Primary 5a Wallacewell Primary

Happy Friday!
This week in p5a we have been working on non chronological reports all about Scotland, while in Maths we have been using the bar model to work out fractions of amounts. We created our own Rangoli patterns as part of our RME, incorporating our symmetry skills. This week in Scottish dancing we learned strip the willow, it was tricky at first but we soon got the hang of it! We started our new IDL topic all about Diversity. We began by looking at how we are all unique and created our own unique puzzle pieces. In RSHP we also explored stereotypes. On Thursday we went on our class trip to the Science Centre, it was great fun. We enjoyed the Planetarium too.

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This week we enjoyed Scottish country dancing, we practiced the Military Two Step and Gay Gordons and learned the Canadian Barn Dance too, we even tried the progressive version. we learned about Scottish Inventors before finishing off our Scotland Topic with a large Display of Knowledge poster.  We created our own version of Steven Browns highland coos in Art.  In Maths we worked on equivalent fractions and comparing fractions then moved on to simplifying fractions. In reading we have been developing our Reciprocal reading skills. We have also been working on balancing skills as part of our gymnastics.  We have also been continuing with our RSHP lessons, this week exploring stereotypes.

This week in p5 we have been working hard on comparing fractions with different denominators in Maths, we have been able to find the lowest common denominator and make equivalent fractions to compare them. In our Shape block we made 3d shapes monsters.  As part of our Scotland topic we used our writing time to write detailed fact files and we also learned about some of the wildlife native to Scotland. We have been trying very hard with our Scottish dancing and we now know the military two step and the Gay Gordons. We have some fabulous dancers! We also created our own McIntosh inspired Roses in art this week. We have been enjoying the Paths stories focussing on making choices, peer pressure and uncomfortable feelings.
We have been working on our reading strategies and applying these in our tasks with our reading books.
We worked hard on showcasing all our spelling strategies during our open afternoon on Thursday.

We have had a busy start to the new year in p5a. In Maths we have been working on our fractions block and have been working hard on solving equivalent fractions. In Writing we began by working on Scottish poetry, we listened to and translated ‘the wee malkies’ poem then wrote a response in the same style. Our new topic is all about Scotland, we explored Scottish symbols as well as looking at clans and tartan, we designed our own tartans using oil pastels. We have also looked at Scottish landscapes and famous landmarks.  We have also begun learning some Scottish Country dances!
We have also enjoyed learning some British Sign Language as our Friday master class.

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This week we started the week by presenting our solo talks. We did a little work on fractions. Lots of other things we did were Christmas-y! Like Christmas French, Christmas art, Christmas maths, Christmas literacy! On Tuesday we had our Christmas party, it was good fun! We had ice cream from the ice cream van this morning too!

Merry Christmas and Happy holidays!

This week we showed great teamwork after deciding on our Christmas door design. We used our handprints to create a Christmas tree, and everyone had a part to contribute. We have enjoyed opening our advent calendar daily too! In Maths we did a  snowball maths game using our division strategies. We have been working hard on larger division calculations using partitioning arrays and algorithms. In literacy we used Christmas spelling words to practice , we also did some research for our biography writing and have been improving our reading strategies through various tasks and reciprocal reading roles. We have done some Spain art as well as some Christmas art this week. In Creative enquiry this week we used our problem solving skills to design and build parachutes for Santa and traps to catch the mischievous elves!

we continue to have a secret student every day too!

This week we began learning about biographies and were thinking about subheadings to help us research someone that we know to write a biography of. In reading we focussed on metalinguistics  and prediction. In maths this week we have been using fact families to help us use our knowledge of multiplication tables to solve division calculations. We also learned the place value rule for dividing by 10,100,1000.
In spelling some groups worked on using prefixes.
In  RSHP we learned about body parts and their functions as well as how bodies change throughout puberty.
We began a new topic on Spain, so we began by researching some interesting facts and looked at the geography of Spain.
In RME we turned the 10 commandments of Christianity into more child friendly language.
In PATHS we explored peer pressure and making good choices.
We also went to the PANTO  ‘Little Mermaid’ on Thursday, it was really fun and we all loved it!

It has been another busy week in p5a!

In Maths we have been working on different strategies for long multiplication – we have used the box method, partitioning and the algorithm. We have all worked very hard on these. In writing we completed our short stories, we made sure to uplevel our writing to make it exciting and help our readers visualise through our descriptive language.  We continue to work on our reading skills and strategies every week and also applied our roles through reciprocal reading groups.  In PE we have been working on developing skills for Tennis. we completed our Titanic Topic this week by looking at the lives of some of the people who were aboard the titanic. We then finished by working with partners to create a display of knowledge of everything that we have learned about ‘The Unsinkable Titanic’.  This week has also been Scottish Book week, where we celebrated our reading successes. We also had a special assembly this week where we learned all about the Commonwealth Games coming to Glasgow in 2026. We were excited to meet the mascot, Finnie, who was lots of fun!

This week we have been working on developing a Plot in our imaginative stories. In Maths we have been learning to solve larger multiplication calculations using the box method strategy. We have also been exploring weight through our measurement unit. In Paths we have been looking at problems within friendships and how this can make us feel and act and looking at how these can be resolved positively suing the control signals to help us. In Science we explored floating and sinking using our Titanic context. We learned about what causes something to float or sink, made predictions about some smaller items in our class then carried out an experiment to test out our predictions. In topic this week we also looked at lots of suspects and evidence to decide if we thought any person or thing was to blame for the sinking of the Titanic. Most children concluded that it was a combination of factors that lead to the sinking and they blamed numerous different people!

Another busy week in p5a!

In writing we have been working on our spooky stories , we have now created the beginning of the story using descriptive and figurative language to describe the setting and introduce the characters.
In reading we have been continuing to use our reading strategies and skills through work on our reading books. We also began Reciprocal reading groups this week, where the Big Boss led the group and we all participated with our own roles.  It was very successful.

In maths we have been focussing on the place value rule for multiplying by 10,100 and 1000 and have incorporated hidden times table facts too.

During Topic time we explored the class system and how this looked aboard the Titanic. We had some very interesting discussions about equality and fairness.

As it was bonfire night this week, we also used this as our stimulus for art and poetry writing.

In health and well-being we have been exploring positive friendships and qualities of a good friend as well as looking at conflict resolutions between friends and building resilience,