Hopefully the weekly homework grid gives everyone an insight in to the learning activities we do each week in class.  Below is a term overview of some of our curricular subjects and the areas of learning we have and will continue to focus on…

Literacy

Reading – continue decoding (sounding out unfamiliar words) expression and fluency, asking and answering a range of questions to help comprehension, retelling the story, recognising facts, opinions and the difference between the two.

Writing – poetry and features such as syllables, rhyme, rhythm, alliteration, emotion, acrostic, Haiku, free verse. We will soon explore fictional writing and make up our own imaginative stories. We continue to work on a range of spelling patterns (graphemes) and the associated sounds (phonemes).

Mathematics

Numeracy – Multiplication, division, addition, subtraction, halving, doubling and a range of ways to solve problems (strategies).

Maths topic – measuring length, measuring mass, shape and symmetry.

Social Subjects – having recently finished our science topic on materials and conservation we will now focus on history with The Celts. The children’s assessment task will be… ‘ I can present to an audience what I have learned about life in Celtic times and talk about the sources of evidence I used.’

Health and Wellbeing – physical education in class we will focus on contemporary dancing and Scottish dancing, yoga stretches/strength and football skills.

Mental wellbeing – we will focus on understanding the importance of mental wellbeing, people we can approach for help with this, ways to strengthen our wellbeing through positive relationships with others and developing our coping skills and resilience during tricky situations or tough times. (Bucket filling, Kelsos Choices, caught you cards).