Sharing Our Learning

September – October 2017

The teachers at Rosemount Primary and Nursery School feel that it is important that parents are involved in their child’s learning.

 

Below you will find the planned “Literacy Learning Intentions” for Primary Five pupils. It is important that you take time to read these. They will provide an insight into your child’s learning. 

By Halloween Primary Five pupils should be able to:

Spelling

• Read, write and spell words with spelling patterns. (Refer to daily spelling lists.)

Grammar

• Make correct use of capital letters, full stops and question marks.
• Identify and use common and proper nouns.
• Understand and identify verbs.
• Identify and use adjectives to improve the quality of their writing.
• Understand and use a range of conjunctions in their writing.
• Use imperative verbs to write instructions.

Reading

• Read and find information in a text.
• Identify the main idea within a text.
• Sequence and predict.
• Find similarities and differences.
• Summarise, infer and distinguish between fact and opinion.
• Listen actively and share opinions.

Writing

• Write an autobiographical description.
• Use relevant information gathered from “WAU Enquiry Lesson” to present facts.
• Write an acrostic poem.
• Use the correct layout for formal letter writing
• Write a Halloween story using the key features of Narrative in their work.

( Character/Setting/adjectives / exciting verbs/).

• Write a set of instructions on how to carve and decorate a Halloween pumpkin
• Edit and redraft written work showing an appreciation of purpose and audience.

Talking and Listening

• Develop their critical thinking, questioning and reasoning.
• Listen actively and share opinions.
• Ask focused questions.
• Give and respond to feedback.
• Justify opinions and conclusions.
• Weigh up pros and cons and experiment with ideas.

Below you will find the planned “Maths Learning Intentions” for Primary five pupils. It is important that you take time to read these. They will provide an insight into your child’s learning. 

Over the next seven weeks in Mathematics, Primary Five pupils will be provided with opportunities to:

 

Mental Maths

• count on and back in odd, even, fives, tens, 100’s
• Add mentally a single digit to a double digit number (with and without carrying).
• Recall multiplication facts for 2, 3, 5 and 10.
• use quick strategies for adding and subtracting 9.
• Develop quick mental strategies for adding money.

Number

• Understand that the position of a digit denotes its value.
• Read, write, order and partition numbers to 999.
• Recognise and order negative numbers.
• Use our knowledge of negative numbers to problem solve.
• Develop an understanding of how negative numbers are used in everyday life.
• Understand and use the concept of addition
• Add to 999 with 1 or 2 exchanges.
• Use their knowledge of addition to solve number problems.
• Present maths calculations correctly.
• Understand and use the concept of decomposition.
• Carry out decomposition within 999 with 1 or 2 exchanges.
• Present maths calculations correctly.
• Pupils will be able to use and apply knowledge of multiplication facts (2,3,4,5,10) to solve word problems.
• Present multiplication calculations correctly.
• Exchange money for equal amounts.
• Calculate total cost and change within £10.00.
• Use addition, subtraction & multiplication to solve money problems.
• Use correct notation for money. (Pound sign and decimal point.)
• Understand that division is the inverse of multiplication.
• Use and understand the written method for division.
  • no exchange
  • one exchange
  • two exchanges
  • remainder

• Use their knowledge of division to solve word problems.

Maths investigative work

• Over the next seven weeks pupils will have an opportunity to develop their problem solving skills while carrying out various maths investigations. These maths investigations will have a real life dimension.  Pupils will learn to use a range of problem solving strategies in order to solve maths problems and reach solutions.

Thinking skills/Personal capabilities

Personal skills and personal capabilities underpin success in all aspects of life and at Rosemount Primary School we aim to foster these explicitly so that children are helped to develop self management skills and the ability to interact effectively with others.  Thinking skills are tools that help children go beyond the acquisition of knowledge to search for meaning, apply ideas, analyse patterns and relationships and evaluate their learning.  Over the next six weeks P.6 pupils will be given worthwhile experiences in maths and across the curriculum which will enable them to develop skills in:

• Thinking, problem-solving and decision-making
• Self management
• Working with others
• Managing Information
• Being creative.

 

Below you will find the planned “WAU Learning Intentions” for Primary five pupils. It is important that you take time to read these. They will provide an insight into your child’s learning. 

Over the next seven weeks in WAU, Primary Five pupils will be provided with opportunities to:

 

• Extend their vocabulary.
• Draw on prior knowledge to explore the concept of evidence.
• Gain an understanding of the types of historical evidence which exist for events in history e.g. photos, eyewitness accounts, video
• Use different types of questions.
• Examine evidence and reach conclusions.
• Develop an understanding of Chronology.
• Understand the concept of AD and BC
• Experiment with ideas and questions.

• Develop an understanding of The Ice Age in Ireland.
• Identify the different animals that walked the earth during The Ice Age.
• Present research projects to their classmates.
• Understand how our knowledge of the past is constructed from a range of sources.
• Investigate what Stone Age people ate and how their diet changed.

• Develop an understanding of how Stone Age homes changed from Palaeolithic, Mesolithic and Neolithic times.
• Develop a chronologically secure knowledge of events in the Stone Age.
• Understand how their knowledge of the past is constructed from a range of sources.
• Compare life in the Stone Age to life today.

• Generate ideas and questions about electricity by mind mapping.
• Understand the purpose of batteries.
• Explain what a circuit is and how it works.