Primary 2S had lots of fun today on our trip to Dynamic Earth. Mrs Strachan was very proud of us for our excellent behaviour, manners and interest in all the activities . Well done boys and girls!
Pump Track Photo Shoot
Last week some of our children who are confident on the Pump Track volunteered (with permission from their parents) to take part in a publicity photo shoot for West Lothian Council.
Here are some of the photos below.
Remember! Safety first on the Pump Track, find some tips in this blog post.
Photographs courtesy of Paul Watt.
Term 3 Celebration Assembly
We welcomed along Dr Peter Hughes (OBE) to our Celebration Assembly this morning to share with us his achievement journey. As the past President of the Robert Burns World Federation and former Chief Executive of Scottish Engineering he had lots of stories to share. His enthusiasm and passion for all things engineering was inspiring and he reminded us to work hard and never give up. he even played some instruments and sang for us as well! Thank you very much to Dr Hughes for joining us!
Congratulations to our Top Scorers for Term 3!
Congratulations to the children who received a STEM Superstar Award for their learning in Maths, Technologies, Engineering and/ or Science.
Congratulations to the children who received an Awesome Author Award for their learning in writing.
We recognised the children who represented the school in the recent P6 Euro Quiz.
We recognised the children who represented the school in the recent P7 Rotary Quiz.
Our Primary 6s who took part in skiing received a certificate in recognition of all their perseverance and efforts.
Primary 6 came 59th and Primary 7 came 40th out of 152 schools in the recent West Lothian Sumdog Competition.
We recognised our children who took part in the west Lothian Burns Competition, and their certificate arrived just after the assembly!
All the children in Primary 7 who went to Dalguise received a certificate, and some were nominated by the staff for a special award. The staff were also nominated for awards!
All the children in Primary 5 who went to Lendrick Muir received a certificate, and some were nominated by the staff for a special award. The staff were also nominated for awards!
Congratulations to Calder for being the winning house this term and receiving the most house points! Well done.
https://www.slideshare.net/PUSCPS/celebration-assembly-term-3-138637427
Basketball Success!
A big congratulations to our Basketball Team who are currently winning the White Conference Pool B league. Their final games for this tournament are on Friday and we wish them lots of luck!
Scottish Sumdog Contest!
The March Maths Contest starts this Friday, 15th March. Children can play in the contest at school and home. Good luck and we look forward to seeing some PUSCPS pupils on the leaderboard!
West Lothian Burns Competition
On Wednesday night, our five finalists from our Burns Assembly joined other children from schools across West Lothian  to compete in the recital competition.Â
Our children did a fantastic job of representing their classes at the competition, a big well done to them all and their families for joining them at the competition.
A special congratulations to Jacob who came runner up in the P1-3 section.
We recognised this achievement at assembly on Friday.
Active Schools: P6 & 7 Broxburn Academy Basketball Club
This club is ran by a teacher at Broxburn Academy who coaches all the basketball teams there. If you are interested pop along on the day!
P6 Euro Quiz
Four of our Primary 6s joined schools across West Lothian at Howden Park this morning where they took part in the West Lothian heats of the Scottish European Educational Trust Euroquiz 2019. 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. A big congratulations to our team!
Basketball Success!
Our amazing Basketball Team took part in the West Lothian Wolves schools tournament on Friday. They won 4 games out of 5! A big congratulations to our fantastic team, we are very proud of you!
Here is a video of our team at training today.
https://vimeo.com/320351101
Pupil Council Watch Annie at Kirkhill PS
Some of our Pupil Council had the opportunity to visit Kirkhill Primary and watch their production of Annie. They really enjoyed the experience and thought the show was excellent! Miss Burton also received an email from Miss McLaren, the Head Teacher at Kirkhill to say:
‘Your kids who came to the show were amazing … their behaviour and manners were exemplary and were an absolute joy to have in the school. I hope they enjoyed it.’.
