This week p7 went on a trip to the National Archives of Scotland (it’s not a library!) and we done drama, art and investigating about WW1. We wrote a diary entry about Albert from war horse you might be familiar with the movie or the book, we also put the writing into coffee and then into our scrapbook we all have our own page in the scrapbook!
We have done lots of art things in class like :
Soldiers – blending using pastels and tissue paper.
Our p7 scrap book – about WW1 with pop out information, once we are finished it will be put in the public library so you can come and see them.
We have also been busy getting all our work finished for the October holidays. For maths everyone has been doing division because everyone was a bit rusty on it!
Lots of people say to us “What a wonderful school to work in”; “What a lovely building you have”; “What a difference to the old school” and “How much nicer it must be to learn in such a lovely school”. All of these things are true but they don’t mention the biggest reason why we are so lucky and that is – the support that we continue to receive from the communities of Pumpherston and Uphall Station. We couldn’t do it without you.
This was especially true last week during our first Coffee Morning for MacMillan Cancer Care and our Bake Off Competition. The entries to the competition were amazing and the judges had a very hard job, not least due to the sheer number of entries. The quality of entries and the time and care that the children, and their parents, had put into them was absolutely amazing. I am sure many of the adults that saw them could not have done such a fantastic job, so well done to everyone who entered. The winners will be announced during our whole school singing practice on Tuesday 1st October.
Some of the entries in our Bake Off Competition
The coffee morning itself was made possible partly due to the number of donations we received of home baking, tea, coffee, sugar, napkins, juice, cups etc all of which meant more money was raised for our nominated school charity of MacMillan Cancer Care.
Some of the donations for the coffee morning
A fantastic time was had by the pupils, the staff and, most importantly, members of our local community who came and joined us throughout the morning. Some people came for the whole morning, others for a short time. Mrs Andison, the event organiser, kept every class to their time slot and made everything run smoothly.
More Bake Off entries
At the end of the day we raised an enormous £707.17 for MacMillan Cancer Care and everyone who was part of the event had a great time.
Every year West Lothian Council host a Walking Week in which all residents are encouraged to get out and walk. There are a range of activities during that week for the community to get involved in and one of these is especially for schools. In the past we have had welly walks and odd sock walks among others. This year it was a ‘Onesie Walk’ which saw many of the children and staff coming to school in onesies and walking in the community. Due to the time of year we altered our walk slightly to be a onesie and welly walk and the children were encouraged to wear onesies and/or wellies to join in the fun. It was a great day and everyone had a good time and were given the opportunity to explore parts of the grounds around the school that they had perhaps not visited before. I wonder what next year’s theme for the walk will be?
Due to prior commitments of the NETS team and their equipment, the new date for the Community Litter pick will be Wednesday 2nd October. Please contact the school office if you would be able to join us on a walk around our community to pick up any litter and make Pumpherston and Uphall Station clean and tidy. Join Us!
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/
Sadly we had to postpone our Community Litter Pick today due to the extreme wet weather. A new date will be announced shortly. Thank you to everyone who offered support!
