Pumpherston and Uphall Station CPS Blog

Well another busy week here in P2/3 with lots of different activities going on.

Oskars -Primary 2s are still enjoying Futsal which teaches us different football skills.

Summer – P3s are looking forward to going on a trip on Monday to a Highland Games event.

Darcy – In Art we have been learning about watercolours and have been painting our own watercolour backgrounds.

Abbie – We looked at some of Claude Monet’s watercolours to get some ideas.

Maja – In Science we learned more about the watercycle.

Next week we are looking forward to seeing the production of The Jungle Book in school.

Have a great weekend.

Mrs Andison and Primary 2/3

P5 and P6 had a fun filled day at Xcite Craigswood today at the Sky Sports Living for Sports Day. They got to take part in lots of different activities including judo, football and rugby, as well as learning about healthy eating and hearing inspirational stories from professional athletes.

During the day, all the schools were given points for their behaviour, enthusiasm and teamwork and… WE WON! All the children tried their best, were respectful towards staff and some even helped clean up after lunch. They couldn’t have done a better job at representing PUSCPS and all the staff were very proud of them. Well done P5 and P6!

Here is a picture of their trophy and some action shots from the day.

On Wednesday, Team Pumphy (Miss McLaughlin, Miss Young & Sarah-Jane) set off for Glasgow to attend the Scottish Education Awards.

As you know, we had been shortlisted for the ‘Parents as Partners in Learning’ award for all of the fantastic work we have undertaken with Sarah-Jane. The award covers applicants from all schools in Scotland and the standard of entries this year was unbelievably high.

We had made it to the final with two other schools : Long Calderwood Primary School and St John Ogilive High School. We were awarded the runner-up position and given £200 to go towards future projects. Congratulations to St John Ogilvie High School, who won our category. We are extremely proud of our little school for being recognised on such a grand scale. We know the work we do is fantastic and we will carry this on in the upcoming school session.

Congratulations to the other finalists from Team West Lothian – Jonathan Payne from West Calder High School (Teacher of the Year runner-up) and the Polbeth Nursery Team (Raising Attainment in Literacy runner-up).

Thanks to all parents, pupils and members of Team Pumphy for their help and support.

Miss McLaughlin 🙂

Well another lovely week has come to an end and we have been enjoying the good weather.

Today we beat last weeks time for our Daily Mile Challenge – we ran it in thirteen minutes, knocking three minutes off last week.

Maja – We have had a busy week with us all completing our CEM assessment. Some of us are happy it is over and some of us enjoyed it.

Bailey – We are still enjoying playing in the class sweet shop more often. Its great because we can use our times tables and adding and taking away money.

Gillon – I’m getting better at my 5x table using Table Mountain.

Summer – We have been learning about the water cycle in Science.

Daniel – Primary threes have begun to learn about the human body, the main organs and how they work.

Calum – I’m getting better at division because I know my 2x table better.

We hope we don’t get too much rain this weekend. Have a great one.

Mrs Andison and P2/3

As part of our topic this term, P6 have been investigating the local area and analysing its strengths and areas for development. Based on the research they carried, the children worked in pairs to come up with a proposal for something that could be added to Pumpherston and Uphall Station to improve the local area. Suggestions included additional parking, a new play park and a Community Centre.

After writing persuasive letters about their proposals, the children worked in pairs to create 3D models of their proposals. Have a look at some of them in the photographs below.