Dear Parent/Guardian,

this term our class will be studying the following topics. You can help at home by discussing and researching with your child and by helping complete any related homework tasks. If you have any suggestions for the areas listed below please let us know by return. Similarly, if you or any family members have any specific skills or talents relating to any of the areas being studied and you would be willing to assist as a Parent Helper, please let us know. This is a brief outline of some of the learning, but sometimes the children and I decide to take the learning in another direction – all adds to keeping it fresh and ensuring our pupils are engaged!

Curricular Area / Topic(s) / How you can help…
Social Subjects:
people,past events and societies
Literacy and English
Maths and Numeracy / Emigration : through the novel ‘The Desperate Journey’ which is based on historical events, pupils will learn about Scottish emigration to Canada and the hardships which were overcome.
Modern day Canada
The Commonwealth
The novel ‘The Desperate Journey’ by Kathleen Fiddler
Reading Comprehension and higher order reading skills such as predicting, inference, skimming
Punctuation, spelling, dictionary work on-going using a variety of resources
Volume and Capacity
Information Handling
Mental maths strategies
Maths Comprehension and Problem Solving / Help with any research tasks if required.
Pupils will be presenting their work at an Open Day
Help with any research tasks if required.
Library books returned every Wednesday please.
All pupils have weekly dictionary and comprehension tasks based on a book of their choosing – hand in Friday
Help with any set tasks to be completed at home.
Some revision of work done in class – hand in Friday.
Curricular Area / Topic(s) / How you can help…
Health & Wellbeing
Modern Languages
French
ICT / Athletics – indoor and outdoor circuit training and athletics
Tennis – Ms C. Dobbie delivering a 4 week block in May/June
Rural Sports/School Sports
Football Tournaments
La Maison
La Ville
French Canada from
‘The Desperate Journey’
Pupils have the opportunity to use digital technologies in all areas of the curriculum / Please discuss any of these topics with your child.
Go over any vocabulary or tasks if set
Keep looking for good educational apps; some great ones out there for spelling, maths, science

Remember, we also use weekly learning logs which give you a detailed look at specific targets being worked on and how your child is progressing.

Parent Suggestion Box/Parent Helper Offer April - June 2014

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