Block Three (April – June)
Hello and welcome to Primary 5’s page. We are a class of 32 children and can be found in the top corridor.
In Primary 5, we are committed to ensuring we follow the school values by being safe, ready and respectful. We also have a recognition board in class and each week we choose a target linked to our school values. We strive to get onto the recognition board daily.
This term our topic is Japan! We have thought of many things we would like to find out about the Japan such as:
What are schools like in Japan?
How do they celebrate different holidays?
What are the most popular foods in Japan?
Our class novel this term is Kensuke’s Kingdom which we are going to use for lots of our topic, reading and writing learning. We read our novel every day after break. For our reading comprehension we are continuing to focus on the key literacy circle roles: summariser, predictor, illustrator, word wizard and question master. We are also going to be focusing on identifying literary devices such as similes and metaphors in texts.
In writing this term we are going to be focusing on personal, persuasive and argumentative writing which will link to Kensuke’s Kingdom.
In Numeracy, we are focusing on fractions and decimals as well as continuing with our mental maths. Every Friday we are going to do our “Big Maths, Beat That” 60 second challenge to focus on improving our mental maths facts.
In maths, we are going to be covering measurement as well as angle, symmetry and transformation. We will also continue to work on using the CUBES strategy to solve our word problems every Friday.
Our PE day is a Thursday and pupils should aim to come to school dressed in their PE kit. We are going to be doing a block on fitness, dance and athletics.
As part of our health and wellbeing learning we will also be covering relationships, sexual health and parenthood (RSHP). The topics we are covering this block are: consent and protecting me/abuse and relationships. We hope any questions you may have can be answered through the RSHP website https://rshp.scot/.
Homework will go home every Friday and should be returned the following Wednesday. Homework will include a reading book, pupils should aim to read some of their assigned reading to an adult. Children should strive to bring their book back daily so they can be heard read in class. I am continuing to encourage learners to practise their times tables as much as possible at home as this will support them in their numeracy learning. Any support with this would be greatly appreciated.
If your child would like to complete some additional homework to further their learning. Here are some websites you can have a look at:
Numeracy:
- Sumdog – https://learn.sumdog.com/ (all learners have their log in details in their homework folder)
- Topmarks – https://www.topmarks.co.uk/
- Hit the Button – https://www.topmarks.co.uk/maths-games/hit-the-button
- Maths Bot – https://mathsbot.com/
Literacy:
- BBC Bitesize – https://www.bbc.co.uk/bitesize/subjects/zv48q6f
- Literacy Shed – https://www.literacyshed.com/
- National Literacy Trust – https://literacytrust.org.uk/resources/?phase=primary
- Balloon Phonics – https://www.topmarks.co.uk/phonics/balloon-phonics-cvc-game (if your child needs support hearing sounds in words)
We are looking forward to our final term in P5!
