St Angela's Curriculum Newsletter April 2024

St Angela's Curriculum Newsletter P1a

Numeracy and Maths
This term we will be focussing on:

addition and subtraction within 10.
halves and quarters of a number.
doubling and halving within 30.
skip counting in 2s, 3s, 5s and 10s.
symmetry (one line of symmetry)
money (identifying and ordering coins up to £2)

Literacy
This term we will be focussing on:

double sounds (sh,th,ch,ng,ee,oo,ck,ai,oy,oa,qu)
common words
writing sentences using connectives.
independent writing of full name.
reading aloud with increased fluency.
reading strategies (prediction and sequencing)
talking and listening - asking and answering question

IDL
Our topic this term is Fairyland and we will be learning about:

knights and castles
traditional fairytales

Through STEM we will be learning about:

using different materials to build bridges
programming and coding using digital technologies.

Health and Wellbeing
We will be continuing our PATHS programming focussing on friendships and feelings.
Children will be learning how to keep themselves safe in a variety of ways.
During the Health Festival children will experience fun and active ways to stay fit and healthy through sports taster sessions. We will also participate in preparing a healthy snack.

Important Class Information

The CREATE music programme will now be fortnightly on a Tuesday.
Our Show of Knowledge is on Tuesday 4th June at 2pm.
Play Along Maths is taking place in our classroom on 19th, 26th April and 3rd, 10th May.

April 2024

St Angela's Curriculum Newsletter P1b

Numeracy and Maths
This term we will be focusing on:

Addition and Subtraction within 10.
Halves and Quarters of a number.
Doubling and Halving within 30.
Skip counting in 2’s, 3’s, 5’s and 10’s.
Symmetry
Money- identifying and ordering coins up to the value of £2

Literacy
This term we will be focussing on:

Double sounds- sh, ch, th, ng, ee, oo, ck, ai, oy, oa and qu
Common words
Writing sentences using connectives.
Writing first and second name independently.
Reading Strategies- Prediction and Sequencing.
Reading aloud with increased fluency.
Talking and Listening- asking and answering

IDL
Our topic this term will be Fairyland and we will be learning about:

Knights and Castles
Traditional Fairytales

Through STEM we will be learning about:

Using different materials to build bridges.
Programming and coding using digital technology.

Health and Wellbeing
This term we will continue with our PATHS program, focusing on friendships and feelings.
Children will be learning. how to keep themselves safe in a variety of ways.
During the health festival children will be given the opportunity to experience different ways to keep fit and healthy. They will also participate in preparing a healthy snack.

Important Class Information

CREATE Music will be fortnightly, every Tuesday.
Play Along Maths- 17th and 31st May, 7th and 14th June.
Show of Knowledge- Tuesday 4th June

April 2024

St Angela's Curriculum Newsletter P2a

Numeracy and Maths
This term we will be focusing on:

making sensible estimations and rounding to the nearest 10.
counting forwards and backwards to 100.
doubles and near doubles.
adding and subtracting within 20.
multiplying and dividing by 2 and 4.

In maths we are learning to tell the time (half past), find right angles and show information on a graph.

Literacy
This term we will be focusing on:

learning new phonemes.
common words.
independent writing using a range of openers and connectives.
reading aloud with increased fluency and expression.
answering simple comprehension questions about a text.
talking and listening - short talks and group talks.

IDL

Our topic this term will be dinosaurs and we will be learning about:

the names and characteristics of different dinosaurs.
how the landscape has changed from the past.
fossils.

Through STEM we will be learning about:

vibrations (sound).
materials and their uses.

Health and Wellbeing

We will be continuing our PATHS programme which focuses on feelings and how to manage these.
During PE we will be focusing on fitness and how to take part in these practical activities safely.
We will also be taking part in the Health Festival which will run from 21st May to the 23rd of May. The children will get to take part in lots of fun sporting activities to stay fit and healthy.

Important Class Information

Our PE days will be a Thursday and Friday.
The CREATE music programme will now be fortnightly on a Tuesday.
Our Show of knowledge will be on Tuesday the 28th May at 2pm.
Primary 2’s prize giving will be on Wednesday 19th June 9:30 to 10:30am.
Sports day will be on Thursday 13th June at 9:30 to 10:30am.

April 2024

St Angela's Curriculum Newsletter P2b

Numeracy and Maths
In Numeracy, we are learning to...

make sensible estimations and round to the nearest 10.
count forwards and back.
doubling and halving numbers.
add and subtract to 20 and beyond by counting on and counting back.

In Maths, we are learning to read half past times , find right angles and show
information on a graph.

Literacy
This term we will be focussing on:

learning new phonemes
common words
Independent writing using a range of sentence openers and connectives.
reading with increased fluency and expression.
answering simple comprehension questions about our reading books.
Talking and Listening - short talks and group talks.

IDL

Our topic this term is Dinosaurs and we will be learning about:

the names and characteristics of different dinosaurs.
how the landscape has changed from the past.
fossils

through STEM we will be learning about:

vibrations (sound)
materials and their uses.

Health and Wellbeing

We will be continuing our PATHS programme which focuses on feelings and how to manage these.
During PE we will be focussing on fitness and how to take part in various games safely.
Health Week will run from the 21st to the 23rd of May. The children will participate in lots of fun sporting activities to stay fit and healthy.

Important Class Information

Our PE days will be on a Tuesday and a Thursday.
The CREATE music programme will now be fortnightly on a Tuesday.
Our Show of Knowledge will be on Tuesday the 28th of May at 2pm.
Sports Day will be on the 13th of June.
Primary 2's Prize Giving will be on Wednesday the 19th of June 9.30 to 10.30am.

April 2024

St Angela's Curriculum Newsletter P3/2

Numeracy and Maths

We will be learning

to add and subtract with and without exchange.
to find fractions of amounts.
to tell the time for o’clock, half past and quarter past.
to present data using digital tools.

Literacy

We will be learning

to write persuasive texts and short stories.
to identify the difference between fact and opinion in texts.
to give a solo talk to the class.
to find information in non-fiction texts.

IDL

We will be learning

to design and make homes using a variety of materials.
to design a home digitally on our iPads.
to create and design our own sock poppets.
perform a story using our sock puppets.

Health and Wellbeing

We will be learning

ways to look after our mental health.
to create a poster to show others ways to look after their mental health.
skills in basketball and games.

Important Class Information

PE days are a Monday (outdoor) and a Friday (indoor).
Health festival - 21st, 22nd, 23rd May
St. Martin presentation to assembly - Monday 3rd June
Saltire outdoor learning (during school day) and celebration (pm) - Tuesday 4th June
Show of knowledge - Friday 7th June (parents invited)

April 2024

St Angela's Curriculum Newsletter P3

Numeracy and Maths

We will be learning

to add and subtract with and without change
to find fractions of amounts
to tell the time for O’Clock, half past and quarter past
to present data using digital tools

Literacy

we are learning

to write persuasive texts & short stories
to identify the difference between fact and opinion in texts
to give a solo talk to the class
find information in non-fiction texts.

IDL

We will be learning

to design and make homes using a variety of materials
to design a home digitally on our iPads
create and design our own sock puppets
perform a story using our sock puppets

Health and Wellbeing

We will be learning

ways to look after our mental health
create a poster to show others how to keep good mental health
skills in football and athletics

Important Class Information
PE days - Mon & Fri Library - Thursday

Health festival - 21st, 22nd, 23rd May.
St Martin presentation to Assembly - Monday 3rd June
Saltire Celebration Celebration event Tuesday 4th June (pm)
Show of knowledge - Friday 7th June (parents invited)

April 2024

St Angela's Curriculum Newsletter P4/3

Numeracy and Maths

Fractions
Four operations word problems
Data handling
Measure - Area
Shape - 2D shape

Literacy

Reading - Novel study, book reviews, literal, evaluative and inferential questions and exploring characters from novel.
Talking and listening - Solo talks on book recommendations.
Writing- Setting description and persuasive writing.
Grammar - Thesaurus work, plurals, sentences, suffix.

IDL

Music
Measure and recording weather
Climate change
Digital - Coding

Health and Wellbeing

Fitness and gymnastics.
During PATHS lessons we will be covering
HWB - change in loss and inclusive solutions to social situations.
Gods loving plan will begin in May.

Important Class Information

P.E days are Thursdays and Fridays.
Show of knowledge - 24th April 2024.
First Holy Communion- 18th May 2024.
SALTIRE outdoor learning day - 21st May 2024.

April 2024