Hello from Primary 5

In our class this year we have 22 pupils – 13 girls and 9 boys. Our class teacher is Mrs Duncan. We also work with Mrs Wilcox too.

Health and Wellbeing – In P.E. we will be learning to improve our fitness and complete our circuits in quicker times each week. We will be taking part in different athletic sports too. We do our Daily Mile and although the weather is still quite cold, we still need our outdoor jackets!

Maths – We will be learning about the order of operations, symmetry, decimals and percentages and money and data handling too. We are also learning how to multiply and divide using Number Talk strategies. We will continue to learn and practise our Times Tables and related division facts.

Literacy – We will be learning more grammar throughout this term. We are learning our spelling words and sounds as per South Ayrshire Reads. We are still learning about paragraphing, punctuation and presentation when writing and will be developing our writing skills focusing on using more ambitious vocabulary, connectives, and fronted adverbials. We will continue to read our Accelerated reading books. We will be reading our new class novel, “Journey to the River Sea” by Eva Ibbotson and learning about The Amazon while we read.

STEM & Technologies – We are using the school I Pads and laptops for literacy, and for research and ICT / Maths skills. Our class topic is going to be The Roman Empire this term. In science with Mrs Wilcox we will be continuing to cover science outcomes with us, including looking at Light processes.

We are going on a school P5 trip in May to Dumfries House, which we are really looking forward to.