Term 4 Newsletter

Dear Parent/Carer,

I hope you find the following information useful.  If you have any questions please do not hesitate to contact me.

Learning in Term 3:

Lots of our work in term 3 focused on our Vikings topic. The children’s talks from Viking gods and goddesses were fantastic and displayed brilliant research skills. We hope you enjoyed our sharing the learning assembly and having a look at all of the brilliant work from P4. Everyone worked really hard!

In writing, we looked at personal recount writing. We wrote diary entries from the perspective of a Viking child. We developed our creative writing skills with imaginative stories based around Viking sagas. We participated in the BBC’s 500 Words competition with our own short stories. Another focus was use of ambitious vocabulary in our writing.

In maths, our main focus was fractions. We benefitted from working with a principal maths teacher. We looked at solving fractions problems, placing fractions on a number line, understanding the role of numerator and denominator, compared equivalent fractions.

We worked with a visiting musical specialist, looking at elements of notation, theory, rhythm, beat and pulse. We’ve been really enjoying working on Spanish with Mrs McCreadie.

Electricity

This is going to be our topic for term 4. We will be:

  • Learning about the history of electricity
  • Learning about safety around electricity
  • Developing our understanding of electricity as a means of transferring energy
  • Exploring simple electrical circuits
  • Combining simple components to create electrical circuits

Core Literacy:

Our class novel this term will be The Wild Robot by Peter Brown.

This term we will be:

  • Giving opinions and compare a range of texts.
  • Interpreting main ideas by retelling the story in own words.
  • Retelling the events of a story in chronological order.
  • Answering literal, inferential and evaluative questions about a text.
  • Working on asking, answering and constructing relevant questions to extend knowledge.
  • Answering questions about the characters events and settling in a story to predict what will happen next.

Children will continue to be given books and weekly reading homework. Please ensure your child completes this at home and remember to sign their reading diary. Encourage your child to read widely for enjoyment at home and use the three sharings approach to discuss what they have read. Your child will also be given weekly spelling homework this term which they should complete using the grid inside their spelling homework jotters.

Core Numeracy:

This term we will be:

  • Money: I can investigate and use effective mental strategies to carry out calculations involving money; I can select appropriate strategies to solve simple money problems
  • Time: I can calculate 5 minute time intervals; I can tell the time in minutes to and past using both analogue and digital
  • Measure: I can accurately measure and estimate the length, width and height of objects; I know the perimeter is the distance around the outside; I can measure the area of regular shapes using cm2; I can estimate, compare and order the weight of objects using grams and kilograms; I can read scales accurately.
  • Data analysis: I can use simple databases to extract information; I can extract information from a table or chart; I can ask and answer questions about data presented.
  • Ideas of chance and uncertainty: I can use appropriate vocabulary to predict the outcome of a scenario.

Your child will continue to receive maths homework this week. We encourage your child to continue using Sumdog at home to practice their maths skills. Children should all have a copy of their usernames and passwords.

Parenthood, Sexual Health and Relationships:

This part of the curriculum will cover:

  • Families and friendships
  • Emotional wellbeing
  • Classifying living and non- living things
  • Growth and development from baby to present day/ life cycles
  • Needs of a baby/ how to look after a baby
  • Similarities and differences between males and females
  • Correct vocabulary for male and female body parts including reproductive organs
  • Maintaining a healthy body/ personal hygiene

Other curricular areas:

We will be:

  • Receiving specialist music input focusing on Scots songs
  • Continuing to take part in the P4 choir
  • Learning Spanish with Mrs McCreadie
  • Preparing for sports day with PE teachers

We are looking forward to a busy and fun term ahead!

Viking Longboats

We have been working on our technology skills and using recycled materials to create our own longboats. We worked in pairs and threes, showing brilliant teamwork and problem solving skills. We had to make sure the boats were able to float. Lots of us also chose to include historical details using knowledge from our Vikings topic, like dragon prowheads and shields.

Here we are planning our first steps and exploring the properties of different materials:

Here we are putting our boats together:

And here are the final results:

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