‪A big well done to Primary 1M and Primary 1S for their fantastic assembly on life cycles! They demonstrated their confidence, understanding and enthusiasm for learning. Thank you to everyone who came along to join us.
Primary 1 Assembly
If your child would like to wear bright colours on Friday for our Life Cycle assembly, they can come to school wearing these.
Thank you for your continued support. We look forward to seeing you on Friday!
P1 Class Trip – Almond Valley
Health Week & Sports Day
Dear parents/carers,
Health week will take place next week (4th– 8th June), with a whole range of exciting activities for the children taking place in school. On Monday – Thursday, children should wear sports gear appropriate for indoor and outdoor activities, remembering that football colours are not permitted. Children should wear school uniform on Friday. Please ensure they have a water bottle each day.
Sports day be will on the afternoon of Thursday 7th June, on the playing fields beside the school. It will commence at 1.15pm.  Should we have to cancel due to the weather, we will Groupcall you by 10.30am on that day.  Please note, due to health and safety, there will be no access to the school for spectators. Due to photograph restrictions, we ask that you only take photographs of your own child/ children.
Kind regards,
Morag Dickie
Acting Principal Teacher
Primary 1 – DYW Week
Primary 1 had visitors in class last week for developing the young workforce week. Â Here is some of what we enjoyed.
I liked trying on the fireman’s uniform.
I got to put the postman’s hat on.
I enjoyed when the midwife showed us the pictures of babies nappies and their poo!
We talked about what we want to be when we grow up. Here are some of our ideas:
Ruaraidh:Â Fireman
Ben:Â Â Tram driver
Christopher P: Bagpipe player
Karlie: Teacher
Tom: Babysitter
Jake: Train driver
Logan: Archaeologist
Harrison: Rugby player
Danielle: Explorer
Sophie: Midwife
Maisie: Vet
Jacob: Policeman
Iona: Shop keeper
Nursery to P1 Transition Sway
Have a look at our Nursery to Primary 1 Transition Sway. It gives your child lots of information about the school, including their P1 classroom and some of the people they will meet.
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.
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:
- Â I can discuss the relevance of skills to the wider world and make connections between skills and the world of work.
- Â 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.
Primary 1 Assembly
P1 Assembly will take place on Friday 1st of June at 9:15am. The P1 children can’t wait to share their learning with you and their invitations will come home tomorrow!
Share a Story
As part of Digital Learning Week P1m took part in an early years collaborative story.
We received the story on Wednesday then we had the exciting job of creating an ending for the story that other classes in the authority had created.
We worked in pairs to decide what we thought should happen to the characters who’d got lost at the zoo.  There were lots of fantastic of ideas and we managed to bring most of them into our ending before we saved it onto the online group. We are looking forward to receiving the finished story soon.
