TERM 1

Aug.-Oct           

Class P.5/6

Teacher : Mrs.Simpson

Contribution to the life of the school as a community.

Trees – gardening

Community time – litter duty

                                School council

                                Refresh notice board

                                Change books in  

                                Library

Swimming - Aquadome

Curricular Areas/Main Focus

Language - Writing – Functional :letter to Comic Relief , letter to an African child telling them about life in Cromarty.

Fact file on wild animals

Taking notes

               Imaginative –poem about home

                                     Text with reader in

                                     Mind

                                      Making links between stories you love and own experience.

Reading – read for info.-use holiday brochures,timetables,fact books,recipes,diff.languages,newspapers from another country.

Health – diet and hygiene – A Healthy Lifestyle

Science / Technology – making a pot carrier

Social Studies – Africa,– people and place – researching a country.

R.E.- Developing values,beliefs,respect for others.

        Festivals from diff.religions and Christianity. How do they celebrate Christmas?

Ex.Arts:

Art – flags,masks,tie-dye,batik

Music – songs and dance – Music Express –‘Animal Magic’

Drama – dramatise scenes-see ‘World Writing’

I.T.- use of internet for finding info.for project and to practise maths concepts.

MATHS:

Numeracy –P.6-place-value,round to nearest ten ,hundred,thousand

                    P.5-place value ,add +sub

P.5/6 –Time-24 hr.clock,timetables,calendars seasons.

            Length –link between mm,cm,m,km

                          Converting, read+write units of length ,measure +draw , distance

             Graphs – frequency tables ,bar graphs,pictographs,

             Co-ordinates-reading,plotting ,compass points,horizontal ,vertical

Project:

Africa –

Wk.1.

Prior knowledge,what the chn. Want to know.

Identify where places are, using atlases and maps.Find facts about Africa.

Wks.2- 5 -people and place-landscape.weather,towns ,cities,homes,school,work.

Wks.6-8- food[fair-trade],village life,animals,

               Impact of western lifestyle on their culture.

Opportunities for personal Achievement:

Trees [working with others of diff.ages]

Swimming

Learning to play musical instrument.

Class/school council