Achievement – Page 77 – Pumpherston and Uphall Station CPS Blog

May 9, 2018

Rookie Rockstars Concert!

Just a reminder that tomorrow (Thursday) is the night of our Rookie Rockstars concert at 6.30pm! Nearly all the tickets have been sold and we are looking forward to a great night. If your child is participating, please ensure you have completed a permission form and confirmed whether they are walking home alone or will be collected. As the concert is due to finish at 7.30pm, we have asked that all children from P1-5 are collected afterwards. Children can dress down or even come dressed as rockstars. Parents/carers are also invited to dress as rockstars, but no pressure to do so! Remember that we will have tea/coffee and refreshments available and our Parents as Partners will be running a raffle. You will also have the opportunity to order a PUSCPS Rookie Rockstars CD (that the children recorded last week). We are looking forwards to seeing you there!

May 9, 2018

School Transport Applications for 2018/19

Information for parents and carers:

Please note that applications should now be made for free school transport in session 2018/19. Applications should only be made for pupils going into the following year groups:

P1, S1, S5 & S6.

All other pupils should retain their current passes for use in 2018/19.

Applications should be made via the Council Website at:

https://www.westlothian.gov.uk/article/8692/Applications-for-Free-School-Transport

If pupils have lost their passes, replacement passes can also be requested using the online form. Replacement passes will be sent to their school where they should pay a £2 replacement fee.

Please ensure applications are made by 30 June 2018.

Thank you

Public Transport Unit

May 9, 2018May 9, 2018

School Tie Consultation

At our recent Parent Partners meeting, we agreed that we would like to change our school tie. A school tie is not a necessity, but some families choose this uniform option. The rationale behind this is that the tie would be unique to our school and it would have the same colours in our school logo and sweatshirt. Please look at the sample ties below and click yes for the tie you prefer.

Our current Primary 6 children will be issued with a new school tie, unique to them as they enter into Primary 7.

Thank you for taking part in the survey.

https://bit.ly/2KKCQKI

May 8, 2018

Club Wild – On a Lichen Safari

What are these strange patterns and crazy colours that we see on trees, fenceposts and rocks? They look like splodges of gold and silver paint. They are lichens! You don’t often see how amazing and weird the forms and patterns of the lichens are unless you look closely. Club Wild found out on a lichen safari.

We found out that lichens are made up of two or more organisms living together, a fungus and an alga. The fungus provides the body and the algal partner provides the food from carbon dioxide and water with the aid of sunlight. This close interdependent relationship is referred to as a symbiosis.

We learned that there are crusty lichens which look like they are pressed onto the bark or rocks; leafy lichens which have leaf like lobes and bushy lichens which attach to the bark at the base of the lichen. We found types of all three in the woodland around the school.

We learned that lichens are highly sensitive to air quality and have been used to detect sources of pollution. In the past, when the air was highly polluted by sulpher dioxide, few lichens could survive. It was good to draw some of the weird shapes that they make.

On the way back to school there is a puddle full of frogspawn. We could see tadpoles hatching right in front of us. Spring is definitely here!

May 4, 2018

P1 – Let’s all be Friends!

We are learning to … be confident and build good friendships through singing.

I can … talk about forgiving and friendship.

I can … perform for others.

I can … work together with my class.

Here is what P1 had to say about their ‘Rookie Rockstars’ week:

The songs were teaching us how to be friends.

We learned rock songs.

They were about happiness and sadness.

I liked when we were singing – Bullies are not cool!

I liked the penguin dance.

I liked putting our arms round each other and showing we are friends

I liked the song about not giving up, like in a race!

I liked challenge time when people rapped or had a marshmallow challenge!

We were recording our songs for a CD.

We are looking forward to dressing up for the concert!

May 2, 2018

Triathlon Coaching Session

Today, we welcomed a coach from Triathlon Scotland/West Lothian Tri to come into school and coach some of the children in P5-7 who have expressed an interest in the upcoming West Lothian Schools Triathlon. They learned about what to expect on the day and had a chance to practise some transition drills. The children taking part all really enjoyed the session and we have had a message from the coach to say how well-behaved the children were. Well done to all that took part!

May 1, 2018

Rookie Rockstars – day 2!

The children are having lots of fun with the Rookie Rockstars. Today they learned another two songs, as part of the preparation for their concert next week and to record on their CD later this week. Today’s songs were “Bullies ain’t big” and “Hey, hey, I’m ok”. All classes have been busy designing a CD cover for the PUSCPS CD and the winner will be announced at the concert next week. In the meantime, here are a few photos from the fun today. Mrs Campbell and Miss Mulhearn took on the Rapbattle challenge against Katy and Sam, and they won! Well done to them all for taking part!

May 1, 2018May 1, 2018

Pumpherston & Uphall Station CPS Rookie Rockstar Raffle

Dear Sir/ Madam

Our School will be holding a Rookie Rockstar Concert on the evening of Thursday 10^th May. Rockie Rockstars is an initiative that was created to give children the opportunity to work with professional musicians to learn original songs, record a CD and perform in a fantastic concert. The program covers key areas of the Curriculum of Excellence: Health and Wellbeing, Expressive Arts, Religious & Moral Education, Literacy and Technologies.

At this event the Parent Partners Group are holding a raffle, we are hoping for some support from local businesses to help us with this fundraising event for our school. We are asking for donations for the raffle.

As your organisation is part of our local community, we hope that you are in a position to donate an item for the raffle to support the work of your community school.

We realise in this financial climate that any donation you feel able to give is very generous and would be greatly appreciated by us all; pupils, parents and staff.

If you would like us to collect your donation, please contact the school on 01506 280995 and we will make arrangements.

Thank you in anticipation.

Yours sincerely

Pumpherston & Uphall Station C.P.S

Parent Partners