Primary 7b Wallacewell Primary

This week, we completed our final writing piece for our explanation texts. Our writing was titled “Why Did the Evacuation Happen?” We applied all the skills we have been developing, including the use of technical language and cause and effect connectives. We also incorporated advanced punctuation to further uplevel our writing. The class worked incredibly hard and should be very proud of the high standard of work produced.

In numeracy, we have completed our unit on 3D shapes, covering volume, properties and nets. We then moved on to identifying and calculating area and perimeter. Our next unit of learning will focus on negative numbers. We will explore where negative numbers appear in real life such as temperature and money.

For Health and Wellbeing, we explored into the difference between equality and equity. The class created thoughtful posters explaining both definitions and demonstrating how equality and equity are displayed within our school community.

This week has been a short one in P7b, but there has still been lots of exciting learning taking place!

In literacy, we focused on cause-and-effect conjunctions, expanding our WW2 sentences by adding more detailed information about the war. We also linked this to our prior learning on technical language, using subject specific vocabulary to uplevel our writing even further.

For Diversity Day, we explored the blurb of Boy at the Back of the Class and discussed the challenges and strengths presented in the text. This led to thoughtful conversations about empathy, inclusion and resilience. We then created our own “diversity shields,” highlighting our backgrounds, what makes us unique and our individual strengths.

In maths, we transformed nets into 3D objects. We were able to identify, construct and match 3D shapes to their corresponding nets, applying our knowledge of properties and spatial awareness.

Well done to P7b for their continued effort and enthusiasm!

This week in P7B, we completed our learning on symmetry, developing skills in identifying lines of symmetry, reflecting shapes across axes, and using accurate measuring and drawing techniques. We have now moved on to 3D shape, where we revisited prior knowledge of the properties of 3D shapes, including faces, edges and vertices. Next week, we will be moving on to making and recognising nets of 3D shapes.

In writing, we explored technical language and how to uplevel our sentences. We completed this in preparation for our upcoming assessed piece of writing. Next week, we will begin planning our writing, bringing together technical language, cause and effect conjunctions, and time connectives.

In our interdisciplinary learning, we learned about Alan Turing and how his codebreaking helped end World War II two years earlier than expected and saved many lifes. We also completed some coding of our own and linked this learning to our spelling tasks.

Have a lovely long weekend!

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P7b Curriculum Newsletter – Term 3 2025-26

For numeracy this week, we completed our learning on 2D shapes and have now moved on to exploring symmetry across four quadrants. We will be finishing this learning next week before moving on to 3D shapes.

In writing, we transferred our learning from our topic on WWII evacuees to create flow charts showing the evacuation process. This is helping us build our understanding in preparation for our upcoming assessment, where we will be writing an explanation text about the WWII evacuations.

During reading this week, we took on key roles which rotated daily, including summariser, clarifier and questioner. We independently summarised their texts, identified new vocabulary and meanings, and created literal, inferential and evaluative questions to deepen their understanding.

In PE, we have now moved on to gymnastics and this week focused on developing skills in jumps and rolls. A reminder that our PE days are Wednesday and Thursday.

This week in P7B, we have moved on to learning about shape. Our initial focus has been on 2D shapes, including polygons and quadrilaterals. We have been using resources such as compasses and protractors to explore key concepts including diameter, radius and angles.

The class did exceptionally well in their spelling tests this week. We practise spelling daily, focusing on a range of skills such as diacritical marking, syllabification, dictionary work, and using our spelling words in context within sentences. In literacy, we completed our explanation texts on How a Volcano Erupts. We broke the process into clear steps and ensured we used appropriate technical vocabulary, including molten rock, eruption and crater.

This term, we have completed Scottish country dancing in PE and will now be moving on to gymnastics. A reminder that our PE days are Wednesday and Thursday.

This week, we have been learning about patterns and relationships. We explored Fibonacci sequences, triangular numbers, square numbers, as well as factors and multiples. We then moved on to chance and probability, learning and using the vocabulary likely, unlikely, impossible, certain and even chance. Pupils were encouraged to use correct mathematical language when discussing their ideas.

As part of our explanation writing this term, we began our writing preparation on How a Volcano Erupts. We broke the process into clear steps and identified key technical vocabulary to support our writing.

In topic, we are learning about World War II. The class completed WW2-inspired art based on the Clydebank Blitz and shared family stories linked to the war. In the afternoon, we continued reading The Boy in the Striped Pyjamas, which links closely to our WW2 topic.

This week in P7B, we had a big focus on Enterprise Week. Throughout December, we came up with business ideas to raise money for our school, and today we held our Enterprise Fayre, inviting all the classes to visit our classroom.

We sold empire biscuits, fairy bread, comic books, sweetie bags, and ran different games and competitions. The day was a huge success, with most of our items sold. We used our advertising, bargaining, and sales pitch skills to promote and sell our products.

On Monday, we will find out how much profit our fantastic businesses have generated!

Click on the link below to view the Smithycroft Transition information for this session (2025-26).

Smithycroft Transition Timeline 2025-26

This week in P7B, we continued developing our understanding of measure, exploring volume, length and weight. A key focus was remembering to include the correct units of measure such as cm, mm and cm³ in all our work.

We completed our final assessed writing piece, creating descriptive settings based on a Winter Wonderland. To bring our writing to life, we used a range of literary devices including personification, onomatopoeia, similes and metaphors. We were also very proud of our fantastic spelling results!

As part of our Enterprise Project, we designed posters about different jobs and identified the skills and qualities needed for each one. We also filled out job applications and took turns interviewing one another for our chosen roles.