Category Archives: Primary 5 20/21

Literacy, Primary 1 20/21, Primary 2 20/21, Primary 3a 20/21, Primary 3b 20/21, Primary 4 20/21, Primary 5 20/21, Primary 6 20/21, Primary 7 20/21

Dunlop Primary Sketchnote

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In November 2019 Dunlop Primary and ECC were inspected by HMIe. We received a fantastic report which highlighted some of the amazing practice within the school. After the initial report was published Mrs Wilson was contacted by our lead inspector, as after some reflection he felt that our Literacy should be highlighted as excellent practice, and to reflect this Education Scotland got in touch to create a Sketchnote and blog. This will be showcased nationally in the Education Scotland newsletter and website.

As a staff team we are immensely proud that our school has received the recognition we feel it deserves. This has been a real team effort and a reflection of strong support that staff, parents and children continue to give each other.

I am immensely proud to have been part of this journey and am looking forward to where we go next.

Miss White

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Primary 5 – Term 3 Learning Targets

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Numeracy 

The main areas of focus this term will be: 

Fractions, Decimals and Percentages 

  • Children will use their knowledge of factors to find the simplest form of a fraction 
  • Ordering fractions with different denominators and understanding equivalences 
  • Making the initial links between fractions and decimals, and then decimals and percentages  

Addition, Subtraction, Multiplication and Division 

  • Throughout this term, Primary 5 will continue to work on the above skills on a weekly basis. 
  • We will be multiplying and dividing numbers of up to 4 digits by a single number, 
  • We will be learning different strategies to add and subtract numbers up to 5 digits. 
  • Times tables are an integral part of numeracy at all levels, so these will be continued on a weekly basis. I would encourage the children to be working on these at home as much as possible.  

 

There are some useful games on the following website for practising multiplication tables: https://www.topmarks.co.uk/maths-games/7-11-years/times-tables 

 Sumdog is also a useful resource which is accessible from home.

  

  

Literacy 

Reading  

The children have started reading Harry Potter and the Philosopher’s Stone’ by J.K. Rowling this term. Active Literacy reading strategies (Prediction, Metalinguistics, Visualisation, Inference, Main Idea and Summary) will be used to help demonstrate a deeper understanding of the content being read in class. 

Following this, we will be completing a block on non-fiction texts  

  

Writing  

This term we will be focussing on recount writing. This will include diary entries and newspaper report writing linked to our IDL topic, novel and current affairs.  

  

I.D.L. 

This term, our topic is The Romans. Some of the areas the children will be learning about are: the rise of the Roman Empire, Roman Numerals, different weapons used during battle and some historical figures who lived during the rule of the Roman Empire, e.g. Boudicca, Julius Caesar. 

    

Health and Wellbeing 

This term we will be focusing on Growth Mindset and how changing the way you think and speak about things can change the way you feel about them.

There will also be a short block on sexual health, more information on what the children will be learning can be found in the ‘Useful Links’ section of the blog. 

The children will also be learning about the human body with Mrs Fullard, focusing on the cardiovascular system, the respiratory system and vision. 

In P.E., the focus will be Short Tennis skills. 

Primary 1 20/21, Primary 2 20/21, Primary 3a 20/21, Primary 3b 20/21, Primary 4 20/21, Primary 5 20/21, Primary 6 20/21, Primary 7 20/21, Useful Documents

Relationships, Sexual Health and Parenthood – Parent Information

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Please find below the link to the Relationships, Sexual Health and Parenthood parental information letters.

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Citizenship, Primary 1 20/21, Primary 2 20/21, Primary 3a 20/21, Primary 3b 20/21, Primary 4 20/21, Primary 5 20/21, Primary 6 20/21, Primary 7 20/21, Staff

Mrs Wilson – An Inspirational Head Teacher

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On Friday, the whole school came together outdoors in a Covid safe way to let Mrs Wilson know what she meant to us, how we appreciated her hard work and commitment to Dunlop and to wish her well on her new and exciting chapter.

Mrs Wilson was the kindest, most nurturing, upbeat person you could ever hope to meet and we were so fortunate to have her lead Dunlop Primary School and ECC for seven years.

Mrs Wilson supported many children and staff over the years, and she was a trusted and valued colleague and friend to us all.  We will all miss Mrs Wilson, and of course, we will miss her assemblies from her garden shed.

We presented Mrs Wilson with lots of gifts as a token of how much she meant to us and then she took a walk of honour around the park to say goodbye to each child.

Thank you Mrs Wilson for being our Head Teacher and for always working so hard for Dunlop Primary School and ECC.

You are an inspiration!

https://www.fischy.com/songs/you-are-an-inspiration/?token=1620039275

Take care Mrs Wilson and don’t forget to wave to us when you are walking Tilly and Toby!

With kind regards, Mrs Nouillan and everyone at Dunlop Primary and ECC

Literacy, Primary 4 20/21, Primary 5 20/21, Primary 6 20/21, Primary 7 20/21

World Book Day 2021 – P4-7 Extreme Reader

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This week saw  Dunlop Primary celebrating World Book Day! Although P4-7 are still at home we didn’t want to miss out on all the fun. We asked the children to do a bit of Extreme Reading and they certainly didn’t let us down! Please watch the attached video to see what they all got up to!

 

 

Primary 1 20/21, Primary 2 20/21, Primary 3a 20/21, Primary 3b 20/21, Primary 4 20/21, Primary 5 20/21, Primary 6 20/21, Primary 7 20/21

Mrs Fullard’s Family Learning – Friday 5th February

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Follow the links on the word document attached to this assignment to choose one family learning challenges.
Click here for the work document – Week 4 Family Activities
Your choices this week are:
Challenge 1 – Mental Health and Wellbeing Week – We are all stars!
Challenge 2 – Winter Walk challenges
Challenge 3 – STEM – making slime (adult supervision only!)
Challenge 4 – Drawing and reading Odd Dog Out with Steve Biddulph (or Robot drawing)
The links for the resources are in the forms below:
Art Links
Slime Links
Most importantly, have fun with your family challenges! I look forward to seeing what you get up to.