Children should please return their permission slip and entrance fee prior to the party.
Home Learning Choice Boards
At a recent parent partner meeting we discussed our current approaches to homework and the impact homework has on achievement and attainment. Following this we have decided to trial issuing a home learning choice board each term. The choice board is attached and a copy is in your child’s homework book. Their reading homework will sit alongside this and will be in your child’s reading record/ homework diary. We home you find this useful and will ask for feedback in term 4.
Calder Movie Afternoon
Calder were the term 1 house points winners. Summer and Kyle surveyed the children in Calder to find out what they would like their treat to be and they selected a movie afternoon. They then did a survey to find out which movie and they picked Nanny McPhee. We also picked juice, popcorn and ice lollies for refreshments and dressed in our pjs. We had a fun, relaxing afternoon with our house buddies! Thank you to Kyle, Summer and the P7 Young Leaders for helping to organise and set up the party.
Congratulations Calder!
Term 1 Celebration Assembly
https://www.slideshare.net/PUSCPS/celebration-assembly-term-1-2019-2020
On Friday we had our end of term Celebration Assembly.
We acknowledged our Awesome Authors, those children who have made excellent progress or achievements within writing.
We also recognised our STEM Superstars, those children who have made excellent progress or achievements within Science, Technologies or Maths.
We recognised our P6 and 7 children who helped out at our recent parent consultations.
We found out that our school has received the Silver Sports Scotland Award. A huge congratulations to our Sports Stars and Mrs McConville.
Our House and Vice Captains set a Maths Weeks Scotland Poster Challenge, and the winners received a prize!
We took part in the National Maths Week Sumdog Competition. Some of children completed all 1000 questions! Primary 3 scored the highest for the school, and Tyler came 207th out of almost 75000 pupils.
Thank you to our Sumdog reps who reminded up about the competition!
We watched a video that showed us all about our learning during Maths Week Scotland.
https://vimeo.com/364169052
Congratulations to Calder for winning the house points this term.
Calder Movie Afternoon
Congratulations to Calder for winning the house points his term!
They have decided on a Movie Afternoon for their treat. On Thursday 10th October children in Calder can bring along pyjamas/ onesie to change into (they should wear their uniform to school) and a blanket/ pillow. Children should not bring their own snacks as these will be provided.
We look forward to celebrating!
P7 Anderson shelter
P7 have been busy working on the foundations for the Anderson shelter we are building. Â The rain has made it a bit tricky!
Parent Partner Halloween Party
A letter will go out this week asking for a permission slip to be signed and money to be returned to the school before the event, this will mean registers can be prepared before the event.
Maths Week Scotland @ PUSCPS
Have a look at our video below to see our learning during Maths Week Scotland.
https://vimeo.com/364169052
Our House and Vice Captains set a Maths Weeks Scotland Poster Challenge, the winning designs are below.
https://www.slideshare.net/PUSCPS/pumphie-pals-poster-competition
We took part in the National Maths Week Sumdog Competition.
Some of children completed all 1000 questions! Primary 3 scored the highest for the school, and Tyler came 207th out of almost 75000 pupils.
Thank you to our Sumdog ambassadors for giving out the awards!
Club Wild: Maths Week Scotland
This week at club wild we looked into maths in nature as part of Maths Week Scotland. We thought about how we see maths in our daily lives and explored mathematical patterns in nature.
First we looked at bilateral symmetry and thought of the plants and animals that we could split into two matching halves. Leaves, beautiful butterflies and even us.
Passing round the inside of an old wasp’ s nest we could see an amazing hexagonal pattern the same as the honeycomb of bees. Mathematicians believe that bees and wasps use the hexagonal shape to utilise space. Other shapes like circles would leave a space.
Another amazing mathematical pattern we found in the heads of the sunflowers in the school garden. If you count the spirals you will always find a Fibonacci number where the number is equal to the two previous numbers (0, 1,1,2,3,5,8,13,21,34,55, and so on). We liked learning the mathematical words for things we see all the time.
Maths patterns are all around us from the branching of trees, waves, cracking muds, spirals of pine cones and snail shells, petals and seed heads, the number of spots on ladybird and identical halves of butterflies. Next time when you are out and about have a look and see what patterns you can see.
Club Wild, Mrs B & Sarah-Jane
Up and Coming Song Writers!
Two of our Primary 7 children shared with Miss Burton two songs that they have written themselves. Have a listen below, it would be great if you could leave them some comments.
https://vimeo.com/363593526
https://vimeo.com/363593478
