School Blog

Dear Parents/Carers, This week your children will have ownership in designing their own Christmas Cards as part of a School Fundraiser called 'Cauliflower Cards'. This has been organised by the Parent Council. Your child will bring their design home with an order form on Monday 30TH of September 2024. If you would like to order... Continue reading Christmas Card Fundraiser

Following our Froebelian approach in Primary 1, we are starting to embed our Froebelian occupations. Froebel's occupations connected children's first-hand experiences in their local communities with creative materials to communicate, develop physical and problem-solving skills. Through the school year pupils have the opportunity to carry out woodwork and use clay in their clans. Champions would... Continue reading Sewing Primary 1

We are looking for donations of loose parts and sewing materials for our Primary 1- Primary 3. Loose-parts play is a type of open-ended play-based learning that encourages children to use their creativity and imagination. The phrase 'loose parts' refers to the variety of natural and man-made objects that children use. Loose-parts play is accessible... Continue reading Loose Parts Primary 1- Primary 3

For our new school year we have to vote in our new pupil council for 2024-2025. The expectation for all pupils wishing to be part of our council is to undergo a challenge. P1-3 Challenge here: 2024_25 Calderwood Council Election P1-3 P4-6 Challenge here: 2024_25 Calderwood Council Election P4-6 Pupils will be... Continue reading Pupil Council: The Challenge

Please find below our rationale for our play pedagogy across Primary 1 and Primary 2. Calderwood Play Rationale

End of Term Collection If your child has any medication in school please collect at the school office before end of day on Friday 28th June. If it is not collected, it will be destroyed. A medication letter reminder has been sent to those pupils who don't have an inhaler in school, as these can... Continue reading Medical: End of term pick up and August drop off