Welcome back! We hope you have all had an enjoyable summer. It
has been fantastic to see Primary 4 settle into their new classroom
and routines. During our first few days, we explored the UNCRC
Rights of the Child, and together created a meaningful Class Charter
to ensure that our classroom is a place where we feel safe, where we
can learn and grow together.

We have had a great start to the term, and look forward to a fun
filled term with lots of fabulous learning taking place.
Here is an update on the upcoming term.

Literacy
We will be looking at a range of texts this term, including our Bug
Club readers. We will be focusing on continuing to develop reading
fluency as well as becoming more confident using word attack
strategies for unfamiliar words. We will also use a range of
comprehension strategies as we show our understanding of the texts we have read.
During writing, we will continue to work on our sentence structure
and the use of description bubbles for various descriptive pieces,
with an emphasis on punctuation and the use of spelling strategies.
We will work on enhancing our descriptions with amazing adjectives
and adverbs.
Spelling will take the form of active spelling activities and the
children will experience phonemes and blends at their working level.

Numeracy & Maths
The class will review Place Value knowledge and will use this to build
on their sense of number. We will look at 3 and 4 digit numbers and
we will read, write order and recite these numbers. Through our
place value work, we will be able to identify the value of each digit.
We will then progress to looking at our addition and subtraction
strategies. The class will participate in a daily number talk, to
develop of mental maths strategies.
We will also explore 2D and 3D shapes learning to sort and describe
shapes based on certain criteria.

Health and Wellbeing
This term we will be begin our PATHS programme for P4. Lessons
will include setting up our class rules, looking at individual emotions,
building friendships and community within the school, Self-Control
and Anger Management. We will also continue with the Do Be
Mindful programme which will allow us, through the use of a range of strategies, to look at ways we can take a mindful moment each day.

PE
PE is on a Wednesday and Friday. This term we will be covering;
Team Games
Football
Children will require PE kit each PE day. Please make sure your child
is not wearing jewellery on these days as they will be asked to remove this. Children can not wear jewellery for health and safety reasons.  If your child cannot take part for any reason, please contact the school.

French
We will be looking at some basic French phrases and numbers this
term through, songs, activities and games.

IDL
This term we will complete a comparison of the climate zones of the
rainforest areas and the Arctic. We will explore the location of
these areas using an Atlas and digital mapping and will investigate
the weather and how it effects living things in both areas.

Expressive Arts
During art, we will explore some colourful rainforest inspired
artwork by Henri Rousseau. Using a range of medium, we will create
our own colourful pieces.

Religious Education
This term we will be reflecting on our uniqueness and thinking about
our God given talents. We will reflect on the importance of
friendship and link this with various stories from the Bible. We will
explore life at the time of Jesus, in particular the role of the
Synagogue and the importance of the Sabbath in first century
Palestine.
The children will take part in class prayers and School Masses, and
we will continue to build on our knowledge of common prayers and
Mass responses.

Homework will be distributed on a Monday to be completed, and
returned by Friday.

Keep an eye on the School app and your child’s Learning Journal
profile for a snapshot of some of our wonderful learning! Thank you as always for your support and I’m looking forward to a
really great term with P4!

Mrs. MacKinnon