Lower primary parent letter term 4
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STRONSAY JUNIOR HIGH SCHOOL, STRONSAY, ORKNEY KW17 2AE
Orkney Islands Council Education, Leisure and Housing
Tel: (01857) 616 246 Fax: (01857) 616 433 Email: [email protected]
Head Teacher: Mr Andrew King
Dear Parents,
The year has flown by and I cannot believe we are in our final term! We have just completed our Viking topic
with a feast and a visit to the beach, photographs from which can be seen on our blog:
http://stronsay-jh.blogspot.co.uk/search/label/Lower%20Primary
So what next? This term sees lots of events happening with the Queen’s 90th birthday, a book fair, the
‘Rocket Science’ experiment starting, the commemoration of the Battle of Jutland and the lead up to the
Olympics. Hopefully we can explore as many learning opportunities as possible through these events by
enjoying lots of small topics. The first of these is the Queen’s 90th birthday this week. The planning for this
is attached.
Reports are due home soon and I look forward to seeing you all at Parent’s Evening but as always, please feel
free to contact me at any time, if you should need to.
Kind regards,
Mrs Sarah Evans
90
The Queen’s
90th
Birthday
Language
As well as continuing our routine
phonics, handwriting and grammar
lessons:
Creative writing, ‘Queen
for the day’
Newspaper report
focusing on an important
event in the Queen’s life
Revision of qu and
phonic games
Write an invitation for
a party
Reading comprehension
based on biographical texts
of the Queen
Enjoying and exploring
the text, ‘The Queen’s
Knickers’ by Nicholas Allan
Writing a list poem
using possessive
apostrophes
Maths
We have begun to revisit number work and
multiplication but in addition to this:
Using symmetry and two
dimensional shapes to design a crown
Using symmetry and three
dimensional shapes to design a palace
Social Subjects
Learning about the Queen as a
famous person
Ordering events in her life to
create a timeline
Researching and finding the
Commonwealth countries
Comparing Queen Elizabeth II
with Queen Victoria
Expressive Arts
Design a medal/coin
Paint a portrait of the Queen
Role Play the Coronation
Role Play an interview about the Queen’s missing
knickers
Learn and sing the National Anthem
Make a collage of 90 using photographs of the
Queen
Technology
Modelling on the
computer using light
hearted games with
characters from the Royal
Family
Decorate party cakes
in red, white and blue
Health and Wellbeing
Exploring the Queen’s
family tree and relating it to
our own family relationships
