Welcome
to Term 2 in P5/6
Well, that is a successful and busy term 1
over. Thank you to everyone who managed
to make it along to out Desert assembly.
The children did very well and were, quite rightly, very proud of
themselves.
In Literacy
we will be concentrating on our
imaginative writing skills. In
particular, we will be thinking about using good adjectives and descriptive
phrases. We will also be attempting the
correct use of paragraphs. We will continue
to try to improve our handwriting by forming letters correctly and by trying to
use joined-up writing. Please encourage
your child to use these skills at home too.
We will also continue with our class novels. Please feel free to share these books with
your child and help them to complete their reading homework tasks. Grammar
topics this term will cover tenses, speech marks and using a dictionary. Weekly spellings will be based on a spelling
rule. A different homework spelling
activity should be chosen to be done each week. There will be a spelling test
on Fridays. Please help your child to practise their spellings each night.
Our topic this term will be a Health & Wellbeing one and will be based on food. We will be investigating healthy eating,
hygiene and the influence of outside factors.
In November, for RME, we will be investigating food and the part it plays in world
religions and in December we will be finding out about Christmas traditions in
European countries.
In Maths
this term we will be working on our multiplication and division skills. A sound knowledge of times tables helps
greatly with division so please help your child to practise those tables. We will also be finding out about money,
algebraic thinking and we will be investigating the properties of 2D and 3D
shapes.
Please note that there has been a change to our PE days. PE will now be on a Monday and Thursday. Please ensure that your child has their gym
kit with them on these days.
In Spanish
we will be discussing pastimes and hobbies.
In French we will be
practising body parts. In both subjects
we will be finding out about Christmas rituals and learning Christmas words.
Some Dates
for your Diary:
- on Wednesday, 29th November
P5/6 parents are invited to join their child for a school lunch
- Parents’ Evening is on Thursday, 30th
November. I look forward to seeing
you there for a chat about your child’s progress.
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