Dear Parent/Guardian,

We hope you had a wonderful Christmas and New Year!

This letter will provide you with a brief overview of the learning that will take place this term in Primary 7.

Literacy

The children will continue to follow North Lanarkshire’s Active Literacy programme for Spelling, Reading, Writing and Listening and Talking. This programme will help to develop further their literacy skills and provide exciting and new challenges.

This term the children will complete one group novel with a text suitable for their age and stage. This will be an opportunity for the children to apply all of their prior learning and demonstrate their ability and understanding of the Active Literacy Strategies. The novels will be read at home by the children and there will be reading homework on a weekly basis. The children should be encouraged to complete all reading homework on the allocated nights as the classwork will coincide with the reading homework. The children will also explore non-fiction texts throughout the term which will be linked to their science topic.

Numeracy

This term, Primary 7 will continue to expand their knowledge of time, multiplication and division, multiples, factors and primes and explore the properties of 2D shapes and 3D objects and fractions, decimal fractions and percentages. It is important that the pupils continue to practise their times tables at home to support their numeracy. The children will have the opportunity to learn these skills and concepts through a mixture of both active and written tasks. This will enable the children to apply their learning across contexts and see a real purpose to their learning.

Health and Wellbeing

Health and Wellbeing will be taught across the curriculum. The children will explore the topic of substance abuse and the impact of substances on the human body. This term in Physical Education the children will develop their skills in Central, Net and Wall games. The children will participate in a variety of games which challenge their team work, co-ordination, spatial awareness and stamina.

Interdisciplinary Learning

The children of Primary 7 will be exploring ‘UK Politics’ this term. This theme will provide opportunities for the children to explore the current political system by looking at The Scottish Parliament, Westminster and the European Parliament. The children will discover current politics such as Brexit and explore possible social, economic or political issues which surround it. The children will apply their learning across the curriculum with a particular focus within the curriculum areas of Social Studies, Expressive Arts and Technologies.

Science

Primary 7 will be exploring an exciting science topic this term which is Biodiversity. The children will look at biological systems, animals, vertebrates and invertebrates, lifecycles, genetics and inheritance.

Religious Education

Religious Education will be taught through the ‘This Is Our Faith’ programme. This term Primary 7 will explore Lent and Christian Witness. This term is particularly exciting as the children will be preparing for the Sacrament of Confirmation.

Homework

The children’s homework will help to support their on-going classwork and I would appreciate your support in ensuring the children keep up with all homework tasks.

Many thanks,

 

 

Miss McShane