Pumpherston and Uphall Station CPS Blog
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The P1 boys and girls has been very busy over the last 2 weeks settling into their new class. We have talked about some of the rights children have and shared  ideas on how we can have a happy, safe learning community.
We can earn Class Dojo points for our school House teams: Almond, Breich and Calder.
We can also fill ours and others buckets through positive  actions in school.
We will have some ‘Together Time’ each week to celebrate respecting our class promises!
Pumpherston community are twinned with Mtarfa in Malta. This week, Pumpherston welcome 50 guests from Malta for a week long visit. As part of their visit they will visit our school on Friday 29th June.
During their visit we will welcome our guests to a Scottish Assembly at 9:30-10:00am, which you are welcome to attend. Following the assembly, our guests will meet with some groups of children to discuss our school.
Please be reminded that children should wear their school uniform on Friday. P7s will take part in their traditional ‘shirt signing’ after the assembly.
We look forward to you joining us.
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
Some of our P5 children had an idea to run a Harry Potter Lunch Time Club. They made a plan of what they would do, collected the resources they needed and made up a register.
This week the focus was on creating a wand and everyone who came along said they really enjoyed it and are looking forward to the next session.
We are learning to … read and listen to stories for enjoyment.
I can … take part in a story.
I can … retell stories in different ways.
I can … share likes and dislikes in stories.
As part of World Book Day, P1 heard lots of new stories and created lots of art and writing linked to them. We had a big discussion about everything we did and what we thought about reading books.
What was your favourite story this week and why?
Harrison: Aliens love Underpants. I liked making my own underpants!
Hannah: Blown Away. I enjoyed making my own kite. The story is about animals who are blown away on a kite.
Lewis: I enjoyed Aliens love Underpants. My favourite part was when the aliens were dancing!
Jacob: My favourite was Supertato. The best part was when the carrot was stuck in the elevator. I put eyes, masks, legs on different vegetables like celery and carrots.
Which story character did you dress up as this week?
Sophie:Â I dressed up as Belle from my favourite book!
Jessica:Â Anna from Frozen.
Christopher M & Christopher J: We were both Spiderman!
Kenzie:Â I loved being a red Power Ranger!
Jacob and Mitzi – We were Horrid Henry.
What books do you like to read at home?
Corey:Â I like fact books about sharks.
Iona: I like Frozen books
Danielle: I like interesting animal books or books about the seashore. I have lots of different ones.
Hannah:Â My favourite book book is Rapunzel.
Connor:Â Â ‘The Back to Front Bat’ is my favourite.
Grace: I like scary stories.
Logan:Â I like dinosaur stories.
Emma – Leigh: I like non-fiction books.
Ben:Â I like Room on the Broom.
Leah:Â I like Bat-girl stories and I dressed up has Bat-girl.
Ruraidh:Â I like The BFG.
Christopher Pickwell: My favourite story is Who’s in the Loo? It’s a funny story!
Can you spot us all below?
As Golden Time is an important part of our school ethos, the House and Vice Captains decided they would like to consult with the whole school on what is working and what might need changed. We used our Pumphie Pals time today to explore what it might look like in the New Year. Our House and Vice Captains will now meet to collate this information.
We are so proud of Rosa and Darcy.  Over the weekend they decided to raise money for the school by making and selling slime.  Rosa told me the recipe and it is very complicated!  The girls were amazing role-models and fantastic entrepreneurs, raising £66!  Well done girls – be very proud of yourselves as responsible citizens and contributors.
Each class has now voted for reps for our Rights Respecting School – Magale group. Â This group works with Miss Cave and Mrs Strachan to develop PUSCPS as a Rights Respecting School in line with Unicef principles and to strengthen our support and understanding for our partner school – Magale in Uganda. Â Congratulations to all.
