Dear Parent/Guardian,

 

I hope everyone had a lovey summer break. I am delighted to welcome the children back to the new school year and I look forward to the exciting year ahead. This is a brief outline of the work which we will be undertaking within the class during Term 1.

 

Literacy

The children will continue to follow the North Lanarkshire Active Literacy Programme in spelling and phonics. They will learn phonics, spelling rules, common words and tricky words (k and j phoneme family and double letters spelling rule) which will be consolidated through class work and homework. We are reading The Hundred Mile an Hour Dog by Jeromy Strong as part of our modelling block and the children currently have a home reader. As part of the reading programme the children will continue to develop their use of the six comprehension strategies whilst read their novels. It is important that the children read their novel at home to enable them to write from it with confidence. Within Big Writing the children will continue to develop using V.C.O.P. within the genres of narrative and recount this term.

 

Numeracy

In Primary 5F the children will develop their understanding of Place Value (Ten Thousands, Thousands, Hundreds, Tens and Units), Mathematics – its impact on the past, present and future, Measure (length and area), Addition and Subtraction and symmetry this term. The children will participate in mental maths, active maths, partner work and written tasks.

 

Religious Education

During the first term the children will be learning about the different parts of the Bible and God’s message within a selection of Bible stories. We will also be learning about how Jesus calls us and how we can respond to Jesus. As a class we will enjoy participating in a weekly Christian Meditation session.

 

Health and Wellbeing

In P.E. the learning will be focused on Hockey, Volleyball and Striking and Fielding. Our P.E. days will be Monday and Tuesday this term. As part of the Health and Wellbeing programme the children have already been learning about how they are responsible for their learning. They will develop their understanding of the learning dip and be able to identify people who can help them.

 

Social Subjects

This term we will be learning about The Vikings. The children will learn how The Vikings changed the heritage of Scotland and Britain. They will use their Word Processing skills to insert images of Vikings onto word documents. Through Art and Design the children will design their own Viking shield and use their 3D skills to create a Viking longship.

 

Science

The children will learn about Earth’s Material. We will be analysing and comparing samples of rocks, solids and minerals. We will carry out a solid, liquid and gas investigation and report back on our findings.

 

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