Families Reading Together – 22/03/18
February/March Newsletter
This month we are trying out a new way of keeping you up to date with all our learning and achievements from PUSCPS. It would be great if you could give us some feedback by leaving a comment on our blog post.
Term 4 Dates for your Diary
4-4-2 Reading Challenge
Livingston FC, West Lothian Youth Foundation, the SPFL Trust and Scottish Book Trust have teamed up to launch a pioneering pilot project, which aims to encourage kids to read.
The Lions are working in partnership with 14 SPFL clubs and local libraries, to deliver the 4-4-2 Reading Challenge which aims to inspire children aged 5-12 to read four books in exchange for match tickets.
The initiative centres on a reading “challenge card” which participating clubs and libraries will issue. For every book read, children will receive a stamp on their card.
When they have read four books, participants will receive a FREE match ticket for a home league match at The Tony Macaroni Arena, while an accompanying adult will be able to purchase a discounted ticket.
We are delighted to be part of this initiative, and our children are lucky they have a library on their doorstop. Our cards will be arriving this week and children can visit our Community Library at the times below to borrow a book and collect their card.
- Monday: 2:00-5:00pm
- Wednesday: 2:30 – 4:30pm
- Thursday 2:00-6:00pm
For more information visit the website:
http://livingstonfc.co.uk/community/4-4-2-reading-challenge/
Internet Safety at Home
The NSPCC have produced a guide for parents and carers reviewing sites, apps and social media that are popular with children. You might find this guide useful for helping you to support your child with internet saefty at home.
West Lothian Sumdog Champs!
In the recent West Lothian Sumdog Competition we had 3 children who came in the top 50 out of 3379 competitors!
- 6th Place – Lucas in P6
- 10th Place – Rosa in P4
- 41st – Calum in P4
Out of 157 classes, our classes placed:
- 46th – Primary 4
- 63rd – Primary 6
- 70th – Primary 5
- 79th – Primary 3
This is a huge achievement for our school. A big well done to everyone who took part.
Cluster London Trip
On Monday 12th March Miai and Jessica, two of our house captains in P7 joined our other cluster schools to attend the Commonwealth Games Ceremony at Westminster in London.
Thank you to Broxburn Academy for inviting us along and a special thank you to Ms Henderson (Head Teacher at Kirkhill Primary) and Mrs Fawkes (Head Teacher at Uphall Primary School) for putting together such an exciting programme of events for the children and for looking after our girls. This is definitely something they will remember for many years to come.
#makingPUSCPSmemories
https://www.slideshare.net/PUSCPS/london-2018
Term 3 Celebration Assembly
Today we had our first Celebration Assembly to celebrate all our achievements during Term 3.
We had our first Dojo Top Scorers for each of our houses – they received a £10 gift voucher for WH Smith.
Each teacher nominated a child in their class for the Remarkable Reader Award for making progress in their reading.
They also nominated a child in their class for the STEM Superstar Award for making progress in Science, Technologies, Engineering and Maths.
We gave out Sumdog Awards for the Top 5 in Reading and Maths during our Snow Days.
P7 Young Leaders who took part in the Families Reading Together session received a Head Teacher Award.
The children who took part in the West Lothian Burns festival received a Head Teacher Award.
Miai and Jessica told us about representing our cluster on a trip to London.
Almond won the house points for this term.
Well done to everyone who received an award, and thank you to the families who joined us.
https://www.slideshare.net/PUSCPS/celebration-assembly-term-3
Fundraising Friday! – Friday 23rd March
On Friday 23rd March the Magale Group have organised:
Movies for Magale
Children have a choice to watch one of 7 different films on Friday morning, for a contribution to our partner school in Magale. They can also purchase popcorn for 30p.
As world autism day is on 2nd April, for the dress down day on Friday 23rd March we are asking children to #LightItUpBlue and wear blue to raise awareness of autism for a small donation.
All money raised on this day will go to Magale.
Families Reading Together in Our Community Library
Due to the success of our Families Reading Together sessions during World Book Week, our community library would now like to offer them every Thursday during term time.
We look forward to seeing you there!
