Pumpherston and Uphall Station CPS Blog

March 10, 2017March 12, 2017

Primary 1/2

This week, Primary 1/2 have been learning more about our partner school in Uganda and talking about the rights that we all share. We looked at photographs of the chickens they bought with the help of some of the funds we raised and we talked about how keeping chickens would benefit the pupils there.

We have also been learning about what makes a good piece of writing this week. We created plans for our Katie Morag stories and stopped at points during our writing lesson to reflect on what we had written so far. Next week we want to continue to practise checking over our sentences and try our best to include interesting wow words and adjectives.

March 10, 2017

Fairtrade Tuck Shop

Well done to the Rights Respecting and Magale group along with Primary 4 for running a successful tuck shop this week, selling Fairtrade items for Fairtrade Fortnight.

Thanks to the support of the pupils in the school, we made a total of £30 for the Friends of Magale fund.

March 10, 2017

P1 weekly blog

P1 have reflected on their learning this week – here is what we have been learning:

Caitlin – With Mrs Rarity we learned about the chickens we bought for our partner school in Magale, Uganda.

Kayden – we learned more about Katie Morag and crossing the ocean.

Layla – we made pictures of pancakes in art and put on whatever we wanted – we did this because it was pancake day.

Kian – we were learning our reading with new books.

We learned about Fairtrade this week, at Pumphie Pals and in class. People who make food from countries far away earn more money if we buy Fairtrade.

Tyler – we learned the Christian story of Jesus turning the market sellers out of the temple

March 7, 2017March 7, 2017

Fairtrade Tuck Shop

As part of Fairtrade Fortnight, the Rights Respecting and Magale Group will be selling Fairtrade bananas and chocolate bars for 25p at break time on Thursday 9th March and Friday 10th March.

March 7, 2017

P 2/ 3 Weekly Blog

This week we have been out in the playground imagining we are in the rainforest! Some of us were spider monkeys, some of us were boa constrictors and some of us were blue and yellow macaws. We were linking with maths because we were

learning about grids and we were using co ordinates to find the right part of the rainforest to be in.

March 3, 2017

P6 Blog

Primary 6 have been learning about how to keep ourselves safe. We have talked about the importance of trust and how this can be built or broken, how peer pressure can affect us and how to stay safe when chatting online. We created informative posters with advice on how to stay safe and made links to our poetry focus in writing by creating acrostic poems.

March 3, 2017March 3, 2017

Celebrating Achievement

Last week’s certificates of achievements

One of our P2/3 pupils showed us his medal for football – great work!

March 3, 2017

PARKING

Our JRSO (Junior Road Safety Officers) with Mrs Bonner have been surveying parking at school pick-up – and they are not impressed!

They have seen cars parked on the pavement and on the yellow boxes which is dangerous, inconsiderate and unnecessary. They have photographed some particularly dangerous parking in the hope that parents and carers will think about the risk they are causing.

March 3, 2017March 3, 2017

Thank You Rhona

On Tuesday we held a thank you assembly for our fantastic lollipop lady – now retired – Rhona Ritchie. Pupil Council planned the event and Rhona enjoyed a tea party with pupils from Uphall Station whom she had helped over many years. We then had a school assembly with poems and songs to thank Rhona for her hard work over more than 40 years – and to congratulate her on her British Empire Medal and her retirement.

It was an emotional afternoon and we hope that everyone enjoyed it, especially Rhona.