Almond have decided on a Candy Party as their treat for winning the House Competition last term.
Remember if you are in Almond you can bring party clothes with you to school to change into on Friday 12th.
Celebrating Successes at PUSCPS
At our in-service day on Monday we looked at ways we celebrate successes and personal achievements in school and if we needed to make any changes. We shared this at our New Year Assembly on Tuesday.
One of our P6 children suggested that everyone used Class Dojo and these points could be used as house points, so we have decided to trial this approach. Children can receive points for living the school values. On a Friday the house and vice captains will collect the house points and we will share them at the assembly. Also if you are the top scorer in your class for your house, each Friday you will receive a Top Scorer card and this will be entered into a termly draw. The lucky winners will receive a voucher. The winning house each term will receive a treat of their choice.
Each term we will have a celebration assembly to celebrate those children with achievements in reading (as it is in our school improvement plan) and STEM (Science Technologies Engineering and Mathematics). We will also share the house winners and top scorers at this assembly.
At our Pumphie Pals Meeting we discussed what Golden Time should look like in our school and here is what we came up with:
- The most popular name for it was Fun Time Friday, as it a time on a Friday that we have fun with our friends across the school.
- We decided that sometimes we want it be structured and suggested activities for this.
- We also decided we would like shorter amounts of time in class Fun Time Friday. During these times we can take in things from home but no electrical items. There are enough activities for us to do in class but if we choose to take something into school, we have to take responsibility for looking after it.
- Fun Time Friday should be ready to begin at 11:45am and finish at 12:15pm.
- Everyone will always have at least 5 minutes of Fun Time Friday.
- If you have lost Fun Time Friday you will complete a reflection sheet with Miss Burton/ Miss Dickie. This sheet will be taken home to be signed by your parent, carer and returned to school on Monday.
We look forward to earning our dojos and sharing our successes with you!
You will find some of our changes in the PowerPoint below, we will continue to reflect, adapt and consult on the changes.
https://www.slideshare.net/PUSCPS/celebrating-success-86035280
P1-3 Christmas Party
Primary 1, 2 and 3 children has a special visitor at their Christmas Party!
P1-3 Nativity Performance
Many thanks to all parents and carers who came along to see our performance of ‘Whoops a Daisy Angel’. We hope you enjoyed watching and listening to the children. They were fantastic! Well done to them all.
Nursery Christmas Singalong!
The children in the nursery have been very busy practising their songs for the Singalong. They really enjoyed the experience of performing for parents and carers yesterday. Thank you to all who came along and we hope you enjoyed the their performance!
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RSPB Visit
Primary 4 were very lucky to be the first class to welcome our visitors from the RSPB to our school.
We had lots of discussion about habitats and what we can do to help animals who want to live (or do live) in our school grounds.
We went on a walk around the school to look out for habitats which we have and we got to keep record of how many we have and how many points we scored.
Our school got 119 points and we were only missing 2 habitats! We were very proud of our score and really enjoyed being out to explore our school, even if it was very chilly!
Here are some photos of us all having fun:
Christmas Fayre 2017
On Friday we held our annual Christmas Fair, organised by our Parent Partners Group. The choir opened the event by singing some Christmas songs and all the classes had taken part in Enterprise projects which they sold at the fair. Our nurture groups, outdoor club and parent craft club also had stalls. Our P7 Young Leaders came along and worked at some of the stands and even set up their own nail bar. Thanks to everyone who organised the event and to all those who visited and donated to school funds.
Christmas Singalong
On Friday morning at 9.15am, we will celebrate our Christmas assembly, to which all parents and carers are invited. Pupils from P1-P7 will sing a selection of Christmas songs, which I’m sure you’ll want to join in with, and we will be joined by our chaplain, Mr Povey. We look forward to seeing many of you on Friday at 9.15am.
Remember that, on Friday, children can wear their Christmas jumpers and bring a donation to raise money for the Green Gang.
Craft Club Christmas Post
Friday Parent Craft Club!
We have been having lots of fun trying out some festive crafts and have learned that some things are easier than others.
Here are a few things that we have been working on for the Christmas Fayre on Friday. All the funds that we raise will go back into the school and our club to buy materials.
Christmas Lunch
Today we wore our festive jumpers for our Christmas Lunch. The Primary 7 Young Leaders served us our lunch and we got to relax and enjoy our food with our friends and teachers. Thank you to the kitchen staff for such a yummy lunch!
