Happy New Year!
Primary 6 and Mrs Green are looking forward to an exciting term ahead. We are continuing to follow the school values: ready, respectful, and safe, and are keen to give 100% to all aspects of our learning.
January starts us off with immersing ourselves in the Scottish theme, learning to recite To a Moose by Robert Burns, researching and creating a non-chronological report about Robert Burn’s early life. We will also take time to study geographical aspects of Scotland and create quizzes to test our peers. In addition, we will look at the work of a Scottish Artist, Gillian Kyle, and create art pieces in the pop art style.
In Term 3, we will continue with Talk for Writing to help develop our Non-fiction writing skills; persuasive writing, non-chronological reports and diary writing. Accelerated Reading is being implemented daily and after each book we complete the relevant quiz aiming to achieve at least 70% and above. The class have set themselves a challenge to pass 100 quizzes to allow them to receive a class reward. Our next book study will be Street Child, and this will link in with our IDL topic the Victorians and innovation.
Within Numeracy, we will be developing our knowledge and understanding of fractions, percentages and decimals, data handling/statistics, money and continue to develop our skills in calculating problems using the four operations. It is important in all our lessons we make the link to real life situations, identifying why we are learning this.
Our main topic in Term 3 will be Victorians and innovation. This topic will cover many social studies, science and technology outcomes. During the topic, children will have an opportunity to take an aspect of the Victorian era and create a solo talk on their chosen subject. They will either present this to the class or a small group.
Mr Thomson will continue to support our music lessons every Wednesday and Miss McFarlane will lead our outdoor lessons every Thursday.
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