Primary 4

2025-26

Spelling- 27/10/25

Bananas

soft c

ice

dance

city

circle

dice

face

mice

police

cylinder

January

February

Apples

arm

hard

scarf

star

dark

carpet

some

Strawberries

e_e

these

delete

scheme

stampede

complete

extreme

concrete

chinese

centipede

Literacy

We will focus on openers this term, focussing on making our writing better through using these at the start of every sentence!

We will still focus on ensuring we use the correct punctuation in all of our sentences!

We will continue to learn one spelling sound a week, the spelling words will be sent home with the children and practised following our spelling rotation using, elkonin boxes, diacritical marking, Look, cover, write check and silly sentences.

We will continue to read one book a week in class and complete task maps twice a week alongside our short read once a week.

Numeracy

We will focus on estimation, rounding and time. We will still continue with our big maths targets every week and our number processes which will link to these targets!

Our learn it target in CLIC continues to be our 3x table!

HWB

We will focus on Relationship, sexual health and parenthood and anti bullying. Anti bullying week is November 10th to 14th November.

Relationships, sexual health and parenthood. The resources used to support this topic is found at https://rshp.scot/

RME

We will focus on Christianity, Beliefs, Values and issues and Development of beliefs and values.

Through exploring Bible stories, I can describe some beliefs Christians have about God and Jesus.
I can talk about my own beliefs, or express them in other ways.
Having explored biblical and other Christian stories, I can show my developing understanding of key values of Christianity and how they might be put into action in people’s lives and communities.
I can describe the key features of the values of Christianity which are expressed in stories.
I am developing respect for others and my understanding of their beliefs and values.

Cross Curricular

This term it is the Showtime topic! We will be experiencing energy and excitment for presenting/performing for audiences and also being part of an audience. We will learn about different features of performance through drama, dance, music and art. We will discuss our thoughts and feelings and give constructive comments about our own and others work.

Star of the week!

Well done for achieving success across the curriculum!

Last week of term highlights! I am so proud of how hard everyone has worked the past 8 weeks and I hope they all enjoy two weeks off!

Printing using lego!

painting creating a pattern!

Using potatos to print shapes!

Using different materials to print!

Outdoor learning

We had so much fun at outdoor learning yesterday, we were learning about different types of seeds and trees!

Star of the week!

Well done to our star of the week for having a positive attitude towards learning!

CLIC targets - 06/10/25

Counting - I can count in 20s

A working example (progression for counting in 20s):The Same Principles Apply For 10s, 50s, and 250s

Linking Swapping the Units to counting shows children that we can swap ‘the thing’ that we are counting from ones to tens. So now instead of having, ‘2 ones, 4 ones, 6 ones, 8 ones...’ etc., we have, , ‘2 tens, 4 tens, 6 tens, 8 tens...’. Inputting this activity allows us to teach for understanding before we get children to say the names of those amounts more efficiently, i.e., ‘20, 40, 60, 80...’

At this point the children are now counting in 20s.

The same progressive pathway is also used to coach the children to count in 10s, 50s, and 250s.

The lines of progression we can take are:

larger numbers (e.g. 420, 440, 460, 480, 500, 520...)
counting backwards (e.g. 520, 500, 480, 460, 440, 420...)
changing ‘the thing’ to a unit of measure (e.g. 420g, 440g, 460g, 480g, 500g, 520g...)

Learn its - 3x table

Its nothing new - Halving with Pim

I know half of 300, 500, 700, 900

Remember To:

learn that half of 300 is 150, 500 is 250, 700 is 350, 900 is 450

Calculations - Division

I can use a Tables Fact to find a division fact (with remainders) (2, 3, 4, 5x tables)

Remember To:

use your Learn Its and Fact Families to give the answer
say the remainder

Spelling- 06/10/25

Bananas

read

head

bread

cheat

weather

treasure

breakfast

teach

deal

heal

Apples

quiz

queen

quit

squid

squint

quilt

was

come

Strawberries

ue u_e ew

flute

amuse

statue

fewer

venue

volume

fortune

pollute

attitude

avenue

costume

absolute

Our fantastic Victorian wallpapers, We are so proud of them and the hard work and determination that went into them!

Week 7, we have really enjoyed our art lessons this week, we were creating our own Victorian wallpapers with silhouettes and this was incorporating our maths topic of patterns!

Creative learning in P4

We have been looking at different painting techniques, mixing paint and using the specific artistic language when creating our art.

I can create and present work using the visual elements of line, shape, form, colour, tone, pattern and texture. EXA 1-03a

I can understand the language of painting (e.g. translucent, opaque).

I can experiment with different types of paint.

I can name warm, cool and complementary colours then mix them.

We have been looking at the life cycle of a plant alongside food chains in science this term.

I can explore examples of food chains and show an appreciation of how animals and plants depend on each other for food.

I can sequence and describe food chains showing relationships between the sun, plants and animals for energy e.g. using a flowchart, pyramid etc.

I can help to design experiments to find out what plants need in order to grow and develop. I can observe and record my findings and from what I have learned. I can grow healthy plants in school. SCN 1-03a

I can design an experiment to find out what plants need to grow (including germination)and develop healthily.

I can record and present my findings in a clear way.

I can draw conclusions and apply my knowledge/findings to grow healthy plants.

Patterns - We have been exploring patterns both number patterns and repeating patterns. We have been using our number knowledge and assigning colours numbers to help us incorporate number patters into our loose parts! We have also been creating patterns in small groups using sound and movement!

Grammar

We have been looking at different adjectives, nouns and verbs today and throughout the week we are going to try use and identify these within our daily writing! We have enjoyed identifying what they are and what falls under each category!

CLIC targets - 29/09/25

Counting - Counting in 10's

Learn its - 3x Table

INN: Number Bonds

I can find the missing piece to 100

Remember To:

make the ones digit total 10
make the tens digit total 9

Subtraction

I can take any 2d number from 100

Remember To:

find the gap to the next multiple of 10
find the gap from that multiple of 10 to 100
add the 2 gaps, or
make the tens digits add to 9
make the ones digits add to 10

Spelling- 29/09/25

Bananas

phone

photo

dolphin

elephant

sphere

nephew

alphabet

photograph

Apples

ring

sing

long

sting

bang

strong

was

Strawberries

oa/ow/o-e

float

elbow

owner

alone

explode

homework

shadow

slowest

rainbow

tightrope

envelope

approach

Star of the week

Well done for having a determined mindset!

We have had a really successful week, hit our target inb writing and felt proud of ourselves learning a new subtraction strategy in maths!

CLIC targets - 23/09/25

Counting - Place Value

I can partition a 3d number, then a 4d number

Remember To:

write the 3d number
draw the sticks
copy the ones digit
copy the tens digit with a zero on the end
copy the hundreds digit with 2 zeros on the end

Learn its - 3x Table

INN: Number Bonds

I can find the missing piece to 100

Remember To:

make the ones digit total 10
make the tens digit total 9

Subtraction

I can take any 2d number from 100

Remember To:

find the gap to the next multiple of 10
find the gap from that multiple of 10 to 100
add the 2 gaps, or
make the tens digits add to 9
make the ones digits add to 10

Spelling- 23/09/25

Bananas

while

whip

wheat

whistle

whiskers

what

where

when

why

Apples

thin

thank

think

bath

with

tooth

Strawberries

ie/y/igh/i-e

life

high

spying

dive

alright

firework

delight

alive

describe

frightening

butterfly

pantomime

Our week 4 highlights! We have had a fantastic week and are looking forward to our long weekend!

Art

We have been learning about primary and secondary colours and using these to create our art! We started by using crayons to complete our circles then we moved on to painting and mixing paint to create colours!

Science

We have been learning all about the life cycle of a plant alongside our buddy class, we made our own diagrams to highlight the main life stages a plant goes through! We then planted our own plants with our buddies and we are so excited to watch them grow!

CLIC targets - 15/09/25

Counting Multiples

I can count in 3s

Learn Its

x: 3x table

Doubling with Pim (with crossing 10)

I can double 2d numbers

Remember To:

partition the 2d number
double the tens
double the ones
put them back together again

Addition

I can solve any 2d + 2d

Remember To:

partition the numbers
write out the 2 new questions
add the ones
add the tens
add the ones answer to the tens answer

Spelling- 15/09/25

Bananas

Silent W

write

wrist

wreck

wrong

answer

swordfish

brother

sister

Apples

chat

chin

chip

chop

rich

witch

she

Strawberries

ee/ea/e-e

greed

neat

eve

beach

teacher

coffee

teapot

evening

underneath

beanstalk

daydream

compete

Our week 4 highlights! Lots of enjoyment from art this week where we were mixing colours and expressing ourselves through our art! Lots of fun at PE with learning ball skills using their feet!

We had so much fun today exploring 2d shapes and 3d objects through play-based learning! we had four different stations all focussing on slightly different success criteria! We explored tessellation, building shapes, categorising shapes and describing shapes using vocab such as faces, vertices, edges and sides!

Our term 1 BEAT THAT question strategies! Each week the numbers in the questions will change, but the strategies stay the same! We hope to complete all 10 questions using abridged or brain only by the end of term 2!

CLIC targets - 08/09/25

Counting - Place Value

I can partition a 3d number, then a 4d number

write the 3d number
draw the sticks
copy the ones digit
copy the tens digit with a zero on the end
copy the hundreds digit with 2 zeros on the end

Learn Its - 3 x table

3 Times Table Song (Made You Look by Meghan Trainor) Laugh Along and Learn

Hit the Button - Quick fire maths practise for 6-11 year olds

It's Nothing New -I can add thousands

Remember To:

use your addition Learn Its
swap 'the thing' to a thousand

Calculations - Addition

I can solve any 2d + 2d

Remember To:

partition the numbers
write out the 2 new questions
add the ones
add the tens
add the ones answer to the tens answer

Spelling- 08/09/25

Bananas

Diagraphs

face

shape

thanks

running

choice

photo

mess

lucky

time

math

dish

Apples

ship

shed

shop

fish

rush

sharp

the

Strawberries

ai/ay/a-e

stay

tail

male

shape

crayon

mainly

escape

pancake

birthday

waiting

decade

yesterday

Swimming

We had an amazing first week at swimming and we cannot wait to continue with it every Friday, please always remember your swimming suit, towels and goggles (if you have) every Friday!

Pupil council rep

Well done to our pupil council rep!

Vice pupil council

Well done to our vice pupil council rep!

Star of the week

Well done to our star of the week for being enthusiastic about learning and aiming high to hit her writing target!

Our week 3 highlights! We have been loving our maths and writing this week and we are already seeing improvements in our work! It has been lovely doing our pupil council talks

We have been practising our diacritical marking skills which we will complete every Tuesday to try and help us with our spelling words for the week!

Spelling- 01/09/25

Bananas

Silent b

lamb

comb

thumb

crumbs

plumber

climbing

mother

father

Apples

moon

foot

pool

book

cook

spoon

and

for

Strawberries

Diagraphs

mimic

laptop

rapid

magpie

jumped

disagree

correct

rescue

mushroom

raincoat

thunderstorm

swimming

CLIC targets - 01/09/25

Counting - Counting Multiples

I can count in 3s

Learn Its - 3 x table

3 Times Table Song (Made You Look by Meghan Trainor) Laugh Along and Learn

Hit the Button - Quick fire maths practise for 6-11 year olds

It's Nothing New - Multiplying by 10

I can multiply whole numbers by 10

Remember To:

place a zero on the ones end
remember that this moves the digits one place to the left
remember that this makes the number 10 times bigger

Calculations - I can solve a 2d + 2d

Star of the week

Well done to our Star of the week for always showing our Meerkat values especially motivation when completing jobs!

Buddy Time fun! We enjoyed getting to know our buddies this week and can't wait to see what we can do with them this year!

Our favourite things in Week 2 of Primary 4 - We reflected on what we had learned, what our favourite thing to learn was and why! A clear favourite was starting to learn our 3x table which is our Learn Its in big maths for the whole of term 1!

Fun 31

We have loved being in our new classroom and getting to know our new surroundings! We have lots of different resources to play with during fun 31 time and we have been exploring these over the past 2 weeks!

Outdoor Learning - We have absolutely loved our outdoor learning session yesterday with Mr Miller!

RADS

We had so much fun at our first RADS session, we are working with Craig this year! We worked on our teamwork skills and our expectations in RADS this year!

Our week one highlights

We had some Circle Time with our new class mascot, our first task was to give him a name and after a class vote he has been called Timmy. We then shared our highlights from week one and went on to discuss what we would like to improve on in Primary 4! We have had a fantastic first week and I am so excited for our first term in P4!

Pupil of the Week 22/08/25

Well done to our star of the week for having a positive and helpful attitude throughout the week!

Literacy

We will focus on sentence structure and openers in term 1. We will follow the writing scheme 'CYPIC' where the children will write 3 times a week for 20 minutes a day and 5 minutes editing time.

Children will get one spelling sound a week and we will follow our spelling carousel which includes, introducing the sound, diacritical marking, elkonin boxes, silly sentences and a test on a Friday.

We will continue to follow the reflective reading scheme and do two long reads (book related comprehension) a week and one short read (comprehension relating to a topic, interest or anything else) a week.

Numeracy

We will focus on 2D and 3D shape, patterns and relationships and Maths Week Scotland will be from 22nd - 28th September.

Children will be looking at vocab such as, sides, faces, vertices and edges. Naming more complex shapes and looking at angles in 2D shapes.

We will be looking at patterns and relationships, with a specific focus on number patterns. With a mix of looking at ready created ones, finding out what the pattern is, continuing it on and making our own number patterns.

HWB

We will focus on mental health and wellbeing and our emotions.

We have already introduced our emotional check-in which children complete every morning and can change throughout the day.

We will also have a focus on our mental health, ways we can help improve our mental health, what mental health is and much more!

We will have RADS every Tuesday and P.E with Mrs Forbes every Wednesday.

Science

We will be looking at Biodiversity and

Interdependence.

This will include looking at things such as -

Living vs non living things.

Growing plants - what they need, how to look after them, recording daily what they are doing, how much it grows, weather impacts.
Vocab - mammal, amphibian, insect, bird, reptile
Food chains.

Energy sources

and sustainability

Types of energy that we get from different energy sources, for example, light, sound, heat and electrical.

Different energy sources, sun, food, fuel, wind and waves, to discuss the importance of different types of energy for everyday life and survival.

Cross Curricular

Our first topic this term is Caring Citizens which gives us an opportunity to get to know each other, our learning styles, needs, abilities, work on friendship making and building and creating structures, routines and our UNCRC Class Charters.

We will then move onto Historical where we will be looking at victorians!

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