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November 28, 2019
by Mrs Colton
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Term 2 Letter from Primary 3

Dear Parent/Guardian,

I hope you had a wonderful October week! It was lovely to see all of you at parents evening and I am very grateful for all of your continued support. The following is a brief outline of the work which we will be undertaking within the class during this term in Primary 3.

Literacy

The children will continue to follow the North Lanarkshire Active Literacy Programme in spelling and phonics. They will learn a new sound and a different set of common words each week and this will be consolidated through class work and homework. The Buzz group will focus on ‘ea’, ‘wa’, ‘th’, ‘ie’, ‘ve’ and ‘g’ and the Woody group will focus on ‘ ee’, ‘oo’, ‘ck’, ‘ai’,’oi’ and ‘oa’. As part of the reading programme the children will read a book each week and will have associated writing tasks in class to develop their understanding.. It is important that the children bring their books into school daily to ensure they are able to use them to carry out their tasks. Within Big Writing the children will explore the features of the following genres; narrative and instructional writing. In addition to this, children will perform a show and tell presentation as part of their talking and listening.

Numeracy

This term the children will learn about subtraction, where they will look at the standard written method and mental strategies for subtraction. Children will also be learning about the properties of 2D and 3D shapes. Primary 3 will also focus on measure this term, looking at length and area. As well as learning about symmetry. In addition, children will also learn about money this term.

Religious Education

During Religious Education the children will learn about the month of November and will learn to stay the Eternal Rest. Children will also learn about The Priest and Parish, they will learn about the community of the Church and the symbols that are used within the Church. In addition to this, Primary 3 will be learning about Advent, where they will look at the birth of Jesus Christ and the importance of his birth.

Health and Wellbeing

In P.E. the children benefit from training with Student Sports Coaches. Where they will be learning a variety of skills.  It is very important that your child takes their P.E kit to school on the days in which they have P.E, which is Wednesday and Friday.. All kits should be clearly labelled, so that it can be easily identified. During Health, children will be learning about how to keep their bodies healthy through food and exercise.

Social Subjects

This terms IDL (Inter-disciplinary Learning) theme is ‘It’s A Bug’s Life’.  The children will learn to describe features of their local landscape, categorise minibeasts, identify a variety of food chains and Identify and name a variety of mini-beasts. We also can’t wait to build a ‘Bug Hotel’ for Bertie the Beetle!

 

Finally thanks again for your continued support and please do not hesitate to contact me concerning your child’s learning.

Kind Regards,

Miss Paterson

Class Teacher Primary 3

November 28, 2019
by Mrs Ferns
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Primary 5F Term 2 Letter

November 2019

Dear Parent/Guardian

 

I hope you all had a lovely break over the October week. We are already working hard and are excited about the fun events which will be taking place this term. We will be very busy preparing for our St. Andrew’s Day performance and the Carol Service. This is a brief outline of the work which we will be undertaking within the class during the second term.

 

Literacy

The children will continue to follow the North Lanarkshire Active Literacy Programme in spelling and phonics. They will learn phoneme families (sh and ch), spelling rules (an introduction to prefixes and suffixes), common words and tricky words which will be consolidated through class work and homework. The children will be reading a novel and also working on poetry this term. As part of the reading programme the children will continue to develop their use of the reading strategies whilst reading their novel and working on poetry. 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 poetry.

 

Numeracy

In Primary 5 the children will develop their understanding of 2D Shape and 3D Objects (recognise 3D objects and their properties), Money (calculations of money, use of money within the world and money word problems), Time (telling the time, durations, using timetables and calendars), Fractions, Decimals and Percentages and Decimal Fractions this term. The children will participate in Active Maths, partner work and written tasks.

 

Religious Education

During the second term the learning will focus on November (Scottish Faith Heritage and the Faithful Departed) and The Life of Jesus (Healer, Teacher and Jesus’ time on earth). We will also be learning about Advent (signs, symbols and themes of Advent).

 

 

Health and Wellbeing

In P.E. the children will be developing their skills within Rugby and Football; sending, receiving, co-operating and competing). For Dance we will be using Scottish Country Dancing and party dances as our stimulus. As part of the Health and Wellbeing programme the children be learning about how they record their achievements in school through Seesaw and how their achievements are celebrated outside of school. The children will be learning about the importance of feeling included and including others using Christmas as our stimulus for learning.

 

Interdisciplinary Learning

This term our topic has been named ‘Give a Smile for Christmas’. The children will be learning how different groups within our community have a range of needs and how those needs are met. We will be organising an enterprise activity to raise funds to enable us to give a smile to a member of our community; by a giving a small gift. As a class we will be visiting Netherton Care home, on three occasions, to spend time with some of the residents. The children will engage in conversation and sing a selection of Christmas songs for the residents.

 

Science

We will be learning about sound (animal communication and vibrations) and light (reflection, shadows and the properties of light). Additionally we will be learning about the structure and function of the sensory organs and how we respond to these.

 

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

 

 

November 27, 2019
by Mrs Colton
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Primary 4 Term 2 Letter

Dear Parent/Carer,

Welcome to the start of Term 2 which promises to be a very busy and exciting term with lots of exciting events planned.

Here is a brief overview of the learning that will be taking place within Primary 4 this term.

Literacy

The children will continue to follow North Lanarkshire’s Active Literacy programme for reading, writing, spelling, talking and listening.  This programme will enable children to further develop their literacy skills through exploration of a range of skills and strategies.

Spelling

The focus phonemes for this term will be ‘ie’ and ‘oe’ and children will explore different written representations for each phoneme.  Furthermore, they will employ spelling strategies and rules whilst learning a range of common and tricky words.

Reading

This term the children will be reading a selection of novels within their reading groups. Some of the novels will include George’s Marvellous Medicine, The Owl who is Afraid of the Dark and The Diary of a Killer Cat. This will allow the pupils the opportunity to apply the Active Literacy Comprehension strategies which were introduced to them last term during our novel modelling block. We will also work with a range of non-fiction texts this term apply our comprehension skills and linking to other areas of the curriculum.

Writing

This term we will focus on the genres of narrative and recount. Children will use a variety of stimulus to write interesting narrative stories focusing on ambitious vocabulary, paragraphing and punctuation. We will also write Recounts where pupils will use their own experiences and familiar stories to write about in their own words using their skills from narrative genre.

Numeracy

In numeracy, children will extend their knowledge of addition and subtraction through a range of active and written tasks.  The children will develop their mental agility through Number Talks and will be given opportunities to work collaboratively.  They will also investigate 2D and 3D shape and their properties, and create symmetrical drawings and patterns.

R.M.E.

Religious Education will be taught through the ‘This is Our Faith’ programme.  This term we have been learning about the Our Lady and the Rosary during the month of October. As we move into November our focus shifts towards Saints and the faithful departed. We will investigate the life of some saints and look at the qualities of what makes a saint and how this applies to our life. During the month of December we will look at the story of Advent and Christmas.

Health & Wellbeing

This term we will explore what it means to be Responsible with a focus on internet safety.

During P.E lessons we will develop our dance skills as we prepare for our festive celebrations.

Our P.E. days this year are Mondays and Fridays.  We would encourage children to keep their PE Kit in school from Monday to Friday to ensure that they always have it with them and refrain from wearing jewellery on these days.

Social Studies including ICT, Science and Art

Our interdisciplinary learning focus this term will be “Living Things & Their Habitats”. The children will compare a variety of habitats and explore a climate/country which is very different from their own; studying animals and plants that may be found there. This learning will also link to our Science focus which is food chains and what living things need for survival. The children will participate in a mini beast hunt and use their experiences in writing and art.

Please do not hesitate to communicate any comments or concerns using the homework diary and keep up to date with our learning through twitter.

Many thanks,

Mrs Bridge & Mrs Colton

 

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