Calderwood Primary Chronicle: 19/06/26
Every fortnight we will issue our chronicle to families via email and our blog.
All other information about Calderwood is on our blog and website.
Calderwood Calendar:
- 23/06/26: 4:30pm: Primary 7 Leavers Meal: See separate letter.
- 24/06/26: Reports will be brought home by children.
- 26/06/26: Last Day of term: Primary 7s will be piped through the playground.
- West Lothian School Holidays 2026/2027
- 12/08/26: First Day of Calderwood Chapter 6 – School session 2026/27
- 19/08/26: 4:30pm: Primary 7 Clans Online Residential Talk for Parents and Carers: An opportunity for parents/ carers to find out more about Dalguise Residential. The presentation will be made available online after.
- 27/08/26: House Captain Election: Children can wear their house colour on top, school uniform as bottoms. Red, Sika, Fallow, Roe.
- 28/08/26: House Captain Election Results: Children can wear their house colour on top, school uniform as bottoms. Red, Sika, Fallow, Roe.
- 03/09/26: Visit My Clan 4:30pm – 5:10pm or 5:20pm – 6:30pm: An informal drop in opportunity, for you to visit your child’s clan room (classroom) and meet their champion (teacher).
Calderwood Communication:
- Clan changeover: You can find information here on our transition processes and how we support the children with change. You can also find a link to each clan’s social story and a picture of their teacher on the blog.
- Uniform: As families begin to think about next session we would to remind you of the expectations and different options available for our school uniform. We take great pride in our uniform as it helps us belong to our Calderwood family. A reminder, that black hoodies, black leggings and branded sports clothes are not part of our uniform. The various options are here. Primary 7 will be able to purchase a Primary 7 tie from the office and they will be able to purchase their Leavers hoodie early in the new term, to wear for PE days and then after Christmas they can wear as their daily uniform.
- Clothing Grant and Free School Meals Information: Please click here for more information
- Crossing Patrol Lady: Following Joy being in post for two weeks, we have decided to trial a different position for crossing this week, and we will continue to review this with the Parent Council. Can you please remind your children to wait until Joy is standing in the middle of the road with her lollipop stick, until they begin to cross.
- Calderwood Ski Programme: Click here to find out more about this very exciting opportunity for our families.
- Dogs in the playground: A reminder that dogs are not permitted into our school playground. If you are leaving your dog outside the playground, just a reminder that some children are allergic or are afraid of dogs, therefore please ensure this is away from the gate entrance.
Calderwood Community:
Calderwood Compliments:
- Teenage Cancer Trust Fundraising: Three eight-year-olds from Calderwood have cycled 50 miles and held a large bake sale to raise money for Teenage Cancer Trust. They have raised over £3000 to help
support the charity and its vital services for young people with cancer. We celebrated the girls success at our Connects last Friday – you can find out more here. - Gala Art Competition: Well done to everyone who entered – especially our winners.
- Parent Council: Our Parent Council Chair, Jo Ferguson, is stepping down as chair as we move into the new school session. Jo has been instrumental during her time as the chair of Parent Council, in leading developments and changes, bridging that voice between the staff and parent body. We would like to thank her for all she has given to Calderwood Primary & Nursery. Thank you to Mica Burns, our Parent Council Treasurer, as she also steps down at the end of this session. It is a busy task, keeping up to date with all the incomes and outgoings, thank you for your time and ideas. Thank you to all our members of the Parent Council for their support and advice this school session and for their exceptional fundraising efforts.
- Primary 7s: A huge thank you to our Primary 7 cohort, our first ever Primary 3 Clans! We wish them every luck and will be thinking of them all as they embark on the next part of their journey. A special thank you to our Chiefs and House Team, for all the support and leadership they have given to Calderwood.
As we move into our last week of Chapter 5 at Calderwood, we would like to thank our families for all their support this school session, we hope you all have an enjoyable summer.
