Well the sun DID shine for us on Friday! We had a superb day at our annual Sports Day tournament and the children, staff and parents all got their running shoes on (or flip flops) and got involved with the variety of sporting activities on offer. What a great way to finish an amazing year!
Just a quick reminder for the last day of school!
No school bags should be brought to school and there will be NO school lunch and NO packed lunch on Wednesday. A snack will be eaten as usual at morning break.
P7 pupils should make sure their accounts are sitting at £0.00 as credit cannot be transferred to High School.
The Summer Church Service will take palce on Wednesday at 11.30am until 1pm.
School will close at 1pm and pupils can be collected from church.
Pupils may bring a small donation to be collected at the church service in aid of Betty Cunningham International Trust (Malawi).
We wish you all a fantastic summer break!
Well done to all the boys and girls who put on a wonderful end of term show. You all worked so hard and acted, sang and danced superbly!
You did us proud!
The boys and girls are getting extremely excited about our school show which will be taking place on Thursday at 1.45pm and 7pm. Zoe (and Matt) have given up so much of their precious time this month to rehearse with the children and prepare the costumes, props and staging for our big performance. We have also received lots of help from Mrs Kee, Mrs McQuaker, Mrs Black and Mrs Sanders who have been busy sewing and stitching this week.
The staff and pupils of Uplawmoor Primary really appreciate the hard work and effort which has gone into creating such a unique and special end of term show.
The PSA would like to say a huge ‘thank you’ to all the parents, staff and pupils for their generous donations of time, skill, enthusiasm and ideas which have supported the PSA throughout this year. They have had a very industrious and fun year and look forward to seeing the new stage lights in use at the summer Production on Thursday!
Just a quick reminder that we are having our Sports Day this Friday.
We hope the sun shines!
The gardening committee have been busy with Mrs Waters growing peas, courgettes, potatoes, chives and onions. Our grounds are looking superb and everybody in the gardening committee (and other helpers) have worked really hard to produce such wonderful vegetables and herbs.
We are so proud of Jason Robb in P7, who won a highly commended award for ‘The Young School Gardener 2014’ from the Royal Horticultural Society. We are very lucky to have such a skilled gardener in our school! Well done Jason!
Primary 4 and 5 are continuing their cricket skills on a Thursday morning. They are now playing games and keeping score whilst incorporating new batting and catching skills. Keep up the good work!
Wow! What a day! The children of P4-7 have been busy today making props with Zoe for our summer show. Without giving too much away, we have been cutting out and decorating giant gingerbread men, making bombs and sweeties and creating amazing scenery for our show.
We can’t wait to show you all!
Primary 4, 5, 6 & 7.
Today we welcomed Asid and Saifer who are cricket experts. We learned how to stop the ball by using our legs as a barrier and we were shown how to make ‘bucket’ hands when catching the ball. After the skills section, we had a game of cricket. There was a batting team and a fielding team and we learned how to win points for our team. We will be continuing our cricket skills every Thursday for the next 3 weeks.
By Lauren, Amy and Megan-Jane P5
We would like to remind you of a couple of PSA events taking place this summer. There will be afternoon tea and a second hand uniform sale on 13th June at the Sports Afternoon with our Active Schools Coordinator Gordon Phillips. We are looking for donations of second hand uniform items and scone bakers!
There will also be a Family Ceilidh night on Friday 12th September in Mure Hall.
We look forward to seeing you all there!
P4 – 7 have been working on our summer show with Zoe. The show will take place in the middle of June. The play is based on several traditional fairy tales which have been re-written by Zoe and the pupils of Primary 4, 5, 6 and 7.
We have been rehearsing on our stage every Wednesday lunchtime and we will be starting work on our props and staging this week. The final performance will take place on the 19th June.
We can’t wait!
By Dylan P4
Primary 6 of Uplawmoor Primary School are being taught about safety on bikes. Our instructors are Miss Bradley and Mrs Kolasinski. I hope we all do well!
By Rob P6
It’s coming up to the time in the year when everyone moves up a stage and the P7s leave to go to High School. So for that reason, Mrs Little and the P7s have been making a year book to take home so they remember their time in Uplawmoor Primary School. By Luca P7
As part of our Health Week, Mrs Crawford taught every pupil how to make delicious milkshakes.
We each combined some different fruits, milk and ice cream to make a yummy milkshake! By Megan-Jane P5 and Max Wengel P4
Transport Police
We had a serious talk from the transport police on Tuesday. First we were introduced to the transport policemen and the two ladies from Scotrail.
One of the ladies showed us a clip about ‘dangers on the track’ and the other lady showed us a clip about what could happen to you if you don’t follow the rules when getting on a train.
One of the policemen put up some posters which encouraged children to be safe at train stations and we discussed these in pairs. It was a very interesting visit and we now know how to keep safe when we are travelling by train.
By Matthew and Cameron P4
Wee G Bus
We all had fun on the ‘Wee G’ bus this week. Brian, the driver, showed us a video about internet safety and we were asked some questions. 
After the video we played some games including air hockey, Just Dance, Fifa 14 and Sonic. We hope to get on the Wee G bus again! By Dean and Amy P5
Uplawmoor Hotel
All of the pupils were lucky enough to take a trip to the Uplawmoor Hotel to watch Chef Alan and his helper Elaine, make fruit smoothies, wraps and a huge fruit salad. Mrs Crawford gave us some tips to stop the filling from falling out when making a savoury wrap and Alan helped us to chop up fruit for our fruity delights. We had so much fun!
A Day in the Life of a Farmer
Mr John McLeod kindly came to visit our school today to talk about dairy and meat farming. The children learned about how dairy cows are milked, how much milk they produce and what happens to the milk.
Mr McLeod also told us about cows which are bred for meat and explained how his farm land is maintained.
In our topic we have leaned the difference between fact and opinion. An opinion is a statement that tells what someone thinks while a fact is a true statement. We created a rap song to show our understanding about fact and opinion. We wrote the lyrics and we decided about the dance movements.
Moreover, this term we learned to debate and support our opinion using powerful arguments. Finally, in our topic we have learned the difference between a ‘want’ and a ‘need’. Wants are things people would like to have. Needs, on the other hand are things people must have to live. Children’s rights are needs. Everyone should respect children’s rights.
By Primary 2/3
On Thursday 24th April, Uplawmoor Primary had a fun filled ‘mini’ Commonwealth Games morning. All the pupils took part in different sports such as running, judo, bowls and rugby. Afterwards, the pupils got together to have an ending ceremony and gave out prizes for the most competitive pupils. Afterwards, the pupils had a Freddo and a drink to enjoy in the classroom. All the pupils had a great time celebrating the Commonwealth Games!
By Emily, Lauren and Emma P5
The boys and girls had eggcellent fun yesterday during our Easter afternoon. Children had the opportunity to visit each class to see their egg creations and read all about their eggy adventures.
The children showed great imagination and creativity and parents, staff and pupils had fun reading stories such as, The Egg Factor, Eggy and Furious, The Talented Egg, Novak Eggovic goes to the Jungle and Eggy Weggy on a Beachy Weachy. The children participated in a treasure hunt in their houses and were rewarded with a creme egg!
“I enjoyed every bit of it, especially when everyone got an egg!” Dylan P4
“We had an eggciting adventure seeing all the other eggs and doing our hunt!” Megan-Jane P5
“It was an eggstrordinary and eggciting day!” Lauren P5
“I enjoyed every bit especially when you had to go outside and look for the postcards and tick off your sheet” Ashley P4
A quick reminder, the school will close at 2.30pm on Friday (after our Church Service).
We will reopen on Tuesday 22nd April.
