Thank you to the P7 House Captains for listening to our presentations today. “We Want Seats At Assembly” was the focus for our persuasive writing. Week 1 - planning. Week 2 - draft copy. Week 3 - final copy and poster. Week 4 - presentations. We have our fingers crossed!

Thank you to Mr. Bennett from Graeme High for coming in to show us how water can be filtered.

🟡🟡 The House winners for November are Steeple House (Yellow) Children in Steeple House are able to dress down tomorrow (Thursday 27th November 2025). Please no football colours 🟡🟡

Great news! Mrs Hughes has arranged an amazing Christmas raffle. ⭐️🎄 Prizes include a “Christmas Drinks Bundle”, “Giant Cupcake”, “Guess the Birthday” and a Christmas hamper with drinks and so much more. Tickets on sale from 24th Nov - draw on Friday 5th Dec. Tickets are 50p or 3 for £1.

In science this week, we made rain gauges. We worked with our partner to measure cm intervals on our bottles, cut the top off and inserted it into the body like a funnel. Next we used cellotape to secure the top to the rest of the bottle and secured them to the fence. Now we wait for some rain!

Two teams from Hallglen FC took part in their first football festival ⚽️❤️ The boys showed brilliant teamwork, attitude and were an excellent representation of the school and our values ⚽❤️

Today singers were introduced in our YMI lesson. Thank you for volunteering, you were all amazing. The glockenspiels, sleigh bells and singers = fabulous performance = very proud teacher🥰

Stop, drop and read 😊#scottishbookweek

Due to parents evening next week and winter events running throughout December, this Wednesday (19th November), will be our final training session until after the Christmas holiday. Hawks should come to training as normal this week, from 3pm-4pm. 🏀 ⭐️

A reminder that Tempest school photos will be taking place on Monday 17th November. Please see the School App for more information regarding siblings 📸❤️

And here they are! Please ask us if our boats floated and if they were able to carry the 100g cargo.

The builds have begun. Everyone is so enthusiastic to complete their task. The conversations around this are fabulous. Well done P5. 👏

On Wednesday, Cameron from YMI taught us how to play the glockenspiel. We will be practising a very well known Christmas song with him for another two weeks. We are already sounding amazing.🎼

A reminder that this event is on Friday. 💛 Please contact the school if you do not want your child to take part in the optional spotty face paint 💛

This week in P.E., we started new blocks in tennis and badminton 🎾🏸

Odd Socks Day marks the start of Anti-Bullying Week. Odd Socks Day 2025 is taking place on Monday 10th November. Children can wear odd socks to express themselves and celebrate their individuality and what makes us all unique! There is no cost to take part in this.

We were set a challenge! To design and create a boat using specific materials which would float and carry a cargo of 100g. Today we started the design process with our shoulder partners and can’t wait to create and test them.

This week we have been learning about “Buoyancy” in our “Water” topic. We learned why some objects float or sink and about “The Archimedes Principle”. We chose some classroom objects, predicted what they would do and recorded our outcomes.

❤️Children in Need 2025! ❤️ Our RotaKids have planned a fantastic fundraising day for Friday 14th November! 💛 For one donation, pupils can: 🧸 Dress down or wear PJs 🎂 Guess the teddy bear’s birthday 🎨 Enter our Design a Pudsey competition 💛 Enjoy some spotty face paint! @hallglenps.bsky.social

A huge thank you to the Fire Service for visiting @hallglenps.bsky.social to share important messages about firework safety at our P4–7 assembly. Well done to all the children for listening so carefully and asking such thoughtful questions. Ask your child to share their learning at home 🎆

A great day with lots of Hallowe’en activities. Your costumes, jokes and poems were fantastic. Enjoy guising tonight if you decide to brave the weather.

Well done everyone 👏

Today we were scientists again. Don’t we look amazing! We tried to replicate The Water Cycle and what happens to clouds when they get too heavy. Please ask us about this experiment. We really enjoyed finding out what happened. 💗

Thank you P7Mac @missmacdonaldhps.bsky.social for allowing us to participate in the games you created for your Young Leader training with Jen ASC. We thoroughly enjoyed our afternoon with you.

A very successful first session for Hallglen’s girls football team ⚽️ We are in training for our first festival 👍 @misssteelehps.bsky.social

After our maths this morning, we played some games to practise what we have been learning this term.

Thank you so much P5 for all your hard work this term. I hope you enjoyed your well deserved Pebble Party. One day to go …

Well done everyone👏👏

When we came back inside, Mrs. Hutchison paid us a visit. We are so proud to have been awarded, “Assembly Class of the Week”. What a wonderful surprise, thank you @mrshutchinsonpt.bsky.social.

Thank you @missmainhps.bsky.social and Jen ASC for inviting us to join P7 with their Young Leader training. We enjoyed the activities and giving feedback. We had great fun.

We observed our first water experiment today and wrote up our findings. Please ask us about it.

Continuing with 2D and 3D shape this week saw us learning to use a pair of compasses to draw circles and investigating nets by building skeletal structures.

We participated in the Keep Britain Beautiful live lesson as part of Climate Action Week. We have been thinking of ways in which we can help. Please ask us about it.

This morning, we went on a “Shape Hunt” identifying 3D shapes in our environment.

We have been practising our conversational French by greeting each other and asking each other how we are feeling.

We have been so lucky to have Jen from Active Schools come in and work with us. We have been learning how to play lacrosse. Thank you @mrsstronachhps.bsky.social for organising this.

This was sent on the school app this morning. A great day out for the holidays.

This week, we met with P5R to gather all of our ideas for our Water topic. We looked at the learning we had to achieve and the children had some great ideas for experiments and STEM activities. Mrs Rae and I are excited to plan these lessons!

***Reminder*** Pupils are welcome to bring in achievements 🏆🎨🎶⚽️ to share at Friday assemblies. We love celebrating success ✨ It’s been a brilliant term so far — huge well done to everyone for living our school values every day! 🌟

Well done everyone for working so hard. 👏👏

Just a reminder that children who wish to take part in Basketball trials after school tomorrow must have their online form completed. Children who are not registered will be sent home as normal at 3pm.

Thank you to everyone who attended the “Meet the Teacher” event last night. It was lovely to meet you all.

We are revising how to draw 2D shapes this week by using digital technology and using lengths.

As our class novel is set in the Amazon Rainforest, we worked with our shoulder partner to research animals that live there. Please ask us about our novel.

Well done everyone, you smashed the first week in P5. ✅ Have a great weekend and see you on Monday. 🎉

Hope everyone has had a lovely holiday and is ready to start Primary 5. Just to let you know we have PE with Mrs. Stronach (Miss McLuckie) tomorrow morning. It is also to be a lovely day so please come prepared for the weather. See you soon!

P5, it’s been a pleasure being your teacher this year. Thank you for your hard work, the fun times and for your very kind and generous gifts and words. I hope you and your loved ones have a wonderful holiday and finally, I wish you well in P6.

Weather forecast is for it to be hot and sunny today 😎. Please ensure your child comes to school wearing sunscreen and brings a hat and water bottle @hallglenps.bsky.social

It’s that time of year again! Can you please bring in a carrier bag to take your work home in on Friday 😄 ✏️

Congratulations Callendar 👏👏