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P5 had a fantastic trip to the National Museum of Scotland to see the Science and Technology exhibition and the new Robot exhibition as part of their STEM topic.
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.
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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 1 shared their Let It Grow learning with families by designing and creating a chick house. @WL_STEM @STEMedscot @connect_scot @Livingeggs @WLCDYW @ScienceWeekUK #BSW2019 pic.twitter.com/gDJReqV7TB
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P2C shared their Space learning with families by designing and creating a rocket. @WL_STEM @STEMedscot @connect_scot @WLCDYW @ScienceWeekUK #BSW2019 @NASAKennedy pic.twitter.com/dqymiQBxH4
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P2S shared their Doctor Doctor learning. @WL_STEM @STEMedscot @connect_scot @WLCDYW @ScienceWeekUK #BSW2019 @wldigilearn @WlhwbChamps pic.twitter.com/v0T6PdT59T
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P3 shared their My ECO Home learning with families. @WL_STEM @STEMedscot @connect_scot @WLCDYW @ScienceWeekUK #BSW2019 @EcoSchoolsScot pic.twitter.com/np4uS9CtCL
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P4 shared their Space learning with families by designing and creating a sundial. @WL_STEM @STEMedscot @connect_scot @WLCDYW @ScienceWeekUK #BSW2019 pic.twitter.com/fQFcYe4qX2
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P5 shared their Forces learning with families by running different workshops. @WL_STEM @STEMedscot @connect_scot @WLCDYW @ScienceWeekUK #BSW2019 pic.twitter.com/YMwAlxQ14u
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P6 shared their Solar System learning with families by creating planets factfiles. @WL_STEM @STEMedscot @connect_scot @WLCDYW @ScienceWeekUK #BSW2019 @NASA @wldigilearn pic.twitter.com/E28Aa6Ue49
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Primary 7 shared some of their learning about China and how they have been comparing a school day in China to their own.
Some of our nursery children visited the classes STEM sharing the learning event. @WL_STEM @STEMedscot @connect_scot @WLCDYW @ScienceWeekUK #BSW2019 @wlelc pic.twitter.com/DsDbPUhrZz
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We used @GlowScot forms to collect feedback from our STEM sharing the learning event. @Schools_Digital @wldigilearn @WL_STEM @ScienceWeekUK #BSW2019 pic.twitter.com/J4iLzoquE6
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Feedback from our survey included:
What did you find out about your child’s learning that you did not already know?
What other information would you like us to provide during Visit My Class sessions?
In what other ways can we support you to support your child at home?
The first thing we did at Pumphie Pals was to identify which jobs and careers require skills and knowledge for each of the STEM areas.
Then we used information from British Science Week to have our own paper planes competition.
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.
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.
Follow the link below to view learning from our STEM afternoon and more:
