Pumpherston and Uphall Station CPS Blog
A place for news, information and sharing learning from PUSCPS
P4 took part in an outdoor symmetry challenge this week. They used natural material and loose parts to create symmetrical art. It was important that both sides of the chalk line were the same. Mrs McJimpsey was  also so pleased at how cooperatively we worked with our teams.  Next term, our next step in symmetry will be to create pictures with more than one line of symmetry.
Primary 1 have enjoyed their outdoor learning this week. After listening to the story, The 3 Little Pigs, we used different materials to make houses for the pigs. Once our houses were ready, we used the puppets we had made to act out the story. Everyone wanted to be the big bad wolf!
We had a great first week back after the Easter holiday. We returned from our holidays in good spirits and enjoyed sharing our news through a recount piece of writing. We self and peer assessed this piece of writing which allowed others to see what we had been up to.
We have been focusing on growth mindset this week where we were set mini challenges, under time constraints. These tasks lasted for 5 minutes and challenged our own mindsets. We created posters for around the classroom with positive quotes on them. These will be used by the whole class when they find a task difficult or overwhelming and need some help to overcome their negative feelings.
As part of our Local Community IDL topic we have been exploring mapping and grid references. We used Google maps to find out about the local area and highlighted how land has been used on a map of the local area. Today we went outside to work on shape, position and movement. We used positional language to give and follow instructions about how to move to a specific place on the grid.
P2/1 has been learning about our village of Pumpherston. Â Granny has bought a new house in Pumpherston and we helped her find out all she needs to know about the area.
We looked on google maps to find out what was in the village and we learned about the different people who can help us in the area.
Granny had a problem with litter outside her new home so we made posters, telling people to keep the village tidy. We also went on a litter pick around our school.
Two pupils from Bathgate Academy recently took part in the Polar Academy experience. They joined us this morning to share their journey and achievements with us. A huge thank you to the boys who gave us a very inspiring presentation.
Introducing our Awesome Authors for Term 2 …
and congratulations to our STEM Superstars.
We recognised one of Primary 7 pupils who received a West Lothian Young People’s Award for her commitment to buddying and supporting younger children in our school.
Congratulations to Breich fro receiving the most house points for term 2!
Today we had a very special delivery to the school from Burton Roofing Manufacturers. Primary 7 wrote letters to Burton Roofing to ask if they could help us for our project – to build our own Anderson shelter as part of our WW2 topic. They were kind enough to offer their support and have very generously supplied us with sheets of corrugated metal and all the fixings. We have spent a number of weeks digging out the base, with the help of Sarah-Jane, for the shelter and we are at the point of almost being ready to build it. Primary 7 and Mrs Andison owe Burton Roofing a huge thank you for the materials. It is great to know we are supported by local businesses.
We will keep you posted on our progress.
Sarah-Jane and Miss Burton attended the West Lothian Council Gardening Awards on Friday 25th October. Our school received two awards:
We received the beautiful plaque below and a gift voucher.
These awards for a fantastic recognition for all the work Sarah-Jane and our Gardening Club have done in the past year.
P7 have been busy working on the foundations for the Anderson shelter we are building. Â The rain has made it a bit tricky!
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