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On Friday we had an assembly to celebrate Book Week Scotland.
https://www.slideshare.net/PUSCPS/book-week-scotland-198894049
We presented the Sum Dog Reading Competition winners with a certificate.
The Literacy Leaders also presented the winning authors with their certificate and book tokens.
We also dressed up as characters from our favourite books.
Congratulations to our Living our Values children.
As part of Book Week Scotland our Literacy Leaders launched a free writing competition – Be a Book Week Author.
On Friday at assembly we announced our winners and presented them with a certificate and book gift voucher.
A big well done to our winners and thank you to the Literacy Leaders, Ms McLaughlin and Mrs Mooney for organising the competition and selecting the winners.
https://www.slideshare.net/PUSCPS/be-a-book-week-author-results
https://www.slideshare.net/PUSCPS/star-writer-awards
Thank you to our Literacy Leaders for leading the Assembly.
Congratulations to the winning entry at each stage.
Congratulations to this Primary 4 whose story will be entered to represent our school at the Stellar Awards.
You can hear the winning entries below, thank you to our Literacy Leaders and senior children for recording the stories for a surprise at the assembly.
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All the children in P1-P7 created a piece of writing for the West Lothian Council Stellar Writing Competition (previously known as Young Writer of the Year).
Our Literacy Leaders had the difficult task of selecting the best piece of writing for each class, and then an overall winner for the school.
On Thursday 6th May at 2:30pm, we will have a special Star Writer Assembly to celebrate and announce those children who have been selected (the children don’t know). Parents/ carers of these children have been informed but everyone is invited to the assembly. We look forward to seeing you!
Today at assembly we launched a whole school competition for the West Lothian Stellar Young Writer Award. Over the next few weeks children will have the opportunity to complete a piece of writing for the competition.
The Literacy Leaders used book lists from the Scottish Book trust to make a list of new reading books we could purchase for P4-7.
Our Junior Leadership Teams (JLTs) are off to a flying start this term. Working in our JLTs helps us to live our values of positivity, understanding, support, confidence and success.
Each team met to discuss their plans for the year – these will soon be shared on each JLT’s notice boards within school.
House Captains
We are responsible for leading special activities, including Pumphie Pals.
Healthy Heroes
We are responsible for promoting healthy initiatives throughout the school.
Sporting Stars
We are responsible for raising awareness of sporting initiatives and for sharing new playground games we have learned.
Creativity Crew
We are responsible for investigating and sharing the ways creativity can enhance learning.
Pupil Council
We are responsible for representing pupil voice on all matters related to our school.
Global Group-Magale
We are responsible for fundraising, raising awareness and communicating with our friends in Magale.
Digital Directors
We are responsible for learning about how ICT can enhance our learning and sharing this with others.
Rights Respecting Rangers
We are responsible for raising awareness of the rights of the child and how these rights can be respected.
Junior Road Safety Officers (JRSO)
We are responsible for raising awareness of road safety issues near the school and in the wider community.
Literacy Leaders
We are responsible for raising awareness and enthusiasm for various literacy initiatives.
Green Gang
We are responsible for raising awareness of environmental issues .
STEM Superstars
(Science, Technology, Engineering and Maths)
We are responsible for sharing our STEM learning to raise awareness and enthusiasm for STEM across the school.
This school session every child from P1 to P7 has had the opportunity to sign up to a Junior Leadership Group. These groups will give all our children the opportunity to lead an aspect of our school improvement agenda whilst having their voice included in developments and decisions.
The groups will meet for the first time this Wednesday, at this meeting they will put an action plan together for the year ahead.
If you feel that you could contribute to supporting one of these groups please contact the school office. 
 