Welcome to Mr Kelly's Primary 7 Class!

PHONICS

· Different spellings of the sounds;/s/l/or/air/ue/oy

GRAMMAR & PUNCTUATION

· ‘Active’ and ‘passive’ in relation to verbs

· Know how to transform a sentence from active to passive and vice versa

· Know and understand what a compound sentence is.

· Investigate meanings and spelling of connectives.

· Understand how words and expressions have changed over time.

· Understand the relevance of the origins of proper names.

WRITING

· Know that information is presented to audiences through a variety of media, e.g. newspapers, magazines etc.

· Understand how different media present information, ideas and events in different way.

· Create newspaper reports

READING

· Guided reading throughout the week – reciprocal reading

TALKING AND LISTENING

· Group discussion: plan and manage a group task, taking on responsibility for an appropriate task.

· Drama: plan and create freeze frame scenes – related to WAU

In WAU we are working in collaboration with ALMAC in delivering a series of Science Lessons with the following Learning Intentions.

· Understand what medicine is and why it is important.

· Understand that some medicines are found in the natural world and others are made by people.

· Understand different job roles involved in making medicines.

· Understand different skills needed to be a scientist.

· Understand the terms chemistry and biology.

· Provide examples of the three states of matter.

· Follow instructions to carry out a scientific experiment.

· Name the major organs within the human body.

· Understand the composition of blood.

· Explain the different ways our bodies let us know when we are sick or hurt.

· Understand the first stage of how a new medicine is developed.

· Understand how medicines are made in larger quantities in the manufacturing process.

· Awareness of different job roles involved in this stage of making medicines.

· Carry out scientific experiments.

· Work as part as team.

· Understand scientific terminology.

· Understand the importance of laboratory safety and warning signs.

· Describe the role of an engineer.

· Understand what a clinical trial is.

· Describe what is needed for a fair test.

· Create our own clinical trial.

· Participate in group and class discussions.

· Gather, organise and interpret data using tables, graphs and charts.

· Prepare and give a short oral presentation to a familiar group, showing an awareness of audience including the use of multimedia presentations.

· Identify and ask appropriate questions to seek information, views and feelings.