Pumpherston and Uphall Station CPS Blog

Primary 7’s final days at primary school are drawing near.  In HWB we have been discussing strategies we could use to cope with the changes and new situations high school will bring.  We decided that making friends is a good way to cope.  We created recipes to show what a good friend is. 

Our topic in maths is Algebra and everyone seems to be enjoying it!  Most of us can now use both the covering method and balancing method to solve an equation.  Blueberries can also use the function machine method and create their own equation from a word problem.  Anna and Elli designed a magic trick to link to their equation.  We are hoping to film it and put it onto the blog!

Please have a look at our sculptures.  We have been working hard in Art to make an armature from modelling wire.  This creates the structure of our figure.   We then added newspaper to show the form of the body. 

Our assembly last week was such a blast – literally as a volcano erupted halfway through our performance. Luckily it was part of the plan so we were able to carry on with a song and a dance. It was lovely to see lots of people who care about us visiting school to see us perform – thanks for coming. We are still learning about natural disasters and will keep you up to date with our learning.

We have been reading and writing poetry as part of our reading focus. Some of us have been surprised at how much we enjoy writing poems and Miss Anderson has been pleasantly surprised at how emotive our poems are. Let us know if you want to read some and we will type them up for next week.

We’ll update more later in the week.

Miss Anderson & P5

“In Maths, I found reversing function machines to solve an equation tricky at first as there were two different methods.  I found the best one for me and feel more confident.” (Alexa)

“At my athletics club I think I have improved since I have been accepted to the older group of mixed sports.” (Sophie)

“At high school, I enjoyed being in different groups with people as I became friends with some of them.” (Shannon)

“I enjoyed P.E because we got to run”  (Jordan)

“At high school, I enjoyed being able to use the fitness suite with the machines.” (Elli F)

“At dancing, I managed to go all the way down to the splits.” (Rebecca)

“In nurture, I learned to plant potatoes properly.” (Michael)

“In karate, I feel more confident in modelling kicks for the younger ones.” (Holly)

“At football, I have managed to keep the ball balanced longer on my foot.” (Jake)

“At football, I was accepted into the Livingston Pro Youth Football Training sessions.  I was given the Scotland jumper for it.” (Anna)

“At high school, I liked playing rugby.  I got to tackle a dummy player but I was tackled by others with pads.” (Connor)

“At camp, I learned that the giant wasn’t as high as I first thought!” (Zoe)

“At horse riding, I showed confidence when I rode a horse I didn’t think I could ride as it is usually quite naughty and cheeky!” (Amy)

“In CDT at high school, I learned how to design a character drawing.” (Josh)

“In football, I improved scoring goals at 11 aside.” (Shea)

“At high school, I enjoyed using the bunsen burners in science.” (Cameron)

“At the sports festival, I enjoyed trying out the fitness suite machines.” (Bayleigh)

“At high school in art we learned a new printing technique using chalk and wax crayons.” (Ellie)