Welcome to P5/4
This year our teacher is Mrs Speirs
Mrs McGlinchey will be in our class on a Wednesday afternoon and will cover Health and Wellbeing and an area of Numeracy.
Our P.E. days are Wednesday and Thursday
On these days, please remember to come to school with appropriate P.E kit to change into and all jewellery removed. Also, those with long hair, please remember to bring a hair tie.
Class Dojo
Please join our class dojo to keep up to date with class news, photos and more! You can use dojo to view the points your child has been given and to view our class dojo story.
You can request to join here.
Homework
Homework will be issued weekly. Homework will be issued at the start of the week and should be completed by the end of the week. Homework diaries have log in details for various programmes to support learning.
It is at your discretion if you wish to complete homework and submissions will no longer be recorded. Any time spent on learning at home is greatly appreciated!
Reminder
Please ensure that all items that your child brings to school are clearly marked with their name. This is very helpful if items get misplaced.
Here are some of the exciting things we will be learning this term…
Literacy
Writing: We will follow a weekly spelling programme alongside independent grammar activities. Our writing lessons will be closely linked to our Talk for Writing approach, giving children opportunities to develop their ideas, build vocabulary and improve their writing skills. We will also continue to develop neat, joined handwriting and presentation skills.
Reading: Children will use Accelerated Reader to support their reading development and will have regular opportunities to choose books from our class and school library. We have taken time to find out about the children’s interests and have added a range of new and exciting books to our class library.
During our weekly guided reading lessons, we will develop a range of comprehension skills, including understanding the meaning of a text, identifying the author’s message, retelling events in our own words and describing characters using evidence from the text.
Listening and Talking: As part of our Skills for Life learning, we will continue to develop our listening and talking skills. Children will practise taking turns, sharing ideas clearly in their own words, listening respectfully to others and making simple notes to record key points.
We will also have opportunities to share and discuss facts and opinions through our Literacy, Health and Wellbeing and Global Goals learning.
Numeracy
This term, we will continue to develop children’s confidence and skills in mental maths. We will encourage children to use Times Tables Rock Stars (TTRS) regularly to practise and improve their times-table knowledge. We will use Number Talks to explore different strategies for addition and subtraction before introducing Beat That Maths, which will help children develop their speed, accuracy and mental agility.
Each week, children will have opportunities to practise their mental maths through a variety of dice games, active learning activities and puzzles. These will encourage children to use all four operations – addition, subtraction, multiplication and division – while allowing them to develop and extend their skills at their own level. We will also be learning about estimation and rounding, developing our understanding of place value using 5- and 6-digit numbers, and exploring measure, including length, weight and volume/capacity.
Health and Wellbeing
This term, we will establish our Class Charter, working together to agree on rules and routines that will help create a happy, safe and healthy learning environment where everyone feels valued and supported. We will also create a Growth Mindset display to remind and encourage us throughout the year to always try our best, learn from challenges and support one another in our learning.
Through our weekly Zones of Regulation lessons, we will check in with how we are feeling and explore strategies to help us recognise and manage both comfortable and uncomfortable emotions. will also develop our knowledge and understanding of physical health, including learning about the importance of making healthy choices, eating a balanced and varied diet, and understanding the risks associated with substance misuse.
BGE
This term, we will be working collaboratively with P5 each week as we explore our Global Goals topic, Zero Hunger. This will provide opportunities for children to work together, share ideas and develop their understanding of global issues.
Later in the term, we will focus on Emotional Health and Wellbeing, exploring friendships and positive ways we can support and care for one another both in and out of school. We will also develop our understanding of Cyber Resilience and Digital Literacy, with these skills being embedded across our Literacy, Numeracy, Global Goals and Health and Wellbeing learning.
In Drama, children will have opportunities to develop their confidence and creativity through activities linked to our Talk for Writing work.
Our Music learning will also connect with our Global Goals topic. We will explore rhythm through our musical cups activities and develop our musical skills using the glockenspiel and Charanga.
In Modern Languages, we will develop our French skills by learning greetings, numbers to 50 and vocabulary linked to the calendar. Later in the year, we will explore RME, including items used in prayer and the story of Babushka as part of our Christmas learning.
We look forward to sharing the children’s learning and achievements with you throughout the year through ClassDojo profiles, parents’ meetings and our home–school liaison folders. We value working together with families to celebrate and support your child’s learning journey
