Block One (August – December)
I am looking forward to meeting you all at our welcome meeting soon and showing you some of the work the children have been engaged with. However, before that let me give you a little overview of some of the learning we will be undertaking in block 1.
Maths and Numeracy
We will be consolidating our understanding of the four operations and looking at the relationships between them, including inverse operations.
We will also be working on furthering our knowledge around multiples, factors and prime numbers. We will also be building our Maths vocabulary and looking at ways in which we can transfer mathematical skills to everyday life. In order to help us solve worded maths problems we will be using our known literacy skills and developing some new ones along the way!
Literacy
We will be focussing on literal and inferential questions and how to fully answer these using our reading strategies to support and extend our learning.
We will be developing the skill of summarising information from notes we have taken and using this across learning. Our class Novel and book study this term is “Journey to the river sea” by Eva Ibbotson. We have started this and have been learning about some of the animals that live in the Amazon Rainforest. We will be extending our understanding of different text types and where and when we may use or see them.
RME
This term we will focus on beliefs and values and specifically Christianity. We will be researching the links to other major religions throughout the year. We have created our own Charter of rights, linking these to the UNCRC and have all agreed our responsibilities in relation to upholding these rights for all.
Languages
Miss Lonie will be teaching Spanish and Music this term and I will be teaching French. We will focus on Everyday social language and develop our speaking ability.
Health
The first block of PE will be spent building resilience, teambuilding and following instructions in order to stay safe. This should take us up to October where we should be incorporating team games at this point.
As a class we will be learning self regulation strategies and how to recognise and deal with our emotions in a safe and sensible manner. We will be able to identify primary and secondary emotions, pinpoint triggers and discuss strategies to help manage emotions.
In relationships and sexual health P6 will be covering Emotional Wellbeing and Love and Relationships. Detailed information, should you wish to review the content can be found at https://rshp.scot/ Second Level – RSHP.
Children should come to school dressed for gym on Wednesdays.
Homework will be given every Friday and should be returned for Wednesday. This will consist of their current spelling pattern words and their reading books. Please make sure it is returned as reading groups are heard every Wednesday.
We are very excited to be working in partnership with the Scottish Fisheries Museum this term as part of an ongoing project called Marseum. Please ask your child what this involves.
As a class we are still working on embedding routines and following our School Values of Safe, Ready and Respectful. Should you wish to see me I am usually at the door at the end of the day, please feel free to come and see me. If you would like a meeting this can be arranged via the office. I look forward to working with you and your child.
Mrs Iddir
