Pumpherston and Uphall Station CPS Blog
A place for news, information and sharing learning from PUSCPS
Good morning boys and girls.  I hope you are all well and finding lots to do at home. A wee reminder that your home learning board is on the blog for this week and Miss Burton has also set a whole school poster challenge.
We would love to hear from you through a blog message by pressing reply or sending pics of your learning to the school email: wlpuscps@westlothian.org.uk. We will share these messages and the photos in our Sway.
Take care
Mrs Strachan😊
All Children Entitled to Free School Meals (including all P1-P3) can collect a packed lunch and a breakfast cereal bar/cereal or have a hot meal at the following schools between 12 noon and 1.30pm.  The list of locations has now been extended and is below.
Please note that the following schools below provide a packed lunch for collection only.
A small number of children entitled to Free School Meals (FSM) who live at remote addresses will be contacted to offer help accessing these centres
Here are some apps/websites which may help with home learning opportunities:
Literacy
www.spellingcity.com (some games free)
www.teachyourmonstertoread.com
STEM
www.tynker.com (for coding)
www.stem.org.uk (for daily challenges around the home/garden)
www.topmarks.co.uk (free maths games for 5-7 year olds)
Health and Wellbeing
www.actionforhappiness.org.uk (for mindfulness/acts of kindness)
We hope you find these helpful. We will continue to add to this list over the coming weeks.
All Primary 1-7 children can access Sumdog Maths Challenges.
Primary 3, 4, 6 and 7 can also access Sumdog Reading Challenges.
For a lot of our children routine is important. The visuals below might be useful for creating a timetable.
Good morning Primary 2. Â I hope you are all well and were able to use your bubbles over the weekend!
Take the time today to have a look through your home learning pack. You will see that I have put in some addition and subtraction games for you.  Please don’t write on these games so you can use them more than once. Once you have rolled the dice, write the numbers in your home learning book. The same goes for your letter formation sheet.
I have attached this week’s home learning grid.
We would love to hear from you through a blog message or sending pics of your learning to the school email: wlpuscps@westlothian.org.uk
Take care
Mrs Strachan 😊
Dear Parent/Carer
As we enter a period of school closures, the following arrangements are in place to ensure that your child’s learning can continue throughout this time.
The key source of learning will be using online platforms (virtual learning environment) however alternative arrangements will be made by individual schools for pupils for whom online learning is not suitable.
For children attending the nursery, suggested learning experiences that can be completed within the home will be provided on the school/nursery blog https://blogs.glowscotland.org.uk/wl/puscpsnews/category/our-classes/nursery/ and on our home learning sway at: https://sway.office.com/qlp529z8T7AHHeIq
For children in P1-P3, teachers will provide a set of appropriate learning experiences that can be completed at home. These will be shared weekly through our school blog https://blogs.glowscotland.org.uk/wl/puscpsnews/.
Your child has been provided with a jotter to record their learning and there will be an opportunity for them to share this when they return to school.
Children in P4-P7 are part of their class Microsoft 0365 Team, which can be accessed through their Glow account. Your child requires their Glow username and password to access their Team, and they are familiar with how to use this platform. Information for parents on how their child uses Teams is available at bit.ly/wlglowguide
It is expected that your child accesses their Team daily to engage with the learning experiences being provided by their teacher. The platform provides a function for your child to share their learning with their teacher and receive feedback where appropriate and support where required.
The use of Teams for communication is for learning purposes only between staff and pupils and ensures the safety of all users.
Parents / Carers who have any questions or require further information should use the following contact details. Please emails the school at wlpuscps@westlothian.org.uk ensuring your state your child’s name and class.
Further advice about continuity of learning at PUSCPS can be found at this link: https://blogs.glowscotland.org.uk/wl/puscpsnews/continuity-of-learning-at-puscps/
I would like to thank our whole staff team and community for their support, understanding and patience during this uncertain time. Our school team will continue to provide all available support to your child and family where we can during this challenging period.
Kind regards,
Miss Burton
Head Teacher
In the event of school closures, as a staff team we will provide the following learning experiences for our children and families. 
Please download here:Â Continuity of Learning at PUSCPS
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