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The open event this morning was a fantastic demonstration of the strength of our two communities of Pumpherston and Uphall Station. Â It was wonderful to see so many parents and carers, family members and friends mixing, chatting and enjoying a croissant and a cup of tea while sharing their children’s learning. Â I can’t thank enough all of the hard-working and dedicated staff at PUSCPS and all of you, our PUSCPS families, for making it a great success for the children.
As part of Cultural Diversity Week Primary 3 have been comparing the daily routines of children in Scotland, Brazil, India and Russia. We finished off the week with some food tasting. We all enjoyed the different Indian food we tried, although some of the boys and girls found it a bit too spicy!
Our first Pumphie Pals event was fantastic. Â All pupils showed great maturity and enthusiasm sharing their learning, questioning their peers and discussing the learning that had taken place during Cultural Diversity Week. Â We wanted to take time for pupils to share and be proud of what they were doing and this was a lovely event which was enjoyed by everyone.
This afternoon at 11:30 parents, carers, relatives and friends are invited to some to school and share this learning with your child. Â We have a French Cafe in the dining hall from 11:15. Â Children should be returned to their class by approximately 12pm – if you are taking your children home early please ensure you sign them out with the class teacher.
Many thanks for your support, Â Steven Eagleson
Children from our P7 class attended the above event today. It was a day of proper Scottish weather as we experienced all seasons in one day! Our athletes were very dedicated and braved the mixed conditions.
They took part in the 600m, 80m sprint, long jump, shot putt and relay. Â They tried really hard while supporting their classmates.
Eilidh Anderson brought back a 2nd place medal for the 80m sprint. Well done Eilidh!
Huge well done to Liam Thomson, Craig Lawrence, Ciaran Cumming, Jordan Wilson, James Halliday, Ben Salvin, Dolce Gordon, Niamh Brown, Finlay B and Kristinna Sharp.
Bienvenue au café! À la cantine, vendredi 29 mai, à 1115h.
Vous pouvez manger des croissants, boire du café, et parler français!Â
In the dining hall, Friday 29 May from 11.15am. You can taste some croissants, drink coffee and talk a little French! Open to parents and friends of the school- pop in and take part in our week exploring cultural diversity. All proceeds will go towards our partner school in Magale.
Looking at bringing together various elements of learning and engagement which we want to take forward and considering the ethos and the vision we have for PUSCPS we are planning a SHARED FOCUS WEEK around the upcoming International Day of Cultural Diversity in May.
A shared focus week allows all pupils in school from N-P7 to work on the same sets of outcomes at their own level and demonstrates the progression of learning across the stages. Cultural Diversity is an increasingly important consideration and our curriculum aims to develop pupils as responsible citizens.
We will launch the week in school with an assembly for pupils on Thursday 21 May – International Day of Cultural Diversity –  and pupils will then work over the following week on planned learning opportunities to develop understanding and awareness of diverse cultures.
On Thursday 28 May pupils will lead other pupils on a learning walk sharing their learning with pupils from N-P7 in the same group – these are our Pumphie Pals groups. This will prepare the pupils for sharing their learning with you.
On Friday 29 May at 11:30– parents/carers/family are invited to a sharing learning afternoon where your child will guide their visitors around their class and the school on a learning walk. This will be an opportunity to talk to pupils about their learning and see what they have been doing during Cultural Diversity week.
Fractions! We have been learning all about fractions. Â First of all we discussed the vocabulary of fractions. Â There is quite a lot to remember. Can you remember it? numerator / denominator / whole number / mixed number fractions / improper fractions, halves, Â thirds, quarters, sixteenths, twentieths. Â First we were identifying fractions eg 1/4, 1/6. Then we looked at mixed number fractions eg 6 2/3 and now we are learning about improper fractions eg. 34/7. Lots of fun!
In music we have been learning how to control our breathing. Â We have been lying on the floor so we can concentrate on using all of our lungs to take in air (link lizard : science!). We have been learning how to warm our voices up properly. Our main focus is to sing rounds, one group starts then another group comes in. We are making very good progress. Look out X Factor 2021!
We are very busy with our Cultural Diversity project but we are not telling you about it yet! See you on Friday at 11.30am……………………………..
There will be no dress down day this Friday. Â This is due to the recent fundraising we have undertaken for Nepal and the upcoming P1-3 Den Building Day raising money for Save the Children. Â Our next dress down day will be on the last day of term – 26 June – where we will have a special Summer Fun Dress Day to raise funds for Magale School.
Steven Eagleson
Mr and Mrs Comrie came to our assembly last Thursday to collect a £700 cheque for Magale school in Uganda. Our fundraising will go towards buying beds for the children in the orphanage and to buy books for the school library. There is an article on our fundraising in the West Lothian Courier this week. Thank you to all of the children and parents for your support with our Magale fundraising initiative.
Our new topic is about Our Woodland and we have been looking at images of natural and man-made woodlands to identify how we can tell if a woodland is naturally growing. Â We also made clay hedgehogs.
In Maths we have been learning to use symbols for more than and less than to solve simple equations.
In Drama we have been using play scripts to learn and present plays to the rest of our class. Â This also links with our literacy as we are learning to tell the difference between a story and a play script.
Well done to Murron who completed her Rainbow promise and shared it with the rest of her class.
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