Hello! P5-7 are very eager to share what we have been learning in the first term back after the summer holidays.

Numeracy

Our first numeracy topic this term was Place Value. To remind ourselves about Place Value we took part in different warm up activities that involved ‘show me’ boards, group games and class activities.

Our second numeracy topic this term was Addition and Subtraction. This has involved a lot of mental maths practice for our warm-ups. A class favourite is addition bingo! In P5, we have started adding and subtracting 3-digit numbers, and in P6-7 we have started adding and subtracting 4/5-digit numbers. We have been using a range of different strategies to do this such as rounding, jumping, and partitioning. We will be continuing with Addition and Subtraction in term 2.

Writing

This term we have incorporated our topic of Ancient Egypt into our writing. Over the term we have written an Ancient Egyptian fact file, a diary entry about discovering Tutankhamun’s tomb and created a leaflet advertising the Pyramids of Giza.

In class we discussed writing stories and creative writing, and how they would like to more creative writing. So, as a stand-alone lesson, the children were asked to pick 4 pre-made prompt cards (a character, a setting, a problem/task, and a key word) and create a story of their choice.

Ancient Egypt

Our topic this term was about Ancient Egypt. At the beginning of the term, we discussed the different things that we would like to learn about Ancient Egypt. Over the term we have learned about the Egyptian Gods and Goddesses, Pharaohs, the pyramids, the discovery of Tutankhamun’s tomb, hieroglyphics and creating a timeline of important events that took place over the Ancient Egyptian period.