Category: Health and Wellbeing

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Learning & Teaching Workshop: Emotion Works

At the start of every day each class does an emotional check. This gives children the opportunity to talk with an adult about any worries.  The children have the opportunity to check in during the day if something crops up.  Throughout the school the number of emotional vocabulary increases with each stage.

As a school we use the emotion works programme and discuss emotions through characters in books and films.

In nursery we begin by using some simple vocabulary to describe emotions with images and stories to illustrate.  As we move through the school the vocabulary increases and we introduce the concepts of triggers, behaviours, body sensations, regulation strategies, intensity and influences.

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JRSO Update: Parking

At our last JRSO (Junior Road Safety Officers) meeting, we all agreed that the main problem that the school has is the parking situation at the end of the day.

Our JRSOs would like to let you know that it is unsafe for children and adults to park on the grass verges, on the bends and in front of the bollards.

The service area (the area after the bollards) is also an unsafe area to park as this is an area that is used by the children for walking through to get to their cars. It is also to be kept clear as this is an area that is required to be used by the Emergency Services if they are in attendance at the school (hopefully this will never happen). As you know we may need the Emergency Services at any moment and if there are cars parked in this area then this holding back the services from doing their job. So please DO NOT PARK in this area even if the bollard has not been put back in its place.

There are 39 parking spaces that don’t get used at the football pitch grounds. It only takes just over 1 minute to walk from there to the school playground. This area has just recently been resurfaced, so there are no potholes like how there used to be.

The JRSOs feel that this is a much better place and solution to the schools car parking problem.

The JRSO s would like to ask you as parents/carers to think about your child’s safety and please park safely and responsibly.

Thank You

JRSOs

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Term 2 Celebration Assembly

Two pupils from  Bathgate Academy recently took part in the Polar Academy experience. They joined us this morning to share their journey and achievements with us. A huge thank you to the boys who gave us a very inspiring presentation.

Introducing our Awesome Authors for Term 2 …

and congratulations to our STEM Superstars.

We recognised one of Primary 7 pupils who received a West Lothian Young People’s Award for her commitment to buddying and supporting younger children in our school.

Congratulations to Breich fro receiving the most house points for term 2!

https://www.slideshare.net/PUSCPS/celebration-assembly-term-2-218292102

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P2

Primary 2 partnered up with Primary 3 this week in PE to learn  Scottish dancing.

We are busy practising our dance moves and are looking forward to showing them off at the Primary 1- 3 Christmas party!

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West Lothian Gardening Awards Success!

Sarah-Jane and Miss Burton attended the West Lothian Council Gardening Awards on Friday 25th October. Our school received two awards:

  • Best Container Gardern
  • Best Decorative Garden

We received the beautiful plaque below and a gift voucher.

These awards for a fantastic recognition for all the work Sarah-Jane and our Gardening Club have done in the past year.

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Home Learning Choice Boards

At a recent parent partner meeting we discussed our current approaches to homework and the impact homework has on achievement and attainment. Following this we have decided to trial issuing a home learning choice board each term. The choice board is attached and a copy is in your child’s homework book. Their reading homework will sit alongside this and will be in your child’s reading record/ homework diary. We home you find this useful and will ask for feedback in term 4.
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Calder Movie Afternoon

Calder were the term 1 house points winners. Summer and Kyle surveyed the children in Calder to find out what they would like their treat to be and they selected a movie afternoon. They then did a survey to find out which movie and they picked Nanny McPhee. We also picked juice, popcorn and ice lollies for refreshments and dressed in our pjs. We had a fun, relaxing afternoon with our house buddies! Thank you to Kyle, Summer and the P7 Young Leaders for helping to organise and set up the party.

Congratulations Calder!

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