St. Brendan's Primary School and Nursery

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September 2, 2019
by Miss Burns
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Term 1 in Primary 5B

Dear Parent/Carer,

A big hello and welcome back to all of the children who will be joining us, Miss McShane and Miss Burns, this year in Primary 5! The children have really enjoyed catching up after the summer break and have settled in for what is sure to be a busy and exciting year! We are very much looking forward to lots of learning and fun with the boys and girls this session.

Literacy

All children will continue to follow the North Lanarkshire Active Literacy Programme to support their learning in spelling, reading, writing, talking and listening.

The children will continue to read a variety of quality texts, in class and at home. We will start the term by exploring the novel ‘Emily’s Surprising Voyage’ as a class. This will allow the boys and girls to refresh their memory and consolidate what they know about the comprehension strategies, before moving to work within their own reading groups later in the term.

The class will continue to consolidate their awareness of different sounds, common words and spelling rules this year. This will help the boys and girls to write with increasing accuracy as the year goes on.

Numeracy

In numeracy, the class will continue to apply what they learn in active and practical ways. Each week, the children will experience direct teaching, partner/group activities and written tasks to build and consolidate their understanding of concepts.

Throughout the year, there will be a continued focus on mental arithmetic and problem solving skills. Over the course of the first term children will revisit familiar topics including place value and symmetry as well as addition and subtraction.

RE

In RE, our class will spend time learning about different parts of the Bible, particularly the Epistles, and about the importance of Icons as a focus for prayer. The class will also spend some time reflecting on the wonder of God’s creation in human beings and the world around us. Later in the term, the children will learn more about Mary and how she is celebrated in Catholic tradition.

Health and Wellbeing

At the start of this new year, the class will be spending some time focusing on their achievements as well as the importance of challenges in learning and how we can face these with confidence and positivity. A wee reminder that PE for Primary 5 will take place on a Monday and a Friday. We would encourage the children to bring their kit into school on a Monday and take it home on the Friday. All items of children’s kit should be clearly labeled with their name and class. This term, our focus will be on Fitness and Athletics.

Cross Curricular

Our class topic for the first term will be ‘New Lanark’. The class will look to the past with a focus on the lives of children in New Lanark. They will learn about how things have improved for children in Scotland over time and will be drawing comparisons between what life was like for children in New Lanark and their own lives today.

In science, we will be learning more about the human body with a focus on the digestive system. We will also be learning more about germs and microorganisms in the world around us.

We are looking forward to working together with both you and your child to help him/her to make the very best of their year in Primary 5. Please feel free to communicate any comments or concerns using the homework diary.

Many thanks

Miss McShane and Miss Burns

Class Teachers

September 2, 2019
by Mrs Ferns
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Primary 5F Term 1 Letter

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

September 2, 2019
by Mrs Bridge
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Primary 4 Curriculum Letter – Term 1

Dear Parent/Carer,

We hope you all had a wonderful summer break. We are delighted to welcome the children back and are looking forward to a busy, fun filled year of learning.

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 ‘ae’ and ‘ee’ 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
The children will take part in a whole class novel study of ‘The Best Dog in the World’ to introduce them to the Active Literacy reading strategies. The text will be read in class alongside the children and each of the comprehension strategies will be modelled. The children will then employ the taught strategies whilst exploring a second novel later in the term.

Writing
This term we will focus on the genres of narrative and instructions. Children will use a variety of stimulus to write interesting narrative stories focusing on descriptive vocabulary and sentence structure. We will take inspiration from our IDL topic for our instruction writing.

Numeracy

In numeracy, children will extend their knowledge of place value and estimation and rounding 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 explore time through days, months and seasons and will develop their understanding of measure (length and area).

R.M.E.

Religious Education will be taught through the ‘This is Our Faith’ programme. This term we will be reflecting on some Bible stories and how God speaks to us through these stories. We will research the lives of some Saints and consider ways in which they inspire us. Furthermore we will extend our understanding of the story of Creation.

As you will be aware, Primary 4 is a very special year for the children and we look forward to preparing the children to receive the Sacrament of First Holy Communion later in the year.
Health & Wellbeing

This term we will explore what it means to have a Growth Mindset. This will allow the pupils the opportunity to think about how they view their learning and how they should tackle any barriers or difficulties in order to succeed to the best of their ability.

During P.E lessons we will develop our ball skills and improve our general fitness through participation in fun fitness circuits.

Our P.E. days this year are Mondays and Fridays. We would appreciate if children could bring their full P.E. kit into school and refrain from wearing jewellery on these days.

Science

This term we will be looking at sources of energy and learning about how different plants and animals get their energy, linking to the food chain. We will also discover how important energy is in our daily lives and how we need energy to survive.

Social Studies

Our interdisciplinary learning this term will focus on the importance of growth mindset in achieving success. The children will research a number of individuals who have achieved success and overcome barriers by adopting a growth mindset. They will also work collaboratively to complete a growth mindset STEM challenge.

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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