Primary 6
Class Newsletter
January – March
2017
Dear Parent / Carer,
Your child will be bringing homework as outlined below.
He/she will record homework tasks in his/her homework diary at the beginning
of each week. Each task is not particular to any night and all tasks should be
completed in pencil, unless directed otherwise, checked and signed (in the diary)
by an adult. It should then be returned to class on a Friday.
As a parent or carer you should only accept homework which is of a high
standard, both in content and presentation.
If help is needed, please assist your child to complete tasks set.
Homework Tasks
Spelling using the ‘Look, Say, Cover, Write and Check’ method should be
encouraged to help your child prepare for Friday’s test.
Sentences may be given using spelling words to ensure your child knows how to
use each one in the correct context.
Our online reading resource, ‘Bug Club’, which can be accessed at home, will give
your child an opportunity to prepare vocabulary and meet the challenges set.
Your child should read aloud to help with fluency and observation of punctuation.
Any appropriate reading material can be used for this activity.
Reinforcement of classroom work related to Literacy and Numeracy will be
ongoing throughout the year.
Occasional IDL research tasks will be set.
Watch Newsround together to help your child become aware of current events.
IDL
This term your child will be studying ‘The Victorians’ and may be asked to do
some topic research to present to the class.
Curricular News
French:
Your child will continue to use the Primary French Programme.
He/she will continue to cover ‘Greetings’, ‘Introducing Myself’, ‘The Alphabet’,
‘Numbers 0-39’ and ‘The Calendar’. Your child will also learn how to introduce
family members and name body parts.
Literacy:
Your child will learn how to use proper nouns in book, film and play titles. He/she
will also cover work on singular possessive nouns, comparative and superlative
adjectives using ‘more’ and ‘most’, sentences with subject and predicate, singular
and plural nouns ending in ‘f’, ‘fe’, ‘o’ and irregular plurals, verbs with past
continuous tense and future tense.
He/she will be required to read for information, comprehension and enjoyment
using various types of reading genre.
Your child will write imaginative, personal and functional pieces with a focus on
appropriate vocabulary, punctuation and sentence structure.
Numeracy and Maths:
Your child will be required to improve knowledge and fluency of number bonds
and times tables.
Mental and written addition, subtraction, multiplication and division work using a
variety of different numbers as appropriate, to increase speed and accuracy.
Your child will cover work on ‘Co-ordinates’, ‘Angles’, ‘Area’ and ‘Perimeter’.
‘Place Value’ continued and extended as appropriate.
‘Decimals’ and ‘Fractions’ will be introduced to groups as appropriate.
Problem solving activities, choosing appropriate strategies, using the RACECAR
method. (See Homework Diary)
Religious and Moral Education:
Your child will be learning new prayers and hymns as they are introduced.
He/she will learn about ‘Our Lady of Lourdes’ and ‘Saint Joseph’ and will
continue to focus on the Gospel of Matthew and explore God’s message in this.
During Catholic Education Week, your child will learn about ‘The Beatitudes’ and
how they relate to him/her today. Throughout the season of Lent your child will
learn more about ‘The Easter Story’ and ‘The Stations of the Cross’.
Your child will work on the ‘Pope Francis Faith Award’ where he/she will use the
‘Gifts of the Holy Spirit’ to show an awareness of, and commitment to, his/her
faith journey.
Skills:
Throughout all areas of the curriculum, the skills we shall be focusing on from
January until Easter will centre round the capacity 'Successful Learners’.
Examples of work covered in these areas will be featured in your child's
learning log.
Health and Wellbeing:
Your child will start work on iCycle training to develop the skills required for
keeping safe on the road.
In P.E. the focus will be ‘Gymnastics’.
Thank you for your continued co-operation.
Yours sincerely,
Miss Trainer (Class Teacher)