Come along and join us!
Uphall Station Gala Day
Programming a micro:bit with help from Sky!
As part of National Digital Learning Week, today Shona and Craig from Sky joined Primary 4 and 5 to share their knowledge of programming a micro:bit.
A micro:bit is a tiny programmable computer, designed to make learning and teaching easy and fun! Some of us even managed to programme it to say our names.
A big thank you to Shona and Craig for showing us this new piece of hardware, we were impressed how we used our prior knowledge of programming in order to use the micro:bit.
They also shared with children information about their jobs at Sky and what skills and experience they need.
Courier Fame!
Read the fantastic article that Sarah-Jane submitted to the West Lothian Courier about our Mad Hatter’s Tea Party.
https://www.dailyrecord.co.uk/news/local-news/west-lothian-schools-mad-hatters-15659471
School Improvement and PEF Evaluation
We would like to invite parents and carers to evaluate our improvement plan and PEF plan for this session and to contribute for our planning for next session.
The sheets below are available to comment on:
- at the office area this week
- during families learning together
- or leave a comment on this blog post
We would really appreciate your comments and contributions.
Uphall Station Gala Day
The Uphall Station Gala Day Committee would like to invite our school/nursery children to their annual Gala Day on Saturday 8th June 2019.
The parade will leave from Beechwood Grove, at 12.30pm. The committee have requested that all walkers be at the starting point for no later than 12.00pm to allow everyone to be organised. The route should take no longer than an hour and is suitable for all ages.
We would like to encourage as many of our children and parents to walk in the parade. All children should be accompanied by a parent/carer throughout the parade it is along a main road. Stewards and police will also be in attendance. Mrs Cougan will also be there to meet the children with the school banner.
Miss Burton been asked to lead the parade this year in recognition of her achieving the permanent post of Head teacher. As this is a fantastic honour for our school, she would like to invite the House and Vice Captains to walk with her in leading the parade
The theme is Tropical “so everyone is encouraged to dress up as colourfully as they can.
Following the parade a fun day will take place including annual traditional races. These will commence at 1.30pm in Marrfield Park and there are many opportunities for everyone to participate. Entertainment will include inflatables, bouncy castles, toddler zone, disco dome, trampolines and small traditional stalls. Snacks, a burger/ ice cream van and candy floss will be on sale as well as flags and traditional gala bags.
National Digital Learning Week
World Autism Awareness Day
Today we celebrated World Autism Awareness Day.
We all wore our favourite colours to show how we are all different.
Mr Ullathorne, one of our parents who works with Autism Initiatives took workshops with P2-7. They discussed autistic super powers, neurodiversity and sensory overload.
A big thank you to Mr Ullathorne for giving up his time to come and work with us.
Great fun today taking workshops with children from P2-P7 for #WorldAutismAwarenessDay.. Talked autistic superpowers, neurodiversity & meeting each others' sensory needs.. Proud to work with @AutismInit to support people to have control & choice in life ❤https://t.co/IypN9stJQS
— Tom Ullathorne (@TomUllathorne) April 2, 2019
Term 3 Celebration Assembly
We welcomed along Dr Peter Hughes (OBE) to our Celebration Assembly this morning to share with us his achievement journey. As the past President of the Robert Burns World Federation and former Chief Executive of Scottish Engineering he had lots of stories to share. His enthusiasm and passion for all things engineering was inspiring and he reminded us to work hard and never give up. he even played some instruments and sang for us as well! Thank you very much to Dr Hughes for joining us!
Congratulations to our Top Scorers for Term 3!
Congratulations to the children who received a STEM Superstar Award for their learning in Maths, Technologies, Engineering and/ or Science.
Congratulations to the children who received an Awesome Author Award for their learning in writing.
We recognised the children who represented the school in the recent P6 Euro Quiz.
We recognised the children who represented the school in the recent P7 Rotary Quiz.
Our Primary 6s who took part in skiing received a certificate in recognition of all their perseverance and efforts.
Primary 6 came 59th and Primary 7 came 40th out of 152 schools in the recent West Lothian Sumdog Competition.
We recognised our children who took part in the west Lothian Burns Competition, and their certificate arrived just after the assembly!
All the children in Primary 7 who went to Dalguise received a certificate, and some were nominated by the staff for a special award. The staff were also nominated for awards!
All the children in Primary 5 who went to Lendrick Muir received a certificate, and some were nominated by the staff for a special award. The staff were also nominated for awards!
Congratulations to Calder for being the winning house this term and receiving the most house points! Well done.
https://www.slideshare.net/PUSCPS/celebration-assembly-term-3-138637427
P4-7 Visit the New Pump Track
In order to support health and safety and assessing risk at the new Pump Track beside our school we have taken P4-7 over for a visit. Although the Pump Track is not part of our school we know it is very tempting for our children on their way to and from school, so we wanted to support them with making decisions about the track.
First of all we discussed tips Miss Burton had previously shared with us:
- ALWAYS wear a helmet, and elbow and knee pads.
- Ask permission from your parents/ carers.
- Only use your own bike/ scooter.
- Read the safety signs.
- Don’t use the track before school, unless agreed with your parent/ carer.
- Don’t walk on the track if people are cycling.
We read the safety signs at the track.
We risk assessed the track, to discuss which parts we thought might be tricky.
Then we walked, fast walked or jogged around the track. This helped to give us a feel for what the track is like. Some of us even thought it would be good to do our daily mile on the track.
Some of our children who are very confident at using the track, volunteered to take part in a photo shot to promote the track by West Lothian Council. You will see that they are all wearing a helmet.
