Pumpherston and Uphall Station CPS Blog
A place for news, information and sharing learning from PUSCPS
Last week the children in P1 have been learning some Scottish words and poems leading up to Burn’s Day.  We had a very hard decision choosing 2 performers for the Scottish Assembly on Friday as lots of children had done so well learning and practising a poem.
Well done to the two P1 performers reciting ‘Twa Wee Birdies’ and ‘Twa Leggit Mice’.
https://vimeo.com/387439926
https://vimeo.com/387439823
Today we celebrated all things Scottish at our Annual Scottish Assembly.Â
Primary 1-4 submitted two finalists and Primary 5-7 submitted 3 finalists from their classes to recite a Scots or Burns poem.
A huge thank you to our judges Dr Hughes from the Robert Burns World Federation and Mr Jenkins, a local friend of our school who is in the Burns Federation. The winner from each class will be entered into the West Lothian Burns Competition.
We had some fantastic dancing Scottish.
https://vimeo.com/386920944
The classes all also learned Scottish songs to perform at the assembly.
Paper copies of the poems will be sent home on Thursday 9th January
Scots Focus Homework – due Friday 17th January
As part of our Scots Focus in school, your child has been asked to choose a Scots poem to learn for homework. There is a choice of a longer or shorter poem.
The children will get a chance to recite their poems in class on Friday 17th January and a boy and girl will be selected to go through to our school final on   25th January.
Jack and Jill
Twa wee birdies,
Sittin on a hill,
Ane ca’d Jack,
And anither ca’d Jill.
Flee awa Jack,
Flee awa Jill,
Come back Jack,
Come back Jill.
Twa-leggit Mice
by JK Annand
Ma mither says that we hae mice
That open air-ticht tins
And eat her chocolate biscuits
And cakes and sic like things.
Nae doot it is an awfy shame
That mice should get the blame.
It’s really me that ripes the tins
When left alane at hame.
But jings I get fair hungert
And biscuits taste sae nice
But dinnae tell ma mither
For she thinks it’s the mice!
On the last day of term we sadly said goodbye to Mrs Hamilton and Ms Cook.
We will Ms Cook’s smiley face and nurturing relationships with our children. We wish her well in her new post closer to home at Bankton Primary.
We will miss Mrs Hamilton’s enthusiasm and commitment to our children including the school basketball team. We wish her well in her new post closer to home at Williamston Primary.
Primary 1 and 2 sang them a song and presented them with cards and gifts from the whole school and staff.
https://vimeo.com/380340100
https://vimeo.com/380602980
This week Primary 1, 2 and 3 shared the Christmas Story with their family, friends, our school and invited guests, in the form of the Wriggly Nativity.
They had perfect singing voices, with lots of actions and Primary 1 were super confident at saying their lines using the microphone.
Thank you to everyone who joined us and a big well done to our children, we are super proud of you.
A special thank you to our staff, for supporting the children with the preparation for the performance.
A reminder that it is our Christmas Assembly is on, on Friday 20th December and everyone is invited. Come and join us for a cuppa at 9:00am and the assembly will start at 9:10am. The final raffle tickets will also be on sale and we will draw the raffle after the assembly.
It is a Christmas Dress Down Day to raise money for Magale, if children are dressing down can they please make donation.
There will be a sale at break time for the children with items left over from the Christmas Fayre and parties. If children wish to make a purchase it will be 50p.  All profits will go to school funds.
Today Hopscotch visited us and performed Mother Goose. We all had a fantastic time and loved joining in with the cast!
