Teacher – Miss Stephenson
Terms 1 and 2 August to December
Learning Overview for Primary P4B
| Literacy
WRITING: We will be working on improving our tools for writing using different images from under the sea as our stimulus. We will be working on improving our VCOP strategies: vocabulary, connectives, openers and punctuation. In Term 2, we will be working on writing in different genres: focusing on characters, setting and specific vocabulary for each genre. SPELLING: We will begin revising common words using a variety activities. We will then work on words that use the same letter patterns and again use different activities to enhance the learning of our words.
READING: We will be working on our comprehension skills this term using different strategies to support our understanding of a text. We will be taking on Book Detective tasks to help us start to improve our skills in analyzing a text. We are going to work on answering and creating literal and inferential questions. |
Numeracy and Mathematics
NUMERACY: We will be extending our knowledge of place value up to 4 or 5 digit numbers. While working on our skills with place value, we will also use our strategies for rounding numbers. We will also be extending our skills in addition and subtraction and practising different strategies for this.
MATHEMATICS: We will be doing work on time, measure, position and movement and making links to different areas of our topic, Under the Sea.
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| Health and Wellbeing
P.E: In PE we will work on our fitness skills to begin with. We are then going to move on to work on ball skills. We will then look at how these skills transfer into a game situation.
Health: We will be introducing Kitbag to our classroom. We will also be continuing to focus on being a Rights Respecting School and how we continue to make sure that everyone has access to their rights. We are also going to learn about meta skills. In Term 2 we will look at how to be an Eco School. |
Our Topic will be about…..
Our topic this term is ‘Under the Sea’. We are going to talk about the seas and oceans in the world. Then have a particular look at the seas and oceans close to Scotland. We are going to learn about features of a Scottish seaside. Then learn about sea creatures and their different features. We are going to look at different habitats and ecosystems under the sea. We will learn about human impact on the sea by looking at pollution and conservation. |
| Useful websites | HOMEWORK: Issued on Friday returned on Wednesday.
PE Monday indoor and outdoor |
