Category Archives: Primary 4b

SCHOOL TRANSPORT ASSISTANCE

We to remind families about the School Travel Assistance provided by Glasgow City Council (GCC). GCC provide transport for children and young people who live more than 1.2 miles from their local catchment primary school by the shortest suitable walking route and more than 2.2 miles from their local catchment secondary school by the shortest suitable walking route. This is slightly more generous than the statutory obligation.

Further information about School Travel Assistance, and details on how to apply if you think you may be eligible can be found on the following webpage –

https://www.glasgow.gov.uk/article/5505/School-Travel-Assistance

We would like to encourage all families who believe they are eligible to apply. This will also help to alleviate some of the road traffic issues we see at the beginning and end of the school day.

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.

P4b

Another week has flown past in P4b!

My favourite thing so far was learning about the Earth and moon and deciding if the moon landing was Fact or Fiction. I’m still finding out more about it! Elena-Rose

I really ended writing my response to ‘Inside Out’. I like that movie and love making my own words to write about something. I had an abundance of fun! Drew

I’m really enjoying writing in my own words because it is challenging. Sara

I really like the chilli challenges in maths and that there are lots of cool activities to do. Lily

I really liked researching countries. Ya Ya and I chose to find out about Vatican City and it was really interesting to find out that no children are born there because there are zero hospitals and there are only 30 women there. Ruaridh R

I really enjoyed learning the days of the week in French and Rounding to the nearest 1000. Broady

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

 

P4b

What a busy week we have had!

We got to learn French words. I can count to 10! Charlie

We learned a song that helped us name the continents. Finn

We got to make posters about Non-Fiction books that made people want to read them. Sara

The posters were to persuade them. Charlie

We used collage to make the branches of our wellbeing tree. Alice

We learnt how to say colours in French. Jessica

We did Diacritical Marking to help us sound out ‘ea’ words. Broady

This was my best week in P4! Ruaridh R

We got to chat to visitors about what we have been learning at our Open Door event. Drew

It was my favourite part of the week. Jessica

Mrs McGilp became a gran and we made her cards and posters to welcome the baby!

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

P4b

This week has been the best week in the world. Elena-Rose

Place Value Stations were super-dooper fun! Elena Rose

Using the iPads was fun. Allan

We did partitioning and made pyramid. I challenged myself to partition millions. Ruaridh R

We learned about the phases of the moon. Poppy

We now know about First Quarter, Waxing Crescent, New Moon, Waning Crescent, Third Quarter, Waning Gibbous, Full Moon and Waxing Gibbous are the names for the phases. Rylie

Waxing moons show them getting bigger. Drew

Waning moons show it getting smaller. Finn

Neil Armstrong was the first man on the moon. Finn

We came to our own decisions about whether the moon landing was real because some people don’t believe it is. Maisie

We made information posters for Primary 3 to tell them all about the moon. Jessica

We learnt how to say numbers up to 10 in French. I was good at pronouncing the words because my dad can speak French. Lily

We did an Author Study on Dick King-Smith because he wrote our novel, The Hodgeheg. Ya Ya

I think it will be fun to keep reading The Hodgeheg. Nezar

The main character bumped his head and now his words are mixed up which is why it isn’t called The Hedgehog. Cooper S

I think this is going to be the best term the school has ever had. Cooper L

Our First Full Week

What a busy week we have had! There has been lots of learning, investigating and fun! Have a look at our pictures.

This week we have learned about Place Value. We did partitioning and part-part whole. Drew & Cooper S

I liked trying to figure out the parts in the whole number. Drew

I liked that we could break the number down by partitioning. Bella

We looked at Planet Earth and made collage pictures. Bernice

I know that Earth orbits the sun. Ya Ya

It’s the fifth biggest planet. Samuel

It takes 24 hours to spin around on it axis and one year to orbit the sun. Ruaridh R

It’s the third closest planet to the sun. Ruaridh K

We learned some French greetings. Jason

We said Bonjour Madam Wightman and Ca Va which means how are you? Kendall