Pumpherston and Uphall Station CPS Blog

(written on Friday 2nd September)

Amber and Jamie – In PE, we were practising passing skills so that we could play bench ball.

Finlay – In PE, we were practising the bounce pass and then moving to a space once we had passed.

Amen and Josh  – We learnt about Growth Mindset and we know that if can’t do it, what we really mean is we can’t do it YET!

Renee and Aildh – We have been making our class charter so we have a better place to learn.

Dylan and Kelly – We learned that there are microscopic cells in our brains called neurons which help you to learn

Bailey and Alice – We made Diamond 9s for the class charter, thinking about what was most important and what was least important.

Summer and Murron – We were learning our birthdays in French and we made cakes with the right number of candles for that month.

Ryan F and Eilidh – We have been watching Newsround to be up to date with what is happening around the world.

Zayah and Tristan – We have been learning about our rights.

Owen and Ryan S – We have been doing our Beautiful Oops where turn a mistake into something beautiful

Hayden, Kyle and Michal – We watched Newsround and learnt about a man who was running in the Gobi Desert and found a dog.

Darci and Jay – We have been writing a story about a beautiful summer day to show off how good our writing is.

Gillon and Sam – We have been learning Mojo and who was having school and he learnt that you have to keep trying.

Jessica and Samuel – We have been learning joins in our handwriting and we are going to use them in all our writing.

 

(written on Friday 26th August)

We have settled in really well this week and are working on following instructions.

We are enjoying watching Newsround because it is interesting and we get to see what is happening around the world.

We have been reminding ourselves about the Golden Rules and Children’s rights and we are going to use these to create a Class Charter which will help our classroom be a better learning environment.

We have been learning new skills at PE.  We practised throwing and catching.  It was good fun.

We have chosen our representatives for the different groups in the school.  Candidates had to present a short speech to say why they would be best for the job. Then we voted and the person with the most votes won.

Finally we have been using ClassDojo to earn points by working hard, behaving well and helping others.  We have little monsters which are our characters.  We like earning points this way.

This week the children have been learning simple Spanish phrases in order to create a short play script.  They have been working with a partner to create it in English and then try it in Spanish using a vocabulary list that they have learned.

The children have been creating comparison posters to compare aspects of life during WWII to the present day.

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

As part of our WWII topic, the children expressed an interest in the Holocaust.  Today we had a presentation from Lucia who is an ambassador for the Holocaust Educational Trust.  The children were very engaged in the presentation and had lots of questions to ask at the end.

In maths we have been rounding numbers to the nearest 10,100 or 1000 and using rounding to estimate the answers to calculations.  In PE we have been playing invasion games.  The children have been giving their opinion about what works best in the invasion games and we have adjusted how we play the game as a result.  They are much happier with the new format of the game.

We have also been learning about WWII and enjoyed a handling session from Mrs Liddell.  The session gave a detailed account of events during the war.  It was presented in a way that made links to Mrs Liddell’s relatives, who experienced the war, and made links to local areas which made it more meaningful for the children.  They also had the opportunity to try on some of the clothing.