Pumpherston and Uphall Station CPS Blog

Finally after many years of anticipation we are in our new school building.  It is very bright and seems very, very big compared to our previous home.  I have to say though, that the wait was well worth it.  The children are super excited to have so much space as each classroom has a breakout area where they can work quietly in small groups and a very big playground that is much easier to monitor.  The children love the decking and being able to bring each class into their own cloakroom will prevent so many problems of missing coats and crowded corridors.

We took a photo of everyone on the last day in the old school and another one on Wednesday 22nd March outside the new school.  This week sees our official opening and by the time the parent/teacher meetings come around in March it will look and feel like a ‘real’ school.

Now that we are in our new school, we’d like to encourage each other to cycle or scoot to school – there are lots of spaces to lock up your bike or scooter at the main entrance.  We’ll be logging how many scoots and cycle journeys are made on 3 special days in March to take part in The Big Pedal. See Mrs Hull for details.

The school is really starting to feel Christmassy now.  We have a real tree in the dining hall.

and an even bigger tree in the Institute hall, though sadly it isn’t a real one.

The classes are all busy making things to decorate the dining hall for the Christmas dinner tomorrow, which will be served by teachers and accompanied by Christmas music.  Every class is rehearsing songs for the end of term service and all is going to plan.  We are all hoping that the snow and gale force winds stay away as we really don’t want any disruptions to our plans for next week, which is to be a really, really busy one.

Photos and Memories

On Friday 26th August Mrs Brockbank and the teaching staff were lucky enough to visit the new school, along with the architect for the project, and have a guided tour of the inside.  The staff were amazed and delighted by how it looked, especially the size of the hall, which seems huge. 

In preparation we all needed to wear safety footwear, high visibility vests and hard hats but it was well worth it.  Hopefully there will be another visit nearer the completion date, which we will share with you if we can.  Below is a selection of photos from the visit.