Please note a mistake on the flyer sent home – the cost is £2 per child – not £3.
Please find below a summary of our self evaluation of last session.
School Lunch Menu
Click here to open the page with the lunch menu.
The new lunch menu – starting after the October Holiday – will be sent home today with all children. Â This is also available to view on the blog by clicking the link above or to download a copy by clicking the link below. Â Please note that the packed lunch option has changed and pupils will now order a choice of packed lunch daily from a choice of two fillings. Â
Click here to download the front page of the lunch menu.
click here to download the back page of the lunch menu.
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FANTASTICALLY Generous Foodbank Donations
WOW!  We are so proud of our communities for the huge amount of food that has been donated for the West Lothian foodbank.  These very generous donations show how warm and caring a pair of communities we have here in Pumpherston and Uphall Station.  Thank you.  We will be sharing this warm community spirit this afternoon at our Harvest Assembly – 2:15pm  – we look forward to seeing you there if you can make it.
Click here to access the West Lothian Foodbank website
P 2/ 3 Weekly Blog
As part of our topic we have been learning about ancient Egyptian gods and goddesses. We created a fact file about our chosen god or goddess. We had to write a fact about our god or goddess and draw a detailed picture of them. Here are some of our factfiles. How many Egyptian gods or goddesses do you know?
Thinking Back Looking Forward Pupil Profiles – P2-P7
Today pupils in P2 – P7Â will bring home their THINKING BACK LOOKING FORWARDÂ profile for this term. Â Â This is a profile of what your child sees as their progress in learning so far this session and also includes a summary of the pupils’ current strengths and next steps from the class teacher. Â Pupils in nursery and P1 will have learning to share through the Online Learning Journals system.
This is a new approach to reporting to parents for us this term and – as discussed in September’s newsletter – it forms a part of our FAMILIES LEARNING TOGETHER – SHARING LEARNING programme which we are developing this session.
We hope you find these new mid-year profiles more useful that the old-format final report in June. Â Please bring your copy along to your appointment on Wednesday or Thursday evening and you can discuss it with the teacher then. Â All pupils took home an appointment slip for parent appointments on Friday – if you don’t have yours – please call the office.
Steven Eagleson
Termly Learning Overviews – Term 1 2016/2017 (August-October)
Each term class teachers plan the areas of focus for this term’s learning. Â These overviews are shared with home and with the pupils. Â The overviews for this term below were sent home in September with each child. Â You can check them here and download a copy of your child’s plan. Â This can help frame a discussion with your child on what they are learning and where they are finding success or challenges.
Click here to download Term 1 Learning Overview for P1 pupils in P1 and P1/2 class
Click here to download Term 1 Learning Overview for all P2 pupils in P1/2 class
Click here to download Term 1 Learning Overview for P2/3 class
Click here to download Term 1 Learning Overview for P3 class
Click here to download Term 1 Learning Overview for P4 class
Click here to download Term 1 Learning Overview for P5 class
Click here to download Term 1 Learning Overview for P6 class
Click here to download Term 1 Learning Overview for P7 class
Harvest Assembly – Food Collection
A reminder that we are collecting food donations for the West Lothian Foodbank. Â We greatly appreciate any donations to help this worthwhile charity. Â Please ensure that they are in school for the Harvest Assembly tomorrow afternoon (Tuesday) at 2:15. Â You are welcome to attend.
Many thanks,
Steven Eagleson
Primary 1/2
In Art this week, P1/2 have been exploring using different printing techniques to create pictures.
At the start of the week, we went out to have a look at the trees around the school grounds and took turns to take photographs of them. We noticed that although many of the trees were still green, some were beginning to change into different colours for autumn. When we got back to class we used our fingers to print the many colours of the leaves with paint.
We also investigated using fruit and vegetables for printing. Here are some of the images we created:
