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Term 3 Celebration Assembly

We welcomed along Dr Peter Hughes (OBE) to our Celebration Assembly this morning to share with us his achievement journey. As the past President of the Robert Burns World Federation and former Chief Executive of Scottish Engineering he had lots of stories to share. His enthusiasm and passion for all things engineering was inspiring and he reminded us to work hard and never give up. he even played some instruments and sang for us as well! Thank you very much to Dr Hughes for joining us!

 

Congratulations to our Top Scorers for Term 3!

 

Congratulations to the children who received a STEM Superstar Award for their learning in Maths, Technologies, Engineering and/ or Science.

Congratulations to the children who received an Awesome Author Award for their learning in writing.

We recognised the children who represented the school in the recent P6 Euro Quiz.

We recognised the children who represented the school in the recent P7 Rotary Quiz.

 

Our Primary 6s who took part in skiing received a certificate in recognition of all their perseverance and efforts.

Primary 6 came 59th and Primary 7 came 40th out of 152 schools in the recent West Lothian Sumdog Competition.

We recognised our children who took part in the west Lothian Burns Competition, and their certificate arrived just after the assembly!

All the children in Primary 7 who went to Dalguise received a certificate, and some were nominated by the staff for a special award. The staff were also nominated for awards!

 

All the children in Primary 5 who went to Lendrick Muir received a certificate, and some were nominated by the staff for a special award. The staff were also nominated for awards!

Congratulations to Calder for being the winning house this term and receiving the most house points! Well done.

https://www.slideshare.net/PUSCPS/celebration-assembly-term-3-138637427

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Sharing Our STEM Learning

On Wednesday 13th March we invited our families to come and share our STEM Learning with us. They joined in lots of different activities with their children, you can see some the learning opportunities below.

Thank you to everyone who came along to join us.

Primary 7 shared some of their learning about China and how they have been comparing a school day in China to their own.

Primary 7 China topic

Feedback from our survey included:

What did you find out about your child’s learning that you did not already know?

  • That they were doing human biology.
  • My child knows more than he shows at home.
  • I saw Didbook for the first time, it’s great.
  • My child  is happy to accept help when offered

What other information would you like us to provide during Visit My Class sessions?

  • Some feedback from teachers. I feel the gap is maybe a touch long between feedback sessions.
  • If there is anything my child needs to improve on.

In what other ways can we support you to support your child at home?

  • Continue doing what you are doing.
  • Ways that parents can help effectively with learning.
  • More homework, if appropriate
  • I think this is already being done fine.
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Primary 1 – STEM

After our chicks left last week, P1 were set a technology challenge to design and build a new chick home.  The children made detailed plans for their design and set about building magnificent houses using a range of materials.  Everyone was so impressed by their creativity and focus.

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Primary 4 STEM

This week the children participated in a STEM design challenge to create a sundial from readily available resources.  Each member of the group had a specific role to play e.g. recorder, quality checker, team representative or resource manager to ensure that everyone played a part in the process.  Groups had the opportunity to browse the available resources and then discussed their ideas of how to create their sundials.  They then created their sundials before presenting them to the rest of the class, stating how they came up with their ideas, how the sundials would work and also discussing what they would do differently if they had to build them again.  The children asked Miss Burton to judge their finished sundials.  They answered questions based on the success criteria to help her to decide.

Sundial Challenge

Which materials would work best to build our sundial?

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

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