Pumpherston and Uphall Station CPS Blog
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Our lovely school choir – Â which opened our Fayre on Friday – sang at Edinburgh Airport today and had a great time entertaining the people travelling through.
We raised an amazing £285.49!  Well done to Mrs Campbell and her fantastic choir of children!
Don’t forget our fantastic PSFA Christmas Fayre is today – opening by the choir is at 12:45 and the Fayre starts at 1pm.
Food, fun, games and gifts – all in support of your school. Â See you all there!
Every week teachers select one or two pupils in their class who have an achievement to celebrate. If pupils have successes from home to share they can do this at assembly on Tuesday or singing practice on Thursday. Â Where possible, we try to post some photos of these achievements.
Assembly certificates – 22 November 2016
Assembly certificates – 29 November 2016
One of our P3 pupils has a special award from his badminton club to share. 
On Friday Hallie, Liam, Katy and Katie represented our School at the opening of the new sports changing pavilion at Uphall Station sports field.
This new community run facility will be a great boost to sport in our community.
As you are aware our playground is icy. Â Pupils love this and it is great fun. Â In school we encourage pupils to explore different aspects of the world around them safely.
Unfortunately this is obviously not totally safe, and the enthusiasm for ice wears off, even with children, and they just want to run and play again.
West Lothian Council Policy is clear that a single path of entry is gritted to allow safe access to school but that playgrounds and other public spaces are not gritted as this would place an unreasonable demand on the facilities management workforce.
April Edwards, mum of a P1 pupil, and a member of your Parent Council approached me with a novel solution which I think is a great idea and could work – with your support.
On Monday we will receive a delivery of grit-salt which will be in the playground. Â There will be a selection of shovels in the shed and some High-Visibility reflective vests. Â In order to all work together to solve the problem, which so many of you have discussed with me, we need to muck in – grab a shovel – and spread the grit on the playground.
Five minutes of your time in the morning, or after school would see us working together as a community to fix a problem. What a great idea, and a great chance to be involved in supporting your school and all of our children. Â I hope you agree that this is a practical, community-based solution to a problem which we are not able to fix alone.
Steven Eagleson
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The playground is, naturally, quite icy at the moment. Â The pupils are loving it and we are enjoying seeing them have so much fun in the outdoors.
Walking, sliding and playing on icy pavements is a part of life, and there is a great deal of learning, fun and personal development that can come from pupils exploring the world in this way.
However, icy ground is obviously a greater fall hazard than normal. Â We have spoken to all the children about “planning their own safety” and we would encourage you to do the same at home. Â Ice can be great fun if we are sensible and careful when we use it.
Please speak to your children about how to stay safe on the ice. Â Stopping children from playing on it isn’t the answer, they need to learn to manage this risk responsibly.
Last session you helped create a new set of Values for our school:  POSITIVE – UNDERSTANDING – SUPPORTS – CONFIDENT – PERSONAL – SUCCESS
To make the values a meaningful part of our school life, pupils need to understand and use them. Â At Pumphie Pals last week, we made up character names to help us understand and use the values more. Â P4 worked with Mr Eagleson to create the figures to go with each character, and here they are:
Wow winter has arrived with a bang this morning. Â The bundled up little faces below are all well wrapped up and ready for this weather. Â Please make sure that all children are appropriately dressed for this weather as they will be outside even on very cold days.
