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Big Spring Clean

Well done everyone for putting in a fantastic effort for our Big Spring Clean this afternoon! P1 – P6 did a great job of cleaning up our school grounds and the surrounding local area in a safe and responsible way. Thank you very much to our many parent helpers for getting involved too.

Classes also attended an assembly run by David and Alan, Education Officers from Cleaner Communities, which taught us about the impact that litter can have on the environment. Did you know that West Lothian Council spends almost £3 million a year on cleaning up litter? Just think what else that money could be put towards if we all did our part in reducing litter!

Thank you to the members of our Green Gang Junior Leadership Team for their work in organising this event. Keep up the hard work in making Pumpherston and Uphall Station a cleaner and safer place!

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National Digital Learning Week: Developing the Young Workforce

National Digital Learning Week is 13-17th May.

If you have a job/ career/ interest in an aspect of digital technologies we would love for you to come and work with our children during this week. This could be a chat about your job and the skills and knowledge you require, or a workshop to show a class how to use an aspect of digital technology, for example, an app, photography, coding, etc.

Please complete the form below and we will be in touch with you. (Your data will not be shared with others).

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Primary 1-7 Sports Day

Sports day will take place on Thursday 9th May at 1:30pm, on the playing fields beside the school. Sports Day will include potted sports and traditional races. Children can come to school on Thursday dressed ready for Sports Day, please ensure no football colours are worn. We would also request that all children remember to bring their water bottle to school on that day so they can take it to the field with them. To join in with their team spirit we would request if possible children wear a top in their Pumphie Pals colour:

  • Almond – Green
  • Breich – Red
  • Calder – Blue

There will be an area on the field designated for families to spectate the events and we would request that parents/ carers please stay in this area. Dogs are not permitted at Sports Day. Please note, due to health and safety, there will be no access to the school for spectators. Due to photograph restrictions, we ask that you only take photographs of your own child/ children and ensure that no photos or videos of other children are taken, or posted on social media.

At the end of Sports Day, can we please request that all parents/ carers stay on the field until all the children have safely returned to the school building. Then we will open the playground and parents/ carers can collect their child from outside their classroom door.

Should we have to cancel due to the weather, we will Groupcall you by 11.00am on that day.

We look forward to you joining us for a fun and healthy afternoon!

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Best Start Grant

Best Start Grant is a new package of three payments from Social Security Scotland intended to give extra money to lower income families during the early years of a child’s life.

Applications are already open for the Best Start Pregnancy and Baby payment of £600 for a first child and £300 for subsequent children.

The new Best Start Grant Early Learning Payment is £250 for children aged two to three and a half.  Applications open 29 April 2019.

The Best Start School Age payment (a one off payment of £250 available to children due to start P1) – applications open on 3 June 2019.

These grants are separate from the school clothing grants available from West Lothian Council.  If eligible you can receive both.

For more information or to check if you are eligible to apply,you can contact West Lothian Council’s Advice Shop 01506 283000 option 4. Or you can apply online at https://www.mygov.scot/best-start-grant/

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Calder Neon House Party

Calder selected a Neon Party for receiving the most house points in term 3. Andrew and Charlie created a fun morning of musical bumps, greatest dancer and glow corners. Everyone also had fun dancing with their glow sticks. Thank you to all the P7s in Calder who helped to lead the party.

Congratulations Calder!

 

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Nursery Care Inspection Success

As you know, in February our nursery underwent a Care Inspection under the new model of inspection.

They graded us: 

  • Quality of care and support 5 – Very Good
  • Quality of management and leadership 4 – Good

Some of the positives from the report included: 

  • We found the nursery to be welcoming with a warm and friendly atmosphere.
  • Children experienced kindness and compassion from staff that used physical affection, for example high fives and cuddles, to ensure children felt
    supported and secure.
  • The service provided different opportunities for parents to stay and participate in their child’s nursery experience, including termly ‘stay and play’ sessions.
  • A nursery blog, weekly newsletter and online learning journal were in place to share updates with parents.
  • Children requiring additional support had individualised plans in place which were subject to regular review.
  • Staff worked in partnership with other professionals, such as speech and language therapists and a link educational psychologist to ensure children experienced consistent and stable support.
  • It was evident staff valued snack time and understood the learning opportunities and positive experiences it could provide. Children enjoyed an unhurried snack in a relaxed atmosphere with many different conversations and social interaction taking place.
  • Children were encouraged to be active and had daily access to a well-equipped nursery garden.
  •  Staff supported children to risk assess independently by teaching them how to make judgments based on their
    individual abilities.
  • Staff told us they felt supported by the senior leadership team and all newly appointed staff confirmed they had a mentor to support their integration into the team.
  • Pumpherston and Uphall Station Community Primary School
    had experienced a number of recent changes, including staff roles and responsibilities, and their overarching approach to play, learning and development. The changes had been well led and managed, and were having a
    positive impact on children.
  • We found a strong commitment from senior leaders and staff to collegiate working within the setting and wider learning community.

You can read the full report here:

Nursery Care Inspecorate Report 2019

The positive finding of this reports reflects effectively our nursery team work together to provide high quality learning experiences and care for our children.

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Tempest Group Photos – P1, P7 and Basketball Team

On Wednesday 1st May we will have group photos for P1, P7 and our basketball team taken by Tempest Photography.

Primary 1 children should wear their school uniform as usual on that day.

Primary 7 children should wear their school tie and a shirt, if your child needs to borrow a shirt from the office can you please let the office staff know in advance. We would request that the P7 children also bring along their leavers’ hoodie so that we can get a group photo of them. They can also wear their hoodie to their trip later that afternoon.

Any child who has played in our basketball team will also have a photo. We have school shorts and a team t shirt for these children to wear for the photo.

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Easter Assembly

On the last day of term Mrs Cougan and our House and Vice Captains organised our Easter Assembly.  Mr Povey joined us to share the Easter message, as well as some of our families.

Thank you to everyone who participated in the assembly and to those families who could join us.

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National Digital Learning Week: Developing the Young Workforce

National Digital Learning Week is 13-17th May.

If you have a job/ career/ interest in an aspect of digital technologies we would love for you to come and work with our children during this week. This could be a chat about your job and the skills and knowledge you require, or a workshop to show a class how to use an aspect of digital technology, for example, an app, photography, coding, etc.

Please complete the form below and we will be in touch with you. (Your data will not be shared with others).

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Movies for Magale

On our last day of term Mrs Strachan and the Global Group organised a Movies for Magale Day. Children could opt into a movie they wanted to watch and also dress down in their own clothes.

We raised an amazing £200 for our partner school in Magale. A big well done to the Global Group and to everyone who donated.

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