Please note that there will be an AGM meeting of the PSFA at 7pm on September 21 in the dining hall. All are welcome. 
Meet the Teacher
This Thursday – 14 September 2017
Meet the Teacher is more than just a chance to see your child’s new teacher it’s an opportunity to find out what the year ahead will hold.
Your child’s class teacher will offer a short presentation at 6pm promptly and repeat the same presentation again at 6:30pm so it is important to be on time for one of these sessions.
This will give you information on planned learning for the year and organisational information which you will need to ensure your child participates fully.
The presentation will only take 10-15 minutes with a chance to ask a few general questions. Please be aware that this is not an opportunity to discuss your child’s specific progress or any personal issues. An appointment with your child’s teacher can be made at any time.
For P1 Parents please attend the P1 class at 6pm, if you have other children to see you should be able to attend this at 6:30pm. Mrs Strachan and Miss McLennan will offer a short presentation on the coming P1 year to their own parent group at 6pm. This will then be followed by short presentations on early literacy and early numeracy and how you can help develop these at home. There will be an opportunity to find out more about Online Learning Journals from Miss Morrison after this if required. The P1 information should take no longer than half an hour allowing you to ask questions, visit Miss Morrison to discuss Online Learning Journals, or attend a presentation in another class.
If you have pupils in multiple classes there are two opportunities to see each class presentation – 6pm and 6:30pm. If you have children in more than two classes the presentations used will be available on the blog afterwards.
Engagement from home in pupil learning is key to pupil progress and achievement and we look forward to welcoming you to school on Thursday.
warm regards,
Steven Eagleson
Headteacher
P6 Weekly Blog
We would like to share with you what we have been learning.
‘In maths we have been learning to work with 7 digit numbers’ Erin S
‘In science we have been learning about body systems’ Erin T
‘In writing we have been learning to use emotional language in our diaries about David’ Emma
‘We have been recapping our learning in grammar. We have been identifying nouns, adjectives and verbs’ Ceira
‘Our topic is The Jacobites. I am looking forward to learning all about them’ Calum S
Primary 2
This week, Primary 2 turned chefs with their findings in the garden!
On Monday, we ventured again into the (rainy) garden and went potato picking. We found lots of potatoes, even some purple ones! We thought about how we wanted to use them and decided to make potato soup.
After a lot of washing, peeling, chopping, cooking and blending (by the adults), we had one delicious-looking soup! Which, of course, left only one important job – the tasting! The photos below show our tasting session – can you tell by our faces what we thought?
Check in with us next week to see what we have been learning!
Until then…
Primary 2 & Miss M 🙂
We have the right to play
Pupils at PUSCPS worked extremely hard this week and followed the school rules to ensure they kept their 30 minutes of golden time. Have a look at the photos below and you will see they were having a great time! 
Primary 1
Both primary 1 classes have had a fun and busy week. In numeracy, we have been practising our counting and number formation. In phonics, we are already learning some letter sounds and are beginning to blend these together to make words.
On Thursday, we received a letter from The Friendly Dragon in Fairyland asking for our help. He is very sad because he has lost his castle. He has left a special “dragon-mail” letterbox outside our classroom and we have written back to let him know that we will help him build a new castle. We are very excited!
Assembly Achievement Certificates
1-9-17. Congratulations to this week’s winners.
RRS Magale Representatives
Each class has now voted for reps for our Rights Respecting School – Magale group. This group works with Miss Cave and Mrs Strachan to develop PUSCPS as a Rights Respecting School in line with Unicef principles and to strengthen our support and understanding for our partner school – Magale in Uganda. Congratulations to all.
House and Vice Captains
Our P7 Young Leaders had the opportunity to stand for House Captain this session. They made videos for all pupils to see and then there was a vote from all the pupils in each house. We are proud to introduce our House and Vice Captains for this session.
Jessica McLean and Barry McKerracher (not pictured)- Calder
Charlie Macfarlane and Miai Toall – Breich
Ewen Lacey and Ella Carroll (not pictured) – Almond
Pumphie Pals
Our first Pumphie Pals groups of the year this morning started well with a new group of P7 Young Leaders responsible for planning and delivering the session. Today the pupils are talking about our expectations. What makes a good PUSCPS pupil? See our short video below, and some photos.
https://vimeo.com/232953787
