Pumpherston and Uphall Station CPS Blog
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The Big pedal is almost over! This is the last week. We had a quick photo opportunity on Tuesday with the cyclists and scooter people – and the JRSOs too, of course.
The JRSOs were so impressed with our safe cyclist today that she was awarded 10 house-points for wearing her helmet. Â She must have been paying attention to P2’s assembly.
Primary 3 have been learning how to prepare healthy food, and trying new tastes in class. Â Last week’s team made a delicious cous cous salad with a range of vegetables. This week the team of chefs made a refreshing fruit salad. Â Any ideas of other simple recipes we can try, which will help us learn how to chop, cut, peel and grate?
Thank you again to everyone who donated goods to our Harvest table today. We were very grateful for all the food and produce brought in to school, and glad to be able to help our local community in this way. This year the table also included some of our OWN grown produce- the leeks were freshly pulled out of the raised beds this morning.
We hope everyone who joined us enjoyed our Harvest assembly and we wish all the best to everyone receiving a bag of Harvest goods. This year we were able to give bags to everyone nominated by our school family, and to send many bags to the West Lothian foodbank to help families in crisis. Thank you to the group of helpers who sorted out the bags for distribution. Your help is much appreciated.
We learned at Assembly how our money has helped our friends in Uganda to buy Braille machines for the school and orphanage in Magale, and we saw how happy the children were to receive a pencil each.
We can make a difference!
At today’s Assembly we heard who had won the Poster competition organised by the JRSOs. Here are the winning designs which will be adapted into posters for display around our school, to encourage everyone to park smart or to travel to school without the car.
Well done to Sophie, Bayleigh, Kyle, Bailey, Molly, Nia, Freya, and Jonathan.
This Friday is our Jump Rope for Heart event – a sponsored skip in aid of the British Heart Foundation.
This charity work to save lives and make life better for people with heart disease. The British Heart Foundation also work with schools through their Heartstart programme to train children in emergency first aid.
We are now an affiliated  Heartstart school and Primary 2, 4, and 6 have been learning these very important skills with Mrs Hull using resources sent to us by the BHF. Now we want to give something back and help them to continue their work with other schools.
Sponsor forms will be coming home on Wednesday!! On Friday morning each class will take part in skipping activities for 45 minutes using long and short ropes with Primary 6 on hand to help with the counting.
Which class will manage the most skips without stopping? Who will show skipping style on the long ropes? Can the teachers keep up?
Primary 4 have been learning all about the digestive system. After discussing all the different stages involved in turning our food into nutrients and energy for our body, we created storyboards to describe the journey a piece of food makes.
To finish off our Health and Wellbeing topic about Living and Growing, we made Reebop babies. We had to sort out the genetic code for our baby then we had to check what features the baby had and then we had to make our baby. We hope you like them.
Our school Breakfast club is open from 8.10 to 8.40 am Monday to Friday. Breakfast is available FREE OF CHARGE TO ALL PUPILS and there is no need to book a table, just come along.
We offer a selection of cereals and yoghurt on Mondays, Wednesdays and Fridays. On Tuesdays we have toast with a variety of toppings, and a choice of fresh fruit. Healthy drinks of fruit juice, milk or water are available every day.Â
Come along and make the healthiest start to the day.
Make sure you have a good breakfast to fuel your learning til lunch!
Primary 4 had a challenge in Health today to create a message using the letters S A F E which would remind us how to stay safe on the Internet. Their safety advice works just as well in real life too.
Here are some of the best examples:
Strangers can be mean
Avoid them
Friends only
Everyone be nice
By Charis
Safe around strangers
Ask permission to go online
Friends you can trust, but not all the time,
Emotions- don’t let people be mean to you.
By Lewis and Lydia
Strangers are danger
Ask your Mum and Dad before saying yes
Friendly words
Everyone is dangerous when you don’t know them
By Hannah
Strangers- don’t trust them if you don’t know them
Ask permission to go online
Friends- you need to see if they will be good
Emotions- don’t let them hurt your feelings.
By Samantha and Sophie.
Strangers – don’t trust them
Ask to go online – for permission
Friendly – never be friends with strangers
Emotion – don’t let people be mean to you
By Louisa and Hayden.
It’s not too late to protect your child against Measles, Mumps and Rubella.
 NHS Lothian is running a catch-up campaign for young people aged 10 to 17 years who have not received two doses of MMR vaccine.
Some young people missed out on the MMR vaccination when they were younger. Two doses of the vaccine are required to ensure protection.
Information has been sent to parents and guardians of children who are 10 to 17 years old whose health records show they may not have completed the full course of MMR vaccination. NHS Lothian is encouraging parents and guardians of these children to contact their General Practice to arrange MMR vaccination for their child.Â
 To find out more, visit immunisationscotland.org.uk or contact your GP.
