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Homework
Primary 6a and Mrs Martin
MONDAY
Spelling words
Term 4 Overview
TUESDAY
Maths and Spelling
WEDNESDAY
Reading
THURSDAY
Spelling - Ask and Check
FRIDAY
All homework handed in.
I can’t believe it is term 4 already. The year has gone by so quickly.
The children have been working hard and continue to make good
progress. Term 3 was very busy. The children participated in our Mary
Queen of Scots “Big Task” with enthusiasm and enjoyed expressing
their own views and opinions, on aspects of her life, in discussion and
debate. They are really looking forward to showing you what they have
learned when they perform their play about Mary’s life. Thank you for
your support at parents evening last term. It was good to catch up and
chat about your children and their learning achievements, so far.
Mrs Martin
The children have spelling on Monday, Tuesday and Thursday.
On Monday and Tuesday they will choose from a range of
strategies to help them learn to spell in an active and fun way.
For example: Rainbow Words, Code Words, Backwards,
Alphabetical Order, Word Search, Ransom Note etc. These
strategies have been explained to the children. Your child may be
doing S.O.S. spelling and will be able to demonstrate this for you.
On Thursday the children should use the Ask and Spell Strategy.
This means someone at home asks them to spell the words and
ticks them if they can spell them correctly. On Friday the children
will test each other on their own personal spelling words learned
for that week.
The children will also be given maths work on a Tuesday. This
will consolidate and reinforce new concepts and strategies taught
in class. The children will, also be given set reading tasks to do
each week. All homework should be handed in on a Friday
and signed by a parent or guardian.
Thank you!
Personal Research or topic work may be given from time to time
Language
In term 4 we will be working on functional writing and imaginative writing
once again. We will be learning about:
Using what we know about the features of different types of texts,
to find, select and sort information from a variety of sources and
use this for different purposes. We will be using skills learned to
create a poetry book.
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Developing an informed view, to identify and explain the
difference between fact and opinion recognise when we are being
influenced and assess how useful and believable our sources are.
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Exploring the elements which writers use in different genres, and
using what we learn to create stories and poems. We will also be
creating our own poetry books.
Once again, talking and listening and reading activities will be planned to
enhance and consolidate these skills. We will continue to work on
V.C.O.P.
(Vocabulary, Connectives, Openers and Punctuation)
Health and Wellbeing
Maths - Number Money and Measure
We will continue to work on setting, and achieving, new targets and
next steps in learning. We will also be working on rights and
responsibilities and S.H.R.E. (Sexual Health and Relationships
Education)
We will be investigating:- Shape, Angles, Information Handling and
Area By:
We will have P.E on a Tuesday and a Wednesday where we will be
improving our fitness by taking part in athletics, ball games and
Glasgow Games as part of our 60s “Big Task”
Children should make sure they have shorts, t-shirts and soft shoes
for P.E. Children should remember that earrings and jewellery are
not permitted in the gym.
Things to Remember
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We will soon be putting on our performance about the
life and times of Mary Queen of Scots. I will let you
know when we have a confirmed date. I hope you
can make it.
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Please make sure your child has soft shoes for the
classroom and walking round the school.
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School will be closed to pupils on 4th of May which is a
local holiday and 7th of May which is an in-service day.
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Health week will be from the 11th until the 15th of May.
May 22nd, and the 25rd are local holidays.
School closes on the
summer break.
24th
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Exploring simple 3D objects and shapes and identifying,
naming and describing their features using appropriate
vocabulary.

Estimate the area of a shape by counting squares or other
methods and explain how different methods can be used to
find the perimeter and area of a simple 2D shape or volume
of a simple 3D object.
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Converting between related units of the metric system and
carrying out calculations when solving problems.
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Choose appropriately from a range tables, charts, diagrams
and graphs to present information.
Big Task – The Swinging Sixties
Our big task this term is The Swinging Sixties. As the children lead the
learning, we have discussed the topic and the sub-topics we would like
to know about, these are:
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Why do we call it The Swinging Sixties?
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What, or who, were the key events, places and figures in The
Sixties?

What important part did the space race play in the sixties?
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What significant scientific developments took place in the
sixties?

How did the Human Rights Movement change society in the
sixties and to the present day?
of June at 1pm for the