1. Welcome to P5

2. Homework Diaries
There is a lot going on in Primary 5. Please check your child’s homework diary daily, and sign it weekly.
It will detail:
Homework issued
Letters received
Trip dates
Any notes from the teacher
Weekly agenda e.g P.E, library etc…
Parents will be notified of late or uncompleted homework, and red or yellow cards through homework diaries.

3. Curricular Areas Throughout P5 your child will study the following
subjects:-
Literacy and English
Mathematics
Social Studies
Science
Expressive Arts (Art and Design, Music, Drama, P.E)
Health and Wellbeing
French
Religious and Moral Education
Technologies

4. Literacy and English Every pupil in P5 will follow
programmes of study for:-
Reading
Listening and Talking
Writing

5. Mathematics In P5 we all focus on the following areas:-
Problem-solving and enquiry
Information handling
Number, money and measure
Shape, position and movement
Related mental mathematics activities

6. Social Studies This session we will learn about the following:-
People, past events and societies
People, place and environment
People, society, economy and business

7. Science We will be learning about:- Planet Earth
Forces, Electricity and Waves
Biological Systems
Materials
Topical Science

8. Enterprise In P5 we are very enterprising!
Our main Enterprise activity for this
session will be to organise a Ceilidh for parents and pupils.

9. Expressive Arts Art and Design Drama Music Dance
Participation in Performances and Presentations

10. Health and Wellbeing Mental, Emotional, Social and Physical Wellbeing
Physical Education, Physical Activity and Sport
Food and Health
Substance Misuse
Relationships, Sexual Health and Parenthood

11. PE Days Physical Education Monday and Tuesday are our PE days.
Sometimes we will be going outside for PE and children should have appropriate clothing with them.
The Daily Mile should be completed daily but this is weather permitting.

12. We develop our skills in French with
Miss McLean

13. Religious and Moral Education
We learn about Religious and Moral Education.
Topics covered this year:
Modern Role Models and Saints
Aspects of Sikhism
Stories from World Religions

14. Types of Homework Throughout the session your child will receive the
following types of homework to support class work:
Weekly spelling homework
Weekly Mental Mathematics homework
Social Studies activities (as specified by class teacher)
Other areas (as specified by class teacher)

15. Homework Homework may be marked in a variety of ways:
Class discussion and pupil marking their own jotter – Self-assessment strategies
Class discussion and peer marking jotter work – Peer-assessment strategies
Teacher marking with assessment comment
Class teacher will always review completed
homework activities to ensure homework is
completed to agreed standard.

16. Spelling Spelling homework this year is active and multisensory.
Children at present are learning how to carry out multisensory spelling activities.
When children have learned how to carry out the activities, they will be able to choose the activities which they find beneficial.

17. Homework Homework will be differentiated to
meet the needs of all pupils.
Please ensure all homework is completed.
Practise tables every night!

18. Thank you for visiting P5