Save the Date: Learning & Teaching @ PUSCPS
Primary 7 Create Questionnaires on Glow
Primary 7 have created a questionnaire on Glow to ask chilren for feedback on their recent trip to Dalguise.
They logged onto Glow using their username and passwords, and` accessed their email accounts. Then they located the ‘waffle’.
They had to consider some of the different types of questions we might ask about Dalguise. Here are some of the finished forms:
Primary 1 Internet Safety
We are learning … about what the internet is and how we can stay safe while using it.Â
P1 talked about what we knew about the internet, how it worked and what it looked like. We found it very hard to describe it and lots of us thought it was a bit like electricity. We watched a video about it and were able to explain that:Â
- it can be made of wires or wireless using satellites.
- It can send messages across the world.Â
- Phones, cars, computers, televisions all use it.Â
We heard a story about some children playing a computer game against each other when some things popped up on screen. We suggested that the children should ask a grown up if they weren’t sure. This is called asking permission and is a very important way to stay safe online.Â
Mrs McJimpsey was very impressed to hear lots of stories about times that P1 have asked for permission when using the internet.Â
Digital Directors Internet Safety Assembly
Our Digital Directors, led by Mrs McJimpsey, gave us a fabulous assembly on Friday. There were lots of important messages about how to stay safe online. All pupils had spent the week learning about internet safety. This week, the Digital Directors have set a special home learning task:
Create a way to share the important messages of staying safe online. This can be in the form of:
-a poster made on paper
-a digital poster
-a video
If taking part, these should be handed in/emailed to wlpuscps@westlothian.org.uk by Friday 15th February.
We look forward to seeing these.
Learning in P2C -Digital Safety
This week P2C have been learning Digital Safety.
Click the link below to view this and much more.
This SWAY will be updated regularly.
P2S Internet Safety
Primary 2S have been learning about how to stay safe on the internet. We listened to the story of Smartie the Penguin. Throughout the story we helped Smartie make the right decisions when he is on the internet. We learned that it is important to ask a grown up we trust for help when we are using the internet.
This week Primary 2S and Primary 2C have began rehearsing for their class assembly. The assembly takes place next Friday, 15th February at 9.15 am. We look forward to seeing you!
         
P6’s Ten Top Tips for Staying Safe Online
As part of our Safer Internet Day focus, we have been discussing the importance of consent and caution when posting photographs and videos online.
We came up with our 10 top tips to help you stay safe online.
- Keep social media accounts private.
- Remember that you can change accounts to private at any time.
- Ask permission before sharing photographs/videos of anyone.
- Don’t share inappropriate photographs/videos – remember that you are responsible for anything you choose to share online, even if you didn’t create it.
- Don’t share personal information online.
- You can cover your face with an emoji or blur it out if you don’t want it to be shown in a photograph you share.
- Be careful who follows you online – make sure you know who someone is before you accept a follow/friend request.
- Remember that you can block anyone who you think is a stranger or who behaves in a way that you do not like.
- You may wish to have a public account that has no personal information and a private account that you use to share with friends.
- Delete anything that you no longer want online – this list might help you work out what is wise to keep online and what is not!
P6 need your help!
P6 are currently working on a project which involves model making. We would be very grateful for any donations of the following items to help us build our models (we only ask that they are clean):
- milk cartons
- elastic bands
- old clothes/leather
- unused tin foil
- craft feathers
- unused sponges
- yoghurt pots
- plastic drinks bottles
- wool
- fruit punnets
- cardboard
- plastic tubs
- cardboard tubes
- tin cans (ring pull type only, not those that have a sharp edge)
Thank you!
Primary 6
Safer Internet Day – Parents & Carers Advice
Tips, advice, guides and resources to help keep your child safe online.
The website is:
https://www.saferinternet.org.uk/advice-centre/parents-and-carers
Club Wild – It’s never too cold for Blood Orange Sorbet!
We like to make and taste things at Club Wild. Mostly we use what we can find growing seasonally in the school garden or round and about in the orchard and hedgerows, but what could we find that grows at this time in the season?
Sarah-Jane told us that at this time of year she always thinks of citrus fruits, making marmalade and of blood oranges. Blood oranges are only available for us to buy in our supermarkets for a very short period between late January and March so we decided to try using them to make a simple blood orange ice sorbet.
First we cut the oranges in half, some of the colours were amazing. The red pigments that we could see are the same anthocyanins that are found in red autumn leaves. We squeezed the juice from the oranges and saved all the pips to plant later. Sarah-Jane boiled some sugar and water and then added it to our juice. We gave it a quick stir and then popped it in the freezer. In the morning, mashed together, our beautiful pink sorbet was ready. Gillon thought it was delicious and Huriyah gave it a definite thumbs up. Even though it was so cold outside, it’s never too cold for our sweet and refreshing blood orange sorbet 😊.
