announcements within your Seesaw account.
Term 1 – Dundee Clan
Term 1
We have had an extremely busy and exciting term 1 in Dundee Clan. Please click on the links to access all the sways which show our learning and hard-work for the term. These can also be found in TEAMS in the relevant folders.
Calderwood Can Explorers: https://sway.office.com/FlL3Pa94r8njCymc?ref=Link
Calderwood Communicates: https://sway.office.com/ahKrI0qWNH2GW9SK?ref=Link
Calderwood Counts: https://sway.office.com/f6fvZSk9mDTIEmHF?ref=Link
Calderwood Cares: https://sway.office.com/06aSfHkt0KTYWg0w?ref=Link
Calderwood Clan Explorers – Dundee
Calderwood Clan Explorers
Throughout the first term we have been exploring our namesake clan ‘Dundee’. We completed some research to find out where Dundee is located in Scotland and what important landmarks can be found there. We explored the Tay Bridge, the RRS Discovery ship, the V & A museum and Broughty Castle. We completed research through reading and researching online. We presented our findings to the rest of our clan.
In Maths, we discussed the rules of 1-line of symmetry. We practised this skill by using pictures of different landmarks from Dundee and drawing the other half of the picture to make sure it was symmetrical. We loved this. We realised a lot of buildings are symmetrical and discussed how this skill is used in architecture in the world of work.
We have been learning how to identify the location of a landmark on a map by using grid references.
Finally, we created a cityscape of Dundee. We explored warm and cool colours, discussing how these make us feel and how they are seen in a sunset. We created our sunset pictures using watercolours discussing how to blend the colours together. We explored how much water is needed to get the colour just right. After our pictures dried, we cut out our chosen Dundee landmark from black sugar paper to make our cityscape, These are displayed in our cabin and look beautiful.
Please click on the link to look at our Calderwood Clan Explorer Sway.
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