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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. Â Today the pupils are talking about our expectations. Â What makes a good PUSCPS pupil? Â See our short video below, and some photos.
https://vimeo.com/232953787
Tomorrow at craft club we are trying our hands at decoupage under the expert tuition of Danielle. It’s a great way of upcycling picture frames, boxes and other things. Please come along between 10:30 and 12:25 if you would like to give it a try and have a good chat at the same time. Coffee, tea, cake and juice to be had and there are crafts and toys for younger children.
Thanks, Sarah-jane
As a school we are provided with a small fund of money each session to support parents in cases where buying essential clothing for school is a financial hardship.
We appreciate that it is not always easy to ask for help, however if you are struggling to provide school uniform, shoes or other essential parts of school clothing we may be in a position to help towards part of the cost.
Please be aware that it is a small amount of money we have and can only help in extreme cases.  Where necessary we would purchase the items on your behalf, we are not able to distribute funds directly.  Please do get in touch with Mr Eagleson or Miss Morrison if you need to discuss this.
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As you’ll be aware the Scottish Government is planning to nearly double the hours of free early learning and childcare by 2020. Because the views of parents and carers are crucial for the success of this expansion, the Government has commissioned independent researchers to undertake a survey of parents. It is now asking for your help in sharing the survey link (www.bit.ly/elc-survey) with as many parents of 0-5 year old children in your community as possible.
All parents taking part will have the opportunity to be entered into a prize draw and have the chance to win one of 10 x GBP100 cash prizes.
The survey is carried out for the Scottish Government by Craigforth, an independent research company. If you have any questions about this survey please send a message to: survey@craigforth.co.uk
We talked about the rules we should follow in the class and around the school. We picked the most important rules for the Class Charter. We decorated hands for the charter then we shook hands with Mrs Campbell and Miss Young to bind us to the contract. Then we linked our rights to the class charter. 
Primary 2 have worked very hard creating their class charter!
We chose rights that we felt were important to our class:
* the right to be ourselves
* the right to say what we think and be listened to
* the right to show what we are good at.
We talked about what we might do in school to ensure these rights are followed. Finally, we ‘signed’ our charter with our own stars.
This is our charter:
Check in with us next week to see what we are learning!
Until then…
Primary 2 & Miss M 🙂
Primary 2-7 pupils signed up to their chosen golden time activity this week and had great fun playing with peers from different classes. All classes have been learning about Rights and Responsibilities since returning to school and article number 31 is a favourite – we have the right to play.
Our Friday parent craft club returns this week from 11 to 12:10. This week we are going to be discussing what we would like to explore in the autumn and winter terms with the Christmas fayre in mind. Everyone is welcome, there are toys and crafts for wee ones along with tea, coffee, juice and cake.
Come along for meeting and spending time with friends, enjoy some knitting, sewing, crochet, decoupage and  jewellery making amongst other things. We all enjoy giving it a go regardless of whether we have tried it before.
Sarah Jane Haston
In the last week, we have been busy settling into our Primary 1 class and getting to know our new teacher, Mrs Strachan. We are already becoming independent at changing our shoes in the morning and remembering to put our snacks in our tray.
Today was great fun! We had lunch in the dinner hall with our parents. Tomorrow is our first full day in Primary 1 so we might be very tired after school tomorrow!
Perhaps you’ve heard your children talking about the Daily Mile and wonder what it’s all about? Â The Daily Mile is a global initiative, started in Scotland, to help instil a healthy habit of daily exercise in young people.
The information below explains the principles behind it and the link below will answer some of the most common questions on the Daily Mile Website. The Daily Mile is inclusive for all children and all ages and is an important part of building a healthy Scotland.
