Category: Primary 4

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How does our garden grow?

Primary 4 are taking responsibility for a small piece of land within the school grounds and are going to develop it as a garden, ably assisted by Mrs. Hull.  Other classes have responsibilities for other parts of the school grounds and every class has a designated planter that they have planted and are taking care of.  All of this helped contribute towards our Green Flag Award which was truly a whole school effort.

 

The proposed garden was planned by the P4 class and has been weeded and rotovated previously by West Lothian Council’s Neighbourhood Environment Team but the soil quality wasn’t great.  Luckily the Neighbourhood Environment Team noticed this and brought us a big consignment of top soil to help improve our garden. 

The down side was – it arrived as a big pile and had to be added to the soil by our intrepid P4 gardeners.  Thankfully they seemed to enjoy this task and were excellent at taking turns and organising the required jobs amongst themselves, with a few helpful words from Mrs. Hull when needed. 

They made some interesting discoveries including a bright green caterpillar, how best to plant a planter and where the best places around the school are for planters.  A great time was had by all and we look forward to the next installment of ‘how does our garden grow?’.

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Saving Scottish Animals

We had a very special visitor in school today. All of our classes got the chance to meet Lee, who is an animal rescue officer with the Scottish SPCA.  We learned lots about how we can help protect animals here in our community, how dangerous litter can be and what to do if we see an animal in trouble.  She taught us to stay safe, tell an adult and contact the SSPCA for help.  Here is a link to their website http://www.scottishspca.org/

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Wanted: Willing Wombles! Community Litter Pick next week

Our big Autumn Litter pick, out in the villages of Pumpherston and Uphall Station, will take place next Thursday morning(Sept 19th).  We would like to have as many of our friends and families taking part as possible – if you have an hour or so to spare come and join in with the classes as they tidy up the local area.The first groups will leave the school at 9.15am.

We’ll be out and about on the streets and in the parks.  Members of WLC NETS team will be with us to give training, lend equipment and hand out the bright yellow vests we wear to show we’re all Keeping Scotland Beautiful. If you can help please contact the office and we’ll match you up with a group on the day.  Thank you!

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RME in Primary 4

We have made a Yad, it is used to read the Torah scroll.

Primary 4 have been learning about artefacts from the Jewish synagogue.

This is what the boys and the men wear and they are called Kippahs.
We have made a Torah scroll with our school rules in it. It was pretty difficult because we had to write the letters backwards.
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Welcome Back!

Welcome Back to Session 2013 – 2014

Please check back regularly for updates on your children’s learning.  We would appreciate it you could take the time to leave us a comment.  To leave a comment you have to click on the title of the post you would like to comment on which then opens in its own window then you can add your thoughts in the comments box at the bottom of the post.

Staffing in session 2013 – 2014 is as follows:

Miss Speirs ~ Head Teacher

School Secretary – Mrs Thom

Mrs Robb ~ Principal Teacher

Mrs Dugan ~ Acting Principal Teacher

Mrs Hardie & Mrs Ness ~ Nursery Teachers

Mrs Arthur & Mrs Montgomery ~ Nursery Nurses

Miss McLaughlin ~ P1 Teacher

Mrs Andison ~ P1/2 Teacher

Mrs Mooney ~ P2 Teacher

Mrs Strachan ~ P3 Teacher

Miss Cave ~ P4 Teacher

Mrs Dugan ~ P5 Teacher

Mrs Campbell ~ P6 Teacher

Miss McLennan ~ P7 Teacher

Mrs Robb & Mrs McConville ~ Class Size Reduction Teachers

Mrs Hull ~ Nursery – P7 Reduced Class Contact Teacher

Mrs Richardson ~ Additional Support Needs Teacher

Physical Education Teacher – Ms Pender

Pupil Support Workers – Mrs Adie, Miss Young, Mrs Stanton, Mrs Cowan,  Mrs Bonner, Mrs Heatherill, Mrs Crawford

Dining Room Assistants – Mrs  Adams, Ms Robertson, Mrs Bonner

Facilities Manager Assistant – Mr Hopper

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A Golden Moment

As you all know Miss Jean Martin is retiring on Friday after teaching at Pumpherston & Uphall Station Primary School for the past 41 years.  As much I am sure she is looking forward to the next stage of her life I know that Miss Martin will miss being in the school and being with the children every day.  It takes someone very special to have  taught in the same community for 41 years and at a very emotional assembly in the school yesterday Miss Martin described the school and the communities it serves as ‘being like a special family’.  We will all miss her and wish her a very long and happy retirement.

Miss Martin with the Primary 7 and Primary 1 children.
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Busy, busy, busy

As the end of term comes hurtling towards us it is sometimes hard to find the time to record the highlights of each week.  This past week has seen the P3 class participate in some Highland Games, our  annual Beach Disco and our final sports day, which is when we do all the races.  Thankfully the weather has been on our side and everything has gone to plan.  The last week of term is likely to be just as busy, if not busier to watch this space.

Here are photos of some of the highlights of the week . . .

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