May 1, 2019
by Mrs Bridge
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Primary 4/3 Curriculum Update

Dear Parent/Guardian,

We hope you had a wonderful Easter holiday. It was lovely to see all of you at parents evening and we are grateful for your continued support. The following is a brief overview of the learning which will take place in Primary 4/3 this term.

Literacy

We will continue to follow the North Lanarkshire Active Literacy Programme to support learning in spelling, phonics, reading and writing. Children will develop fluency and comprehension skills whilst exploring their novel and will complete a range of associated written tasks to deepen their understanding of the text.

Monkeys

Children will continue to work on the Stage 4 Active Literacy Programme; exploring units 7 and 8 which will include phoneme representations ‘ow’ and ‘oi’. Furthermore, they will continue to apply a range of spelling strategies and rules to support their spelling of taught and unfamiliar words.

Penguins

Children will continue to develop their phonological knowledge and spelling whilst focusing on the phonemes ‘u, gn, t, dge, o, ch and ti’ and their weekly common words.

Writing

Children will focus on narrative, explanation and persuasive genres and will utilise their learning across the curriculum in their written pieces.

Maths

In numeracy, children will continue to develop their mental agility through Number Talks and will extend their knowledge of division and patterns and relationships. Furthermore, they will explore measure, angles and symmetry.

R.M.E.

This will be a very special term for the boys and girls in Primary 4 preparing for and celebrating their First Holy Communion. The children will also learn about Mary and deepen their understanding of the word of God and how to celebrate fully in the celebration of Mass.

Health & Wellbeing

In Term 4, the children will develop their striking, fielding and athletics skills in preparation for Sports Day. In addition, children will develop an understanding of the human body and of daily personal hygiene routines.

A reminder that our P.E. days are Mondays and Thursdays and we would appreciate if children could bring their full P.E. kit into school on a Monday and take it home on Friday. Furthermore, we would be grateful if children could refrain from wearing jewellery on P.E days.

Social Studies

This term our interdisciplinary learning will have an Enterprise theme and children will explore different types of jobs involved in running a business. The children will be encouraged to participate fully in the decision making process and to listen and share their views during discussions. They will utilise their knowledge of money to budget and consider different ways in which they can make a profit for charity. They will work collaboratively to ensure the success of their enterprise project.

Many thanks for your continued support. Please do not hesitate to contact us with any questions or concerns you may have.

Kind Regards,

Mrs Bridge/Miss Peattie

May 1, 2019
by Miss Mitchell
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Primary 6 Curriculum Letter (Term 4)

Primary 6 Parent Letter

I can’t quite believe Term 4 is upon us already. Time clearly flies when you are learning and having fun. I am very proud of what the children achieved in Term 3 and I hope you all enjoyed your Easter break – it was well deserved. Term 4 is going to be particularly busy with a big focus on our summer show. The Primary 6’s and 7’s will be doing Aladdin.

Literacy

The children will continue with the same North Lanarkshire Active Literacy Programme for Spelling, Reading, Writing and Talking and Listening in Term 4. They will cover two novels this term and will be continuing with the same comprehension strategies for our reading, gaining confidence in these as the term progresses. The novels that will be covered this term are; The Eleventh Orphan, The Borrowers, Kensuke’s Kingdom, Why The Whales Came and a variety of Rapid Readers books. Our main focus throughout our writing lessons this term will be ‘discursive writing’, where the children will be learning to write about two points of view and compare and discuss these.

Maths

In Term 4 we will be looking at a variety of maths concepts including; Fractions, Expressions and Equations, Maps and Co-ordinates, Angles and Negative Numbers. Again, we will be using the active approaches from the Heinemann Active planners along with the Teejay textbooks. Please ensure that your child is continuing to learn all of their times tables from 2-10 at home. This is crucial for them to increase the pace of their work.

Health and Wellbeing

P.E this term will focus on ‘Striking and Fielding’ and this should set the children in good stead for sports day in June. With nice weather promised in May, the children should hopefully get outside to fully embrace this programme. Our P.E days remain a Monday and a Thursday and could you please ensure that your child has their kit in every Monday for the rest of the week. Also, in Health and Wellbeing this term the children will be covering the ‘God’s Loving Plan’ programme.

Social Studies

The children of Primary 6 will be exploring ‘Britain’s Cultural Diversity’ this term. We will be linking this to our summer show as much as we can. The children will apply their learning across the curriculum with a particular focus within the curriculum areas of Social Studies, Expressive Arts and Technologies.

R.E

During our R.E lessons we will be focusing on ‘Eastertide’, ‘Pentecost and the Trinity’ and ‘Mass’ along with the ‘God’s Loving Plan’ programme at the end of the term. I’d like to say a massive well done to the boys and girls for making their Sacrament of Confirmation. A lot of hard work, time and effort went into making this a success and it really paid off. The children were fabulous!

If you have any queries don’t hesitate to use your child’s diary as a means of contact with myself.

Thank you again for all of your support so far this year.

Miss Mitchell

May 1, 2019
by Mrs Ferns
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Primary 5F Term 4 Letter

Dear Parent/Guardian,

I hope you all had a lovely Easter break. We are already working hard and are excited about the fun events which will be taking place this term. This is a brief outline of the work which we will be undertaking within the class during the fourth term.

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 (au family phoneme, silent letters, singular/plurals and ed spelling rules) which will be consolidated through class work and homework. The children will also be consolidating words from the spelling and phonics programme as well as learning extension words. This term the children will be reading a novel and working on a media block. They will continue to develop their understanding by using the reading strategies. Within Big Writing the children will be encouraged to use more challenging vocabulary, connectives, openers and punctuation (V.C.O.P.) within the genres of Narrative, Persuasive and Information.

Numeracy

In Primary 5F the children will develop their understanding of Measure (Volume and Weight), Decimal Fractions, Expressions and Equations, Patterns and Relationships, Angels, Data and Analysis, Maps and Coordinates and ideas of change and uncertainty. We will also be consolidating learning from the Numeracy programme. The children will participate in Active Maths, partner work and written tasks.

Religious Education

The children have already enjoyed learning about the events and significance of Holy Week. They will continue to develop their understanding of Mary; celebrating Mary in the Catholic tradition and personal and communal prayer. The children will also be learning about Creation and Baptism; Jesus’ Passion, Death and Resurrection, eternal life and about God as Father, Son and the Holy Spirit. The children will deepen their understanding of Pentecost; Holy Spirit and Prophecy.

Health and Wellbeing

The children have thoroughly enjoyed attending Swimming at Wishaw Sports Centre from 19^th March until 30^th April. For the remainder of the term the children will be working with Sports Coaches on Games and with myself on Athletics and Striking and Fielding. Please ensure your child brings their gym kit every week. As part of our Health and Wellbeing we will be working in partnership with Muirhouse Primary focusing on Outdoor Learning; being active in the local environment, den building, information finding, leaf identification and participating in a scavenger hunt.

Science

In Primary 5F we will learn about Vibration and Waves. With Waves will focus on Sound Waves (animal communication) and how sound vibrations are carried. Additionally we will explore properties of Light (Light/Reflection/Shadow/Colour).

Social Subjects

For our final term our Interdisciplinary Learning will focus on Trains, Planes and Automobiles. Our learning will focus on exploring ways journeys can be made. The children will be considering the advantages and disadvantages of different forms of transport and discuss their impact on the environment. We will research ways in which we can live in a more environmentally-responsible way. The class will compare their local area with contrasting areas investigating the similarities and differences of weather and the physical environment, discussing the impact of living things and how the land is used.

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

St. Brendan's Primary School and Nursery

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