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 – Our Local Area
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.
Maths Week Scotland Contest – runs from 25th September to 1st October
West Lothian Sumdog Contest running until Thursday!
There is still lots of time to play in the WL Sumdog contest! Well done to those who have played already. We still don’t have enough players to qualify as we need 5 per class. Login today to take part!
Primary 7 Celebration Videos
https://vimeo.com/430404920
https://vimeo.com/430174321
https://vimeo.com/430389298
Sustrans Summer Cycle Challenges
Cycling Scotland COVID info: https://bit.ly/2WJMbKC
Sustrans Outside In Weekly Challenges
https://bit.ly/37Fx3C2Â –Â week 1
https://bit.ly/3e08SQv – week 2
https://bit.ly/3efKeMx – week 3
https://bit.ly/3ehNVky – week 4
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.
Speech and Language Helpline
Glow Overview for Parents/ Carers
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.
- Use their chat channel for ‘chit chat’. Please do not post ‘hi’ etc in the learning areas.This is making them cluttered.
- 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.
- 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.
