Primary 4 - Mrs Cunningham

Welcome to Mrs Cunningham's class page.

This page as been set up to provide parents/guardians with a broad overview of the areas of learning in Maths, Literacy and WAU in P4. This page will also include useful information and dates that you may need to be aware of throughout the year. If you have any questions regarding areas of the curriculum or any other queries please feel free to contact me through my email address.

Numeracy

Learning for January/ February

Mental Maths

-consilidation of 2, 5 and 10 times tables

-using multiplication facts to solve problems

-understanding value of digits

Number

-addition with exchange

-subtraction with regrouping (borrowing)

-Number problems

Shape and Space

Handling Data

-fractions including half an quarter. Looking at half and quarters of numbers and shapes

-venn diagrams

Measure

-Digital time

-5 minute intervals around the clock to half past

- units of time including seconds, minutes and hours. Using knowledge to solve time problems

-Using a ruler to measure in cm and mm. Draw lines in cm and half cm. Converting mm to cm and cm to metres

-understanding and measuring in metres and half metres

Children should aim to get 1000 points in Mathletics each week by logging into the App at home (as part of Maths homework)

Literacy

Phonics

-continue to spell words with cvcc ccvc sounds

-focus on words with qu spelling patterns

- look at spellings with same sounds/ different spellings: <a> ay, ea, a, ai

Grammar and Comprehension

-Question marks and exclaimation marks

-alliteration

-homophones

-Weekly comprehension work

-continue to ensure correct punctuation is being applied in writing including capital letters for names, places, days of week and months of year as well as question marks and exclaimation marks

Writing

- Persuasive writing and in particular focusing on 'Advertisement' writing using the six step' approach

-Winter alliteration poems

-Handwriting- continuing to reinforce shape and size of tall and long letters on lined handwriting paper and to apply it in all written work

Reading

-Novel- Fantastic Mr Fox by Roald Dahl

-Monthly library visits to Shantallow Library to borrow books

-Children should complete Accelerated Reading quizzes at home on reading books as they read them

World Around Us topic this term is 'Food for thought'

Children will be preparing for the sacraments of 'Reconcilliation' and 'First Communion' through the 'Grow In Love' theme and lessons. They will also be learning prayers including: Our Father, Hail Mary, Angel of God, Act of Sorrow, morning and night prayers

Weekly Mandarin lessons will continue this term

Calendar

Mon	Tue	Wed	Thu	Fri	Sat	Sun
March 2025					May 2025
	Tue 1 P4 Shantallow Library 11.15 - 11.45am	Wed 2	Thu 3	Fri 4	Sat 5	Sun 6
Mon 7	Tue 8	Wed 9	Thu 10	Fri 11	Sat 12	Sun 13
Mon 14	Tue 15 P7 Shantallow Library 11.15 - 11.45am	Wed 16	Thu 17	Fri 18 School Closure, Easter	Sat 19	Sun 20 School Closure, Easter
Mon 21 School Closure, Easter	Tue 22 School Closure, Easter	Wed 23 School Closure, Easter	Thu 24 School Closure, Easter	Fri 25 School Closure, Easter	Sat 26	Sun 27
Mon 28	Tue 29 P4 Shantallow Library 11.15 - 11.45am	Wed 30