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!
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.
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
French Immersion Course 2018
At the beginning of the Summer holidays, Mrs Dickie, Mrs Montgomery and I attended a French immersion course in the south of France for a week.
The aims of this course were:
- To improve methodological expertise in the teaching of French to young learners
- To provide participants with materials and ideas suitable for the teaching of French at primary level
- To develop cultural awareness and understanding of contemporary France
- To improve participants’ competence and performance in French
- To use Internet and other ICT resources in your class
We participated in many different activities and games, all of which can be adapted and used in all stages of primary school. We made board games, new family members for fictional families, found new number learning methods and learned classic French playground games and songs.
We were taken on many cultural tours (for example, the local market) which allowed us to practise our French in real-life contexts and collect any French leaflets and magazines which could be used in the classroom.
At the end of the week, we had to create and present a talk in French to sum up what we had learnt and what we enjoyed about the week we had.
Once we had presented, we were awarded our certificates to say we had completed the week and our training.
It was an incredible week and we would highly recommend it to any other teachers who would like to rush up on their French or find some new activities for in class.
We met so many lovely teachers from all over Scotland and Ireland! We are keeping in contact with each other and plan to meet up again soon.
A huge thank you to Sophie and Angelique who made our week so incredible.
Summer Learning
Below are some ideas for summer learning.
Primary 6 received the First Minister’s Summer Maths challenge last week. Please share your solutions on our Twitter Page. @PUSCPS
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
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!
The NED Show
Today we invited The NED Show along to PUSCPS. Â 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.
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
Families Reading Together – 21/06/18
