Term 3 In Primary 7

Happy New Year from us all in Primary 7!

We are very excited to be starting our third term and are looking forward to many more learning experiences and having lots of fun.

Please find below a brief overview of our planned learning this term:

Interdisciplinary Learning

We begin the term by celebrating Robert Burns and learning about Our Cultural World. We will be learning about the bard himself, whilst taking the opportunity to learn more of our wonderful Scots Language. We will be participating in drama, singing, poetry and dancing activities, whilst finishing off our learning with a Highland Games themed Active Adventure Day and whole school ceilidh.

In February, we will begin our new context for learning ‘Our Historical World’ where primary 7 will have the opportunity to learn about the Highland Clearances. This context will provide us with the opportunity to learn about the time in Scotland when people in the Highlands and Islands were forced from their homes, having to find new places to live. We will discover why this happened and what happened to the people cleared from their land.

Literacy

Taught Writing opportunities are linked to our IDL contexts. We will be learning to write our own poetry, then using Scots language to create poems inspired by Burns. Imaginative writing opportunities based on famous Scottish landmarks and mythical creatures will also be written this term. The Highland Clearances topic offers many opportunities for pupils to create their own diary entries, newspaper articles, instructional leaflets and fact files.

Our class novel this term is The Explorer by Kathrine Rundell and our reflective reading lessons will be based on this novel. Daily reading opportunities through Accelerated Readers and reading groups will continue.

In Listening and Talking, pupils will be encouraged to recite Scottish poetry in our competition and to be kind and respectful audience members, providing their peers with constructive feedback.

Numeracy

To begin the term, we will be looking at fractions, decimal fractions and percentages. We will be learning to create equivalent fractions and we will be able to express them in their simplest terms. We will also be learning to calculate simple percentages of a quantity, and use this knowledge to solve problems in everyday contexts, for example, calculate the sale price of an item with a discount of 15%.

We are also planning to consolidate and learn more about Multiples, Factors and Primes, applying our own knowledge and understanding of these when solving relevant problems in number, money and measurement.

Towards the end of term 3, we will be learning more about expressions and equations.

Health and Wellbeing

During Our Cultural World learning, we will be tasting some traditional Scottish food, whilst also paying attention to their nutritional values!

We will continue to learn from the SHANARRI indicators, this term focussing on being Active, Respected and Responsible. PE lessons this term will consist of ceilidh dancing, volleyball and hockey. RADS sessions will also be on a weekly basis

We are so lucky to continue our Roots of Empathy learning with our ‘Tiny Teacher’ Baby Zumar and his mum Anika. He is teaching us a lot about ourselves, how babies develop and how our temperament traits determine how we react in different situations. We are beginning to realise that everybody has feelings and we must treat others with respect and kindness.

Home Learning

Homework is set and published on the Google Classroom every Monday with the expectation that is completed for the Friday of the same week. We have also set some Home Learning Challenges with suggestions of activities that pupils can do at home, linked to our IDL topics. This term we will be having class poetry and singing competitions which will be judged later on in January. 

Reminders

• All pupils should bring a water bottle to school every day to ensure they stay hydrated
• Healthy snacks should be brought in as snack. These can consist of: fruit; dried fruit; vegetables; healthy snack bar etc. Please do not send your child to school with sweets
• PE days are on a Monday (RADS) and Wednesday