Weekly Newsletter
The table below outlines P6’s focus for the week beginning 1.12.14. We hope this note helps to keep you informed and up to date with what your child is learning in school. If you have any questions please feel free to call in and discuss further.
Subject |
Focus |
Language And Literacy |
Grammar: revising nouns, adjectives, verbs, adverbs, homophones and plurals (there and their). Creative Writing: A letter to Charlie Chaplin on how technology in the film industry has progressed (unfinished from last week) Children will begin to construct their script for their own movie. |
Mathematics and Numeracy |
Angles in a straight line, Data handling, Multiplication, Dividing , Addition, Subtraction |
The World Around Us/Art and Design |
Movie Project (Cross Curricular Opportunities) Children will create a storyboard based around the school value of perseverance. Children will discuss the concept of perseverance before collaboratively working together to devise a script based around this value. Children will create their own movie characters using modelling clay. These characters will feature in their own movie. Using cardboard boxes and other junk art materials the children will begin to create their own movie set for their movie. They can make multiple sets for various scenes in the movie if they wish to do so. Once children have completed all of the preparation for their movie they will begin to shoot their movie scenes |
Other |
Trip to Dunluce to see production of 'High School Musical' Tai Chi lessons will continue on Wednesdays. Swimming lessons will continue as usual. |