Category: Digital Learning

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Primary 1-3 Seesaw

It is on our records that some parent/ carers have not signed the permission slip for your child to use Seesaw. We are hoping to use this platform in term 2 for your child to share their home learning with us.
This platform is the equivalent of the nursery online learning journals and Primary 4-7 using Teams for learning in school and at home. With that in mind we would like as many of our children signed up as possible. Please ensure you return your permission slip by the end of the week so we can issue you with your child’s log in. If you require a new permission slip please let our office staff know.
For those of you who have returned the permission slip please check your child’s school bag for an envelope with an instruction sheet about how to log in. Currently we do not have any content on their Seesaw account – this will come in term 2.
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Primary 7 – BYOD

If your child is taking part in the bring your own device initiative we request that they please download the following free apps at home:
  • Microsoft Teams
  • Microsoft One Drive
  • Microsoft Word
  • Microsoft One Note
  • Microsoft Powerpoint
They can log into these apps with their glow log in. The first time they log in it will require them to use wl(their username)@glow.sch.uk and their glow password.
We would also request that they download the Sumdog and Kahoot apps.
Thanks for your support.
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P5 & P6 micro:bit Summer Coding Project

The micro:bit is a tiny computer that makes coding tangible and promotes digital creativity.

We have a limited number of micro:bits in school for current P5 and P6 pupils to take part in an independent summer project exploring how they work.

The micro:bits can connect to a PC using a USB cable or ipad using the free ‘micro:bit’ app.

You will be provided with a micro:bit kit and access to online links and tutorial to support your learning.

Please see the form below for more information and to sign up.

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Parent/ Carer Call for Help with P4-7 Glow Teams

First of all, can I please say thank you for your support as we move to Teams for learning. The staff are working really hard to check in with children and set learning tasks. It is fantastic to see so many children engaged and accessing the learning.
As we add more content there are a few points we need your help with as we don’t want the groups to be difficult to navigate. Therefore we would appreciate it if you could take a few minutes to speak to your children about the following points.
  1. Use their chat channel for ‘chit chat’. Please do not post ‘hi’ etc in the learning areas.This is making them cluttered.
  2. When uploading work, they must click reply to the post. That way all the learning for that task stays on the same thread and their teacher gets a notification. Currently, some children, after being reminded, are still posting their work as new posts, meaning the Team channels are becoming difficult to navigate.
  3. Children all learn in different ways, and we know devices in your home might be limited or on a rotation. Therefore, no child should feel stressed to complete all the tasks. They can access them when it is appropriate. However, please ensure your child is accessing something, this indicates to us that they are still learning.
Failing this, we will have to begin deleting the random posts and comments in order to ensure our groups are easy to access and navigate for all children.
If you need any help, please contact the school office on wlpuscps@westlothian.org.uk and we will try our best to help.
Thank you for your continued support during this difficult time.
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P4-7 Glow Teams Responsible Use

It is great to see so many children logging into their glow team and accessing learning today.
Please remind your child – the team is for learning and is not for general ‘chit chat’, for example ‘Hi’ or ‘What are you doing?’ The current level of ‘chit chat’ from some children is meaning it is difficult for children to find their tasks and for teachers to see what has been completed.
Each team has a chat channel, which is a more informal way that children can communicate to each other.
The children decided the following ways to use their Team responsibly:
Thanks for your support with this.
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