Category: Primary 6

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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:

  •  I can discuss the relevance of skills to the wider world and make connections between skills and the world of work.
  •  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.

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P6 Digital Learning Week

LI: We are learning to retrieve and analyse information

SC:
I can select appropriate information
I can use digital search methods
I can analyse information to support my argument

For our digital learning we were looking into rumours of the Pacific Northwest Tree Octopus, a type of octopus that has been sighted living in trees on Mt Baker. 
Pupils were asked if they believed these rumours and were sorted into partners that had a similar view to them.
We then began creating short presentations with evidence to back pour views and used digital search techniques to find this.


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West Lothian Schools Triathlon

A massive ‘well done’ to our pupils from p5, 6 and 7 who participated in the triathlon today! Mrs Dickie was extremely proud of them all! They were a real credit to our school and everyone had a great time. Lots of smiles in the sunshine!

 

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Pumphie Pals – Have your say!

At our Pumphie Pals session this morning we used How Good is our School to create key questions to help us reflect on our year. We then used this time to answer the questions reflecting on what went well and how we could be even better.

This information will be collated along with our staff and parent/ carers views to help form our priorities for next session.

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P6 Blog Letter Writing

Learning Intention:
We are learning to write a letter
Success Criteria:
I can have a reason for writing as an introduction
I can write in first person
I can include a date
I can open and close with an appropriate greeting

For our topic of ‘Local Community’ we visited the nearby construction site, building new houses. The pupils prepared questions for the Builders, West Lothian Council and for our Head Teacher on what they were curious about the changing area.
In our writing lesson, the pupils drafted letters to be sent to the Builders and the Council containing these questions so that they might get some answers.
I am happy to say that the whole class managed to accomplish all the success criteria and made some very professional looking letters.

“I learned you need a comma after ‘Dear Sir or Madam’ otherwise it won’t be laid out properly” -Andrew

“I learned you need to write directly below the comma of our opening” -Katie

“I learned you need to end with ‘Yours Faithfully’ to close it properly” -Oliwia

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P1-P7 Families Learning Together

Wednesday 16th May 3:15pm

You are invited to our final Families Learning Together session of this year.

You will have an opportunity to see some of the learning which your child has been involved in this session and to help them to set targets to improve and progress.

FLT is a great chance to spend time sharing learning with your child, talking about their progress and next steps and understanding more of what they are learning before parent appointments – any member of the family is welcome.

Your child will shortly receive a slip in their school bag, please complete the slip  and return to school so we know who to expect on the day.

PUSCPS Families Learning Together Programme Leaflet

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Triathlon Coaching Session

Today, we welcomed a coach from Triathlon Scotland/West Lothian Tri to come into school and coach some of the children in P5-7 who have expressed an interest in the upcoming West Lothian Schools Triathlon. They learned about what to expect on the day and had a chance to practise some transition drills. The children taking part all really enjoyed the session and we have had a message from the coach to say how well-behaved the children were. Well done to all that took part!

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