- Home
- Class Pages
- Primary 5- Mrs O'Donnell
Welcome to Mrs O'Donnell's class page!
Numeracy
Mental Maths:
- Count forwards and backwards in 1s, 10s and 100s
- Place value of numbers to 10000.
- Read and write in words numbers to 10000
- Order numbers to 10000
- List the properties of 2D and 3D shapes.
Number:
- Addition of 4 digit numbers
- Subtraction of 4 digit numbers
- Language associated with addition and subtraction word problems
- Times Tables to include 2x, 3x, 4x, 5x, 6x and 10x tables
- Recognising fractions to include halves, quarters, thirds, fifths and the terms numerator and denominator.
- Rounding to the nearest 10 and 100.
Measures:
- Measuring length to the nearest half centimetre
- Measuring metres.
- Time in 5 minute intervals
Handling Data:
- Pictograms
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:
- Using capital letters in names, days, months, titles, places and the letter I.
- Full stops.
- Alphabetical Order to the second and third letter.
- How to use a dictionary and a thesaurus.
- Using adjectives and extending this to comparative and superlative.
- Powerful verbs.
- Synonyms
Writing:
- Recount of summer holidays
- Narrative writing…identifying features and using the ‘six steps’ method to write our own narrative story.
- Free writing activities. In these activities children will write about their own experiences.
- Weekly handwriting sessions.
Phonics:
- Children will learn to spell words with ‘ee’, ay, ai and a-e sounds.
Calendar
April 2038 | June 2038 | |||||
Mon | Tue | Wed | Thu | Fri | Sat | Sun |
---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
Sat 1 |
Sun 2 | |||||
Mon 3 |
Tue 4 |
Wed 5 |
Thu 6 |
Fri 7 |
Sat 8 |
Sun 9 |
Mon 10 |
Tue 11 |
Wed 12 |
Thu 13 |
Fri 14 |
Sat 15 |
Sun 16 |
Mon 17 |
Tue 18 |
Wed 19 |
Thu 20 |
Fri 21 |
Sat 22 |
Sun 23 |
Mon 24 |
Tue 25 |
Wed 26 |
Thu 27 |
Fri 28 |
Sat 29 |
Sun 30 |
Mon 31 |
Noticeboard items here...
P5 News
23rd Oct 2024
Congratulations to all the children who received Pupil of the Week. Keep up the hard...
22nd Oct 2024
Maths Week is an all island initiative when thousands of children participate in...
21st Oct 2024
Congratulations to Cillian from Mrs O'Donnell's class on getting this weeks Star...
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