Health and Wellbeing – Page 18 – Pumpherston and Uphall Station CPS Blog

Our primary 7 children have been working hard preparing their House Captain manifestos! We look forward to seeing the results at the House Election on Monday!

Good luck everyone!

August 25, 2018

Building Our Community

During the first two weeks of school, classes are focusing on building their class learning community. This is an opportunity for the children and staff to develop their relationships and get to know each other, therefore building a strong foundation for learning.

Some of the activities they will be completing are:

Creating their class community contract
Internet safety
Exploring a school value to share at our values assembly
Establishing routines
Primary 1 and 7 have had buddy time
Primary 7 are also preparing for the House Captain Election
P2-7 children will also complete a spelling assessment.

The classes will blog on Friday about their Community Contract so that families are aware of the expectations in each class.

August 25, 2018August 25, 2018

Welcome Assembly!

On Friday we had our welcome back assembly. It was lovely to see our happy, smiley PUSCPS family back together. It was also fantastic to see every child wearing their school uniform, I would like to thank our families for their support with this.

We explored the value of positivity, which is our value of the month. Using emotion works we discussed:

Emotion words: What other words do we use for positivity?
Body sensations: How does our body feel when we are positive?
Triggers: What makes us feel positive?

We also celebrated the achievement of some of our children who completed the Tesco Bank Summer Reading Challenge at Pumpherston Library. The challenge finishes at the end of August so there is still time to complete it.

Congratulations to our summer readers!

https://www.slideshare.net/PUSCPS/welcome-assembly-2018

June 28, 2018June 28, 2018

Breich Neon Party

Today Breich celebrated receiving the most Dojos in Term 4 by having a Neon Party. Everyone dressed in neon clothes and we got glow bracelets. We danced, played games and had lots of brightly coloured food. Thanks to our House and Vice Captains for organising and to our P7 Young Leaders for helping.

Well done Breich!

https://vimeo.com/277545172

June 26, 2018

Primary 3 Highland Games!

On Friday, Primary 3 enjoyed taking part in a ‘Highland Games’ event at Broxburn Academy. This was extra special as it had previously been postponed due to very windy weather. Here are some photos of them taking part in the various activities on the day. They were an absolute credit to our school, showing fantastic sportsmanship, and supporting their friends. Well done to all in P3, we are very proud of you!

June 21, 2018

The NED Show

Today we invited The NED Show along to PUSCPS. NED is a loveable cartoon character whose name is an acronym for Never give up, Encourage others, and Do your best. Teachers love that NED is simple, relatable and kid-focused. The Assembly reminded us of our school values. Well done to Ewen, Caitlin and Sam who received a yo-yo for their participation. Thanks to Chad for coming along to present as part of The Ned Show.

June 20, 2018

Primary 1 Transition Challenge

P1 met with the nursery children to share information about life in P1. They had drawn pictures and recorded their voices using an app called ‘Our Story’. Unfortunately, it can only be played on Ipads so we have uploaded the pictures without the audio for you to enjoy. The nursery children asked some really good questions about P1 and were particularly interested in the big playground.

We are looking forward to seeing you in the playground in August nursery boys and girls!

Primary 1 🙂

https://www.slideshare.net/PUSCPS/nursery-to-p1-transition-challenge

June 19, 2018June 20, 2018

Health Week 2018

Our Health Week was a great success at PUSCPS! During the week, we had lots of different visitors to our school and we learned a lot. We had instructors in judo, kuk sool won, as well as coaches from Linlithgow Rugby Club and active schools. All classes enjoyed ‘Bodyworks’ sessions with staff from Glasgow Science Centre – these comprised engaging science shows, interactive workshops and amazing exhibits, designed to teach children about the human body. Our school nurse also visited classes to teach the children about different ways to stay healthy. Each class had the opportunity to use the curling equipment and learned to prepare healthy food in class. Everyone enjoyed trying something new. Our sports day on the Thursday afternoon went very well – we even had a sunny day! First, there were potted sports and then each class selected races to compete in. On the Friday morning, we rounded off our week with an assembly to celebrate all the learning (and fun!) that had taken place over the whole week. Each class was asked to present on their favourite activities. The winning house from sports day was then announced. Well done to …. Almond!!

http://www.slideshare.net/PUSCPS/health-week-assembly

June 19, 2018June 19, 2018

Term 4 Celebration Assembly

Today we had our second Celebration Assembly to celebrate all our achievements during Term 4.

Ruby and Meg, pupils from Broxburn Academy joined us to share with us about their achievements and their journey to achievement. They reinforced our school values and how it was important to preserve to achieve your dreams, although at times you might have set backs.