Primary 6 SA
Welcome to Mrs Alexander's Primary 6 class.
Numeracy - April - June 2024
Mathematics & Numeracy
In this half term we will be studying:
Number
· Know equivalence of simple fractions where the numerator is not 1.
· Find fractions of quantities where the numerator is not 1
· Demonstrate value of any 1 d.p. number within 99 999 in terms of ten thousands, thousands, hundreds, tens, ones (units).
· Round 1 d.p. numbers to the nearest whole number.
· Recognise simple percentages (10%, 20%, 25%, 33 1/3 % 50%, 100%) and know their equivalent fraction. Use this knowledge to solve simple problems.
· Mentally calculate 50%, 25%, 10% of a quantity.
· Develop a standard written method for vertical addition and subtraction 10th Th H T U, including decimal numbers with up to 1 d.p.
· Apply knowledge of simple percentages to financial contexts (e.g price increases and decreases).
· Mentally subtract a 2-digit multiple of 10 from a 3-digit multiple of 10, without bridging the hundred.
· Mentally subtract a 3-digit multiple of 10 from a 3-digit multiple of 10, without bridging the hundred.
· Use written multiplication methods to multiply any number, including decimal numbers with up to 1 d.p. by any single digit number, answers within 99 999, estimating the answer before calculating.
· Multiply any whole number by a multiple of 100, answers within 99 999 (e.g. 37 x 300, using partitioning strategy to multiply by 3 then by 100)
· Mentally multiply any whole number by 100, answers within 99 999.
· Divide any number within 99 999 by 10
· Solve a range of multiplication and division problems, using both written and mental methods, selecting the operation required
Measures
· Apply knowledge of metric units of length to real life contexts,
· Understand concept of scale in maps and diagrams.
· Apply knowledge of metric units of weight and capacity to real life contexts.
· Understand why 1m = 100cm, but 1 m2 = 10 000cm2 .
· Calculate areas of squares and rectangles, and simple composite shapes.
· Appreciate need for standard unit of volume.
· Understand that a cubic cm is a cube of side length 1cm, whose volume is 1cm3 .
· Estimate and measure volumes of cubes and cuboids using cm cubes.
· Interpret timetables using 24-hour time system.
· Use a thermometer to measure temperature, and calculate temperature increases and decreases, including negative values.
Shape & Space
· Classify triangles according to their particular properties.
· Identify which net would produce a particular 3D shape.
· Construct 3D shapes
· Use Scratch to generate mathematical shapes and designs, using “Repeat” function where appropriate.
· Use LOGO to generate mathematical shapes and designs, using “Repeat” function where appropriate.
Data Handling
· Find Mean and Range of a set of data.
· Design and use a decision tree to sort and classify objects.
· Construct computer database, identifying number and type of fields required, and use to enter and extract information relevant to a topic.
· Identify events which have an equal chance of occurring as not occurring, and describe as “even chance”.
Literacy - April - June 2024
Language & Literacy – In this term we will be studying:
Fiction Text Level Work
· Understand that stories and poems emanate from different cultures and traditions
· Know how to select poetry, justify choices and respond to poetry
· write from another character’s point of view, e.g. retelling an incident in letter form
· record predictions, questions, reflections while reading, e.g. through the use of a reading journal
· write on to complete a section, resolve a conflict, write additional dialogue or new chapter
· use performance poems as models to write and to produce poetry through revising and redrafting
Non-Fiction Text Level Work
· Know and understand the features and purposes of persuasive texts in a variety of forms.
· Understand and evaluate how letters, e.g. from newspapers, magazines, are intended to inform, protest, complain, persuade.
· Know how to identify persuasive techniques in texts such as newspapers, comments, headlines, adverts, flyers.
· draft and write letters for real purposes.
· Write persuasively on an issue, setting out and justifying a personal view;
Sentence Level Work
· Know and understand the terms ‘phrase’ and ‘clause’
· Understand that a clause is a sentence
· Understand that clauses can be main and subordinate
· Know and understand the term ‘preposition’
· Identify a range of prepositions
· Understand the role of prepositions in the construction of phrases, e.g. in the morning; behind the shed; under the floorboards, etc.
· Know how to use a wider range of punctuation marks
· Understand and use apostrophes for contraction and possession
Word Level
· Extend understanding of the meanings and spellings of words using prefixes, e.g. in-, im-, ir-, il-, pro-, sus
· Know and understand the spellings and meanings of connectives, e.g. therefore, moreover, furthermore, etc.
· Explore the meanings and origins of everyday words such as spaghetti, which have been borrowed from other languages
· Understand how words vary across dialects, e.g. plimsolls, gutties, runners, pumps.
· Understand how words can be formed from longer words, e.g. through the omission of letters - o’clock, Hallowe’en; through omission of prefixes - (omni)bus, (tele)phone, (aero)plane; through the use of acronyms - radar, CD
World Around Us - April - June 2024
Our Science, Geography and History activities will be based on the Topic of Living Things and Their Habitats.
Some of the activities include:
· Dissecting a plant and identifying it’s features and their function.
· Learning about wind and insect pollination.
· Propagate a plant.
· Experiment to find out if temperature affects the rate of plant growth.
· Explore the life cycle of a bee.
· Learn about habitats and study the school pond.
· Observe vertebrates
Contact Details
Dungannon Primary School,
Circular Rd,
Dungannon,
County Tyrone,
BT71 6BE
T: 028 8772 2250
