I respect you, Please respect me.
Come and See Aladdin!
We are going to tell you about Calderwood’s first ever school show, Aladdin.
Bramble and Bluebell have been practising a lot for their upcoming show. We have been trying really hard with our singing, dancing and acting so we can do our very best for our show. We can’t wait to perform in front of our parents and school and show them all of the new skills we have learned.
At the Scottish celebration, P5 raised over £200 we were so happy we got all the money from the raffle. We’d like to say a huge thank you to everyone who donated items. With your help we have been able to buy face paint, costume and props to make our show even better.
You should buy tickets to see the show for yourself. It will take place in the Arena on Monday 11th March at 2pm and Wednesday 13th March at 6pm.Tickets are £2 and will be on sale via iPay on 29th February. Get your tickets quick to make sure you don’t miss out. You will be amazed!
We are proud of ourselves and our teachers for helping us create this show just for you.
Written by Bramble Clan
Participatory Budget – Thistle and Schiehallion as Agents of Change
Thistle and Schiehallion have been leading a whole school and wider community project about how to spend the Participatory Budget for our school and the overall cost of the school day.
When gathering our data, we needed to ensure that the whole school and our wider community had their say. The children decided they wanted to do this by hosting a whole-school event where pupils gathered in our Discovery Den to learn about the Cost of the School day and Participatory Budget, through fun and engaging activities. This was organised, run, designed and created by members of Thistle and Schiehallion Clans.
Schiehallion Clan also created, produced and edited their own Clan Calderwood Connects to teach families and our community about Poverty in Scotland, the Cost of the School Day, the History of Schooling and the History of Money. After their Clan Calderwood Connects we asked people who had watched the Clan Connects to have a say in our anonymous Survey. Thistle and Schiehallion Clan supported each other to collect data after the Calderwood Connects from our Community through this Survey. If you want to support us, you can Click here to find out a little more about how you can use your views to help!
Watercolour Wonder in Thistle and Schiehallion
In Schiehallion and Thistle Clan we have been exploring art techniques associated with watercolour. We explored nine separate techniques which are often used to create paintings when using watercolour; making our own reference sheet to use for future pieces of artwork. Following this, we analysed pieces of artwork created by unknown artists to identify the techniques they had used and the impact this had on the overall piece.
We have drafted a final watercolour painting and are looking forward to completing our final piece soon!
Litter Pickers in the community.
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!
There was some amazing feedback regarding the six pupils. They gathered the rubbish with such enthusiasm and they managed to fill 12 rubbish bins of litter!!
This was also reported on the Calderwood Facebook page and received lots of praise from the local residents. 
Nursery Chronicle
Promoting Culture and Diversity at Calderwood
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.
Foodbank Collection
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.
Calderwood Primary Chronicle: 23/02/24
Calderwood Commitments:
- Donations can be made on iPay 19th to 23rd February for dress down day.
- 21/02/24 – 28/02/24: Tickets for Aladdin will be on sale to P5 families only on iPay, a maximum of 4 tickets per family, per performance will be available.
- 29/02/24 – 06/03/24: Tickets for Aladdin available to the whole school on iPay. First come, first served.
- 08/03/24 – 15/03/24: Champion Conservations Open Online to book Letter issued with instructions about how to book an appointment with your child’s champion.
Calderwood Calendar:
- Term 3 Family Calendar
- 23/02/24: Dress Down Day: School funds: (No football tops or crop tops please)
- 1/03/23 11:15am Clan Calderwood Connects: Edinburgh Clan Two family members can attend Edinburgh
- 07/03/23 Tempest: Clan Photos: Primary 1 clans, Primary 7 clans: School uniform and no PE Kit please. Basketball Team – Team Basketball Strip
- 04/03/24: Time Capsule event for Pupil Council and chiefs: Pupil Council to wear full school uniform for a photo opportunity and not P.E kit please.
- 08/03/24: Aladdin Dress Rehearsal for clans
Calderwood Communication:
- Today at Connects we reminded our clans of our ready, respectful and safe behaviours in the playground to their peers, other children and champions. We discussed with the clans, how our playground is a no hands on playing area, this includes excessive hugging by putting your hands around children’s necks and games where you ‘barge’ or nudge each other. We would appreciate your support by also having this conversation with your child at home. Children who choose not to follow our ready, respectful and safe playground charter may have a consequence which could include; restorative conversation, time out, letter or phone call home You can find out more information about our lunch time routines here.
- Cost of the school day questionnaire
- Financial services for families
Calderwood Construction:
- You can find extension plans and drone footage here.
Two Week Look Ahead
- External facing brick install.
- Continue internal Partitions on 1st floor and GF.
- Start M&E 1st fix.
Calderwood Compliments:
- A huge thank you to our Calderwood Chiefs for presenting our school updates at the Parent Council Meeting this week.
- A huge thank you to our Schiehallion Clan members for joining us at Parent Council meeting, to share how they are researching, investigating and collecting data on the cost of the school day in relation to our participatory budget.
- Thank you to everyone who came along in person, or online, to our Parent Council meeting this week.
Cost of the School Day Family Survey
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
