Today we finished the term with a PUSCPS sing a long. It was fantastic to see the children singing along and dancing.
I shared a story about why things are changing for now.
We issued every child with this bookmark.
Information on School Closures
Dear Parent/Carer
As we enter a period of school closures, the following arrangements are in place to ensure that your child’s learning can continue throughout this time.
The key source of learning will be using online platforms (virtual learning environment) however alternative arrangements will be made by individual schools for pupils for whom online learning is not suitable.
For children attending the nursery, suggested learning experiences that can be completed within the home will be provided on the school/nursery blog https://blogs.glowscotland.org.uk/wl/puscpsnews/category/our-classes/nursery/ and on our home learning sway at: https://sway.office.com/qlp529z8T7AHHeIq
For children in P1-P3, teachers will provide a set of appropriate learning experiences that can be completed at home. These will be shared weekly through our school blog https://blogs.glowscotland.org.uk/wl/puscpsnews/.
Your child has been provided with a jotter to record their learning and there will be an opportunity for them to share this when they return to school.
Children in P4-P7 are part of their class Microsoft 0365 Team, which can be accessed through their Glow account. Your child requires their Glow username and password to access their Team, and they are familiar with how to use this platform. Information for parents on how their child uses Teams is available at bit.ly/wlglowguide
It is expected that your child accesses their Team daily to engage with the learning experiences being provided by their teacher. The platform provides a function for your child to share their learning with their teacher and receive feedback where appropriate and support where required.
The use of Teams for communication is for learning purposes only between staff and pupils and ensures the safety of all users.
Parents / Carers who have any questions or require further information should use the following contact details. Please emails the school at wlpuscps@westlothian.org.uk ensuring your state your child’s name and class.
Further advice about continuity of learning at PUSCPS can be found at this link: https://blogs.glowscotland.org.uk/wl/puscpsnews/continuity-of-learning-at-puscps/
I would like to thank our whole staff team and community for their support, understanding and patience during this uncertain time. Our school team will continue to provide all available support to your child and family where we can during this challenging period.
Kind regards,
Miss Burton
Head Teacher
Continuity of Learning at PUSCPS
In the event of school closures, as a staff team we will provide the following learning experiences for our children and families. 
Please download here:Â Continuity of Learning at PUSCPS
Advice for P4-7 on How to Access Microsoft Glow Apps
We would request that if children have access to a phone or tablet they download the following free apps to support with learning through glow:
- Microsoft Teams – This is their online classroom.
- Microsoft One Drive – This enables the children to save work to upload to their team. It also allows them to access their documents at home and school.
- Microsoft Word
- Microsoft One Note
- Microsoft Powerpoint
Downloading Microsoft Apps and Logging in for the First Time
The instructions on the link below will show you how to log into the apps.
To download Microsoft Office 2016 from the Glow Application Library, search for the ‘Office 365’ tile, shown here. It can be found on the National (Scotland) Launch Pad or you can add it to your own Launch Pad. Further help on the App Library is available here.
To download the software to a PC or Mac, click on the Office 365 tile and follow the instructions. More information from Microsoft is available here.
If you are downloading to an iPad or iPhone, you will need to download the apps from the App Store then log in using your Glow username. More information from Microsoft is available here.
It is also possible to download the apps from within Microsoft O365. To do so, click on the Office 365 link in the top left of your screen. This will take you to the O365 home page. Click on ‘Install Office 2016’ and follow the instructions.
Entering your username
When logging in, you will be asked to enter your username – this is your Glow username plus the domain e.g. gw15examplejames@glow.sch.uk. You will then be transferred to the Glow login screen.
Once you have entered your login details here, your registration will be complete. The Glow username will only activate the software for as long as that account is active in Glow.
Saving their work using an app
When using an app such as word or powerpoint, children should save their work to one drive.
When uploading their work to a team:
- Within a post
- Click the paperclip icon
- Search in their one drive folder
- Click on the document
- You will see it upload
Saving their work using a netbook/ laptop
When using an app such as word or powerpoint, children can save their work to one drive/ or the computer.
When uploading their work to a team:
- Click on files
- Click on a folder
- Click on upload
- Search in their one drive folder/ or the computer
- Click on the document
- You will see it upload
P4-7: Bring Your Own Device Offer of Support
Dear parent/ carer,
As we continue to prepare our children for continuity of learning in the event of school closures, we would like to support children downloading glow related apps if they have a device.
Tomorrow, Thursday 19th, if your P4-7 child has a device (phone or tablet) that they use and you give them permission, they can bring this to school. It will be collected as normal in the morning and stay at the office until the support session, or you can drop the device off at the office in the morning. They will only be permitted to use the device at this specific time and should not use them in the playground.
We would request that you download the following free apps in advance:
- Microsoft Teams
- Microsoft One Drive
- Microsoft Word
- Microsoft One Note
- Microsoft Powerpoint
We will then support your child with how to log in and access learning with these apps using their glow log in.
This is completely voluntary, and I hope you recognise that this is an attempt by us to continue to support you and your child with learning.
Kind regards,
Miss Burton
Responsible Use of Glow Teams in P4-7
Home Learning Opportunities
As you aware we have no confirmed cases of corona virus in our school.
However, we are aware that following NHS guidelines some children/ families are having to self isolate.
Currently our main priority is continuity of learning for the children we have at school, if schools were to close there will be home learning tasks made available and a strategic plan in place for how learning would be delivered which will be shared if there was a school closure.
In the short term if you are self isolating there are the following learning opportunities available:
- P1-7 have Sumdog log ins that they can use at home. Logs in are in their homework diary/ reading record.
- P4-7 have glow logs in and should access home learning through their team. There is a literacy and numeracy task in their team to complete. More information here:Â https://blogs.glowscotland.org.uk/wl/puscpsnews/p4-p7-get-glowing/
- P1-7 term 3 home learning choice boards on the blog:Â https://blogs.glowscotland.org.uk/wl/puscpsnews/term-3-home-learning-grids/
- Some individual children have access to IDL log ins to support their literacy learning. Logs in are in their homework diary/ reading record.
- Children should have their reading book at home
- Visit our blog to look at learning experiences and leave a comment
Thank you for your continued support.
Kind regards,
Miss Burton
Term 3 Home Learning Grids
A reminder of our home learning grids for this term.
P1 – Home Learning Choice Board – Term 3
P2 – Home Learning Choice Board – Term 3
P3 Home Learning Choice Board Term 3
P4 – Home Learning Choice Board – Term 3
P5 – Home Learning Choice Board – Term 3
P6 Home Learning Choice Board term 3 (1)
P7 Home Learning Choice Board term 3
P4 – P7 Get Glowing!
Primary 4-7 have been using glow to access learning online. Every child in P4-7 has a username and password that they can use to access different resources.
Each class has created a team and within the team the children can access different learning tasks in and out of school.
Miss Burton has set the children in P4-7 a free writing task and a maths question of the day. Log into your team and click on the literacy and numeracy channels to access the task. These channels can be accessed at home and at school. I look forward to reading what you come up with!
To find out more about glow click here.
If your child can not remember their glow log in, please email the school office (wlpuscps@westlothian.org.uk) and we will reset it for them.
STEM Assembly: Sharing our STEM Learning
Today we our classes shared their STEM learning this term at our assembly.
Miss Connor, the West Lothian Development Officer for STEM shared with us the importance of STEM skills for our future jobs and carers.
Each class then shared with us their STEM Learning.
Primary 7
Primary 6
Primary 5
Primary 4
Primary 3
Primary 2
Primary 1
We celebrated the children and classes who scored highly in the West Lothian Maths Sumdog Competition.
We also invited along a neuroscientist, who told us all about his career and what STEM skills he used.
