Hello again everyone.  Here we are in term 2 with Halloween already on the horizon and Christmas not long after.  Where does the time go!  Here is a brief update of our learning focus this term.

 

Literacy

After reading our class novel last term, we now aim to develop Active Literacy strategies through Bug Club guided reading texts.  There will be a particular focus on paraphrasing as well as continuing to explore and improve answering and asking a variety of question types. For writing, we are concentrating on persuasive pieces and aim to use these skills in a real life context (hopefully with the same outcome as last year’s letters).  So look forward to your child discussing topics, debating effectively and becoming even more convincing in getting what they want!

Numeracy

This term our numeracy focus is on multiplication and division incorporating aspects of fractions decimals and percentages.  We will continue to use Number Talk strategies to develop mental strategies related to multiplication and division.  The class are also working on skills beyond number with Mrs MacKinnon will be investigating the concept of probability.

Health and Wellbeing

We will look at various focus from our PATHS resource and continue to praise and compliment children through Pupil of the Day.  We are also exploring substance misuse in the form of alcohol, looking at different types, the recommend daily limit and how it affects the body.

For our PE, we will be visiting Ayrshire College on Wednesdays and participating in outdoor activities.  In school, we will be focussing on gymnastics where we will develop our knowledge and execution of shapes, jumps, turns, balances and rolls.  We will also spend a short time looking at traditional Scottish dances.

IDL

Our topic this term is science based and is space and its forces.  We will be investigating the planets in our Solar System, famous astronauts, phases of the moon, gravity and magnetism and the importance of the International Space Station.  We will also look at how technology has advanced since the moon landings and explore Elon Musk’s Space X programme as well as Virgin Galactic.

Mr Bertoncini