Author Visit from Will Wood
As part of book Week Scotland we had an author visit from Will Wood, the author of The Fairy with the Broken Wings. He worked with P4, 5, 6 and 7, exploring his novel and sharing how he became an author.
Thank you so much to Ms Cook for organising this visit and to Mr Wood for his time.
He sent us this very thoughtful and inspiring message:
Deep in the heart of West Lothian is a small town named Livingston. On the very edge there is two smaller areas, Pumpherston and Uphall Station and in their midst they share a building. The building itself is not very big, but what it lacks in size it gains in potential, for within its walls it contains something very special.Â
Future Doctors, Scientist, Medics, Nurses, Fire and Police men and women. Movie stars,singers and dancers, musicians, Olympians and sports idols. Prime Ministers and MP’s, soldiers, sailors, tinkers and tailors, bankers and backers, the Jacks and Jills of all trades and walks of life.
They are not aware of this yet but the vacancies will be theirs to fill fifteen or twenty years from now. Their responsibility is to learn and fulfill their dreams, their teachers’responsibility is to provide the basic tools and the encouragement they require.Â
I wish you the very best that life can offer, behave, be good, be patient and most of all, believe in yourself.
Remember what you wrote beneath your names and go for it.
Thank you all for having me and sharing a little bit of your life. It was an honour and a privilege. I take with me  a little sample of your imagination, your enthusiasm and most of all your smiles.
All the best in life and study,
Will Wood
Book Week Scotland Assembly
On Friday we had an assembly to celebrate Book Week Scotland.
https://www.slideshare.net/PUSCPS/book-week-scotland-198894049
We presented the Sum Dog Reading Competition winners with a certificate.
The Literacy Leaders also presented the winning authors with their certificate and book tokens.
We also dressed up as characters from our favourite books.
Congratulations to our Living our Values children.
P1-3 Wriggly Nativity
The performance of PUSCPS P1 – P3 Christmas nativity, ‘Wriggly Navitiy’ will take place on two dates this year, Wednesday 18th December at 9.45am and Thursday 19th December at 2.00pm.
P1 will perform the Nativity, P2 and P3 will be supporting the cast or singing in the choir.
The capacity of our hall is limited and we expect a large turnout for this. Tickets for the performance will be available from the school office on a two tickets per child per performance basis. Once numbers are known, further tickets may be released.
The cost of a ticket is £1.50. This includes a hot drink and a mince pie. Tickets will be available to purchase from the school office from Monday 25th November. Please put your order in an envelope clearly marked with your child’s name and class.
Primary 2
Primary 2 had great fun last week when Primary 4 came to visit and present them with their Read, Write, Count bags. We had great fun reading the stories and playing the games!
Anderson shelter update from P7
Today we had a very special delivery to the school from Burton Roofing Manufacturers. Primary 7 wrote letters to Burton Roofing to ask if they could help us for our project – to build our own Anderson shelter as part of our WW2 topic. They were kind enough to offer their support and have very generously supplied us with sheets of corrugated metal and all the fixings. We have spent a number of weeks digging out the base, with the help of Sarah-Jane, for the shelter and we are at the point of almost being ready to build it. Primary 7 and Mrs Andison owe Burton Roofing a huge thank you for the materials. It is great to know we are supported by local businesses.
We will keep you posted on our progress.
Be a Book Week Author
As part of Book Week Scotland our Literacy Leaders launched a free writing competition – Be a Book Week Author.
On Friday at assembly we announced our winners and presented them with a certificate and book gift voucher.
A big well done to our winners and thank you to the Literacy Leaders, Ms McLaughlin and Mrs Mooney for organising the competition and selecting the winners.
https://www.slideshare.net/PUSCPS/be-a-book-week-author-results
P4-7 Author Visit
As part of continued Book Week Scotland celebrations, Primary 4-7 are very lucky to have an author visit from Will Wood on Wednesday 27th November.
Mr Wood is the author of The Fairy with the Broken Wings. The Fairy with the Broken Wings is a magical, fantasy adventure, embarked by an eight-year-old as she closes her mind to the surrounding world and its conflicts and opens the door of her imagination.  Join Esperanza as she ventures through the Underground, the Blue River, the Whistle-Blowing Forest and the Crystal Mountain and meet the characters she encounters on the way. This is a story of determination, resourcefulness, love and unconditional trust.
If your child enjoys the book, it is available to purchase on Amazon and we can arrange a signing of the book after.
https://www.amazon.co.uk/dp/1786232480/ref=cm_sw_r_cp_api_i_Zda3DbQXM4N18Â
Thank you very much to Ms Cook for organising the visit.
Primary 6 – Book Week Scotland
Primary 6 have been following Lemony Snicket’s ‘A Series of Unfortunate Events’ for their Literacy study this term.
What were we learning?
To create a new costume design for Count Olaf from ‘A Series of Unfortunate Events’.
How would we know if we were successful?
- We would be able to create a sketch of our costume design.
- We would be able to think about what props/accessories/facial prosthesis we might need.
- We would be able to create a mask to show what his face might look like.
What did we do?
- We watched a clip containing all of Count Olaf’s disguises across the series.
- We drew our own costume sketch using a croquis template.
- We considered what props/accessories we might need.
- We used papier maché to create our masks and add any facial extras (e.g. eyebrows, moustaches, warts).
We are now ready to paint our masks. Then, we will start to consider how this disguise might fit into a new ‘unfortunate event’. Next week, we will record our ideas using a storyboard!
Until next time…
Primary 6 & Miss M 🙂
Book Week Scotland Reminders
