Pumpherston and Uphall Station CPS Blog
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And so we have reached the end of our first day! You’ll be pleased to know that our campers are all in bed and have had a fantastic first day here. Breakfast tomorrow is at 7.30am, so hopefully they all have a good night’s sleep and are up early for a full day of activities. Here are the first of the photos from today. We will post more soon – the internet connection is a bit slow so please bear with us! Good night from Mrs Dickie, Mrs Mooney & Ms Young.
We arrived safely at Dukeswood this afternoon and the first job was to unpack and make beds! The children have taken part in lots of activities today including indoor climbing, orienteering, aeroball, bushcraft, fencing, and Jacobs ladder. We have also enjoyed a lovely dinner where children had the choice of curry or pasta. Mrs Dickie will post all our photos from today as soon as possible. Everyone is having a great time and looking forward to a campfire and scrap heap challenge this evening.
At Pumpherston and Uphall Station Community Primary School, we are beginning to organise our Developing the Young Workforce Week on 22nd – 25th May 2018. Last year we had great support from our school community. This year again we are asking if any parents, carers or members of our community can support this valuable learning opportunity for our children, as we really need your support for this week to a success. If you can offer some of your time to come into school or make a video about your job or interest can you please fill out the form below.
This week at club wild we dyed eggs using only natural materials. What an amazing result!
Here is how we did it.. First we went outside to collect leaves and flowers, looking for interesting leaf patterns or shapes.
Back inside we arranged the plant material on the eggs and wrapped them tightly with dried onion skins (either brown or red onion skins). We then wrapped the egg in a bit of muslin and tied it with string. Then we placed them in a pan of water which was boiled for 5 minutes and left overnight to cool and soak up the dye.
We carefully peeled the wrapping off and saw beautiful plant shapes transferred to the bright red eggs.
We had lots of fun rolling the eggs down the orchard hill. Erin, Kristina, Oscar and Kyle had indestructible eggs but after roll upon roll Kyle’s egg won. It was still complete with the amazing colour and plant impressions all from nature.
Sumdog are running a UK Maths Contest starting at 8am on Friday 30th March and runs to 8pm on 5th April. All children can take part in this competition.
Good Luck Everyone!
The NSPCC have produced a guide for parents and carers reviewing sites, apps and social media that are popular with children. You might find this guide useful for helping you to support your child with internet saefty at home.
In the recent West Lothian Sumdog Competition we had 3 children who came in the top 50 out of 3379 competitors!
Out of 157 classes, our classes placed:
This is a huge achievement for our school. A big well done to everyone who took part.
Out of 86 classes:
Out of 1908 pupils, the top 50 score board is:
The competition closes on Thursday.
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