Useful apps/websites
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.
Sumdog Challenges
All Primary 1-7 children can access Sumdog Maths Challenges.
Primary 3, 4, 6 and 7 can also access Sumdog Reading Challenges.
Primary 3 Virtual Learning Wall
Creating a Visual Timetable
For a lot of our children routine is important. The visuals below might be useful for creating a timetable.
Primary 3 Home Learning
Hello P3!
Hope you are all well and have had a good weekend.
Here is your learning board for this week along with some other files for Maths and Spelling.
There are also a number of Sumdog challenges to complete. These are titled: ‘Shape Challenge’, ‘Times Tables Challenge’ and ‘Reading and Punctuation Challenge’.
We hope you have a great week!
Ms Cave and Mrs McConville
Ways to Access IDL Literacy at Home
If your child has an IDL login please find attached an updated information sheet outlining how to access IDL Literacy at home. Ways to Access IDL
Information on School Closures
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
Continuity of Learning at PUSCPS
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
Winter Ready
Please remember that in the unlikely event of a school closure, children can access home learning activities on our blog at:
https://blogs.glowscotland.org.uk/wl/puscpsnews/category/winter-ready/
Shortly your child will come home with a sticker to show that their teacher has discussed this with them.
It is important that we have the correct telephone number for all parents/ carers so we can groupcall you in the unlikely event of a school closure. This can be done for Primary 1 -7 children on the parents portal.
