From Mrs Strachan:

Welcome to Primary 4’s Learning Blog, here is some information to help you know that your child will be learning and working towards in Term 1. These will be our learning expectations until October.

Numeracy: This term we will be working on Place value, we will be practising sequencing numbers to 1000. We will also be working on addition and subtraction with numbers to 100, as well as practising the times tables. We will use a variety of online resources including Sumdog to enhance our learning.  Literacy : We have started our book study of Charlie and the Chocolate Factory. In doing this we will incorporate the North Lanarkshire reading strategies. We will then move onto Bug Club and encourage your child to use this for half an hour /week. We will also have the opportunity to borrow books from the lending library. SPELLING: Pupils will revise common words and also start to use the North Lanarkshire spelling strategies, which has a bigger focus on learning phonemes. More information to follow and support this. GRAMMAR/KNOWLEDGE ABOUT LANGUAGE: We will be working on capital letters at the start of sentences, for proper nouns and  headings. NOUNS: recognise proper nouns, common nouns and singular and plural. PUNCTUATION: identify and understand the use and function of a full stop, comma in a list, question mark and exclamation mark.

ICT: Pupils are learning how to log on and off the school computers. they are practising typing their new log ins for various website. They are also using PowerPoint and Microsoft Word. They are also using the internet to search for relevant information related to their topic. INTERDISCIPLINARY LEARNING/EXPRESSIVE ARTS: Our initial topic will be based around our book study  which is “Charlie and the Chocolate Factory”. In doing this we will do a variety of lessons based on the text. We hope to make our own Chocolate factories in class using scrap materials. Any scrap boxes and newspapers to help us do this would be greatly appreciated.  At the end of the book study we hope to watch the movie and make comparisons. We will the move onto our next topic which will be based around Fairtrade. RELIGIOUS EDUCATION: We are starting our faith journey and preparation for making our Holy Sacraments this year. We are also fundraising for the charity Lepra. We will discuss different bible stories and take part in weekly class Circle Time. We also hope to visit Mount Carmel Church on and occasional Tuesday to prepare us for our Holy Communion. HEALTH AND WELL BEING: In PE we will be learning about the importance of a healthy lifestyle . In doing this we will be taking part in various ball skill lessons with a particular focus on hockey this term. We will continue to warm up with team games and also doe our daily mile when possible. Current PE days are Tuesday and Thursday and Outdoor Education will start on Friday 7th, and take part every second week. Please ensure your child is prepared for the and earrings are not permitted.  pupils will also have a refresher in massage this term.

Thank you for your continued support!

Kind regards, Mrs Strachan.