Primary 5b Wallacewell Primary

In Primary 5 this week we have felt that it has been very busy and very quick! We cannot believe it is the weekend already.

We are happy that we improved our line-up skills and classroom routines at break time, lunch time and home time.

Everyone is becoming more confident in basketball, some of us are getting closer to making a successful shot.

Some of us enjoyed learning a new maths strategy even though it was a little tricky.

In IDL, we learned lots about the life cycle of a sea turtle. We enjoyed learning about this process but we were sad to find out only 1 in 1000 hatchlings make it to the ocean. There is no perfect time for turtle to hatch! We found it interesting that the weather/heat dictated if the baby turtle was a boy or a girl.

A firm favourite this week was developing our shooting skills in basketball. As a class, we feel like everyone has made a big improvement and have been supporting each other.

In spelling, we felt our spelling test was quite challenging because it was common words. We used our strategies to help us and are proud of what we achieved. During reading, we enjoyed applying reading strategies to identify if statements were true or false. In writing, we enjoyed writing a Diary Entry and watching the video as a ‘hook’. The video was creative and gave us a lot to write about. It made us realise we can use our imagination to play games and transport us to ‘another world’.

Most of us enjoyed partitioning again this week, using challenging numbers and applying this strategy to addition. We felt proud of ourselves that we could try some on our own after working in a group with the teacher.

Some of us really enjoyed French this week.

We went to our committees, we enjoyed discussing what we will be doing throughout the year.

Due to a change in timetable, we now have P.E/Outdoor learning on a Thursday. Therefore, our new P.E. days are Thursday and Friday. Can I also ask for everyone to make sure they bring indoor shoes. Thank you, have a wonderful weekend from P5b and Miss Hamilton.

Click on the link below to view our Term 1 Curriculum Newsletter.

P5b Curriculum Newsletter – Term 1 2025-26

In Numeracy this week, we have been learning how to compare numbers using greater than and less than. It was fun and we learned that the crocodile always eats the bigger number. We also developed our partitioning skills.

We have been exploring different reading strategies through our class novel George’s Marvellous Medicine. We developed our knowledge on using dictionaries and using context clues to find the meaning of unfamiliar words.

We have found different ways to connect our learning, by using the wordbanks in Numeracy to improve our spelling.

In P.E, we worked on our dribbling and passing skills and practised a bounce pass and a chest pass. We started a class challenge to help us develop our shooting skills and we hope to improve our accuracy as the basketball lessons continue.

Our focus for IDL is Oceans. We learned all about the different layers including the sunlight zone and the twilight zone.

Welcome to Primary 5b. We are looking forward to sharing our learning journey with you.