Calderwood Chronicle_10_03_23

Calderwood Commitments (Actions):

• 8^th – 15^th March: Champion Conservations Open Online to book: A letter was emailed with instructions about how to book an appointment with your child’s champion. Please contact the office if you require any support to log in. Click here if your P5-7 child would like to sign up to help at the event. We would love to see our chiefs, house and vice captains, supporting.
• Engineering questionnaire for Ben Lawers and Lomond.
• We please request that P4-6 children return their EE2 form for their up and coming excursions, failure to return your child’s EE2 will unfortunately result in them not being able to attend the excursion.

Calderwood Calendar: 

• Term 3 calendar link
• 8^th – 15^th March: Champion Conservations Open Online to book: Letter issued with instructions about how to book an appointment with your child’s champion.
• 16^th March: P4-5 Clan Trip to Glasgow Science Centre: Information as per letter. Please ensure you have returned your EE2 form, failure to return your child’s EE2 will result in them not being able to attend the excursion. Please sure the trip is paid on iPay and you have ordered a school packed lunch if required. Children should wear their school uniform.
• 17^th March: 11:15am: Clan Calderwood Connects: Rannoch: Two family members can attend.
• 20^th March: Ben Lawers: £30 deposit due to Dalguise, if you require support with the payment please let the office know.
• 22-23^rd March: Champion Conversations: by appointment only. Children’s jotters will also be available. In the Café there will be a P4-7 Teams support workshop and information about the cost of the school day. In the Arena we will have Scholastic Book Fayre (if you wish to purchase a book please bring your phone and card).
• 24^th March: 11:15am: Clan Calderwood Connects: Leven: Two family members can attend
• 27^th March: P1-5 and P7: World Autism Acceptance/ Awareness Week. Dress down in your favourite colour – no donation required. Please no football colours or crop tops.
• 27^th March: Ben Lawers Excursion to Sky Studios and get Gooey: Please ensure you have returned your EE2 form, failure to return your child’s EE2 will result in them not being able to attend the excursion. Please sure the trip is paid on iPay and you have ordered a school packed lunch if required. Children should wear their school uniform.
• 28^th March: P6: World Autism Acceptance/ Awareness Week. Dress down in your favourite colour– no donation required. Please no football colours or crop tops.

Calderwood Communication (for information):

• You will understand as our school continues to grow, we currently have 382 children across 14 clans, champions, children and parents all play their role in helping our routines to run smoothly. We understand that emergencies crop up over the course of the school day and changes might need to be communicated at late notice. However, there are some routines that we require families support with:
• If your child is going to be absent it is your responsibility to contact the office before 9am to report the absence. This can be done by email, phone or leaving a voicemail. Failure to report an absence will start the implementation of the West Lothian Safe Arrival policy, which may result in social work or police being contacted. We also recognise that we need to continue to procedures are accurate in terms of absences.
• Try to encourage your children to be organised for the school day with their jacket, bag, lunch box, glasses, musical instrument, etc.
• We email out the calendar and any actions for families every Friday, we also email reminders of important deadlines. We would request that families keep an eye out for these emails, such as EE2, photo, events, reminders, so that your child does miss out.

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Calderwood Commitments (Actions):

• Primary 5 – 7: Please find our new home learning grids for P5-P7. An overview sheet has been provided that shows the guidelines and expectations for home learning.
• 9^th March: Please ensure your child has school uniform on this day and not P.E kit for the clan photos. Ben Lomond to have their Primary 7 ties and shirts, and please bring along your hoodie.

Calderwood Calendar: 

• Term 3 calendar link
• 7^th March: 9:00-10:15am: Calderwood Can Chats: Opportunity to pop in and look at your child’s jotters and online profile. This will also be available at Champion Conversations if you are unable to attend. Please pop into the foyer area at this time. Can Ben Lomond children please wear their Primary 7 shirts and ties.
• 7^th March: 6:00pm: Parent Council Meeting: Agenda to follow.
• 8^th – 15^th March: Champion Conservations Open Online to book: Letter issued with instructions about how to book an appointment with your child’s champion.
• 9^th March: School Photographer: Tempest: Clan Group Photos: School uniform and no P.E Kit please. Primary 7s to wear P7 ties and shirt and bring P7 hoodies.
• 10^th March: 11:15am: Clan Calderwood Connects: Linlithgow Two family members can attend.
• 16^th March: P4-5 Clan Trip to Glasgow Science Centre: Information as per letter. Please ensure you have returned your EE2 form, paid on iPay and have ordered a school packed lunch if required. Children should wear their school uniform.
• 17^th March: 11:15am: Clan Calderwood Connects: Rannoch: Two family members can attend

Calderwood Communication (for information)

• Today we marked the first anniversary of the official opening of Calderwood Primary and Nursery by launching our Calderwood Capsule Challenge. All clans have the opportunity to record their magic moments from Calderwood, why we are unique and future dreams. We look forward to seeing what you all come up with!
• We are aware that there are proposed strike days are on the same days for Champion Conversations and Clan Connections, we will make a decision early next week if we need to reschedule any events, and keep you updated.
• If your child would like to play on the grass areas at break and lunch times, please ensure they have outdoor shoes to change into, as their feet may get wet. You might also want to include a change of clothes in their school bag.

• A gentle reminder that lunches should be ordered on iPay at home, this includes noting if your child has a packed lunch from home. Children take part in a range of Stag Start learning activities in the morning, therefore stopping them to order their lunch interrupts their learning time and uses unnecessary admin time. Friday packed lunches should be ordered by 9:30am on a Thursday. Advice on how to use iPay can be found here.

Calderwood Compliments:

• Tummel Clan shared their learning about Scottish Inventors with our clans and their families at Calderwood Connects. What an informative, engaging, creative performance!
• This week saw our first ever Calderwood residential, with Ben Lomond going to Lockerbie Manor for two nights. The clan demonstrated a have a go attitude, resilience, determination, but most of all, had fun making memories. Thank you to all the champs who made this residential possible. We have some photos on Twitter and will make a sway capturing their adventure very soon.
• Thank you to West Lothian College and their HNC CP students who worked with some of our children in the forest this week. Fantastic examples of team working, den building and snack making. We can’t wait to use this to develop outdoor learning in our school.