Hello Everyone!!

Primary 4/5 have settled well into the new school year, I cannot believe it’s the October holidays already! The children have learned lots this term and made some good progress. Thank you all for signing up and engaging with our learning on SeeSaw, it really is a great way for us to keep you updated with what’s happening in the classroom in real time!

 

Literacy

This term, our writing focus has been letters. We have identified the difference between a formal and informal letter and the different features of each. The children have written, checked and redrafted their letters often with the support of their peers. Finished articles can be found on SeeSaw!

We have been answering comprehension questions for our reading books in class and the children enjoy reading out loud to an adult. We are working on the fluency of our reading this term and trying to add expression when reading aloud.

The children took part in a short debate organised by Mr Cormack in which the children had to put forward ideas for lunch time clubs in school and give feedback on the speakers.

 

Maths

In number this term, the class have been working on place value, ordering and estimating and rounding with Miss Riley. We are now working on addition and subtraction. The children found place value tricky, so more practice on this would be beneficial! We are learning to ‘carry’ in our addition and subtraction chimney sums.

In beyond number with Miss Davie the children have been working on measure. They have worked on capacity and area and have carried out lots of practical tasks to support their understanding and bring their maths in school into a wider world context.

Next term, the class will be moving on to multiplication and division. Any practice of times tables will always be great to support the children’s maths.

 

Other Curricular Areas

The class have loved having Mrs Gatherum working with the class – this term they have been working on creating seasonal pictures using a mixture of media. This has included watercolours and oil pastels. The quality of work the children have produced has been beautiful!

RME

The children have been learning about Buddhism with Miss Davie. They have created lots of great work including Tibetan Prayer Flags which are up in the hallway outside the classroom! They learned about the Four Noble Truths and have been practicing meditation and mindfulness – this has been great to see!

 

French

We have been learning to say the names of shops in French, and to identify what you can buy from these shops! The children created these, and we have started to make a little French street in the classroom.

Thank you so much for your support this term, I know we have asked for donations of items for lessons and for you to join us for our Sharing the Learning session. Once this has been published, you will all have been in to see us already so thank you in advance for that. I hope you all have a great October break, and we will see you in term 2!

Miss Riley