Literacy

Reading

P4 will continue to develop their comprehension skills through using the Active Literacy strategies (prior knowledge, metalinguistics, visualisation, inference, main idea and summary). We will be moving on to the novel ‘The Hundred Mile an Hour Dog’ by Jeremy Strong with pupils taking on more independence using these strategies

Writing

This term pupils will be focusing on persuasive writing and explanation as well as covering other genres through I.D.L topics.

Grammar and Punctuation

We will be learning about pronouns, prepositions, adverbs and ‘confusing words’ as well as continue to develop our knowledge of punctuation, including using commas for lists, speech marks and apostrophes to show possession.

Phonics into Spelling Programme

There will be 2 weeks focus on spelling then 2 weeks on phonics in rotation (same as last term).

Listening and Talking

Children will be performing a Scottish poem in front of their peers this term as part of Dunlop’s annual Scottish Poetry Competition.

Numeracy

Numeracy will continue to involve a mixture of concrete, pictorial and written methods to reinforce learning and deepen understanding. We will continually revise and consolidate areas of prior learning as well as focusing on the following new areas of learning:

• Fractions
• Money
• Number processes (multiplication and division)
• Properties of 2D and 3D shape

‘Number Talks’ – pupils will continue to develop a range of mental maths strategies through Number Talks.

Health & Wellbeing

P.E.

• Gymnastics – rolling, jumping and balancing
• Basketball

Health

This term we will begin our ‘Emotion Works’ programme by building and expanding on emotional vocabulary.

We will also discover the different ways that advertising, and media can affect choices.

Social Studies/Science

Social studies – for Scottish fortnight we will be learning about Scottish Castles.

We will continue with our science topic of ‘Polar Regions’ which we started just before the Christmas break. This topic will include:

• Looking at the extreme conditions and how animals have adapted to survive
• Food chains
• The melting polar ice caps
• Northern Lights
• Native dwellers of the Polar Regions – Inuits
• STEM challenges linked to the topic

Technologies

Primary 4 will be working on embedding ICT into the curriculum. We will be using laptops and iPads to complete literacy and I.D.L. work.

We will also cover a block on ‘Internet Safety’.