Primary 4b Wallacewell Primary

What a fantastic week we’ve had in Primary 4! The children have worked extremely hard across all areas of the Curriculum, and I am so proud of their effort, focus and determination.

We began our new class novel, The 100-Mile-an-Hour Dog by Jeremy Strong, and the excitement was clear from the first chapter. The children used their before, during and after reading strategies to explore Chapters 1 and 2, applying visualisation, summarising skills and higher order thinking to discuss the text in depth. They were then challenged to create a “Wanted” poster, using evidence from the novel to support their ideas, it was wonderful to see such thoughtful use of the text.

We completed our response writing assessments. Every child showed fantastic determination, taking time to add detail, check their work carefully and give their very best effort. This was by far the strongest overall piece of writing the class has produced so far, and I am incredibly impressed with the progress being made.

We also launched our new Rainforest topic. Through a range of creative play experiences in the playroom, the children developed their collaboration, investigation and enquiry skills while building their understanding of this exciting new context for learning.

In numeracy, we have been focusing on fractions of an amount, confidently applying our division strategies to support our calculations. We have also explored the area and perimeter of 2D shapes, with a strong focus on explaining our mathematical thinking clearly.

It has been a busy and successful week, and I couldn’t be prouder of the children’s positive attitudes and hard work. Wishing everyone a restful and enjoyable weekend!

Today we celebrated our differences for Diversity Day and enjoyed learning together through the story All the Ways We’re Smart. The children identified their own skills and talents, recognised how everyone learns in different ways, and celebrated what makes each of us unique, linking closely to our school values of Ambition and Nurture. In RME, we also explored The Proudest Blue as part of our learning about Islam, discussing the importance of respecting different cultures, beliefs, and people’s differences, and reinforcing our school value of Respect.

In the afternoon the children were invited to watch a fantastic production of Treasure Island from M&M Theatrical Productions. The children loved it, and we really enjoyed getting to ask the cast and crew questions after the show was finished.

What a busy and exciting week we’ve had in P4B!

In maths, we had great fun during our Active Measure lesson. We have been learning all about volume and capacity, comparing different amounts, making sensible estimates, and then measuring to check our thinking. The water stations were a big hit! The children loved getting hands-on; pouring, testing, and investigating which containers held more or less. It was wonderful to see so much curiosity, teamwork, and mathematical thinking in action. There were lots of great discussions and predictions before measuring, which really helped develop their understanding.

In P.E., we continued working on our gymnastics sequences. The children have been creating short routines in groups that include a roll, a balance, and a jump. They showed fantastic cooperation and confidence while performing for one another. We also practised giving peer feedback, sharing positive comments and helpful suggestions so everyone can improve their routines next week. I’ve been so impressed with their encouragement and teamwork.

Well done P4b for another very successful learning week! I hope everyone has a great long weekend.

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P4b Curriculum Newsletter – Term 3 2025-26

The children had a great time experiencing and trying new foods. As part of our Scotland topic and Response writing plans the children became food reviewers. We all got to taste traditional haggis neeps and tatties and the following week we got to review our experiences. Lots of the children were very pleasantly surprised by the taste, however some have decided haggis is just not for them.

We have had another busy and enjoyable week in class!

In maths, we have been learning the multiplication box method, and the children are developing a really secure understanding of this strategy. For literacy, we focused on the ‘oo’ phoneme in spelling and worked hard to spot and use it in our reading and writing. We thoroughly enjoyed welcoming parents into the classroom on Thursday to see our learning – thank you so much for coming along and sharing this with us.

The class also watched the P6 Burns Showcase rehearsal, which inspired lots of great discussion. We have planned a response writing task linked to this and are really looking forward to writing these next week.

In art, we painted our clay model Loch Ness Monsters, as well as creating some beautiful Nessie landscape paintings. The results were fantastic and full of creativity.

Finally, we have been learning all about Robert Burns ahead of Burns Night, exploring his life and looking closely at the language features in some of his most famous poems.

Well done everybody for all your hard work!

After a well deserved break P4b have come back with a determination and desire to learn. We have loved our Scotland topic, especially learning about Scottish myths and legends. In writing we are learning to write a response and have been working on facts and opinions. We having been learning to work as a team and will have a special focus on team building skills this term all across our learning. We have learnt about Lohri festival as part of R.M.E and to celebrate we created mini bonfire piles in our playground. Finally we ended the week researching the Loch Ness Monsters, we created these with clay, made colourful drawings and made mini fact files for our drawings too. Well done everyone, you have worked so hard.

And just like that term two is officially over. Primary four have worked so incredibly hard this term and I’m so proud of the dedication, resilience, and hard work I’ve seen throughout the term. This week has been jam packed full of Christmas fun and celebrating the end of another successful term. The children had a fantastic time at the Christmas party. I would like to say thank you to all of the children and their families for such generous gifts. I wish you all the very best over your Christmas holidays and I can’t wait to see you in the New Year. Have a great break, you deserve it!
love, Miss Mackenzie.

This week the children enjoyed a range of learning experiences themed around Christmas. We started with reading comprehension following poetry study. We planned our Character writing from a famous John Lewis Christmas advert. After watching the nativity story the children were able to create actions and pictures to identify the main points of this story, next week we will create a summary from this prior learning. In numeracy we are focused on using sharing to support division word problems and creating tally sheets and bar graphs for Data Handling. The children loved spending Thursday Morning in our playroom. This week the children all performed their solo talks accompanied by some fibulas posters showcasing all the research they did for each talk.