Category Archives: Primary 5b

This week in P.E. we were doing badminton We partnered up with our friends to start the lesson we did balancing the shuttlecock then we did partners against another pair to end the lesson🏸
In maths we learned a new method of multiplication called the box method.
When we did literacy we were doing a setting description that was spooky Halloween themed 🎃 👻.
At S.T.E.M we had the options of puppets , experiment, submarines and a Lego map.
Finally in PATHS we are designing calm down posters and doing scenarios where the group has to work together to decide an emotion for it🤝.
-From Jaishan & Lewis😁

SMITHYCROFT SECONDARY SCHOOL OPEN EVENING

Important Reminder

We would like to remind families about Smithycroft Secondary’s Open Evening this week on Wednesday the 23rd October 2024 from 6pm. The event is for Primary 5, Primary 6 and Primary 7 pupils and their families. This is an excellent opportunity to see the school, explore the various departments across the campus and ask any questions you may have about the transition from Primary to Secondary School.

OPEN EVENING FOR NEW P1 PUPILS STARTING IN AUGUST 2025

We are delighted to welcome all pupils, parents & carers of our
Primary 1 Open Evening on Wednesday 6th November (6-7pm).

This event is for pupils starting Primary 1 in August 2025.

At our Open Evening you will have the opportunity to tour our fabulous school and ask any questions you may have.

We look forward to welcoming you all!

Busy week

Although this was the last week of the term P5b have been very busy. We all enjoyed learning outdoors weeding the plant pots , clearing the beds , adding to compost bin and adding more wood and moss to our bug hotel. Furthermore, the children pulled the choking grass away from our young fruit trees. Our photographs show how much everyone enjoyed the experience!

Our theme is Changes when we learn through activities in our Creative Enquiry Room. Some changed a well known story. Others changed bottles into submarines! Plans were made to change things around the school and lastly a few designed new outfits, including a new P.E. Kit. On Thursday afternoon P5 celebrated the end of our Roman topic, sampling some food , eating sitting on the floor as the Romans did. Your children have made a good start to their 1st term in P5

New Primary 1 Open Evening – Wednesday 6th November 2024 (6-7pm)

Is your child starting Primary 1 in August 2024? Will they be joining us here at Wallacewell Primary. If so, we would like to invite you to our New Primary 1 Open Evening on Wednesday 6th November 2024 from 6-7pm. This is an opportunity for children and families to take a look around our school and ask any questions that they may have about the transition to Primary School. We look forward to seeing you there.

 

Our Values – What They Mean to Us

We are delighted to share our refreshed school values with our school community. Our Pupil Council worked with Miss Jardine this week to design visuals for our values and have outlined what they mean to us through their values posters.

 

P5b

This week in the class did money and subtraction for maths.
When we did topic we were doing the Roman army and how they lived.
At P.E we did netball on the school pitch because it was a nice day every team played fairly with each other and everyone had a chance to get the ball.
In writing we watched a video about the Roman army for a piece of persuasive writing.
Then we had our paths time a visitor came to speak about the steps of calming down.
We did our Roman topic some people did a timeline,menus and drawing Roman soldiers.
-Lewis & Jaishan

Our Commitment to Equality

At Wallacewell EVERYONE IS WELCOME. Last year we refreshed our Equality Policy which highlights our commitment to celebrating and promoting diversity across our school        community. We believe that all learners have a right to learn in an equitable environment where all cultures, religions, identities and languages are recognised and valued and where the curriculum responds positively to the diverse needs of individual learners, reflecting the    uniqueness of their communities.

As you will be aware, last session we focused on developing understanding of racial equality through our health and wellbeing programme. Through self evaluation and quality  assurance, including discussions with our children, we have decided to continue to focus on promoting and developing race equality and anti-racist education again this session.

Unfortunately we are aware of racist incidents that have occurred out with school within our local community. We, and schools across the country, also continue to  manage a variety of racist incidents involving pupils in school. Whilst we have little control over what happens within our local communities and cannot control the actions of others, we will not tolerate racism of any kind within our school community. As such any racists incidents, such as name calling, will be  managed as per our Anti-Bullying Policy.

To promote and develop racial equality families can support us by—

  • encouraging positive and open conversations about race and racism at home
  • having conversations about race and racism often, not just when it’s in the news or when an incident occurs
  • supporting children to understand the lived experience of ethnically minority groups

Families can find lots of helpful guidance on the NSPCC website below. We would like to thank families in advance for their support.

https://www.nspcc.org.uk/keeping-children-safe/support-for-parents/children-race-racism-racial-bullying/

Click on the link below to view our Anti-Bullying Policy.

Anti-Bullying at Wallacewell Primary

Click in the link below to view our Equality Policy.

Equality Policy – Everyone Is Welcome