MESSAGE SENT ON BEHALF OF THE PARENT COUNCIL AT WALLACEWELL PRIMARY – March 2024

MESSAGE SENT ON BEHALF OF THE PARENT COUNCIL AT WALLACEWELL PRIMARY

Dear Families,

We would like to draw your attention to two important pieces of information.

The first pertains to the recently announced budget cuts that will have a catastrophic impact on the children of Glasgow and our children at Wallacewell Primary. Within our recent Parent Council minutes we have outlined the action we plan to take.

PC Minutes – 18.03.24

We would like to encourage parents/carers to send letters to Councillors, MSPs, and Executive Officers. Please find below a draft letter that you may wish to use along with a list of email addresses to send your letters too.

GCC EDUCATION SERVICES BUDGET CUTS – Parent Carer Letter March 2024

4. Email addresses for budget cuts letters

The Glasgow City Parents Group have also created some draft letters that you can access on their twitter page. We would also encourage parents/carers to attend one or both of the budget cut demonstrations being held at George Square this week – Tuesday the 26th of March at 4pm and Thursday the 28th of March at 12.30pm. We need as many people to attend these events as possible to stand up to the proposed budget cuts and ensure our voices are heard.

We would also like to draw parent/carers attention to the Public Meeting arranged for the 18th of April 2024. The Parent Council would like to encourage ALL parents/carers to attend this meeting on Thursday the 18th April 2024 at 7pm at Wallacewell Primary, to discuss the issues relation to education provision that currently impact on the residents and children of Robroyston. These issues impact on all school aged pupils in the local area and will continue to in the future if action is not taken. The focus of the meeting will be as follows –

  • The negative impact of the recently announced education budget cuts on all children in the area
  • The capacity of the local primary and impact any increasing numbers will have on the service delivery and future enrolments
  • The lack of transport to get pupils safely to the feeder high school— Smithycroft Secondary School

Representatives from Glasgow City Council and Local Builders have been invited. Various media outlets have also been invited to the meeting, BUT we need you and your views. Children are also welcome at this meeting. This is your opportunity to share your concerns.

If you have any questions please do not hesitate to contact us on – wallacewellpsparentcouncil@glow.sch.uk

Thank you.

Sincerely

Wallacewell Primary Parent Council

Easter Message from Miss Davidson (HT) – March 2024

We have almost made it to the Spring Break! We have had a very busy time in term 3 and are looking forward to our final term of the session when we return after a well deserved holiday.

Click on the link below to view our Head Teachers Easter message for families.

Easter Message – March 2024

What a week! -P3a

This week the children have been very busy with their learning. We had fun recording and taking part in short talks about Ancient Egypt.

In maths we have been working on applying our knowledge of the 4 operations, and learning about symmetry. The children experienced this through play and games. They especially enjoyed our symmetry game ‘anything you can do I can do’. Take a look at their creations!

In P.E for fitness we have been learning about building our stamina. The children tried something different this week and had a go at yoga. Everyone did such a fantastic job creating and holding all of the different poses. Ask us to show you some of our new moves.

In the play area the children got very creative at the origami station, they created origami cats. Some of the children got very creative and tapped into the force (using their critical thinking and problem solving skills) to turn their cats into little baby Yoda’s well done P3a!

Busy week in P5b

Last week we were working on mass in maths.  The children had everyday objects and used their estimation skills to try and weigh out the equivalent weight using sand. Some children were also using the balance scales to try and weigh items and then check their accuracy with good results.

As part of science week we tried to build a raft from a piece of paper to help the brownies safely cross the pond without getting wet.  Lots of different designs tested and the winning raft held 215g.


On Tuesday we had a visit from the road safety team teaching us how to stay safe and practised our football skills with the coaches.

We were also learning about Ramadan, tints and shades in art and braved the rain to do some orienteering.

A very wet week!

As usual P5a have been working very hard this cold week. Despite the chilly conditions we were able to practise our skills about perimeter in the playground. A great way to enjoy learning!


Today we completed our Space topic and everyone was able to show their work.
Next week weather permitting we will start to plant some seeds in the plots behind the P5 classrooms.🤞

Multi-sport activities

Primary 2 were very enthusiastically when their multi-sport coaches from City of Glasgow College had prepared a variety of circuits to enable them to try different activities.

They were able to hula hoop, play rugby, football, basketball and hurdles.

Ramadan

Primary 2 were learning about Ramadan. They were fortunate enough to have some of the children willing to share their own and their families experiences of Ramadan  and talked enthusiastically about the preparations and celebrations in their faith.

JRSO update

On Tuesday 12th of March Ollie and Rosie traveled to the City Chambers to make a film about road safety around Wallacewell Primary. They had a great experience learning about the task of making a film and all the jobs associated with creating images for a film. The next task is to share their video with the school.