January 2012
Hello everyone,
I would like to take the opportunity to wish you all a belated 'Happy New Year'. It was great to welcome the children back to school after the well deserved Christmas holidays, all ready for the term ahead.
This term seems to be whizzing by as we have been extremely busy in class with our new topic ‘The Unsinkable Ship’. We are working hard to resurrect the Titanic from her watery grave and bring her back to life in all her glory in the P4/5 classroom. To date, we have worked together to complete a 3D display of the Titanic, a timeline of the Titanic, a map her fatal maiden voyage and research on the lifestyles of passengers who travelled on the ship. We also examined the similarities and differences between media in the times of the Titanic and media in modern day society. We then wrote newspaper reports and designed advertising posters for the Titanic. We hope to have this topic completed by Easter and look forward to sharing our learning with you then.
In other areas, we have completed sequences and patterns and symmetry in maths. We are now focusing on position and movement and hope to complete 2D/3D shapes and fractions before we break for Easter. In PE, we have been focusing on games and P4 have been enjoying swimming on Thursday afternoons. Our focus for PSD is Reaching Goals and Equality which ties in with the new year and our RME research on world hunger.
As per usual, I will keep you updated of our ongoing learning and events through the weekly update on the homework sheet.
Kind regards,
Shirley Brennan
In other areas, we have completed sequences and patterns and symmetry in maths. We are now focusing on position and movement and hope to complete 2D/3D shapes and fractions before we break for Easter. In PE, we have been focusing on games and P4 have been enjoying swimming on Thursday afternoons. Our focus for PSD is Reaching Goals and Equality which ties in with the new year and our RME research on world hunger.
As per usual, I will keep you updated of our ongoing learning and events through the weekly update on the homework sheet.
Kind regards,
Shirley Brennan
