Primary 3/2 – Page 6 – Pumpherston and Uphall Station CPS Blog

October 7, 2020

Primary 1-3 Seesaw

It is on our records that some parent/ carers have not signed the permission slip for your child to use Seesaw. We are hoping to use this platform in term 2 for your child to share their home learning with us.

This platform is the equivalent of the nursery online learning journals and Primary 4-7 using Teams for learning in school and at home. With that in mind we would like as many of our children signed up as possible. Please ensure you return your permission slip by the end of the week so we can issue you with your child’s log in. If you require a new permission slip please let our office staff know.

For those of you who have returned the permission slip please check your child’s school bag for an envelope with an instruction sheet about how to log in. Currently we do not have any content on their Seesaw account – this will come in term 2.

October 5, 2020October 5, 2020

P1-7 Passwords for Home Learning Tasks (Homework)

As we are currently not using homework diaries your child will come home this week with a laminated sheet with the log in and passwords they require to access different online platforms.

For Primary 1-7 this will include Sumdog login.

Primary 4-7 will receive their glow username. Due to regulations we are not able to share their glow password, children should know their password. If at anytime they need it reset they can ask their teacher or you can request it through the office email.

Primary 5-7 will also have their Didbook log in.

If your child is in Primary 1-3 and you have returned the See Saw permission form they will receive instructions explaining how to sign up this week. If you have not returned the permission slip can you please do this as soon as possible so that we can issue you with a log in.

Please ensure they keep these log ins in a safe place at home, they also have a copy at school.

Home learning choice boards (homework) will resume after October Break. Primary 1-3 will share their learning via Seesaw and Primary 4-7 children will share their tasks via their class team. More information about this will follow in the new term.

October 3, 2020

Primary 3/2: Maths Week Scotland

This week, Primary 3/2 were doing some investigation work in maths!

We looked at how to partition the number 10 in different ways.

We did this by:

using drawing to make sets of 10 dots into smaller groups
used knowledge of our number bonds to make pairs
used cuisenaire rods to find out combinations of blocks that were equal to 10
used ten frames to split/combine different groups

We came up with lots of different ideas, from number bonds (5 +5, 6 +4) to slightly more complex combinations (4 + 4 + 2, 1 + 1 + 1+ 1+ 1 + 1 + 1 + 1 + 1 + 1). Miss McLaughlin saw lots of great teamwork!

Congratulations to our class, who placed in the top 2000 classes for the West Lothian Sumdog Competition. Well done to Callum for earning his Sumdog award too!

Check in with us next time to see what we have been learning!

Primary 3/2 & Miss M 🙂

September 28, 2020

Nursery – Primary 3 Phone calls

Thank you for using the online system to sign up to a phone call from your child’s teacher.

Just a few reminders about this process:

You will receive a call from a withheld number.
Please ensure you are available at your allocated time slot so you don’t miss your call.
Please try to stick to your 10 minute appointment so that other families receive their call at the correct time.

September 25, 2020

Maths Week Scotland Contest Has Started!

September 23, 2020

Nursery – Primary 3 Parent/ Carer Phonecalls

As previously mentioned Nursery to Primary 3 will have phone call as their term 1 parent consultation. Primary 4 – 7 children will receive a written report on 7^th October.

In order for you to book a slot we will use the online booking system for parent appointments which we have previously used.

To accommodate the use of phones, etc. we have allocated the times below for calls. Please remember that the call will be from a withheld number. We would ask that you please do stay within your 10 minute slot to ensure we keep to our schedule.

Nursery
Friday 9^th October	10am-12pm
Primary 1
Tuesday 29^th September	4:00-6:00pm
Wednesday 30^th September	4:00-5:00pm
Thursday 1^st October	5:00-6:00pm
Primary 2/1
Wednesday 30^th September	4:00-5:00pm
Thursday 1^st October	5:00-6:30pm
Monday 5^th October	4:30-5:30pm
Primary 3/2
Wednesday 30^th September	4:00-5:00pm
Thursday 1^st October	5-6:30pm
Monday 5^th October	4:30-5:30pm
Primary 4/3 (Primary 3 only)
Wednesday 30^th September	4:30-5:30pm
Thursday 1^st October	4:50-6:30pm

This system can only send invitations to the main contact for the child which has been recorded on SEEMIS and we request that they make the appointment. To make your appointments please go to: https://parents-booking.co.uk/pumpherston

Please note: You need to type this address into your website browser’s ‘web address bar’.
Try not to ‘Google’ search the website address, it will not be searchable that way.

You will need to enter:

Your title (Mr/Mrs/Miss/Ms) and surname
Your child’s first name, surname and date of birth

Please note: The login details you enter must match those we have on record for you. If you have not alerted the school to any relevant name changes, we will be expecting you to login with the details you gave us original. The booking system will allow you to make bookings from 17^th September 2020 at 6.00pm and will close for bookings on 24^th September at 1pm.

Once you have logged in, we suggest you use the ‘Booking Wizard’ to make your appointments, although a manual booking option (one booking at a time, one child at a time) also exists.

Troubleshooting Tips

If you cannot login and have tried all the combinations you think we have on file, please contact the school office using the e-mail address at the top of the login page.
The email address you can enter is only used to receive a confirmation of your appointment. It will not be used as a login ‘check’. Your e-mail address is never the reason you cannot login.
If you have several children to make bookings for, and decide not to use the Booking Wizard, you can make appointments one-by-one using the ‘manual booking’ method. Use the ‘Change Child’ button on the blue bar (above the school’s name, at the top of the web page) to swap between your children.

If you are unable to book at home, please contact the school office for help.

September 19, 2020September 23, 2020

Primary 3/2 – Our Local Area

For the past few weeks, Primary 3/2 have been working on a local area study. Miss McLaughlin is very proud of all of our hard work and creative ideas! Watch the video below to see our learning journey!

September 17, 2020

Nursery – P3 Parent/ Carer Phone Calls