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On this page you can look at our current
curriculum overviews for the term.
Primary 1 This term our topic will be
‘Weather’ followed by ‘Under the Sea’
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Languages
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Writing: - this
term we will focus on a variety of functional writing, including
instructions and reports relating to our topics. We will also be
looking at poetry, writing weather poems and continuing to develop
skills in personal and imaginative writing appropriate to our topics.
Reading: - We
will be reading books from our reading scheme both fiction and
non-fiction. We will also be reading for information non-fiction books
about our topics.
Listening & Talking –
we will be talking about our
experiments and findings and making video presentations and practising
on listening to others. |
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Mathematics
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This term
your child will be learning addition to 10 then length. As part of our
topic we shall also be looking at weight and capacity.
In
addition to our group work, as a class we shall also be collecting,
handling and interpreting data about weather and sea life. |
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Health and Wellbeing
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Our
Physical Education teacher Miss Bridgewater will be working on fitness
this term, followed by creative dance.
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Expressive Arts
Incorporating Art & Design,
Music, Drama and Dance.
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ART: - Art and
craft work will be related to our topics, experiments and experiences.
Music: - Mrs
Mutch our music teacher will be creating and recording a collection of
music to suit different weather conditions.
Drama & Dance: -
This session the children will
be working on movement and dance using ‘Time to Move’ and
‘Let’s Move’ material related to both topics. |
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Social Studies
or Sciences
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Our topic
this term is ‘Weather’. We will be learning about changes in the
environment related to the seasons and simple features of the weather
with particular reference to water as rain, snow and ice. After half
term our new topic will be ‘Under the Sea’ focussing on living things
and the processes of life. We will be learning to distinguish features,
name invertebrate groups and recognise stages in life cycles of plants
and animals under the sea. |
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Religious and
Moral Education |
As part
of our Religious and Moral Education the children will learn about
Chinese New Year as another world religion and then move on to
Christianity and the Easter story. |
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Technologies
Incorporating experiences
in
craft, design, engineering,
graphics, food textile and
information technologies.
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This term
we will be using web sites to support both our topics.
We will design and build
weather measuring instruments and we might even have time to build a
kite. |
Primary 2
"Seahorses" This term our topic will be ‘Weather’ followed by ‘Under the
Sea’
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Languages
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Writing: - this
term we will focus on a variety of functional writing, including
instructions and reports relating to our topics. We will also be
looking at poetry, writing weather poems and continuing to develop
skills in personal and imaginative writing appropriate to our topics.
Reading: - We
will be reading books from our reading scheme both fiction and
non-fiction. We will also be reading for information non-fiction books
about our topics.
Listening & Talking –
we will be talking about our
experiments and findings and making video presentations and practising
on listening to others. |
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Mathematics
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This term
your child will be learning about weight and capacity and numbers to 20.
In
addition to our group work, as a class we shall also be collecting,
handling and interpreting data about weather and sea life. |
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Health and Wellbeing
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Our
Physical Education teacher Miss Bridgewater will be working on fitness
this term, followed by creative dance.
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Expressive Arts
Incorporating Art & Design
Music, Drama and Dance.
 |
ART: - Art and
craft work will be related to our topics, experiments and experiences.
Music: - Mrs
Mutch our music teacher will be creating and recording a collection of
music to suit different weather conditions.
Drama & Dance: -
This session the children will
be working on movement and dance using ‘Time to Move’ and
‘Let’s Move’ material related to both topics. |
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Social Studies
or Sciences
|
Our topic
this term is ‘Weather’. We will be learning about changes in the
environment related to the seasons and simple features of the weather
with particular reference to water as rain, snow and ice. After half
term our new topic will be ‘Under the Sea’ focussing on living things
and the processes of life. We will be learning to distinguish features,
name invertebrate groups and recognise stages in life cycles of plants
and animals under the sea. |
|
Religious and Moral Education |
As part
of our Religious and Moral Education the children will learn about
Chinese New Year as another world religion and then move on to
Christianity and the Easter story. |
|
Technologies
Incorporating experiences
in
craft, design, engineering,
graphics, food textile and
information technologies.
|
This term
we will be using web sites to support both our topics.
We will design and build
weather measuring instruments and we might even have time to build a
kite. |
Primary 2 "Sharks"
This term our topic will be ‘Weather’ followed by ‘Under the Sea’
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Languages
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Writing: - this
term we will focus on a variety of functional writing, including
instructions and reports relating to our topics. We will also be
looking at poetry, writing weather poems and continuing to develop
skills in personal and imaginative writing appropriate to our topics.
Reading: - We
will be reading books from our reading scheme both fiction and
non-fiction. We will also be reading for information non-fiction books
about our topics.
Listening & Talking –
we will be talking about our
experiments and findings and making video presentations and practising
on listening to others. |
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Mathematics
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This term
your child will be finishing their work on time and starting addition to
20. As part of our topic we shall also be looking at weight and
capacity.
In
addition to our group work, as a class we shall also be collecting,
handling and interpreting data about weather and sea life. |
|
Health and Wellbeing
|
Our
Physical Education teacher Miss Bridgewater will be working on fitness
this term, followed by creative dance.
|
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Expressive Arts
Incorporating Art & Design,
Music, Drama and Dance.
   |
ART: - Art and
craft work will be related to our topics, experiments and experiences.
Music: - Mrs
Mutch our music teacher will be creating and recording a collection of
music to suit different weather conditions.
Drama & Dance: -
This session the children will
be working on movement and dance using ‘Time to Move’ and
‘Let’s Move’ material related to both topics. |
|
Social Studies
or Sciences
 |
Our topic
this term is ‘Weather’. We will be learning about changes in the
environment related to the seasons and simple features of the weather
with particular reference to water as rain, snow and ice. After half
term our new topic will be ‘Under the Sea’ focussing on living things
and the processes of life. We will be learning to distinguish features,
name invertebrate groups and recognise stages in life cycles of plants
and animals under the sea. |
|
Religious and Moral
Education |
As part
of our Religious and Moral Education the children will learn about
Chinese New Year as another world religion and then move on to
Christianity and the Easter story. |
|
Technologies
Incorporating experiences in
craft, design, engineering,
graphics, food
textile and
information technologies.
|
This term
we will be using web sites to support both our topics.
We will design and build
weather measuring instruments and we might even have time to build a
kite. |
Primary 3
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Languages
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Writing - develop
personal writing and Writers Craft.
Reading - read aloud
with increasing fluency and learn about terms used in written texts. |
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Mathematics
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Subtraction of
single digits and multiples of 10 from 2 digit numbers.
Shape-2D and 3D.
Place Value –
numbers to 1000.
Symmetry - find
lines of symmetry and make symmetrical patterns. |
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Health and Wellbeing
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Self
esteem.
Identify
things they are good at and others that they would like to be better at.
Recognise good qualities in other people.
Large ball
skills - develop skills and techniques and improve level of performance
and fitness. |
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Expressive Arts
Incorporating Art & Design, Music,
Drama and Dance.
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Art and craft
activities related to their topic.
Creative Dance -
create short dance sequences.
Drama - role play
and mime related to topic work.
Music - create music
to suit topic, record ideas, listen and give comments. |
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Social Studies
or Sciences
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Our topic this term
is the Arctic. The children will learn about the lands within the
Arctic Circle, lines of latitude and longitude and about the way of life
in the Arctic. They will find out about plants and animals in the Arctic
and how climate change is having an effect on them. Compare Scotland and
the Arctic. |
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Religious and Moral Education
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The children will
learn about some of the special books used by different religions: the
Bible by Christians and the Torah by the Jewish religion. |
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Technologies
Incorporating experiences in craft,
design, engineering, graphics, food
textile and information technologies.
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The children will
use Information Magic in their work on databases and Power Point to
produce a slide show for their topic.
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Primary 4
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Languages
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Writing - develop
personal writing and Writers Craft.
Reading- read aloud
with increasing fluency and learn about terms used in written texts. |
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Mathematics
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Multiplication using
2-10 times tables.
Division using 2-10
times tables.
Fractions - find ½
and ¼ of shapes and numbers, use mixed numbers and equivalent fractions.
Position, shape and
movement- use grid references, co-ordinates and compass points. |
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Health and Wellbeing
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Self
esteem.
Identify
things they are good at and others that they would like to be better at.
Recognise good qualities in other people.
Large ball
skills - develop skills and techniques and improve level of performance
and fitness. |
|
Expressive Arts
Incorporating Art & Design, Music,
Drama and Dance.
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Art and craft
activities related to their topic.
Creative Dance -
create short dance sequences.
Drama - role play
and mime related to topic work.
Music – create music
to suit topic, record ideas, listen and give comments. |
|
Social Studies
or Sciences
|
Our topic this term
is the Arctic. The children will learn about the lands within the
Arctic Circle, lines of latitude and longitude and about the way of life
in the Arctic. They will find out about plants and animals in the Arctic
and how climate change is having an effect on them. Compare Scotland and
the Arctic. |
|
Religious and Moral Education
|
The children will
learn about some of the special books used by different religions: the
Bible by Christians and the Torah by the Jewish religion. |
|
Technologies
Incorporating experiences in craft,
design, engineering,
graphics,food textile
and
information technologies.
|
The children will
use Information Magic in their work on databases and Power Point to
produce a slide show for their topic.
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Primary 5
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Languages
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Writing
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concentrating on the Writer’s Craft and writing folio pieces for
National Tests.
Reading –
focusing on
the novel ‘Out of the Ashes’ by Michael Morpurgo.
Listening and Talking
– European
country presentations. |
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Mathematics Circles
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We will be working to
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improve mental agility skills
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revise all Level C skills
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sit Level C National Tests. |
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Health and Wellbeing
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This term we will be working on relationships:-
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building positive relationships
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strategies for saying ‘no’
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keeping healthy |
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Expressive Arts
Incorporating Art & Design,
Music, Drama and Dance.
 
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Drama- resisting
peer- pressure in decision making
Art –
adopting the
style of famous artists
PE
– experimenting with dance and developing volleyball skills.
Music –listening
to music by famous European composers. |
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Social Studies
or Sciences
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Europe will be our focus with pupils researching
different European countries. They will also be finding out how the
European Union works and looking at how government operates in Scotland,
Britain and Europe.
We will be working on Forces as our Science topic, with
the support of Mr McDonald from Eyemouth High School. |
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Religious
and Moral Education
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Development of Belief and Values
Through discussing the Universal Declaration of Human
Rights from the pages of a children’s picture version, develop
understanding and respect for different beliefs. |
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Technologies
Incorporating
experiences in
craft, design, engineering,
graphics, food textile and
information technologies.
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Investigating the development of different technologies in various
European countries.
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Looking at renewable and sustainable energy projects in Europe and how
these might work well or not so well in Scotland. |
Primary 6
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Languages
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Writing
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concentrating on the Writer’s Craft and writing folio pieces for
National Tests.
Reading –
focusing on
the novel ‘Why the Whales Came’ by Michael Morpurgo.
Listening and Talking
– European
country presentations. |
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Mathematics Squares
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We will be working to
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improve mental agility skills
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build competence in managing large numbers
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use decimals to the third decimal place |
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Health and Wellbeing
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This term we will be working on relationships:-
·
building positive relationships
·
strategies for saying ‘no’
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physical development |
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Expressive Arts
Incorporating Art & Design, Music,
Drama and Dance.
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Drama- resisting
peer- pressure in decision making
Art –
adopting the
style of famous artists
PE
– experimenting with dance and developing volleyball skills.
Music –listening
to music by famous European composers. |
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Social Studies
or Sciences
|
Europe will be our focus with pupils researching
different European countries. They will also be finding out how the
European Union works and looking at how government operates in Scotland,
Britain and Europe.
We will be working on Forces as our Science topic, with
the support of Mr McDonald from Eyemouth High School. |
|
Religious and Moral Education
|
Development of Belief and Values
Through discussing the Universal Declaration of Human
Rights from the pages of a children’s picture version, develop
understanding and respect for different beliefs. |
|
Technologies
Incorporating experiences in
craft, design,
engineering,
graphics, food textile and
information technologies.
|
·
Investigating the development of different technologies in various
European countries.
·
Looking at renewable and sustainable energy projects in Europe and how
these might work well or not so well in Scotland. |
Primary 7
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Languages
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Writing
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concentrating on the Writer’s Craft and writing folio pieces to use for
transition
Reading –
focusing on
close reading - identifying main ideas and supporting details,
inference, author’s style and plot development.
Spelling
– addressing
commonly mis-spelt words |
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Mathematics Rectangles
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We will
be working to
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improve mental agility skills |
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analyse data using European information |
| use
the vocabulary of probability |
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reinforce skills in measurement and using money |
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Health and Wellbeing
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This term we will be working on relationships:-
·
building positive relationships
·
strategies for saying ‘no’
·
physical development |
|
Expressive Arts
Incorporating Art & Design, Music,
Drama and Dance.
  |
Drama- resisting
peer- pressure in decision making
Art –
adopting the
style of famous artists
PE
– experimenting with dance and developing volleyball skills.
Music –listening
to music by famous European composers. |
|
Social Studies
or Sciences
|
Europe will be our focus with pupils researching
different European countries. They will also be finding out how the
European Union works and looking at how government operates in Scotland,
Britain and Europe.
We will be working on Forces as our Science topic, with
the support of Mr McDonald from Eyemouth High School. |
|
Religious and Moral Education
|
Development of Belief and Values
Through discussing the Universal Declaration of Human
Rights from the pages of a children’s picture version, develop
understanding and respect for different beliefs. |
|
Technologies
Incorporating experiences in
craft, design,
engineering,
graphics, food textileand
information technologies.
|
·
Investigating the development of different technologies in various
European countries.
·
Looking at renewable and sustainable energy projects in Europe and how
these might work well or not so well in Scotland. |
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