January 2019

Dear Parent/Guardian,

I hope you all had a lovely Christmas break. After the excitement of Christmas we have now settled back into our working routine. This is a brief outline of the work which we will be undertaking within the class during the third term.

Literacy

The children will continue to follow the North Lanarkshire Active Literacy Programme in spelling and phonics. They will learn phoneme families (ch and s), spelling rules (dge and ck), common words and tricky words which will be consolidated through class work and homework. The children will be working on poetry and also reading a novel this term. As part of the reading programme the children will continue to develop their use of six comprehension strategies while working on poetry and reading their novel. Within Big Writing the children will continue to develop their use of vocabulary, connectives, openers and punctuation (V.C.O.P.) within the genres of narrative and explanation.

Numeracy

In Primary 5F the children will develop their understanding of Multiples, Factors and Prime Numbers, Time, Fractions, Decimals and Percentages, Number and Number Processed (Decimal Fractions) and Measurement (Volume and Weight). Please encourage your children to practise their timetables (2-10) on a weekly basis. The children will participate in Active Maths, partner work and written tasks.

Religious Education

During the third term the learning will focus on the Life of Jesus, Other World Religions (Judaism) and Lent.

Health and Wellbeing

The children will be working with Sports Coaches on Games and I will be teaching the children Aesthetics (Dance and Gymnastics). Please ensure your child brings their gym kit every week. As part of our Health and Wellbeing we will be focusing on making healthy choices in our diet and learning about food labelling.

Interdisciplinary Learning/Science

The children are already excited about their new topic Clyde in the Classroom. Primary 5F attended Glasgow Science Centre for the launch of the topic where the children enjoyed the exhibits and learned about their new topic. The children will be responsible for creating and maintaining a suitable environment for brown trout eggs to develop into fry then they will be releasing them into the River Clyde. Katie, our Scientist, will be visiting the class on a weekly basis to support the children in the development of the eggs and to answer scientific questions which the children may have.

Thank you in advance for your support this term, please use your child’s homework diary to communicate any concerns/comments.

 

Kind Regards,

 

Mrs Debbie Ferns

Class Teacher Primary 5F