This week we have been very busy…

The highlight of our week for most of us was our visits to Nursery to meet the future P1s.  We had a great time playing and helping them learn.  Next week we will help our buddies explore the playground.

In our IDL we have also been doing a lot of learning related to our new class novel ‘Pyrate’s Boy’ boy.  We learned about the British Empire and also the slave trade.

We also created letters, first handwriting them then using Word to make them look as if they were handwritten in the 18th Century.  After we printed them off we crumpled them up and covered them with cold, strong tea to make them look ancient.

In Numeracy and Maths we have been developing our knowledge of fractions. Some of us have been calculating equivalents and simplifying and others have been working with decimals and percentages.

In Health and Wellbeing we have been learning about Internet Safety and Readiness for Learning.

In internet safety we thought about how we use the internet.  This made us aware of the risks involved. Afterward our lesson,  activity and discussion, we  completed a quiz.  We showed that we understand the risks and know what to do if we are worried when using the internet.

In ‘Readiness for Learning’ we learned about the things that prevent us from being alert and able to learn and the things that will help us. There are some things that everyone needs such as sleep, food and water.   Different emotions can be barriers to learning too.

Some of us have also started training for the P6 and P7 Redwell Team for the County Sports on 22nd May!

Thank you for reading ou class blog!

from P6H and Mrs Macaulay

 

 

Class Newsletter: Term 4

Primary 6:

Dear Parent/Carer,

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

Here is an overview of our learning focus for Term 4

Health and Wellbeing:

We will be discussing and considering issues surrounding drugs, smoking and alcohol. We will be identifying the health risks and choices the pupils may face. We will explore the current issues surrounding these topics, the links between them and social stereotyping.

 

Core Literacy:

This term we will be reading and studying ‘Pyrate’s Boy’ as our class novel. We will be focusing on creative writing to ensure our stories are well structured and full of interesting and engaging language. Through our topic, we will be applying our learning to a variety of functional writing tasks.

Throughout this term we will be learning about/to:

• Identify the author’s style, applying prediction and inference skills and identifying various forms of rhetoric.
• Developing our knowledge and understanding of our own talking and listening skills.
• We will continue to use VCOP strategies to develop our writing.
• We will develop our creative writing skills, including quality descriptions, various forms of rhetoric and correct structure.
• Children will be given opportunities to develop their listening and talking skills through a variety of class based activities, including cooperative group work and debating.
• The children will read a novel during class reading lessons and will use Blooms Buttons and Book Detective strategies to develop their comprehension.

Core Numeracy:

• Developing knowledge and understanding of the strategies required to solve word problems.
• Using mental and written strategies to solve mathematical problems.
• Applying knowledge of multiplication, division, decimals and fractions to solve word problems.
• Revision and consolidation of the relationship between fractions, percentages and decimals.
• Reinforcement of multiplication and division facts to develop speed, accuracy and confidence.

Many thanks

Mrs Macaulay and Mrs Hunter