P5a weekly update

P5a have been learning addition and subtraction strategies and they are really good at it. They were also learning about comfortable and uncomfortable emotions in PATHS and learning about the control signals to help us calm down. They started learning about the solar system and they were learning about Diwali and Rama and Sita in RME. Also they were learning about creating descriptive settings in writing. They also did some drama this week, and that’s all they did this week and they are so good at everything! What super stars!⭐️

By Nirman Dosanjh

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😁

The school had a very special visitor this week and P7b’s How Good Is Our Classroom floor book was chosen for him to see. He was very impressed with the input the children have given on how we can make our classroom better.

We have been working very hard this week to complete our Scottish National Standardized Assement’s (SNSA) for reading, writing and numeracy.

We have started exploring a new writing genre of Report writing and will be continuing this over the next few weeks.

Lots of pupils indicated in their personal target setting they wanted to improve their overall fitness. This week we did a baseline fitness assessment and at the end of term we will do another to see how much we have improved.

We have started learning about Poppy Scotland and why it is still so relevant today.

This Week in P7a

P7a were chosen to demonstrate the use of our creative enquiry room to a very special visitor this week. They participated in a range of STEM activities exploring different changes that take place in our environment.

P7a have been working hard all week on their Scottish National Standardised Assessments (S.N.S.A). We’ve also developed our understanding of long division, planning a creative piece of writing and improving our swimming and badminton skills.

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!

P5a end of term 1

Lots of great exploration in creative enquiry this week, all about ‘changes’. We have also worked hard on our persuasive writing, we used our iPads for editing. We created some fantastic iMovie trailers to advertise our class novel; Charlottes Web. We rounded off our Romans topic this week with a taster of some Roman style nibbles. It was good fun!

 

Have a great October week holiday!

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

Last week of term in P1c

The children had a fabulous week engaging with all of their learning. The children worked so hard consolidating their numeracy learning through a range of active numeracy activities.

In literacy the children spent lots of time developing their letter formation, recognising initial sounds in words and enjoyed sequencing stories. We ended the week with some ‘have a go writing’. As always the children worked extremely hard to challenge themselves.

This week we finished our ‘Enchanted Forest’ topic. The children had some much fun exploring traditional tales in the playroom and loved learning about trees and why they are so important.

We finished our week with a ‘Ready, Steady, Sing’ workshop from the YMI CREATE team. The children absolutely loved all the singing and dancing.

As always I am incredibly proud of all the progress made this term, and I hope all of the children enjoy a well deserved break. Well done P1c!

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.