Calderwood Primary Chronicle: 29/11/24

Calderwood Chronicle 29_11_24

 

Calderwood Commitments: 

• Christmas Lunch: Orders are now closed for Christmas lunch. If you did not order a lunch for your child, they will be required to bring a packed lunch from home.
• Panto: Cost £1.50 per child: iPay open 20^th November-3^rd December.  Please let us know if you require support with this.
• Primary 1 Christmas Show: iPay is open for Primary 1 families for donations towards the Primary 1 Christmas Show. Donations support the purchasing of costumes and tea, coffee, mince pies at the shows.

Calderwood Calendar: 

• Updated: 2024-25 Calendar
• You can find details of all up and coming events in Christmas Countdown Calendar

 

Calderwood Communication:

• Book Week Scotland at Calderwood: We had a very successful Book Week Scotland with all clans having a focus on a literacy context for learning. You can find out more about your child’s learning on our blog, Twitter and Seesaw.
• Please find links to Christmas Social Stories: Christmas Party, Christmas Lunch and
• If your child requires medication, please ensure this is handed into the office and the correct forms are completed. Children should not carry medication in their school bag.
• Champions: Miss Brown, our non contact teacher who was covering Mrs McGarvey’s maternity leave will be leaving us at the Christmas holidays. A huge thank you to Miss Brown for all she has contributed to Calderwood. Mrs McGarvey will return at the end of February and will teach non contact time.
• In snow or icy conditions access to the school will be through the front door, we will alert parents/ careers/ children to this. During these times there will be no supervisors in the playground. You can find our safe route here.
• Parent Council Christmas Prize Draw

Calderwood Compliments:

• Burns Clan presented their ideas for how to use our participatory budget to Miss Burton & Miss Stark at the Dragons’ Den. They demonstrated so many creative ideas, based on research and how to make Calderwood more equitable.
• Thank you to our Literacy Champions for organising our Book Week Scotland events.
• This week our Primary 5 clans were very excited to go to Edinburgh to watch the Panto, this will support them to put on their own show in the new year. Thank you to everyone who made this trip a success.
• Linlithgow had a fantastic Connects, sharing their learning about Book Week Scotland.
• This week Blair, Bramble, Thistle and Muir shared their learning with their literacy learning with their families.