The nursery boys and girls visited today to see the Sway P1 have made for them. Arran and Millie did a fantastic job of explaining each photo and video clip.
Staff Video: Hall of Fame!
Today at the Primary 7 Celebration Assembly, we surprised our children and families with this fantastic video of our staff team.
https://vimeo.com/344595614
Nursery Assembly
Today our nursery children shared some of their favourite songs with us and even danced! We also presented our pre-school children with a scroll and a gift to wish them on their way to Primary 1!
Thank you to all our families who joined us for our assembly and to the nursery staff for organising it.
Celebration Assembly Term 4
On Friday we had our final celebration of the year.
https://www.slideshare.net/PUSCPS/celebration-assembly-term-4-151247955
Anna and Holly past pupils from PUSCPS, currently at Broxburn Academy, joined us to tell us about their achievement journey. It was fantastic to hear about all the opportunities that Broxburn Academy gives to children. We are very proud of all Anna and Holly’s achievements, thank you for joining us.
Congratulations to our Top Scorers!
STEM Superstars are those children who have made fantastic progress or achievements in science, technologies or maths.
Awesome Authors are those children who have made fantastic progress or achievements in writing.
Ross Logan our Active schools co-coordinator joined us to give out some medals. First of all to those children who attend our after school clubs, the coaches nominated them for an award.
Secondly he gave medals to our fantastic basketball team for the progress they have made this year.
Jack received Most Valuable Player because of his determination, positive attitude, willingness to work hard and because he has been a great team player. Lauren received Most Improved Player, for being to shoe great basketball skills and a positive attitude towards training. We also presented Mrs Hamilton with a gift for being such an inspiring coach.
IDL is a new literacy programme, some children have been using this session to support learning in literacy. Children who have reached milestones in this received certificates.
We recognised those children who took part in the West Lothian Triathlon.
We presented Eve with an award for her piece of writing which is now representing our cluster at the West Lothian Stellar Awards.
Mrs Montgomery received a West Lothian Leadership Award for completing her Early Years Officer course.
This week was the West Lothian Sumdog Competition. P3, P6 nd P5 ranked in the score board and some of our children ranked within the top 100 out of 2097 children!
Finally the house winner of the term was … Almond! Congratulations! We will organise a house treat for the last week of term.
Nursery Induction Evening
Thank you to everyone who attended our Nursery Induction tonight. Please see below for the information that was discussed.
https://www.slideshare.net/PUSCPS/nursery-induction-2019
Nursery Assembly
Nursery Induction Meeting
It has been lovely meeting all our new nursery children and families on  our recent home visits.
Our Induction evening for parents and carers on Tuesday 18th June at 6pm, is an opportunity for you to find out more about the structure of the day, Â how we learn at nursery and to visit our nursery. It will be held in the school gym hall.
Those families who are moving from am/pm sessions to full days, may also want to attend to find out more information.
Families who are starting with us after August are also welcome to attend. We will arrange a home visit and a play date for your child in the  new school session.
We look forward to meeting you then.
Welcome to Primary 1 Transtion Sway
Information for New P1 Families for 2019/20
P1 Induction Evening – Meet the Teacher (for parents):
On Tuesday 4th June at 6pm we would like to invite parents/ carers along to find out about what learning and routines are like in P1. You will also receive all your enrollment forms at this time and have a chance to visit the P1 classrooms. If you are unable to attend the induction evening, the PowerPoints will be available on our school blog and you can pick up your induction pack and forms from the office.
We will have on sale nearly new uniform and school ties for anyone who would like to purchase one. Please remember to return your dine together orders.
Meet the Teacher (for pupils) and Dine Together:
On Tuesday 11th June at 11:00-12pm we invite all our pre-school children to meet their new teacher and class. During this time, parents/ carers are invited to stay for tea and coffee and get to know the other P1 parents.
The morning pre-school children will be brought into the P1 classroom by the nursery staff. Afternoon or new children to the school should meet at the school office at 10:55am.
Following this you will have the opportunity to sample a school lunch with your child (from 12:00pm-12:30pm). A lunch order form is enclosed with letter, please return to school by 4th June with the money for an adult lunch enclosed. You can also hand these forms in on the induction evening.
Summer BBQ
Come and join us for our summer fundraising BBQ. There will be rugby games with parent Mr. Black from 6:15 pm, adult and child tug of war competitions at 7pm, along with sensory games, a treasure hunt, crafts, music and party games. All food will be cooked on the barbeque by parent Mr. Mellor, who is chef and there will be options for vegetarian and gluten free diets.
All food and games are included in the ticket price of £3 for an individual ticket or £10 for a family ticket. These can be purchased beforehand at the school office or on the day at the door. If the weather is not great, all the activities will be set up inside the school. Hopefully the sun will shine 😎
