Pumpherston and Uphall Station CPS Blog
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Photos from climbing and the Jacobs Ladder yesterday! Lots of children were nervous at first but did really well to overcome their fears and give it a go!
This morning the children were all up in time for breakfast. They have been to the shop and are currently tidying their rooms before starting activities at 9.30am. More photos will be posted later on today hopefully (internet connection allowing!).
And so we have reached the end of our first day! You’ll be pleased to know that our campers are all in bed and have had a fantastic first day here. Breakfast tomorrow is at 7.30am, so hopefully they all have a good night’s sleep and are up early for a full day of activities. Here are the first of the photos from today. We will post more soon – the internet connection is a bit slow so please bear with us! Good night from Mrs Dickie, Mrs Mooney & Ms Young.
We arrived safely at Dukeswood this afternoon and the first job was to unpack and make beds! The children have taken part in lots of activities today including indoor climbing, orienteering, aeroball, bushcraft, fencing, and Jacobs ladder. We have also enjoyed a lovely dinner where children had the choice of curry or pasta. Mrs Dickie will post all our photos from today as soon as possible. Everyone is having a great time and looking forward to a campfire and scrap heap challenge this evening.
The Rookie Rockstars are coming to PUSCPS! A letter went out on Friday to share details of this with parents and carers. Tickets for the concert (to be held on 10th May) will be available soon and we hope to have lots of families coming along to support this event. It will be an amazing evening that you don’t want to miss! Friday’s letter is attached for your information. Also have a look at the Rookie Rockstars promotional video for further details of the benefits of having them to visit our school. More to come soon…
Mrs Dickie has been busy checking the weather forecast for Hexham and there looks to be a mini-heatwave about to happen! Can all children please bring suncream and a hat with them? This will ensure that we can all enjoy the warmer weather safely! Many thanks.
This week at club wild we dyed eggs using only natural materials. What an amazing result!
Here is how we did it.. First we went outside to collect leaves and flowers, looking for interesting leaf patterns or shapes.
Back inside we arranged the plant material on the eggs and wrapped them tightly with dried onion skins (either brown or red onion skins). We then wrapped the egg in a bit of muslin and tied it with string. Then we placed them in a pan of water which was boiled for 5 minutes and left overnight to cool and soak up the dye.
We carefully peeled the wrapping off and saw beautiful plant shapes transferred to the bright red eggs.
We had lots of fun rolling the eggs down the orchard hill. Erin, Kristina, Oscar and Kyle had indestructible eggs but after roll upon roll Kyle’s egg won. It was still complete with the amazing colour and plant impressions all from nature.
A big thank you once again to our P7 Young Leaders who gave up their time to help with time-keeping at our Parent Consultations over the last two evenings. Tonight, Mrs Dickie’s children popped in for a visit and our Young Leaders gave them a very warm welcome to PUSCPS!
Well done to the classes who performed for the school this afternoon! They were showcasing all their learning in dance that they have achieved with Ms Pender over this last term.
Yesterday, a team of four children from Primary 6 went with Mrs Dickie to Howden Park Centre where they took part in the West Lothian heats of the Scottish European Educational Trust Euroquiz 2018. There were 19 schools there in total! Andrew, Boe, Lauren and Callum represented PUSCPS and we were so impressed with how much of their own time they had used to learn about Europe. They answered four rounds of questions – geography, languages, European union and culture/sport/history of Europe. Well done to them all for their hard work and enthusiasm! They were even joined for a photo by Mrs Dickie’s son, who was there with his school!
Our Easter service will take place on Friday 23rd March at 9.15am. All parents and carers are invited to come along to this. We hope to see you there!
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