Term 4 Calderwood Family Calendar_25_05_23
Message from Miss Miller
What an emotional farewell this week. I have loved celebrating with our wonderful children, champions and families. I would like to thank everyone for their kind words, gifts and support. I am proud to have been part of the Calderwood journey, starting the school from the ground up has been an amazing experience. Building special relationships with children, families and champions has been my favourite part. Your children are a credit to you all, I am privileged to have worked with every one of them. I will treasure the memories and miss everyone dearly. I wish everyone at Calderwood the best for the future as you continue to grow and develop!
C in the Park
Rookie Rockstars- Additional Tickets
The countdown is on for our Rookie Rockstars Concert which will take place on Wednesday 7th and Thursday 8th June at 6:30pm in our school arena. Tickets were recently on sale between 2nd-10th May where one adult ticket could be purchased. We communicated that if there were any additional tickets available these would be released prior to the event.
Following the first round of sales, additional tickets are now available. One additional adult ticket per child/children can be purchased. This ticket can give access to seated or standing in the arena/café. The additional adult ticket can be purchased on Friday 2nd June from 12:15pm-12:45pm in our school arena. Please enter through the school office during this time. This will be on a first come first serve basis. All payments are to be made on Ipay on the day. No further tickets can be purchased after this date.
Calderwood Champions 2023/24
Sports Day at Calderwood Social Story
Calderwood Nursery Chronicle 19.05.23
Calderwood Nursery Chronicle 19.05.23
Calderwood Calendar
KEY DATES
| 22/05/23 | School Closed. Nursery Open. |
| 22/05/23-26/05/23 | Nursery Sports Week – Stay and Sport Family Event |
| 22-06/23-26/05/23 | Dress Down Week: Dress down and please donate an item. More information to come. No football top or crop tops please. |
UPCOMING DATES
You can find upcoming dates here
Calderwood Commitments Actions:
- PM session children only – Order your child’s lunches
Calderwood Communication (For information):
Reporting an absence on School Holiday
Please report any absences to the nursery directly on Monday 22nd May on 01506 280070.
Calderwood Growth
Last week we had a Parent Council Meeting about the plans for growth and for August 2023 for Calderwood Primary, you can find the minutes here. In August we will grow to 22 clans, and at the minute we are working on a clan structure with West Lothian Council. Initially we know that we will have 5 Primary 1 clans and a P2/1 clan. We will update families about the plan for August, as more information becomes available.
Nursery-P1 transition
This week we had information sessions for our August 2023, Primary 1 families. You can find the information we shared here. Other information about transition into Primary 1 23/24 can be found here.
Stay and Play Sport Week
We look forward to welcoming you along to our Stay and Play Sport Week next week. We will have sport activities set up in the garden that you can participate in with your child.
Each child will get a wellbeing indicator sticker for being active and how they demonstrated this over the week.
Sun cream
Thank you to everyone for providing your child with sun cream, this means they can enjoy the outdoors in warmer weather. We appreciate all who have taken the time to apply this to your child on arrival, this speeds up the process of them getting outside.
Free School Meal and Clothing Grant
https://blogs.glowscotland.org.uk/wl/calderwood/2023/05/18/free-school-meals-clothing-grant/
Calderwood Community Cupboard
https://blogs.glowscotland.org.uk/wl/calderwood/2023/05/18/calderwood-community-cupboard/
East Calder Gala day Events
https://blogs.glowscotland.org.uk/wl/calderwood/2023/05/17/east-calder-gala-events/
Calderwood Compliments
Last week our children, clans and champions in the school and nursery were part of a West Lothian Council Validated Self Evaluation It was a positive experience for us, and validated our progress and next steps. A huge thank you to our champions for all the effort they put into this experience, we will share the report with you once we receive it. Thank you to our parents/ carers who took part in the discussion groups.
HOME LINKS:
Building independence: Try getting your child to apply their own sun cream at home.
As always, please share any experiences with us on Online Learning Journals.
As ever, thank you for your continued support. If you would like to leave us any feedback, please click here.
Kindest Regards,
The Nursery Champions
Calderwood Can 19.05.23
Calderwood Primary Chronicle: 19/05/23
Link to PDF: Calderwood Chronicle_19_05_23
Calderwood Commitments (Actions):
Calderwood Calendar:
- Term 4 Calendar link Updated – updates in yellow
- East Calder Gala Events
- 19/05/23: P5 Excursion: Active schools: Swimming Assessment: Unfortunately, failure to return the EE2 means they will not be able to go on the excursion. Please see separate email.
- 19/05/23: 11:15am: Skye Clan Calderwood Connects – 2 family members welcome.
- 22/05/23: School closed/ Nursery Open
- 24/05/23: Clan Championships: More information here.
- 9:30 – 10:45: Primary 1, 2 and 7 children
- 11:15-12:30: Primary 3, 4, 5 and 6 children
- 25/05/23: Glee Competition in Edinburgh: Please see separate email. Bus leaving school at 3:50pm.
- 25/05/23 – 26/05/23: Ben Lomond at West Calder High for Transition Days (please see email from the high school).
- 26/05/23: Dress Down Day: Collecting for Dignity Boxes: More information here. (No football tops/ crop tops please).
- 26/05/23: 11:15am: Shetland Clan Calderwood Connects – 2 family members welcome.
- 26/05/23: Miss Miller’s Last Day
- 29/05/23: Miss Stark, Depute Head Teacher starts
- 02/06/23: 11:15am: Orkney Clan Calderwood Connects – 2 family members welcome.
Calderwood Communication:
- Last week we had a Parent Council Meeting about the plans for growth and for August 2023 for Calderwood Primary, you can find the minutes here. In August we will grow to 22 clans, and at the minute we are working on a clan structure with West Lothian Council. Initially we know that we will have 5 Primary 1 clans and a P2/1 clan. We will update families about the plan for August, as more information becomes available.
- This week we had information sessions for our August 2023, Primary 1 families. You can find the information we shared here. Other information about transition into Primary 1 23/24 can be found here.
- Champion update: Mrs Bates from Linlithgow Primary will be joining us as first level Principal Teacher in August 2023.
- In March, Taylor Wimpey donated £500 to our Communicates Mini Champs Group to help them build a library for our school. Here is the story on Taylor Wimpey’s website.
- Calderwood Community Cupboard
- Free School Meals and Clothing Grant Information: Although all children in Primary 1-5 received free school meals, it is important that those families who are entitled to the free school meals grant apply, as this can get free school milk for your child and access to other support, in and out of school The clothing grant application also helps you to receive funding to purchase uniform supplies for your child. The link has more information and our equity champs are more than happy to support you with filling out the forms.
- Calderwood Chatter in our Cosy Corner is open from 11-12pm every FRIDAY for a cuppa and a friendly chat if you need any advice, support or just a listening ear.
- A reminder that parking in the bays behind the houses on Nethershiel Road (off Nethershiel lane) opposite the school, are privately owned by the residents. This is not a drop off area for the school.
Calderwood Compliments:
- Congratulations to our, Be an Engineer Competition Winners and thank you to Miss Christie for organising this opportunity for us.
- Last week our children, clans and champions in the school and nursery were part of a West Lothian Council Validated Self Evaluation It was a positive experience for us, and validated our progress and next steps. A huge thank you to our champions for all the effort they put into this experience, we will share the report with you once we receive it. Thank you to our parents/ carers who took part in the discussion groups.
- Thank you to our families and community, who came into school this week to speak to the clans about their careers, we appreciate your time.
I hope you all enjoy the long weekend!
Miss Burton
