Pumpherston and Uphall Station CPS Blog
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World Book Week:Â 26th February – 2nd March
Reading Challenge
To celebrate World Book Week we are asking pupils to take a photo of themselves reading for pleasure in an usual place. To share your photo you can:
These photos will be displayed at our Book Week Assembly.
Learning intention – To learn more about how to be safe on the internet.
Description of learning activities – We talked about what we would do if we felt unsafe or uncomfortable online. We watched a clip from the Safer Internet website about what to do if we felt stressed or worried about using technology. We learned how to log in on school netbooks with a password and how to open and close apps. We learned what some of the apps on the netbooks were and began using the keyboard to type our names.
Assessment – I can begin to use school technologies safely and appropriately.
I understand why it is important to behave responsibly online.
I can talk about how to stay safe online.
Learning at home – We could go home and practise using apps, opening and closing them. We need to be careful at home in case we feel uncomfortable online and know to tell a grown-up if we are worried. We will be careful about which apps we will use at home and close any videos that are inappropriate. We know not to add or follow anyone we don’t know and not to give details out.
This week at Club Wild, we set to work building a path through the wildlife area within the school car park. With our shovels and wheel barrow we collected the wood chips left for us by the park workmen. It is great to recycle the trees and shrubs. With our rakes, we spread the wood chips and had fun stamping them down. We used logs to line the edges of the path to keep it together and to make it look like a natural woodland path.
The path will give a safe route through the wildlife area, free from jaggy brambles and will take you to all the different wildlife habitats we have created here. It leads from the bug hotel at one end to the rock, wood and compost piles at the other. Take some time to meander along our path, listen to the birds visiting the bird feeders and follow, follow through the trees our zig-zagging , snake-like path.
Club Wild, Mrs Young & Sarah-Jane
Primary 7 created pledges for keeping safe on social media as part of Safer Internet Day.
This week Club Wild joined schools up and down the country to take part in the RSPB Big Schools’ Birdwatch. The Schools’ Birdwatch started in 2001 and since then 2000 schools have been involved with 90,000 pupils getting out their binoculars to become real citizen scientists.
We set up two birdwatching areas in the playground and in the wildlife area at the front of the school. It was lots of fun setting up the bird hides with camouflage netting and we all enjoyed using the binoculars. The only bird we saw in the playground was a pied wagtail although we noticed the big birds; seagulls, crows and magpies circling above waiting until we had moved on.
We carefully set up our hide in the thicket of trees at the front of the school and waited patiently and very quietly. The birds soon came in numbers and it was great to see our usual friends of blue tits, great tits, sparrows, wood pigeons and a robin. We were so lucky to be there as a flock of wee long-tailed tits came together and feasted on the fat balls. Kristina loved the long-tailed tits, so cute and pink.
Back in school we submitted our results to the RSPB who will gather together all the data from the Big Schools Birdwatch with the data from the Big Garden Birdwatch. The RSPB uses the data to monitor long term bird populations and the analysed results are published in March. Freya said that she really felt like we were helping the birds today. The annual birdwatch is as great thing to do.
We hope you enjoy our photos. Hopefully we can share a video of our learning at assembly soon.
Club Wild, Mrs Young & Sarah-Jane.
AM and PM nursery classes celebrated Scotland and Burns last week. We sang Scottish songs and poems and talked about what we knew about Scotland. We looked together at Scottish items and photographs. On Burn’s Day we had a Burns supper for snack and the children had the opportunity to taste haggis, neeps and tatties and dance to Scottish music.
What were we learning?
To learn and perform a Scots’ poem.
What did we do?
For Scots’ week, Primary 2 had to learn one of two poems (‘Dentist’ by JK Annand or ‘Mrs Yule’ by Ally Christie). Miss McLaughlin gave us our poems for homework and we practised them with our grown-ups (thank you for taking the time).
What were our steps to success?
Well done to our poetry performers who wowed us at today’s Scots’ assembly. We are very proud of you!
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