Term 3: Celebration Assembly
On Friday 29th March at 9:10am, we wll have our Term 3 Celebration Assembly. Those children who are receiving our STEM Superstar and Awesome Author awards have received an invite.
We will also be recognising:
- P7 Camp
- P7 Rotary Quiz
- P6 Euro Quiz
- P6 Skiiing
- P5 Camp
- Class Sumdog Awards
- Burns Competition Entries
Dr Peter Hughes, the previous Chief Executive of Scottish Engineering and previous President of The Robert Burns World Federation will be joining us to share his success story.
Please feel free to come along and help us celebrate!
Pumphie Pals: British Science Week: STEM
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.
Visitors to the Nursery
Mr Fish the Fireman came to visit the PM children and show them all the things that he has on his uniform. He talked about his helmet and uniform and how they keep him safe from the heat of the fire, he showed us his visor to protect his eyes. He lots of thing to help on his uniform. He has a whistle to be found in building, he has a torch to see. His boots are special in the way that they are made of strong material to keep his feet safe from anything that could fall on them.
The AM children had a visit from PC Manderson and his colleague to tell us about their job as police officers. They talked about all the things that they do as officers and explained about all the equipment they have on their uniforms. They let us try on their hats and when they left they put on the blue light and the siren on the police car for us.
P6 WE Schools workshops
WE Schools visited our P6s yesterday. The children took part in three workshops, debating issues such as climate change, bullying and hunger. The P6s were very respectful of each others’ opinions and Annie from WE Schools said they were a pleasure to work with. Well done P6!
Families Learning Together
Fun Time Friday: Camera Club: Our Nursery
P6 Euro Quiz
Four of our Primary 6s joined schools across West Lothian at Howden Park this morning where they took part in the West Lothian heats of the Scottish European Educational Trust Euroquiz 2019. We were so impressed with how much of their own time they had used to learn about Europe. They answered four rounds of questions – geography, languages, European union and culture/sport/history of Europe. A big congratulations to our team!
Digital Internet Safety Challenge in P7
This afternoon we used the app Kahoot to assess what we knew about social media, we loved trying out this new website! We made up nicknames not giving away our identity and answered different questions.
Then we discussed that although most social media apps and online games are for over 13 and 16 year olds, it was important to think about how we stay safe online, if our parents or carers give us permission to use these apps.Â
Miss Burton set us a digital challenge with a difference – we weren’t allowed to use PowerPoint!
First of all we brainstormed all our top tips and then selected our top 5!
Some of us made a Sway using our glow log ins.
Some of us made videos using the green screen and edited them using iMovie.
Some of us made a poster using Word.
We have been playing in our Nursery Police Station and Post Office
Over the last couple of weeks the nursery children have been interested in the Post Office and the Police Station.
After reading the Jolly Postman book the AM children decided to send a letter to the PM children asking them lots of questions about their nursery day. The children walked to the post office and bought a stamp and posted the letter in the letterbox. A few days later the PM Children received their letter and wrote a letter back to the AM children buying a stamp and posting it at the post office.
The children have been using the post box in the nursery learning that they need to use stamps to pay for the postage. They have been using the scales to weigh their packages and that to post a letter they need to use the correct name address and a post code.
Lucy and Freddie asked for the Police hats and a Police Station.
The children have been looking at their fingerprints, Talking about the jobs the Police do and making looking towers to catch the “baddies” and a jail in the garden! The children are continuing to learn about the job the Police do and we may even have a visit from a real Police Officer.
