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We had a very busy day in Primary 6 today! We all enjoyed our judo session this morning and loved learning lots of new skills. In the afternoon, we went out to practise our skipping. The P7s have been teaching us lots of rhymes and skipping games, which are great for our health and fitness, as well as being a lot of fun!
Today was the first day of Health Week at PUSCPS and to begin our week strong, we did lots of active activities!
We started off with some spelling activities outdoors to get lots of fresh air. We did a Pass and Spell game,
, 
hangman on whiteboards in pairs,
and writing and drawing our words in chalk!
Some of us had brought in very healthy snacks today and we are hoping for more people to join in on our healthy snack photo tomorrow!
We all then had a go at curling in the lunch hall. It was quite tricky to throw the curl with the right amount of force so we all had lots of practise throws and then we had a mini competition between our 3 teams for Dojo Points!
Then to finish the day, we participated in the Daily Mile or the Daily Skip,
and then did a bit of PE outside where we are improving our fitness!
I am sure we will have another fun-filled day tomorrow!
So far in the competition …
Classes placed out of 23:
Children placed out of 623:
The competition runs until Thursday and all children can play at home as well as school.
West Lothian Sumdog Maths Contest starts tomorrow and will run for a week. There will be certificates for children that make it to the top 50!
Good luck 🙂
If your child would like to wear bright colours on Friday for our Life Cycle assembly, they can come to school wearing these.
Thank you for your continued support. We look forward to seeing you on Friday!
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Dear parents/carers,
Health week will take place next week (4th– 8th June), with a whole range of exciting activities for the children taking place in school. On Monday – Thursday, children should wear sports gear appropriate for indoor and outdoor activities, remembering that football colours are not permitted. Children should wear school uniform on Friday. Please ensure they have a water bottle each day.
Sports day be will on the afternoon of Thursday 7th June, on the playing fields beside the school. It will commence at 1.15pm.  Should we have to cancel due to the weather, we will Groupcall you by 10.30am on that day.  Please note, due to health and safety, there will be no access to the school for spectators. Due to photograph restrictions, we ask that you only take photographs of your own child/ children.
Kind regards,
Morag Dickie
Acting Principal Teacher
We are learning to describe how weather affects humans.
I can experiment in making miniature weather.
I can explain what make the weather.
Primary 4 had an amazing time last week at Dynamic Earth for our class trip. We had a tour which began back in time and then went through lots of different climates, linking to our topic this term.
After lunch we got to participate in a Wonderful Weather workshop and create miniature hurricanes and lightening!
We then got to view a 360 degree film about space and how the Earth was formed. This film also showed us lots of the different jobs that people can have to do with space and science. Our children were able to link this back to our Developing the Young Workforce Week at school which was brilliant!
Our day was so much fun and we learned a lot from it but it definitely tired us out on the bus on the way home!
Developing the Young Workforce (DYW) is a programme organised by the Scottish Government  that aims to better prepare children and young people aged 3–18 for the world of work. Last week we held our annual DYW Week in order to share with our children different a range of types of jobs/ carers and the skills, qualifications and values you require to fulfill these roles.
This year we had a range of speakers and visitors from our local community and beyond. We also used a website called Founders4Schools and our contact Arlene Nicol from West Lothian DYW to find people to visit us.
Our visitors included:
We would like to say a huge thank you to everyone who visited us and helped to make it such a huge success. Ms Haston organised for WL Courier to visit us … So watch this space!
The learning outcomes we explored during the week were:
Nursery – P1:
P2-4:
P5-7:
You can find out more about our DYW Week by visiting our blog.
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