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Primary 6 Weekly Update

This week we completed our Scottish Contexts topic. We recited our Scottish poems in front of our peers, where two winners were chosen to perform in front of the whole school. We all did a great job and are so proud of our representatives!

In Numeracy, we have been working on adding and subtracting decimals using mental calculations and column sums/chimney sums/formal written method. We have grown in confidence in this across the week, where we were then able to answer and create our own word problem examples for our peers.

We began our new topic for the remainder of the term, where we will investigate Body Systems. We began this through sharing what we know as a whole class and coming up with questions we wanted to investigate across the coming weeks.

In Health and Wellbeing,  we looked into what a friendship and/or a relationship is, what makes us a good friend and how to maintain each of these. We collectively created a ‘P6 Friendship Soup’ which incorporated all of our ideas for maintaining positive relationships and friendships. This is now on display in our classroom as a daily reminder.

Have a lovely weekend!

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P3 Scottish Focus

As part of our Scottish focus this term, P3 have been learning about tartan. We looked at how tartan is made and have been practising weaving our own tartan designs.

Within Literacy, we have been learning Scots vocabulary. Everyone did an excellent job of learning a Scots poem and reciting it in front of the class. Well done to Emma-Leigh and Jacob who did a super job when reciting a poem to the whole school at assembly!

We used our knowledge of Scots vocabulary to write new verses for the poem ‘Three Craws’ and then created our own rhyming Scots poems with the title ‘The Fower Doos’.

P3 weaving their tartan designs

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Primary 1 – Scots Poetry Recital

Paper copies of the poems will be sent home on Thursday 9th January

Scots Focus Homework – due Friday 17th January

As part of our Scots Focus in school, your child has been asked to choose a Scots poem to learn for homework. There is a choice of a longer or shorter poem.

The children will get a chance to recite their poems in class on Friday 17th January and a boy and girl will be selected to go through to our school final on    25th January.

Jack and Jill

Twa wee birdies,
Sittin on a hill,
Ane ca’d Jack,
And anither ca’d Jill.

Flee awa Jack,
Flee awa Jill,
Come back Jack,
Come back Jill.

Twa-leggit Mice

by JK Annand

Ma mither says that we hae mice
That open air-ticht tins
And eat her chocolate biscuits
And cakes and sic like things.

Nae doot it is an awfy shame
That mice should get the blame.
It’s really me that ripes the tins
When left alane at hame.

But jings I get fair hungert
And biscuits taste sae nice
But dinnae tell ma mither
For she thinks it’s the mice!

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P2 Poetry Home Learning

Poems will be sent home on Wednesday 8th January

Scots Focus Homework – due Friday 17th January

As part of our Scots Focus in school, your child has been asked to choose a Scots poem to learn for homework. There is a choice of a longer or shorter poem.

The children will get a chance to recite their poems in class on Friday 17th January and a boy and girl will be selected to go through to our school final on    25th January.

The Sair Finger by Walter Wingate

You’ve hurt your finger? Puir wee man!
Your pinkie? Deary me!
Noo, juist you haud it that wey till
I get my specs and see!

My, so it is – and there’s the skelf!
Noo, dinna greet nae mair.
See there – my needle’s gotten’t out!
I’m sure that wasna sair?

And noo, to make it hale the morn,
Put on a wee bit saw,
And tie a Bonnie hankie roun’t
Noo, there na – rin awa’!

Your finger sair ana’? Ye rogue,
You’re only lettin’ on.
Weel, weel, then – see noo, there ye are,
Row’d up the same as John!

Mince and tatties by JK Annand

I dinna like hail tatties
Pit on my plate o mince
For when I tak my denner
I eat them baith at yince.

Sae mash and mix the tatties
Wi mince into the mashin,
And sic a tasty denner
Will aye be voted ‘Smashin!’

K. Annand

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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

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A wee taste of Scottish food and Dancing!

P2S had invited P1 to their class earlier this week to try some traditional Scottish foods and listen to some music.  Some children decided to have a wee dance and try on some tartan.  Mince and tatties went down very well along with some cheese and oatcakes.  The children were able to talk about some food hygiene rules, practised spreading and helped to prepare the food.

Happy Burns Day!

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West Lothian Burns’ Festival

Tonight, four pupils represented PUSCPS at the West Lothian Burns’ Festival. Miss Burton and Mrs Dickie were very proud of them all! Their hard work in learning their poems, together with their confidence at performing in front of a large audience, meant that they were a real credit to our school. Thank you to Miai, Rosa, Olivia and Christopher for representing PUSCPS. Thanks too to their families who came along to support them.

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Celebrating Scotland and Burns!

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.

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