Christmas Countdown 2020 Update.docx
Be an Author – Book Week Scotland Competition
Last week we set all classes a free writing competition inviting them to create a piece of writing on any theme or in any style for Book Week Scotland.
Our house and vice captains had the difficult job of judging the competition this week.
P1-P4/3 created theirs on paper, and P4-7 uploaded theirs to Teams.
Congratulations to all our fabulous authors!
PUSCPS Christmas Countdown 2020
Please see below a list of the ways we hope to celebrate the festive period with our children. Staff and the Parent Partners have brainstormed ways we can safely celebrate in our class bubbles and raise some money for school funds (instead of our Christmas Fayre).
We would request that children come to school dressed for their class Christmas Celebration rather than go home at lunch time to change into their party clothes.
I am sure you will agree we have managed to still plan lots of exciting opportunities to celebrate this festive period and our Christmas trees have gone up today!
As always, thank you for your continued support!
How do we teach writing?
In this video, one of our Literacy Champions, Miss McLaughlin, explains how we use a resource called PM Writing to support with the teaching of writing. All classes across the school use this process to ensure consistency and progression in learning.
Book Week Scotland
Advice for P4-7 on how to download Microsoft 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
West Lothian Sumdog Contest Starts Today!
Sumdog’s West Lothian Maths Contest is here! It finishes at 8pm on Thursday 19th November.Here are some things to keep in mind during the contest:
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We still need a few more players in each class to join the leaderboard!
Book Week Scotland
Remembrance Day
Thank you to everyone who donated to our Poppy Appeal, we raised £71.15.
This year Miss Burton laid a school poppy wreath at the Pumpherston Memorial as the P7s were unable to due to restrictions.
Classes also marked Remembrance Day by having a 2 minute silence in class.
Primary 4
Primary 4 have been making links between multiplication and division by using trio tricks to write multiplication and division fact families. They have also been attempting real life math problems as an extension task and on Friday they did their click challenge to use their numeracy skills to complete a variety of questions.
