Harburn Players auditions

The Harburn Players are looking for performers for their 2023 Christmas Show!

Anyone interested please come along to Harburn Village Hall (5 mins drive from West Calder) on Sunday 10th September at 2pm.

The show will take the form of a review/variety performance.

Performers must be aged 8 years or over (adults also most welcome), and available for rehearsals on Sunday afternoon.

For more information please contact Isobel McChesney.

Tel: 07785 268 496 or email: i.mcchesney@btinternet.com

Calderwood Primary Chronicle: 25/08/23

Link to PDF: Calderwood Chronicle_25_08_23

Calderwood Commitments (Actions):

 

Calderwood Calendar: 

  • Term 1 Calendar link
  • 25/08/23: Dress Down Day: (For school funds) Please no football strips or crop tops. If you like to make a donation you can do this on iPay by clicking on funds, Dress Down Day.
  • 30/08/23: P5-7 Karate Taster sessions: Can wear their P.E kit to school
  • 06/09/23 & 07/09/23: Visit My Clan

 

Calderwood Communication: 

  • Invisible Strings Learning: Click here to find out more about what our clans have been learning during the first two weeks back.
  • First Week Back Photos
  • P7 Dalguise Parent Session: Click here to see the presentation.
  • Routines: Thank you for bearing with us as we navigate our routines and to the parents who have supported us with ideas to refine them. We received some enquires via the Parent Council about the cabins and playground and we have responded to the concern.
  • iPay: You can click here to find advice on how to use iPay. All families should use this system to order their child’s lunch or note that they are bringing a pack lunch from home.
  • Community Event: Almondell Cemetery Public Art Unveiling Invite
  • Term 1 P.E Days
  • Parent Council Welcome Letter
  • Jets & Simply Play: If your child is using of one these services please ensure you inform them of your child’s clan so the champions know who in their clan should attend at the of the school day. If your child is absent from school or if there are changes to your plans, it is important you contact Simply Play or Jets to let them know this information so they can update their registers and to safe any confusion at pick up.

‘River’ a new public artwork by Svetlana Kondakova Muir

The Bens participated in an art project in 2021, where they were involved with a local artist who was creating a new sculpture for the Almondell Cemetery at East Calder.

Pupils researched natural shapes and created silhouettes of leaves, water shapes and flowers to create a template for the metal structure. The final sculpture has been erected and locals are being invited to attend the grand reveal.

 

The unveiling will take place on site at the artwork located
within Almondell Cemetery on:
Thursday, 7 September, from 5:30 – 6:30pm

 

There will be a few words on site to share more about the process of
developing the project on behalf of the community, we would be pleased if
you could join us.

• 5:45pm Introductions – Eddy Goodfellow – ECCRA
• 5:50 – 6pm About the Artwork- Svetlana Kondakova Muir –The Artist
• 6:00- 6:05pm Working in Partnership – Ray Kirk – Stirling Developments
• 6:05 – 6:10pm Acknowledgements – Camille Archer – West Lothian Council

Please RSVP by Tuesday 5 of September

Parent Council Welcome 2023/24

Hello!

Welcome to all parents and carers of children starting Term 1 of the 2023/24 school year! We hope that you’ve had a smooth start, and that you and your children had a good break over the summer. 

The Calderwood Primary School Parent Council (PC for short) is a volunteer group made up of parents and carers of children at the school and nursery. We provide a collective voice for the Parent Forum, which is made up of all parents and carers of children attending the school and nursery. You don’t need to do anything to “join” the Parent Forum, it’s just a way to refer to the wider parent body.

The PC membership is formed from the votes of the Parent Forum at the Annual General Meeting (AGM) and has a number of specific “named” roles, such as Chair, Vice Chairs, Treasurer, Secretary etc. Members of the PC vote on various administrative matters, such as budget allocation, fundraising decisions, PC policy or constitutional matters.

If you want to find out more about the role of parent councils, there is a great resource in the Connect website: www.connect.scot (free to set up an account), and also the National Parent Forum for Scotland (www.parentforumscotland.org).

Meeting Dates for your diary:

We have the AGM once a school year, and other regular meetings spread out across the terms. The AGM includes our annual financial report, and the election of the PC Members. 

  • Tuesday 12th September (AGM)
  • Tuesday 21st November
  • Tuesday 27th February
  • Tuesday 23rd April

The times and agenda for each meeting are shared in advance, and anyone from the Parent Forum can attend. You can join in person, or using Zoom (video call).

Clan Representatives (Reps)

The PC also co-ordinates the “Clan Reps”; our brilliant parents and carers who act as key points of contact for messages between the PC and the Parent Forum at a Clan level – mostly through messaging chat groups (e.g. WhatsApp, Messenger etc.). This can cover anything from informal canvassing for ideas to checking that important school information is reaching everyone. 

Here is the list of current Clan Reps:

Nursery – Freya Mitchell / Lucy Wright

P1 Orkney – 

P1 Shetland – 

P1 Mull – Jenni Bell

P1 Skye – Claire Raeburn

P1 Ness – 

P2/1 Linlithgow – 

P2 Leven – Freya Mitchell/ Katie Guinan

P2 Rannoch – Jo Ferguson/ Lucy Wright/ Katie Guinan

P2 Tay – Katy Gillies

P2/3 Tummel – 

P3 Edinburgh – Amie Cruickshank

P3 Glasgow – Jenni Bell

P3 Perth – 

P4 Stirling – Toni Glen

P4 Aberdeen – 

P4 Dundee – 

P5 Bluebell – 

P5 Bramble – Jo Ferguson

P6 Thistle – 

P6 Schiehallion – Laura Hynd

P7 Ben Lawers – 

P7 Ben Lomond – Lynne Spinks

There are some gaps, so if you would be happy to be a point of contact for other parents and carers in your child’s Clan, then please contact: joeyferg170@gmail.com 

If you are not yet in a chat or messaging group and would like to contact your Clan Rep, then try asking another parent or carer at drop off or pick up, or post a message to the “Calderwood Primary School Parents Group” on Facebook: https://m.facebook.com/groups/290855069331960/

Lastly, if you have any questions that you can’t find an answer for through the school website (https://blogs.glowscotland.org.uk/wl/calderwood/) or the Clan Reps, then please email: hello@calderwoodpspc.org 

We hope that you and your children have a really enjoyable year and we look forward to doing some great things together. 

Tim Ozdemir

Chair, Calderwood Primary School Parent Council

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