Category Archives: Primary 5b

ACCESS TO CHILDHOOD PRACTICE – GLASGOW KELVIN COLLEGE

Do you have an interest in how children learn and develop and are looking to embark on a new career?
Are you interested in working as part of a team to support the youngest learners in society?
Are you worried about never studying before or not having the right qualifications?

If so, maybe Glasgow Kelvin College is where you should be.
We offer many different courses linked to Early Learning and Childcare, one being.
ACCESS TO CHILDHOOD PRACTICE.

This is a course aimed at adults with no or little qualifications, who are interested in a career in Early Years and have not been in education for at least 5 years.
For more information visit Glasgow Kelvin College website and apply now.

http://www.glasgowkelvin.ac.uk

 

Homework Policy

Following our consultation with pupils, parents/carers and teaching staff we have refreshed our homework policy moving in to term 3. This will ensure consistency across the school and will ensure we are meeting the needs of all of our pupils and families. Just under half of our families felt that home learning was important, with over a fifth of families sharing they felt it was not important. A very high number of families also share that they found home learning stressful, frustrating, a struggle and demanding. Almost all families felt that reading was important and this is why we have referenced the importance of reading for pleasure in our new policy. We have also introduced a termly extended family learning activity. A copy of our homework policy can be viewed by clicking on the link below –

Homework Policy -Wallacewell Primary (December 2023)

 

Christmas time

We have had a fun and busy last week before the end of term. At the start of the week we had our Christmas party with games and dancing.

We also designed and printed Christmas cards, listened to some more presentations, made 2D Shape Santas  pictures and erupted our volcanoes.

   

 

P5b Presentations

As we are now at the end of our topic the children have been sharing their knowledge with their classmates.  This term we have been learning how to write information reports, so we started by everyone writing a report on volcanoes. They then researched their own volcano to allow them to add in some extra facts. After discussing how to create a good presentation on the iPad they used their reports to help them do this.  Finally they have been presenting these to the class.  The children have been fantastic at giving their talks and have also been supportive audience members so I’m very proud of them all.

 

P5b STEM

Last week we began making our paper mache volcanoes which we are going to paint and then make them erupt which everyone is very excited about.

             

We also had a go at being able to create an electrical circuit.  We will be looking at this in detail next term.

   

 

Friction and Fractions in 5b

Our focus recently in maths has been fractions and decimals. We have been learning how to find a fraction of a quantity and being able to identify equivalent fractions. We used the Lego blocks to show different fractions.

 

We are now looking at decimals and money.

It was nice to be able to share some of our science knowledge during our open afternoon. We were continuing on with our friction topic by looking at air and water resistance and how we can reduce friction by streamlining.

Christmas Community Events – December 2023

Dear Families,

We know that Christmas is a busy time and we are trying to condense our information sharing for you all as much as possible. However we have been made aware of few local events that may be of interest to you and your family over the festive season.

We have been contacted by a community member who organises the ‘Santa Stop Visits’ in the Robroyston area. This year it is planned for Friday the 15th of December. Unfortunately it could not go head last year due to a lack of volunteers. The team are looking for volunteers to help this year. If you are able to help out please contact the school by replying to this email and we will pass your details on to the organisers. They team are also looking for donations of selection boxes to ensure every child gets one during the community event. If you are able to help out in any way, please contact us at the school.

On Saturday the 2nd of December from 1-4pm, Robroyston Church (34 Saughs Drive, G33 1HG) are hosting their Christmas Table Top Sale & Café. A range of items will be on sale including crafts, home-baking and new & preloved items. Admission cost for adults is £3.50 and 50p for a child. This includes tea and coffee and home- baking.

The Wallacewell Community Fellowship are also running a ‘Breakfast with Santa’ event on Saturday the 16th of December. To book your place, please click on the link below –

https://www.eventbrite.co.uk/e/breakfast-with-santa-tickets-763374562867?aff=oddtdtcreator&fbclid=IwAR0CEzJvKxIdgy4OxeRKpzGJXMvc2bIBJ6-79iNpnrlu83Gy_Pg0G1Hf5vg

Thank you for your continued support.

Sincerely

Miss Davidson

Head Teacher