Primary 4 PMcK
Welcome to Mrs McKane's Primary Four Class!
Numeracy - January - April 2025
Numeracy- Term 2
Number
· Recognise spoken numbers within 999.
· Read and write numbers within 999.
· Know number “before” “after” “between” within 999.
· Order numbers within 999.
· Understand fraction notation (numerator and denominator).
· Extend understanding to include wider range of fractions, using both whole shapes and sets of objects.
· Use knowledge of place value to develop a practical method for vertical subtraction TU with exchange (decomposition).
· Develop a standard written method for vertical subtraction TU with exchange (decomposition), estimating the answer before calculating.
· Find different ways of paying exact amounts within £1.00, e.g. using the least number of coins, or using a specific number of coins.
· Calculate in the context of money, using addition, subtraction and multiplication.
Measures
Estimate, measure and compare lengths in metres.
Estimate and measure shorter lengths in centimetres.
Discuss how to measure lengths more accurately – use metres and cm.
Measure and calculate the perimeter of 2D shapes
Understand and use 5 minute intervals “past” the hour: analogue and digital time.
Understand and use 5 minute intervals “to” the hour: analogue and digital time.
Shape and space
Understand and use “clockwise”, “anticlockwise” to describe direction of turn.
Understand and use term “right- angle” to measure an amount of turn.
Understand and use concept of symmetry through practical activities.
Identify more than one line of symmetry in a variety of 2D shapes, pictures and designs.
Describe the properties of 2D shapes
Data handling
Construct own Tree, Venn and Carroll diagrams and use to sort sets of objects, shapes, pictures or numbers etc for two criteria.
Use tallying methods to record data.
Represent data from frequency tables as bar charts
Interpret given and self-constructed bar charts.
Represent data by constructing and interpreting pictograms where the symbol represents more than one object.
Literacy - January - April 2025
Literacy Term 2
Text Level Work
· Read a variety of traditional tales focusing on the language, characters and themes of the stories.
· Plan and write a story plan for a fable or traditional tale
· Write portraits of characters.
· Read and follow simple instructions.
· Write instructions.
Sentence Level Work
· Identify adjectives in our reading.
· Collect and classify adjectives.
· Recognise singular and plural forms
· Transform sentences from singular to plural
· Understand the term ‘collective nouns’
· Recognise the use of apostrophe for contractions
· Understand the need for grammatical agreement in speech and writing.
Word level work
· Investigate how words change when ‘er’ ‘est’ and ‘y’ are added.
· Spelling rules for nouns when ‘s’ is added.
· Become familiar with common suffixes.
· Use the apostrophe to spell shortened words.
· Use dictionaries to find words and their meaning.
· Organise words and information alphabetically.
· Explore opposites.
Handwriting
· Continue to work on our skills focusing on the second join.
World Around Us - January - April 2025
World Around Us -“Life during World War 2”
Geography (Map Work)
· Understand that a world map can be used to locate places.
History
· To find out about famous people in the past.
· Find out about the past from the memories of older people
· Find out about the past from artefacts and objects from the past
· To place events on a timeline
Science and Technology
· To recognise some differences between materials including colour, shape, texture and behaviour.
· The importance of a fair test: e.g. parachute investigation/ blackout
Contact Details
Dungannon Primary School,
Circular Rd,
Dungannon,
County Tyrone,
BT71 6BE
T: 028 8772 2250