Welcome to Primary 4
Class Teacher: Mrs E Bartlett (Mon-Wed) & Miss K McCook (Thurs & Fri)
Mrs E Bartlett Miss K McCook
Welcome to Primary 4!
We have have enjoyed an excellent start to the 2025-2026 academic year, with lots of outdoor learning opportunities and a trip to the local Museum as part of our topic work on 'Magnificent Me'. We concluded Term 1 with our Christmas Production of Gnome Alone, which proved to be a show stopping success. We have now commenced Term 2 and are eager to continue our learning journey within Key Stage One.
Our Term 2 topics are as follows:
Literacy
Spelling - Phonics & Key words
Language & Grammar - Plurals, Verbs, Adverbs, Past tense verbs, Homophones
Creative Writing - New Year's Resolutions and Adventure Stories
Comprehension
Class Novel - Esio Trot by Roald Dahl
Numeracy
Length - m/cm
Place Value to 1000 (HTU)
Multiplication by 2,3,4,5 & 10
Handling Data - Venn, Carroll & Tree diagrams
Division by 2,3,4,5 & 10
Capacity - l/ml
Fractions of shape and number
World Around Us
Within World Around Us this term our topic is 'Travel and Transport'.
We have completed a KWL grid together and plan to find out about different modes of transport, both now and in the past. We will use ICT to research key facts about famous inventors, such as George Stephenson, and use our findings to create group presentations using digital devices. We will look at photos and video clips of vehicles from long ago, making observations and comparisons about the changes that have been made over time. We will also focus on the need for road safety rules and build an awareness of the information displayed on road saftey signs.
Within Activity Based Learning, we will use our creativity to design, make and draw transport models. We will also role play scenarios that take place within an airport or travel agents. Our topic will conclude by learning about the continents and oceans of the world in which we can travel to nowadays. We will make use of a compass to follow directions.
PDMU - Roots of Empathy
We complete the Roots of Empathy programme on a weekly basis, led by Mrs N Johnson.
This year we have welcomed our little teacher, 'Baby Elodie', who comes to visit our class on a regular basis.
We thoroughly enjoy the enagaging lessons within Roots of Empathy which include: story-telling, completing artwork, class and group discussion sessions, observations and question time.
When baby Elodie visits, we love to observe how she moves/interacts and changes from week to week. We enjoy asking questions and watching how she responds to her mummy. We love to sing songs to Elodie and have already learned lots about the importance of emotions, feelings and whats it means to have empathy.
Please have a look at our class gallery below!
