Welcome to Mr Kelly's Primary 6/7 Class!

Language & Literacy

Talking and Listening

· Investigate how talk varies depending on context, e.g. age, gender, purpose, familiarity.

· Make decisions and examine options, weigh up pros and cons and show whether they agree or disagree.

· Understand and learn to respond to feedback.

· Identify the main points made by each speaker.

· Understand more than one point of view.

Reading (At appropriately differentiated levels)

· Know the term ‘genre’ and understand that there is a range of genre within fiction.

· Know and understand the main features of science fiction/fantasy.

· Understand how writers create imaginary worlds, such as a science fiction setting and show how the writer has constructed it through detail.

· Understand how settings influence events and incidents in stories and how they affect characters’ behaviour.

· compare and contrast settings across a range of stories; evaluate, form and justify preferences.

Writing (At appropriately differentiated levels)

· develop and refine ideas in writing using planning and problem solving strategies in guided and independent work

· communicate meaning with some clarity, showing a sense of structure and organisation.

· organise texts into paragraphs.

· use settings and characterisation to engage readers’ interest.

· use adjectives and figurative language to describe settings and characters effectively.

World Around Us (Topic Work) - Our topic is The Vikings

Geography:

· Labelling countries and capital cities in the Scandinavian countries

· Comparing physical features.

· Labelling major rivers and seas

History:

· We will be learning about The Vikings.

· Learn about Lindisfarne Raid

· Explore Viking and Anglo-Saxon Kings

· Learn all about Danelaw and Danegeld

· Comparisons Then and Now with Crime and Punishment, Medicines and Houses

· Design a longship

· Learn all about the different Gods the Vikings worshipped.

Science:

· Life Cycles

· Reversible and Irreversible changes.

· Changes of state.