St Francis Xavier's Primary Five

We are so,so proud of the artwork we did today in R12 . We worked really hard and listened very carefully. We think they all look fantastic!

Snapshot jotters are coming home in our bags today. We have much to be proud of this week, enjoy sharing your child’s learning. Please return signed jotters on Monday. Ask us about our spelling too.

Teamwork challenges to work on our communication and cooperation skills

Thank you to Mrs Swan who gave us a fiddle demonstration today. We were very interested and had lots of questions for her. Some of us will have the opportunity to learn to play the fiddle. We can’t wait!

Amazing achievement from D at his football club this morning- well done!👏⭐️

We were practicing our number partitioning this morning- some of us even challenged ourselves to partition millions!

In room 11 day today we discussed the importance of taking part in group work as we investigated the planets as part of our topic. Ask us for some of the interesting facts we learned!

Families urged to check if they qualify for School Clothing Grant in Falkirk Applications are open until 31 March 2026.

Falkirk Council has one of the most generous schemes in Scotland to support families with the cost of school uniforms. Families are being urged to check if they qualify.

www.falkirk.gov.uk/news/council...

We took our numeracy outdoors this afternoon with some place value fun!

What do we want for our children and what are we going to do to achieve it? Our curriculum rationale answers these questions ensuring everything we do is learner-centred. Thank you parents, pupils, and staff for contributing to the rationale and to Nicole Clements, who created the fantastic visual!

Some team building games in PE today!

We were exploring addition today using concrete materials and pictures. Ask us about our strategies

A reminder Room 11 has outdoor PE tomorrow so please remember your kit. Many thanks!

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REMINDER: Indoor PE this Monday . Remember to bring PE kit: black shorts/leggings , red polo shirt, and gym shoes/ trainers. Wear school uniform as usual. Thank you 😇

Some active numeracy this morning

We have had a fantastic (and hot!☀️) day in Room 11. It has been lovely getting to know everyone!

We had a fantastic first day in R12. Look at these smiles!

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We’ve been working hard to prepare for welcoming you in to Primary 5 tomorrow. We are looking forward to seeing you all very soon .

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Thank you so much for working hard this year in P5! I hope you all have a lovely, well deserved rest and we will see you all in August. Enjoy your holidays ☀️🍦🌊❤️ Miss C x

Our topic this term was food so we had an end of term picnic trying foods from around the world! 🇩🇪🇮🇹🇪🇸🏴󠁧󠁢󠁳󠁣󠁴󠁿🇫🇷

REMINDER! School uniform recycling open tomorrow and Sunday for drop-off. See below for details. @stfrancisxaviers.bsky.social @primaryandrew.bsky.social

We learned about Japan this week and tried a cool STEM challenge! 🇯🇵

UNIFORM RECYCLING
Please see below for details of the annual uniform exchange run by St. Francis Xavier's parish. A fantastic way to have a clear out, save the planet and help others in the community

More trip photos 😊

We enjoyed our trip to Stirling castle 🏰

Well done to our Star Writers ⭐️✍️✏️

We enjoyed our summer STEM challenge of making a pair of glasses 😎 It was tricky but we managed!

We enjoyed our visit from the University of Stirling teaching us all about Stirling’s City Walls! 🏰