Block Two (January-March)
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 The Romans! We have thought of many things we would like to find out about the Romans such as:
What countries did they fight against?
What did they eat?
Did they go to school?
Our class novel this term is Roman Invasion 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 and are beginning to use these in literacy circles with our reading groups.
In Numeracy, we are focusing on multiplication and division as well as continuing with our mental maths. In maths, we are going to be covering data handling and time. We also use the CUBES strategy to tackle word problems every Friday.
Our PE day is a Thursday and pupils should aim to come to school dressed in their PE kit. We have begun the term doing some Scottish country dancing but will soon be moving onto badminton.
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: my body, my senses and social media/popular culture. 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. Due to us working on multiplication and division in class this term, I am encouraging learners to practise their times tables as much as possible at home as this will support them when it comes to multiplying and dividing larger numbers. 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)
Overall, we are looking forward to all the exciting learning we have planned in P5!
