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Look what came today!

Our green flag

Early bird pupils were able to cheer on the raising of our Green flag as it was put in place first thing this morning! What a fantastic start to our week.

The Eco committee are still working hard on keeping our school recycling systems going, and encouraging everyone to use the litter bins. This month it is Primary 1 and 1/2 turn on the litter picking duty, so we’re sure the playground will be clean and clear. 

We are also planning an exciting competition which will take place in March. More details will follow, but in the meantime if you have an entertaining talent, keep practicing…

We noticed last week that some of the bulbs planted in the front border are already poking their leaves up to look for the sun, so it won’t be long til spring. Keep your eyes open and let us know if you see anything interesting growing in and around our grounds.

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Primary 2

We went into the woodland beside our school to collect leaves, twigs and small stones to make a picture using natural resources found in our local environment.

P2 were very disappointed at the amount of dog mess left in a place they use for learning.  They would like everyone to remember to pick up after their pets.

We also checked the orchard for Mrs Hull to make sure there was no litter.

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P1/2 reflective learning

This week we have been busy learning about electricity and what we need it for.  We made posters by cutting out pictures of things we know need electricity to work.  We had great fun cutting and sticking things on.  Next we are going to learn about how to stay safe when using electical items.

Home link – can you all remeber to switch off lights, TVs and games when you are not using them. We are trying to remember to do this in class.

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p6 weekly blog

Blog for Monday 7th Oct 2013-10-04

We were really pleased to hear that Declan won second prize for the Bake Off Competition last week.

This week Ben Salvin was elected as our Pupil Council Representative.

We all enjoyed being out and about in Pumpherston this week doing our litter pick. We enjoy helping in our community.

Next week is parent’s night so we are all looking forward to hearing our good reports.

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How does our garden grow?

Primary 4 are taking responsibility for a small piece of land within the school grounds and are going to develop it as a garden, ably assisted by Mrs. Hull.  Other classes have responsibilities for other parts of the school grounds and every class has a designated planter that they have planted and are taking care of.  All of this helped contribute towards our Green Flag Award which was truly a whole school effort.

 

The proposed garden was planned by the P4 class and has been weeded and rotovated previously by West Lothian Council’s Neighbourhood Environment Team but the soil quality wasn’t great.  Luckily the Neighbourhood Environment Team noticed this and brought us a big consignment of top soil to help improve our garden. 

The down side was – it arrived as a big pile and had to be added to the soil by our intrepid P4 gardeners.  Thankfully they seemed to enjoy this task and were excellent at taking turns and organising the required jobs amongst themselves, with a few helpful words from Mrs. Hull when needed. 

They made some interesting discoveries including a bright green caterpillar, how best to plant a planter and where the best places around the school are for planters.  A great time was had by all and we look forward to the next installment of ‘how does our garden grow?’.

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Saving Scottish Animals

We had a very special visitor in school today. All of our classes got the chance to meet Lee, who is an animal rescue officer with the Scottish SPCA.  We learned lots about how we can help protect animals here in our community, how dangerous litter can be and what to do if we see an animal in trouble.  She taught us to stay safe, tell an adult and contact the SSPCA for help.  Here is a link to their website http://www.scottishspca.org/

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