- Home
- Primary 5- Mrs O'Donnell

Welcome to Mrs O'Donnell's class page!
Numeracy
Mental Maths:
- Consolidation of 2x, 3x, 4x, 5x, 6x and 10 tables
- Learn 7x, 8x, 9x, 11x and 12x tables
- Multiply by 10 and 100
- List the properties of 3D shapes.
- Understand the link between multiplication and division.
- Recognise right angles in our environment
- Be able to make quarter, half and full turns.
Number:
- Rounding to the nearest 10 and 100.
- Recognise coins and banknotes and use the correct notation for money.
- Calculate simple addition, subtraction and multiplication money problems
Measures:
- Time in 5 minute intervals
- Recognition of time on an analogue and digital clock.
- Calculate simple time problems
Handling Data:
- Venn diagrams
- Carroll diagrams
Space
- Explore co-ordinates in the first quadrant.
TSPC:
- Isak 9
Children will also participate in mathletics and should aim to earn 1000 points per week
Literacy
Reading:
- Accelerated reading in class and at home.
- Completion of accelerated reading tests.
- Daily Reading from our school reading scheme
- Daily reading of our class novel ‘The BFG’
- Weekly comprehensions in class.
Grammar:
- Understand the difference between fact and opinion.
- Use connectives appropriately in the writing.
- Use an apostrophe for contractions.
- Use speech bubbles.
- Use commas and speech marks in their own writing.
- Proof read work to check for grammatical accuracy.
Writing:
- Narrative writing…Continue to identify features and using the ‘six steps’ method to write our own narrative stories.
- To know the features of comic strips and use these to write their own comic strip based on the moon landing.
- Free writing activities. In these activities children will write about their own experiences.
- Weekly handwriting sessions.
Phonics:
- Children will learn to spell words with ‘oe/ow’, ‘er’, ‘e’, ‘ow’, ‘oo’ sounds.
Calendar
| September 2023 | November 2023 | |||||
| Mon | Tue | Wed | Thu | Fri | Sat | Sun |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
|
Sun 1 | ||||||
|
Mon 2 |
Tue 3 |
Wed 4 |
Thu 5 |
Fri 6 |
Sat 7 |
Sun 8 |
|
Mon 9 |
Tue 10 |
Wed 11 |
Thu 12 |
Fri 13 |
Sat 14 |
Sun 15 |
|
Mon 16 |
Tue 17 |
Wed 18 |
Thu 19 |
Fri 20 |
Sat 21 |
Sun 22 |
|
Mon 23 |
Tue 24 |
Wed 25 |
Thu 26 |
Fri 27 |
Sat 28 |
Sun 29 |
|
Mon 30 Halloween Closure |
Tue 31 Halloween Closure |
|||||

Noticeboard items here...
P5 News
19th Dec 2025
December has been a wonderfully busy and festive month at Greenhaw Primary &...
2nd Dec 2025
Well done to Jacob who represented Greenhaw Primary School in the Ulster Schools’...
7th Nov 2025
A huge congratulations to all the children who have received various certificates...
P5 Gallery
Core links
This website
covers many
curriculum areas
across key
stages. There
are helpful
videos on a
number of areas.
covers many
curriculum areas
across key
stages. There
are helpful
videos on a
number of areas.
Greenhaw Primary School,
Carnhill Estate,
Londonderry
BT48 8BA
Tel:028 7135 1908










