Can you believe that we’ve reached the October holidays already!? This term has flown in and it’s been lots of fun. Here is a summary of what’s been happening in P5 in term 1:

Literacy

We have been focusing on learning our spelling using phonemes. Thank you for all your support with spelling homework as this has really helped the pupils to achieve good scores in their spelling tests. We will continue this approach in Term 2.

Our focus for writing has been on poetry, explanations and creative writing. P5 have a better understanding of using adjectives to make their writing more interesting and are still focusing on their proof reading skills.

For reading, we have been reading a novel as a class and practising the skills of metalinguistics, visualisation and improving our comprehension. Some groups have also been developing their fluency when reading aloud by working with Mrs McNaughton.

Next term we will continue to work on our spelling using phonemes, get a new class novel and focus on new reading skills and will be looking at creative writing as well as newspaper reports and recounts.

Maths

In maths, pupils explored place value. This helped them to investigate larger numbers and most pupils can work with up to 7 digit numbers now. P5 can read, write, order, partition and round these numbers to the nearest 10 and nearest 100.

We also completed some tasks based on coordinates. We really enjoyed playing battleship together!

Next term, we will be focusing on measuring length in cm and m and addition and subtraction.

Other Areas

Our topic this term was “The Body” with a focus on the circulatory system. P5 explored the vital organs and investigated the circulatory system, respiratory system and the digestive system. We will finish this topic at the beginning of term 2 before moving on to our new topic which is a surprise!

In Health and Wellbeing, pupils gained an understanding of mental wellbeing and having a growth mindset. They were able to illustrate comics that had a character that demonstrated a growth mindset. We also begun learning about friendships and will continue this into term 2.

For music, we have been discussing the beat and rhythm of music. We also got the chance to experiment with different instruments, including lots of percussion instruments! Challenge your child by asking them how people play different families of instruments such as percussion, brass, woodwind and strings.

 

Thank you for all your hard work in Term 1 P5! I’m excited for even more challenges next term, I’m sure you’ll be amazing! Have a great holiday!

-Miss Frew x