Pumpherston and Uphall Station CPS Blog

Primary 7 have been learning about the UNCRC rights. We collaborated to explore each right and its significance. From our discussions, we identified four rights that we thought were important for our classroom environment.  We chose Article 23  (The right for everyone to be included no matter their needs), Article 28  (The right to an education), ​Article 31 (The right to play)​, Article 19 (The right to be protected from harm). Primary 7 picked a jungle theme for their class charter to display their rights.

Primary 6 have been learning all about the UNCRC and how important children’s rights are. We worked together to discuss all of the rights and identified which ones we felt were best suited to school. We then got to vote for which ones we wanted for our class charter. We chose Article 2 (No discrimination), Article 7 (The right to a name and nationality) and Article 28 (The right to an education). Here is our class charter.

Dear parents/carers,

Please find attached the termly learning overview for term 1 (August – October).

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This is an overview sharing what we aim to cover during this first term in school. This will also be posted on Seesaw as well.

Thank you for your support,

Miss Walkingshaw

Primary 5 have been working in pairs to reflect on the UNCRC.  They discussed each of the rights and then decided in pairs which ones would apply to a classroom setting.  We then looked at the ones that most pairs had highlighted to form our class charter. 

Please take a look at our wonderful Primary 2/1 charter. We discussed our rights and reflected on what a quality learner and quality teacher is. We agreed our classroom rules as a team. We have the right to be safe and learn at school. We will follow our classroom rules to stay safe and enjoy quality learning experiences.

We created our class charter using a book study.​ We read the book ‘Sharing a Shell’ by Julia Donaldson to help us.​ The book explored our school values of Kindness, Respect and Friendship. We used our prior learning about our school values to support us with learning about our rights. We discussed the role of Rights Holders and Duty Bearers.​ We chose rights from the UNCRC which we felt we understood.

Hello everyone,

These clubs do not have to all be sports based (eg LEGO, art, drawing, yoga etc) or run for a long time (minimum of 2 weeks to 4 max).

In order to run these clubs, we are asking for some parent/carer volunteers to support us with this. The clubs need to run from the end of the school day without any break (3.15-4.15pm), as the children are not able to be left unattended. If you would be willing to run a club at any point this year – please fill out the form to let us know your availability.

We require volunteers to support our learners with extra curricular activities as we aim to achieve our Sport Scotland Gold Award.

This form will take 2 minutes to fill out.

The link for the form is below:

https://forms.office.com/e/6s8SZYsE0E 

Thank you for your support,
Miss Walkingshaw (PEPAS champion)

Primary 5 had a fantastic STEM day, filled with hands-on learning and fun! They designed and built their own gliders, thinking carefully about the best shapes and materials to help them fly.

Once their gliders were ready, they tested them out, making observations about how far and how well they flew. Some pupils adjusted their designs to improve their flights, just like real engineers!

As part of the day, primary 5 also learned about sustainability. They discussed how different materials impact the environment and thought about ways to make engineering more eco-friendly. They were challenged to design a sustainable aircraft.

It was a brilliant day of creativity, problem-solving and teamwork. Well done, primary 5!