Welcome to Primary 5! This term will be busy working on lots of new and exciting learning in class and we are looking forward to sharing this with you . This first blog/post will overview the learning we will cover in the P5 class from August until October.

Literacy –

This term we will be reading ‘Harry Potter and the Philosopher’s Stone’ as a class novel study. Through our study pupils will be able to

• Read using strategies, make notes and engage in dialogue with peers to discuss themes in the class text.
• Build skills on our 6 key Active Literacy Comprehension strategies.
• Bug Club readers will be allocated incl. Non- fiction text /plays.
• Writing Focus –  Recount,  Newspaper Report and Discursive.
• Spelling, Grammar & Handwriting.

Numeracy & Maths –

• Place Value  – looking at larger whole numbers. Th /H/ T/ U
• Information Handling. – Looking at data, surveys and compiling into a graph/ table.
• Estimation/Probability.
• Daily Mental Maths covering the 4 processes ( +  –  x    / ) .

Health and Wellbeing –  This term we will be focussing on

Whole school Nurture – Refreshing our ‘Massage Training’ in class.

In P.E. we will cover,

• Team Games
• Rugby
• Street Hockey

Religious Education –

August/ September –

• Revising prayers /  Attending mass.
• Friendship and our Faith Community- Looking at bible stories about emotions.

October  –

• (Mary ) – Our Lady focus. (Learning the Rosary)
• Looking at Creation.

Topic –  ‘Harry Potter and the Philosopher’s Stone’

We will be using our book study as a focus for our learning and to engage in various activities across all curricular areas.

Important Primary 5 info… 

Homework distributed on Mondays to be completed, signed and returned by Friday.

P.E days are on Monday /Tuesday.

Outdoor learning day is Thursday.