Category: Nursery

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New P1 Families Dine Together

Meet the Teacher (for pupils) and Dine Together:

On Tuesday 19th June at 11:00-12pm we invite all our pre-school pupils to meet their new teacher and class. During this time you are invited to stay for tea and coffee and get to know the other P1 parents. If your child is currently in the morning Nursery we will take them over to their P1 classroom. If they are currently an afternoon child you will have to make arrangements for them to be at school by 11am. Following this you will have the opportunity to sample a school lunch with your child (from 12:00pm-12:30pm). A lunch order form and more information will be given out at the induction evening.

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Transition

It’s that time of year when we start thinking about moving on. Our Primary 7 and pre-school children have already started their transition journey over the past few weeks and months.

Transition Challenge

As part of Health Week,  P1 – P7 have been set a transition challenge to teach the new children coming into their stage about their learning, achievements and events this year.

Here is an example of the P7 challenge:

Here are the P6s hard work completing the challenge:

Watch this space for the final results!

Moving up Morning 

On the 19th June we will have our moving up afternoon when our children will have the opportunity to meet their new teachers.

Class Structure

Currently our class structure for next session is:

  • P1
  • P2
  • P2
  • P3
  • P4
  • P5
  • P6
  • P7

*This is our current structure, however we are still awaiting our final numbers for Primary 1, so this may be subject to change if our numbers increase. 

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Nursery to Primary 1 Transition

We have organised a range of events to ensure a smooth transition for your child into Primary 1. As your child is a currently enrolled as part of our nursery, most of these events will naturally happen and you do not need to make any extra arrangements.

Learning together

For this opportunity the pupils will be spilt into groups depending on whether they are a morning or afternoon child. They will get to experience what learning is like in a P1 environment. They will experience this at three different points over May and June, including a playground session, allowing them to experience the playground.

Assemblies:

Children will have the opportunity to join us with our whole school assemblies at different points during the term.

Buddy Visits:

Their buddy is a P6 child who has been matched with your child to support them during transition and to help them find their way around the school. We have organised for their buddy to visit the nursery three times before the end of this school year.

P1 Induction Evening – Meet the Teacher (for parents):

On Tuesday 5th 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 enrolment and order forms at this time and have a chance to visit the P1 classrooms.

Meet the Teacher (for pupils) and Dine Together:

On Tuesday 19th June at 11:00-12pm we invite all our pre-school pupils to meet their new teacher and class. During this time you are invited to stay for tea and coffee and get to know the other P1 parents. If your child is currently in the morning Nursery we will take them over to their P1 classroom. If they are currently an afternoon child you will have to make arrangements for them to be at school by 11am. Following this you will have the opportunity to sample a school lunch with your child (from 12:00pm-12:30pm). A lunch order form and more information will be given out at the induction evening.

Information for NEW families to PUSCPS

Learning together:

The pupils will get to experience what learning is like in a P1 environment and to meet their P7 ‘buddy’. They will have the opportunity to experience this at four different points over June and you are invited to bring your child along to any/all of them.

  • 29th May: 1pm-1:30pm
  • 6th June: 1pm – 1.30pm
  • 13th June: 1pm-1:30pm
  • 27th June: 12.30pm – 1pm (playground visit to allow children to experience playing in the playground with their buddies)

We look forward to meeting you all.

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Developing the Young Workforce Week

Developing the Young Workforce (DYW) is a programme organised by the Scottish Government  that aims to better prepare children and young people aged 3–18 for the world of work. Last week we held our annual DYW Week in order to share with our children different a range of types of jobs/ carers and the skills, qualifications and values you require to fulfill these roles.

This year we had a range of speakers and visitors from our local community and beyond. We also used a website called Founders4Schools and our contact Arlene Nicol from West Lothian DYW to find people to visit us.

Our visitors included:

  • Mrs Edwards ~ Team Building Skills
  • Mr Walker ~ 35 Cycles
  • Mrs Gent ~ Community Midwife
  • Mr Cecil ~ STEM East
  • Ms Haston ~ Archaeology
  • Alison & Rachel ~ Narnia Hair Design
  • Mr Fish ~ Fire fighter
  • Mr Wilson ~ Postman
  • Ms Szawlowska ~ Carer/ student
  • Mr Mitchell ~ PBC Foundation
  • Kristy & Dawn ~ Dawnfresh
  • Applied Science Students ~ West Lothian College
  • Mr Russell ~ Wright and Maclennan Ltd
  • Jenny Cambell ~ Resilience Engine

We would like to say a huge thank you to everyone who visited us and helped to make it such a huge success. Ms Haston organised for WL Courier to visit us … So watch this space!

The learning outcomes we explored during the week were:

Nursery – P1:

  • I can communicate with people about the different jobs they do in my community.
  • I can discuss some of the rewards that a job brings
  • I can role play different job roles.
  • I can develop ideas and take part in projects to make things.

P2-4:

  • I can describe different jobs in my community and some of the skills needed for these.
  • I can learn about the world of work from visits, projects and my experiences.
  • I can talk to employers about myself and about their workplace.
  • I can recognise that there are different ways to get a job.
  • I can talk about the types of jobs that interest me

P5-7:

  •  I can discuss the relevance of skills to the wider world and make connections between skills and the world of work.
  •  I can explain to others my ambitions/what I would like to do and look for ways to achieve them/that.
  • I can recognise the skills I have and need for work.
  • I can apply my skills to get more information about jobs/careers.
  • I can identify different types of enterprise opportunities and engage in them.

You can find out more about our DYW Week by visiting our blog.

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Nursery Developing the Young Workforce Week

This week the nursery children have been learning about the world of work.  We have had visits from a firefighter, a postman and a care worker.  We looked closely at some of the equipment Mr Fish uses to help him with his job.  Mr Wilson let us try on his outfit and we learned that he can choose to wear three different types of hats – a summer hat, winter and a skip hat.   We talked about the role of a care worker with Kaz.

In nursery we set up our own Post Office with letters,  post cards, stamps and labels.  We can also weigh parcels to see how heavy they are.  Our nursery fire station is set up with a telephone and emergency forms to fill in to tell the firefighters where to locate the fire or emergency.  We also have home made hoses to put out fires.

Thank you to all our visitors who helped develop and support our learning this week!

 

 

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Nursery Digital Learning Week.

This week we have been using a range of digital equipment in the nursery.

We start our day by using the Smartboard to register. We find our name on the board and when we click on it a picture appears related to our topic. This week we have baby animals.

We have been using our Ipad’s to record how big our plants are growing. We have planted seeds, broad beans, runner beans, peas and potatoes with Sarah-Jane. JJ said our potatoes are “huge”. Kai took pictures of our wild flowers and said the flowers are “for the bees!”

We have used the nursery digital cameras to take pictures of our learning. We have been looking at where mini beasts live and what they like to eat. Demilouize said “they (worms) like to live under the ground in the dark”.

We have been using Beebots and our remote control cars to show we can use our fine motor skills to move the cars and Beebots in different directions. We talked about the Beebots moving forwards and backwards and we used the remote controls to drive the cars in all directions.

We used some new technology this week in the form of a “busbi video”. We used it to record our day outside in the sun and watched it back on the Smartboard together.

Outside we  had painting, water play, snack outside, bikes and wheeled toys and we watered our plants.

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The Nursery Have Been Learning French

We have been learning French words and phrases in nursery over the last term. We can answer “what is your name?” by replying “je m’appelle…..”. Count to ten and we know lots of colours. This term we have asked to learn  “All about me” We will learn about all our body parts from our heads to toes and will be singing our favorite song in French ” Head, shoulders, knees and toes” In French we sing “Tete, epaules, genoux, pieds”.

We can also answer yes or no in French when asked questions and can say how old we are. We are beginning to learn the days of the week and know that French is on “Vendredi” (Friday)

Mrs Montgomery will be sending home some French words that you could help us  learn or learn  the words with us.

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