Category Archives: Primary 3a

Community Development Student @Wallacewell (2024-25)

We are delighted to introduce Anna Byatt to our School Community. Anna is from the University of Glasgow and will be working in partnership with us this year to support our local community to identify, understand and act on issues impacting our local community with a focus on – 

  • Play & Recreation

  • Facilities & Amenities

  • Traffic & Parking

  • Identity & Belonging

Keep up to date with Anna’s and the schools Community Development work on the Community Development section on our school website.

Hello, my name is Anna Byatt and I am excited to join the Wallacewell Primary School team. I am currently a year 3 student at The University of Glasgow, studying Community Development, which includes both classroom and placement-based learning. This year my placement is here at Wallacewell Primary School.

Throughout the duration of my course I have had the opportunity to experience placements in various sectors, organisations and locations – locally, globally and internationally. So far, as part of my University studies I have visited Belfast, India and this year plan to visit Kentucky to analyse how communities engage in different settings.

I am particularly interested in the educational aspects of Community Development. Education has always been a passion of mine, perhaps influenced from a young age by my Dad who is a primary school teacher, During my placement this year, my main focus will be on enhancing engagement with the school community and surrounding areas to help bring the community to life.

If you have any ideas for improving community connections within the school environment or even just to meet me for a chat, feel free to contact me via email. I am excited about embarking on my journey at Wallacewell Primary School!

Email: AByatt@glow.sch.uk

A bit more about me – I am 23, I love to travel, I have a passion for sport, one of my favourite spots for a walk or run is Hogganfield Loch especially when I get to see the sunset across the water. I enjoy fun outdoor activities, particularly those that involve a bit of a risk! I consider myself a hands-on person, so the practical aspects of placement throughout my course suits my approach. I enjoy exploring the Community Development theories, ideologies and values and putting them into practice, which aligns closely with the educational values and ethos. I am a very sociable person, therefore working with people is the path I wanted to pursue as I have a passion for helping others find their confidence and the tools to empower themselves.

I look forward to meeting everyone and contributing to the Wallacewell Primary School community and improving community links going forward.

PARENT COUNCIL ANNUAL REPORT AND ACCOUNTS (2023-24

Please find attached the Parent Council Annual Report and Accounts ahead of their scheduled AGM on Monday the 23rd of September 2024. The meeting will take place at Wallacewell Primary at 6pm. As always, all welcome. Childcare for school aged pupils will be available. We look forward to seeing you there.

WPSPC Annual Report and Accounts 2023-24

P3a Active Play

We had a great start to this week enjoying time outdoors taking part in the Active Play program.  This involved working together as a team, lots of running around and importantly having fun.

After all our exercise we continued on with our discursive writing.  Mrs Potter was very impressed with the great planning discussions we had together before we began.

In Maths we began looking at part part whole models which will help us with our understanding of addition and subtraction.

Finally we continued our Fairtrade learning in our Play area where some children decided to create their own Fairtrade shop to sell their products.

P3a

We now have our play area set up with our focus for the next few weeks being Fairtrade. We were learning how beans grow and using our data handling skills to show how far different products travel to reach us.

There was lots of fantastic learning going on and we have more great artwork for the walls.


Another popular activity were the Bee-bots which we had to program to visit the different shops.

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We finished the week learning about the lifecycle of a sea turtle.

 

Parent Council Agenda & Minutes – 26.08.24

Please click on the links below to view our most recent Parent Council meeting agenda and agreed minutes.

PC Agenda – 26.08.24

PC Minutes – 26.08.24

PC Minutes 26.08.24-Arabic translation

 

FUNDRAISING AT WALLACEWELL PRIMARY WITH ASDA

Dear Families,

We’ve got some exciting news to share with you!

Parentkind, a charity that supports school communities, have teamed up with Asda, who is making millions of pounds available to donate to primary schools across the UK through their ‘Cashpot for Schools’ initiative. To support our school, all you have to do is opt-in through the Asda Rewards app, shop and scan in store or shop online at Asda.com.

Between 2nd September and 30th November 2024 – every time you shop with Asda using your Asda Rewards app, Asda will donate 0.5% of the value of your shop to your chosen Primary school. Also, every time somebody opts-in to support our Primary school, Asda will give an additional £1 to the school Cashpot. Plus, it doesn’t stop there – Asda are also giving £50 to every school to get them started.

It’s as easy as 1,2,3
1. Download the Asda Rewards app, register and opt-in to Cashpot for Schools. Make sure you have the latest version of the app installed.
2. Choose our Primary School. Either searching by name (Wallacewell Primary) or postcode (G21 3RH)
3. Shop instore across Asda and George, or online at Asda.com and start filling your Cashpot as you shop

Asda does the rest, all money raised will be donated to our school to spend on the things we need the most.

Remember, anyone can sign up – so start spreading the news and raising funds for our school.
This initiative is on top of the existing Asda Rewards benefits you get as a shopper – so you won’t lose out on any of your own earnings or Cashpot, so everyone is a winner!

For more details, visit asda.com/cashpotforschools

As always thank you for your continued support.

Yours

Miss L Davidson
Head Teacher

Keeping You Posted – Class Newsletters (Term 1 2024-25)

Click on the links below to view our class curriculum newsletters for term 1.

Keeping You Posted – Primary 1a Term 1 2024-25

Keeping You Posted – Primary 1a Term 1 2024-25

Keeping You Posted – Primary 1b Term1 2024-25

Keeping You Posted – Primary 1c Term 1 2024-25

Keeping You Posted – Primary 2-1 Term 1 2024-25

Keeping You Posted – Primary 2a Term 1 2024-25

Keeping You Posted – Primary 2b Term 1 2024-25

Keeping You Posted – Primary 3a Term 1 2024-25

Keeping You Posted – Primary 3b Term 1 2024-25

Keeping You Posted – Primary 4a Term 1 2024-25

Keeping You Posted – Primary 4b Term 1 2024-25

Keeping You Posted – Primary 5a Term 1 2024-25

Keeping You Posted – Primary 5b Term 1 2024-25

Keeping You Posted – Primary 6a Term 1 2024-25

Keeping You Posted – Primary 6b Term 1 2024-25

Keeping You Posted – Primary 7a Term 1 2024-25

Keeping You Posted – Primary 7b Term 1 2024-25

P3a Art Success

Our under water scene scratch art was a fantastic success and we are all really pleased with the results.

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We then continued our topic by working with a partner to discuss and sort different animals in to those that live on land, those that live in the sea and those who live on both land and sea.

We were working hard again on our place value this week in maths and have now all began our new reading books. These will be taken home each night.

P3a First week back

Last week we were learning about place value in maths and completed lots of different activities to show we can identify and make different numbers.

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We also began our Under the Sea topic.  We are now able to names the 5 different oceans and where they are on a map.  At the end of the week we started making some wax scratch pictures.  Firstly we coloured our piece of paper with brightly coloured crayons and then covered it in black paint.  Next week we will scratch off some of the paint to hopefully produce some colourful under the sea art work.  Look out for our finished masterpieces later in the week.