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Dungannon Primary School

Primary 4/5 CK

Welcome to Mrs Kennedy's P4/5 Class!

 

 

 

 

Numeracy - September - October 2023 (P4)

Number –

- Know and understand the value of 2 digit numbers

- Understand what 3 digit numbers represent in relation to numbers bigger than 100

- Add two numbers in any order

- Recall and use addition and subtractions facts to 20

- Use patterns of similar calculations

- Add and subtract a one digit number from a multiple of 10

- Count in steps of 2, 5 and 10 and associated multiplication and division strategies

- Recognising, colouring and writing the following fractions of shapes – ½ ¼ 2/4 ¾

- Find half and one or three quarters of an amount

Shape & Space –

- Name & describe a range of 2D shapes and sort them by comparing them

- Find lines of symmetry in 2D shapes

- Draw common 2D shapes using a ruler

- Create and continue patterns and sequences using 2D shapes and their properties

- Follow directions using north, south, east and west

- Find the position of a square on a grid of squares

Measures –

- Measure and compare lengths

- Tell and write the time quarter past and quarter to the hour

- Read and draw to show the time to five minutes

· A mixture of Data Handling tasks throughout other areas

Numeracy - September - October 2023 (P5)

Number –

- Understanding, partitioning and ordering 2 and 3 digit numbers to 1000

- Adding & subtracting 2 and 3 digit numbers,

- Counting in 2’s, 5’s, 10’s

- X3 Multiplication (and associated introduction to division)

- Solving word problems

- Finding fractions

- Adding fractions

- Comparing grams to kilograms

- Reading scales in grams and kilograms

- Adding 1s, 10s, 100s

- Subtracting 1s, 10s, 100s

Shape & Space -

- Naming, making models of and classifying/describing 3D shapes

- Finding right angles and comparing other types of angles to these

- X4 Multiplication (and associated introduction to division)

- X8 Multiplication

Measures –

- Time to the minute

- Using a timeline

· Handling Data tasks throughout other areas

Literacy - September - October 2023

Literacy

Talking & Listening -

Children will:

· take turns and make relevant contributions to paired and group discussions

· ask and answer different types of questions

· listen with enjoyment and respond to stories, rhymes, poems and songs, plays, assembly, other children’s work

· summarise in own words, e.g. the main idea, instructions given

· use spoken and written language in their play and other learning experiences

Reading

1 read familiar, simple stories and poems independently

2 know and understand the terms ‘story/narrative’, ‘characters’, ‘setting’

3 understand how these elements of narrative can be used to create a story and relate them to own experience

4 know how to make predictions showing an understanding of ideas, events and characters

5 know how to select books for personal reading and give reasons for choices (planned library visit and through Accelerated Reader)

Writing

· use a wide range of vocabulary in their writing

· use a wide range of reading experiences in the construction of a variety of written texts, e.g. using personal experience, making simple picture books, creating rhymes

· create short simple texts on paper and on screen

· make simple lists for a range of purposes,

Grammar & Punctuation

· use the grammar of a sentence in conjunction with decoding skills to read new or unfamiliar words, e.g. predict text from the grammar, read on, leave a gap and re-read

· recognise full stops and capital letters when reading and name them correctly

· use features of punctuation in order to read in a phrased and fluent manner

· begin using the term ‘sentence’ to identify sentences in text

· use full stops to demarcate sentences

· use a capital letter for the personal pronoun ‘l’ and for the start of a sentence

Spelling

· Sounds-Write weekly spelling lists – PLEASE HELP YOUR CHILD EACH NIGHT BY CALLING OUT WORDS AND CHECKING THEIR PROGRESS DAILY THROUGHOUT THE WEEK

· Special focus on learning a range of commonly used words for writing (Wednesday night homework and planned activities throughout the week in class) SEE INSTRUCTION SHEET IN HOMEWORK FOLDER FOR ACTIVITIES

World Around Us - September - October 2023

Our topic until December is “Fire! Fire!”

These activities have been planned in collaboration with the children in relation to what they wished to find out about the topic through our KWL session. There will undoubtedly be more activities than what is recorded here, based on where the learning goes as we progress and they ask more questions.

- Look at the Great Fire of London and associated individuals

- Order timelines

- Bake deserts

- Locate London on a map of The U.K

- Investigate Fire Safety in the home

- Investigate how fire safety has changed over time

- Visit a local Firestation

- Carry out science investigations in relation to fire and how it changes materials, produces heat etc…

- Participate in planned Activity Based Learning Sessions (twice weekly in relation to our topic work)

 
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Contact Details

Dungannon Primary School,
Circular Rd,
Dungannon,
County Tyrone,
BT71 6BE

T: 028 8772 2250

E: dthompson618@c2kni.net

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