Welcome to Ms Hull's Primary 5 Class

Primary 5 JH

Using Mathematics

Recognise the place value of each digit in a 4-digit number (thousands, hundreds, tens and ones) and identify, represent and estimate numbers using different representations
Solve addition and subtraction two-step problems in contexts, deciding which operations and methods to use and why

Recall multiplication and division facts for multiplication tables up to 12 × 12
Estimate, measure and record weights using kg and g (making Tudor style lemon curd and bread.)
Understand relationships between all coins and notes and understand and use decimal recording of amounts of money up to £100.
Calculate change required when buying items, paying with amounts up to £100
Use efficient methods to find the total of a mixed group of coins and notes totals up to £10.00 (Linked to a shopping task for Henry VIII’s banquet)

Recognise and show, using diagrams, families of common equivalent fractions
Identify lines of symmetry in 2-D shapes and reflect 2-D shapes along a line of symmetry

Whole Curriculum Skills

Communication

Know and understand the term ‘historical’ in relation to a story.
Investigate how settings and characters are built up in small details and how the reader responds to them.
To understand the term ‘tense’ and identify the use of powerful verbs.

To distinguish between the spellings and meanings of common homophones.
Use paragraphs in story writing to organise and sequence the narrative into clear chronological stages (Diary entry related to the plague)
Write newspaper recounts
Know and understand the features and purposes of instructional texts.
To use 3rd and 4th place letters to locate and sequence words in alphabetical order.

Geography

About the location, size, shape and use of common landscape features (P, I, COT)
To recognise places and features, local and global, on a plan, map or photograph (P)
To use standard references e.g. Globe, Atlas (P)

History

To identify characteristics of a specific time period e.g. changes in transport/communications/ inventions (I, COT)
To investigate how people used to live, including roles and responsibilities in society, and how these have changed (I, COT)
To recognise that local/global events in the past have helped shape who we are and how we live today (I & P)
Identify some buildings which have been used for different purposes in the past (P, COT)

Science and Technology

To recognise properties of materials including strength, flexibility, transparency, waterproofing, hardness/softness, conductor/insulator, magnetism and how these affect their use (I, P)

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

T: 028 8772 2250